Thomas Ruff’s virtual darkroom might be seen as a type of Platonic cave too. For Ruff, a photograph – as opposed to a mere print, like a monotype – must exist twice. For instance, at least one negative and one print. There must be multiples. >> Read more
In spite of all gloomy prophecies to the contrary, the medium of painting has survived. On the other hand, who can still recall Joseph Beuys’s claim that the error already begins the moment an artist sets out to buy stretchers and canvas? >> Read more
It began with a simple impromptu invitation.
The blurred yellow letters announced “Overlapping Reflection,” an apt title for a contemporary art exhibition at the water-town of Zhujiajiao in the Qingpu District on the outskirts of Shanghai. >> Read more
Vanishing Deconstructions See+ Gallery, Beijing, China December 05, 2015–January 30, 2016 Organizer: Hua’er, Director of See+ Gallery Moderator: Antonie Angerer Translator (Chinese): Zwei Fan Date: December 04, 2015 Q (aka Kyoo Lee, hereafter Q): Thanks, everybody, for being here. Special thanks to Hua’er for organizing this event, Antonie and Zwei for moderating and translating, and […] >> Read more
In the process, you go somewhere and somelsewhere elastically, even a tiny bit. While inhabiting a ritual, one lives in and through time, via an odd interval sliced open and stitched back together. >> Read more
Edouard Malingue Gallery Shanghai will present the first exhibition in Mainland China by Turkish artist Nuri Kuzucan from May 12 to June 17, 2018. >> Read more
fillet presents an extension of Habibi’s ongoing series of assemblages titled This Thing which explores notions from the ubiquity in urban life and the relationship society has with material culture >> Read more