randian | 燃点

Each of the clowns is named after a verb—wake, touch, shit, etc.— titles that together form a simplified lexicon of existence. Plenty of art historical references can be thrown at this show—light art, for one, or Tino Sehgal-style HR management—but the crux is an emphasis on just being. “Breathe, Walk, Die,” Rondinone says, is “just a very basic circle of life.” >> Read more

The usual summer lull affecting the art world didn’t apply this year in rural England. “We loved what we saw. And then this project fell in our lap,” Ivan Wirth told the FT about finding Durslade Farm. >> Read more

Viewing Signer’s works feels a bit like sliding one’s hand into the water—sensing the ripples of the running fluid, the dangers lurking within, the velvety temptations, the refreshing touch. As Signer himself said, “When I arrive in a new city, I usually search out water.” >> Read more

Galerie Urs Meile is pleased to present guarda 看, the second solo show of Swiss artist Not Vital (*1948) at their Beijing gallery.Set across all four of the gallery’s exhibition spaces, Vital has conceived a multi-layered landscape field, a hybrid of manmade and natural materials that examines the intersection between these two polarities. >> Read more

Pipilotti Rist’s work suits Guangzhou. All the swirling colors and trippy close-ups of flowers, sky, cloth and fecund earth complement a visit to this southern city, where deep pink flowers wave by the roadside and creepers cover the flyovers. “Gentle Wave In Your Eye Fluid” is the title of the exhibition, characteristic of Rist’s goggling mode. >> Read more

An introductory word on Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, with a run-down of select booths to look out for at the fair.
 
 
 
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Iona Whittaker reviews Pipilotti Rist's recent show "Eyeball Massage" at the Minsheng Museum, questioning how the retrospective presents Rist's work in a more benign fashion. >> Read more

How a Shanghai institution helped legalize avant-garde art practice. >> Read more