After “Three artistic approaches to conditions of labour” and “Artistic views on the world order” we are glancing at three female participations to the 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice. The first view in on “The Probable Trust Registry”. It is the awarded work from Adrian Piper in the Arsenale. Then we move to the… (read more)
January 14 – February 28, 2016 ONO Arte Contemporanea Via Santa Margherita 10, Bologna www.onoarte.com During his stay in Mexico the Columbian photographer Leo Matiz became friends of one of the most famous artist couple of the 20th century: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. In between 1941 and 1943 he had the occasion to portrait… (read more)
Monique Thibaudin « Forme Hybride » (Hybrid Form) 2014 Height: 30 cm Ceramics, bones, acrylic The sculpture by Monique Thibaudin is a pacing anti-bust. These black legs with the lower body part executed until under the bosom are crowned by a yellow painted duck skull. The same colour is used for the right food, which… (read more)
Due to our moving to Italy, we only restarted our activities in January 2015. With this the focus is not only on art in public space, but changed more to report on exhibitions and presentation of international artists via the artwork of the month. First we published only on our Facebook website. However, since… (read more)
« Achtung Zeitloch » (Attention! Time hole) Anke Heelemann 2015 Installation FOTOTHEK, Karl Liebknecht Straße 10, Weimar 10 zograscopes, each 5,5 cm x 5,5 cm x 22 cm From October 20th to November 30th people who passed the FOTOTHEK in Weimar (Germany) risked falling into a time hole! They could embark on a journey through… (read more)
The 56th Biennale di Venezia under the theme “All the World Futures” curated by Okwui Enwezor closed its doors the 22nd November 2015. Nevertheless, we will continue to reflect about the offered artworks. Since the heart of the central exhibition was the reading of “Das Kapital” by Karl Marx, we focus on the artistic approach… (read more)
21st November 2015 – 9th January 2016 Spazio Testoni Via Azeglio 50, Bologna www.spaziotestoni.it Alan Maglio and Fabio Giampietro are two artists from Milan who have chosen different ways of their artistic expression. Alan Maglio uses photography and video for portraits and more or less documentary representations. Normally his works are colourful. Whereas Fabio Giampietro… (read more)
14th November 2015 – 9th January 2016 L’Ariete Artecontemporanea via D’Azeglio 42, Bologna www.galleriaariete.it Rituals are activities which follow predefined rules. Often they pursue formal and festive ceremonies with a great symbolic import. They can be of religious or secular origin. The current exhibition of the Bolognese Gallery “L’Ariete Artecontemporanea” shows the photographic view on… (read more)
« Zeste de mer » (Zest of the sea) Marie Cagnasso 2010 100 cm x 100 cm x 20 cm Porcelain, glazed and unglazed, lacquered metal plate “Zeste de mer” is one of Marie’s creations that is part of her sculptures of landscapes, based on the idea “of conservation of something valuable that can disappear”…. (read more)
On November 22nd the 56th Biennale di Venezia will close its doors: Time to start a little reflexion about what is shown. Okwui Enwezor curated the international art exhibition under the title “All the World’s Futures”. He stated in May 2015 in “The Guardian” to want a “deeply reflective, deeply political” Biennale. In this context… (read more)
