Aloysisus’s semi-figurative works often wear tattered old garments that gesture towards notions of feminine identity the eternal bride, the old bird, the painted lady. We might quickly surmise that they are a riposte to the cock-sure monumentalism of sculptures hewn and erected by men: all those giant embodiments of machismo that populate our plazas [...]
At Your Service – Art and Labour An exhibition by the Technisches Museum Wien and ERSTE Foundation 23 March 2012–3 March 2013 Technisches Museum Wien Mariahilfer Straße 212 1140 Vienna, Austria www.technischesmuseum.at The Technisches Museum Wien and ERSTE Foundation are exploring new ground, engaging technology and art in dialogue. For the exhibition entitled AT YOUR [...]
La Triennale Intense Proximity Palais de Tokyo and collaborating institutions 20 April–26 August 2012 www.latriennale.org La Triennale 2012 is very pleased to announce the start of Intense Proximity, a major exhibition of contemporary art opening on April 20th at the newly renovated and expanded Palais de Tokyo and seven other institutions located throughout greater Paris. [...]
Social Fabric 6 April–27 May 2012 Opening: Thursday, 5 April 6–8pm Lunds konsthall Mårtenstorget 3 SE-223 51 Lund, Sweden T +46 46 355295 lundskonsthall@lund.se www.lundskonsthall.se Lunds konsthall has the pleasure to present Social Fabric, an exhibition organised by Iniva (Institute for International Visual Art) in London that uses textiles to explore colonial history, international trade, [...]
Best known as the founders of the influential Neo-Naturists performance collective, Christine and Jennifer Binnie, return to Sussex with a new installation.
Nottingham Contemporary March 9, 2012 11am – 7pm, Free Experimental film has played a significant role in contesting the political status quo, from Lenin’s early 20th century declaration that cinema was the most revolutionary art form, to DIY footage of the Arab Spring and anti-capitalist occupations. Locally and globally, film is being used to provoke, [...]
Enacting Populism in its mediæscape 18 February–22 April 2012 Opening: Friday, 17 February, 6–9pm Kadist Art Foundation 19 bis-21 rue des Trois Frères F-75018 Paris T +33 1 42 51 83 49 www.kadist.org www.enactingpopulism.org Kadist Art Foundation is pleased to present Enacting Populism in its mediæscape, an exhibition curated by Matteo Lucchetti, following his residency [...]
re.act.feminism #2 – a performing archive is a continually expanding, mobile and temporary performance archive travelling through six European countries from 2011 to 2013. In its current version, it presents gender-critical, feminist and queer performance art by 125 artists and artists collectives from the 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s, as well as contemporary positions.
NETHERLANDS – ‘Revolution’ is no longer just a notion from a bygone era that is periodically resuscitated as a fashion buzzword or in celebration of some technological innovation. The current crisis makes it abundantly clear that the triumph of neoliberalism has not guaranteed a better life for the majority of citizens and non-citizens. Living means [...]
BRUSSELS – WIELS Contemporary Art Centre opens its season with the premiere of an expansive solo exhibition of Polish sculptor Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973).
Sofia Szamosi describes her art process for creating photo booth collages: “The photo booth becomes a microcosm for the boxes I experience daily… This is a public art—photo booths sit in commercial spaces. There is an inherent performance and exhibition involved in the process, and this is one more boundary. The flimsy curtain between me and the proprietor is another boundary and the risk of exposure and exile becomes one more thrill.”
OSAKA, JAPAN. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART. Suzanne Kamata reviews Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s current exhibition Eternity of Eternal Eternity, now traveling around Japan.
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