Image, performance, protest
Over the past decade, much has been written about the rise of performance in contemporary art’s institutions, with gargantuan architectures…
#328 Nov 2019–Jan 2020
Vincent Fecteau CCA Wattis Institute / San Francisco
In Vincent Fecteau’s most recent solo exhibition at the CCA Wattis Institute — his first show in San Francisco, his…
Luke Ching Chin Wai | South Ho Siu Nam Blindingspot / Hong Kong
The past eight months of political protest have left the administration of Hong Kong speechless. In failing to acknowledge its…
FALSE SPACES TOKAS Project / Tokyo
For its second edition, TOKAS Project invited Hong Kong Arts Centre and independent curator Yuk-Yiu Ip to present a media…
Liz Magor Marcelle Alix / Paris
Halfway into Canadian sculptor Liz Magor’s exhibition at Marcelle Alix, I brazenly swung myself down on a plinth only millimeters…
Marguerite Humeau CLEARING /Brussels
Maguerite Humeau’s earlier exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo and Nottingham Contemporary (2016–17) focused on what allowed the human species…
Elaine Cameron-Weir JTT / New York
In Elaine Cameron-Weir’s “strings that show the wind,” three sets of paired sculptures stand, as if halted mid-procession, atop an…
Emily Mae Smith Galerie Perrotin / Tokyo
In past interviews, Emily Mae Smith has described her current style and aesthetic as a result of her own experiences…