Posts tagged contemporary

Right next to the BMW & Uber desks, at the south entrance of the fair, is Ian Cheng’s Emissary in the Squat of Gods, self-described as a “live simulation and story, sound,” on one of …

Nicolas Lobo is a Miami-based sculptor and installation artist who has been working on conceptual, sometimes site-specific projects since 2006. Recently, however, he has been taking his sensory-imbued practice to new depths by creating work …

I’m sitting alone in a crowded station waiting to board my next train to carry me across the border from Southern China into Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Curious about the sole foreigner in the …

Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin Regen Projects 6750 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 October 22–November 26, 2014 We have by now come to expect a certain kind of frenetic environment upon entering en exhibition …

Hugh Scott-Douglas Promises to Pay in Solid Substance Jessica Silverman Gallery September 5–November 7, 2014 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 9410 What does it mean today to create an image? Or an object? A …

I still don’t know what identity means, and it is possible that I never will. With that much said, I can now confess that I am at long last starting to get a sense of …

Joan Brown Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 October 8–November 15, 2014 Joan Brown was a restless soul. She was married four times (Brown, Neri, Cook, Hebel), and in the last …

Whatever part of the art industry you hail from, it’s common to acknowledge a preference for Frieze Masters over Frieze. While the square footage is dauntingly larger and the quality is inarguably lesser, the friendlier …

The third edition of Frieze Masters is a haven for the minimalist minded. Here a quiet abstract approach to art practice dominates the exhibitor landscape. In particular, four movements recognized for their restrained aesthetics were …

Korakrit Arunanondchai is a multi-media artist from Thailand who now lives and works in New York. As I am writing these words, Korakrit is filming a video for his show opening July 18th at The …

When one thinks of the buzzing interest of Asian contemporary art hot spots, Ho Chi Minh City is rarely at the top of the list. Though Vietnam is today being discussed by some as a …

Deborah Iskandar was born in the United States but has lived in Indonesia for many years. She established the first Indonesian international auction house for Christies in 1996 before moving to Sotheby’s in 2009 to …

On June 18, 2014, I was invited to deliver a lecture at Hangzhou’s China Academy of Art, one of China’s two premier national art schools. After my lecture I had a wide-ranging conversation with Gao …

BAN7 opened in mid-July, and was immediately panned by some local critics as a watered down massive group show lacking criticality and focus. Before the show opened I interviewed the YBCA Visual Arts curators Bettie-Sue …

A while ago I came across Makoto Aida while changing trains at my station in the Yokohama suburbs. He was wearing his trademark green camouflage jacket. His gaze lingered a second longer than usual on …

We have become familiar with the psychological condensation of political events and their media representation, with the changing dynamics of social welfare that lead to cuts in funding for culture, and the mainstreamed collusion of …

“The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.” Ai Weiwei1 This September the work of …

At the invitation of SFAQ’s magnificent publisher Andrew McClintock, I have made the following selection from my little book Logro, Fracaso, Aspiración: Tres Intentos de Entender el Arte Contemporáneo [Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to …

Branded delivery systems are Takashi Murakami’s stock in trade. He’s got his own production company, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., and a tiered sales system that involves making artworks that can be bought at various levels, …

Korakrit Arunanondchai is fast becoming one of the most widely talked about young artists in New York. Maybe this is in part because much of his source material comes from his perhaps slightly off-kilter perspective …