Chino Amobi Eroicaverse, 2022
Oil, Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
Courtesy of the artist and Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris Photo Credit: Romain Darnaud
Chino Amobi: Sextant
Chino Amobi’s science fiction novel “Eroica” provides the foundation for an experimental assemblage that explores his different interpretations of “the void” through afro-pessimistic, black humanist ideology of losing one’s ontology and Apophatic theology, or via negativa—the beauty of unknowing. His universe looks away from fear of the unknown or the “other,” and instead builds upon multiple levels of awareness, asking us to question current modes of contemporary consciousness...
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melanie bonajo, When the body says Yes (2022). Commissioned by the Mondrian Fund. Photograph by Sydney Rahimtoola
When the body says Yes
melanie bonajo
How can we come to our senses as technology slowly pulls us apart and a global pandemic has only further isolated us? Dutch artist melanie bonajo’s video installation When the body says Yes not only suggests that we should instead be spooning, but also gaining the tools for feeling deeply within ourselves and for one another. Premiering at the 59th Venice Biennale, this installation asks the viewer to expand their mind on how to love and feel loved after isolation, when we were far away from each other physically, mentally, and spiritually...
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melanie bonajo
How can we come to our senses as technology slowly pulls us apart and a global pandemic has only further isolated us? Dutch artist melanie bonajo’s video installation When the body says Yes not only suggests that we should instead be spooning, but also gaining the tools for feeling deeply within ourselves and for one another. Premiering at the 59th Venice Biennale, this installation asks the viewer to expand their mind on how to love and feel loved after isolation, when we were far away from each other physically, mentally, and spiritually...
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Gregory Crewdson, Redemption Center (2018-2019), via Art Observed
PARIS – GREGORY CREWDSON: “AN ECLIPSE OF MOTHS” AT GALERIE TEMPLON THROUGH JANUARY 23RD, 2021
At Galerie Templon, Gregory Crewdson presented his newest series of sixteen large scale prints, An Eclipse of Moths, that act like portals into desolate American scenes. His cohesive choice of four by eight foot prints allows the viewer to step back to grasp the full picture, that must then be approached closely in order to take in the meticulous details. Signals and characters, despite their distance, communicate with each other.
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At Galerie Templon, Gregory Crewdson presented his newest series of sixteen large scale prints, An Eclipse of Moths, that act like portals into desolate American scenes. His cohesive choice of four by eight foot prints allows the viewer to step back to grasp the full picture, that must then be approached closely in order to take in the meticulous details. Signals and characters, despite their distance, communicate with each other.
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Jordan Wolfson, ARTISTS FRIENDS RACISTS (Installation View), via David ZwirnerPARIS – JORDAN WOLFSON: “ARTISTS FRIENDS RACISTS” AT DAVID ZWIRNER THROUGH
March 17th, 2020
Twenty holographic videos and nostalgic photographs printed on brass comprise artist Jordan Wolfson’s latest, unsettling work entitled ARTISTS FRIENDS RACISTS, currently on view at David Zwirner in Paris. Utilizing a range of autobiographical and cultural iconographies, the artist explores the convergent power of images and language in the framing of any cultural epoch.
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March 17th, 2020
Twenty holographic videos and nostalgic photographs printed on brass comprise artist Jordan Wolfson’s latest, unsettling work entitled ARTISTS FRIENDS RACISTS, currently on view at David Zwirner in Paris. Utilizing a range of autobiographical and cultural iconographies, the artist explores the convergent power of images and language in the framing of any cultural epoch.
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Ryoji Ikeda data-verse 1, 2019 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, May You Live In Interesting Times, Photo by: Avezzù, Rondinella, Galli, Salvi Courtesy: La Biennale di Venezia
Ryoji Ikeda: Scaling the Universe
A broad scope of the universe lies within the walls of the Arsenale of this year’s Venice Biennale, “May You Live in Interesting Times”. Data-verse 1 by Ryoji Ikeda seamlessly merges together art and science, inviting viewers to find themselves amongst the many facets of nature that make up the universe, from the microscopic to the macroscopic.
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A broad scope of the universe lies within the walls of the Arsenale of this year’s Venice Biennale, “May You Live in Interesting Times”. Data-verse 1 by Ryoji Ikeda seamlessly merges together art and science, inviting viewers to find themselves amongst the many facets of nature that make up the universe, from the microscopic to the macroscopic.
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SEPT 2019
XIBT Magazine
May You Live in Interesting Times
Venice Biennale 2019
Venice, Italy
Print + Web
XIBT Magazine
May You Live in Interesting Times
Venice Biennale 2019
Venice, Italy
Print + Web
Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, the artist. Ph. Charles Duprat
Oliver Beer: Household Gods
It is unusual to notice how pleasant the acoustics are in an art gallery. British artist Oliver Beer, however, harnessed the church-like space that is Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in the Marais by placing a combination of objects together on stark white plinths and making them “sing”. Black microphone stands and messy wires cut through the otherwise clean space. A small speaker resonated a specific note within the pieces that, when they were played simultaneously, created an ambient hymn. Above, the skylight bathed the work in a soft, suspended light. He has deemed this combination of vessels and their sounds Household Gods.
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It is unusual to notice how pleasant the acoustics are in an art gallery. British artist Oliver Beer, however, harnessed the church-like space that is Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in the Marais by placing a combination of objects together on stark white plinths and making them “sing”. Black microphone stands and messy wires cut through the otherwise clean space. A small speaker resonated a specific note within the pieces that, when they were played simultaneously, created an ambient hymn. Above, the skylight bathed the work in a soft, suspended light. He has deemed this combination of vessels and their sounds Household Gods.
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DAU © Phenomen IP 2019 – Photographer Olympia Orlova
DAU: A Soviet Time Capsule
I approached my reflection in the the mirrored doors of the Theatre de la Ville in Paris at my allotted time, six o’ clock, armed with a DAU “Visa” bearing my photograph and an uncertainty of what I was about to get myself into. LED screens outside flashed clips of sad, hysteric, sometimes smug individuals who had participated in a grand experiment conceived by Russian director, Ilya Khrzhanovsky.
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I approached my reflection in the the mirrored doors of the Theatre de la Ville in Paris at my allotted time, six o’ clock, armed with a DAU “Visa” bearing my photograph and an uncertainty of what I was about to get myself into. LED screens outside flashed clips of sad, hysteric, sometimes smug individuals who had participated in a grand experiment conceived by Russian director, Ilya Khrzhanovsky.
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