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July 2013
Phillemon Hlungwani – Cullinan Drawings @ John Martin Gallery
Only a few weeks away from their annual summer exhibition John Martin is bringing to their central London space the South African artist Phillemon Hlungwani for a mini-expo starting this next Tuesday. Phillemon Hlungwani Bulavirisano wu ni nkoka VII- (the importance of communication) - Courtesy of John Martin Gallery In collaboration with Knysna Fine Art, John Martin Gallery are hosting a selection of charcol drawings by Phillemon Hlungwani. These drawings depict everyday life at the iconic Cullinan diamond mine in…
Find out more »September 2013
Siah Armajani: An Ingenious World @ Parasol Unit – London
Legendary Iranian-born, US-based artist and sculptor Siah Armajani is presenting a landmark exhibition of his key works opening this week at London’s Parasol Unit, until December 15. Siah Armajani - Wall (detail), 1958. Courtesy of the artist and Beam Contemporary Art, New York, London. Photograph by Larry Marcus. This will be the first major UK survey of the Iran-born, American artist who is internationally renowned for his extensive public art commissions, which include bridges, reading rooms and poetry gardens. Curated by…
Find out more »Daniel Dewar et Grégory Gicquel @ Centre Pompidou – Paris
Oftenly discarded by most tourists and visitors Beaubourg´s always great Espace 315 is hosting once again last year´s Marcel Duchamp Prix: an expo by the winning artistic duo Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel. Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel met in 1997 at the Fine Arts School in Rennes, and ever since then have been developing a joint approach based on personal experimentation (often pushed to the extreme) with traditional sculpture and craft materials, applied to various themes reflecting their interests…
Find out more »October 2013
‘LONDON’ by Jimmy Merris @ [ s p a c e ], London
London-based artist Jimmy Merris is done listening to African tapes in his old Mercedes while inviting people for a beer, and in his new exhibition @ Space Studios Jimmy will be presenting LONDON. The film documents a ten-day road trip taken by the artist around his home city in a hired motorhome and will be shown alongside a series of large scale posters designed by Stockholm’s Studio SM The expo is a collaboration between and Bloomberg SPACE and will feature…
Find out more »Slick art fair 2013 – Paris
And a new edition of Slick is about to arrive, and like in its previous edition SAF is willing to promote French art first without neglecting and dedicating nearly half of its space to other European artists. This year 36 galleries as well as 13 SLICK Projects produced especially for the fair will be exhibiting by the Banks of the Seine, just under Alexandre III bridge... and not that far from that other well-known club. Fred Penelle & Yannick Jacquet,…
Find out more »Desert Plains and Internet Memes @ Galerie Art Concept – Paris
Thousands of years ago the ancient Incans used silk threads to speak, weaving intricately colored patterns in lieu of any conventional forms of writing. A mere handful of decades ago, computers were invented, proliferating dozens of new languages that digitally spilled out into the world, opening up domains and environments that had not yet been fully imagined by the wildest minds. Millions of years ago, plant life was able to communicate with its surroundings and began to translate the world…
Find out more »December 2013
Transformer: Aspects of Travesty @ Rirchard Saltoun
"Transformer: Aspects of Travesty" is back 40 years after its original exhibition curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann opened back in 1974 @ the Swiss centre Kunstmuseum Luzern attempting to explore the aesthetics of desire and sexuality through travesty and drag performance. This time, London´s Richard Saltoun is bringing works from all the artists which featured in the original expo from Pierre Moliner to Andy Warhol. Pierre MOLINIER - The Model (Jean) 1970 (courtesy of Richard Saltoun) Transformer looks back at the…
Find out more »February 2014
Dark Matter @ Jaggedart
Starting next month during the last winter days, jaggedart have put together an exhibition of inspiring and beautiful works which respond to nature and notions of memory.... Dark Matter (courtesy of Jaggedart) A group exhibition comprising 6 local artists and a Franco-Argentinian photographer who´ll be bringing a black & white proposal filled with personal experiences and latest works. Works that go from Lynn Dennison´s installations which glide over the sculptural forms of paper dresses exploring the decorative, symbolic and emotional…
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