All the Images will Disappear. A Conversation with Rebecca Ackroyd
A blood-red carpet, ghostly body parts infused with lurid blues and pastel pinks that are weighted to heavy wooden furniture,…
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Originally published in Aperto ’93: Emergency/Emergenza, Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1993. The European scene of late has been dominated by the…
Sloppy, poor and free
In 1993, the world was not so much different than today. In the Balkans people were killing each other…
APERTO ’93: 1993–2023
Aperto ’93 set the artistic agenda for the 1990s. It is widely considered to have been one of the best…
Copies of Copies, I Which I Then Copy Again. A Conversation with Motoko Ishibashi
Art history lectures frequently begin with an image of the Venus of Willendorf. The ancient fertility sculpture, with its exaggerated…
“Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / New York
Visibility is a double-edged sword or, as French philosopher Michel Foucault once categorized it, “a trap.”1 The term’s duality is…
"Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living" Mori Art Museum / Tokyo
To mark their twentieth anniversary, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo presents “Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living,” co-curated by…
Gina Fischli: Ugly Feelings
Gina Fischli’s work revels in unattractive feelings that commercial and art institutions consider invalid or just too small to matter:…
Rusted Deja Blue. A Conversation with Duval Timothy
Grace Wales Bonner: I just came back from Germany; I was there with Adidas. The show in Paris was really…
Meredith Monk "Calling” Haus der Kunst / Munich; Oude Kerk / Amsterdam
At Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, songs by Meredith Monk lure viewers into the church nave. Large LED screens, suspended from…
Diane Severin Nguyen: Re-Enactment, Acting, Action
I spent a couple of weeks living with Diane Severin Nguyen in an Airbnb in Shanghai. She mostly took me…
Stella Zhong: Real Enigma
Across Neverland terrains, we catch a fade. Words break off its surface with the slimmest shiver, its occurrence a blink.…
Barbara Kruger: Speak Louder
On first receiving the commission to write a profile on Barbara Kruger, my mind flashed to her piece Untitled (Your…
Sophie Jung: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
On top of a gorgeous hangover, Sophie Jung had no clean clothes, so she rocked up looking like shit, quite…
IN YOUTH IS PLEASURE. A Conversation with Mike Kelley
Mike and I used to hang out and talk at length about many things — art, life, memories. I am…
YOU HAVE MADE AN EPIC! A Conversation with Mike Kelley
In this exclusive interview for Flash Art, cult moviemaker John Waters spoke to artist Mike Kelley about a range of…