In the Mood for Muck. A Conversation with Geo Wyex
Geo Wyex is both hard to characterize and unmistakable when in character, on stage or elsewhere. The New York- born,…
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Nikita Gale “IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS” Chisenhale / London
Some whistles are like a kettle. In Nikita Gale’s Chisenhale installation of light, sound, and sculpture, something is under sustained…
“ARS22 – Living Encounters” Kiasma / Helsinki
Art-world professionals are busy biennial-hopping once again. There’s the big one in Venice, the new edition of Manifesta in Pristina,…
Tita Cicognani Hammer Museum / Los Angeles
What else would Tita Cicognani put in a Hammer Projects space for a summer solo exhibition but a hot tub?…
Counter-stances and refusal. A Conversation with Deborah-Joyce Holman
One could easily describe Deborah-Joyce Holman as an “inter-” or “multidisciplinary artist,” though the term merely suggests someone who works…
Full-Circle Horror. A Conversation with James Bantone
I had followed James Bantone on Instagram long before I knew him in real life. I assumed he was an…
Is Art Rooted in Life? Documenta, Now
Since its initiation by the architect and painter Arnold Bode in 1955, Documenta has pushed the boundaries of curatorial frameworks…
“Still Present!” 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Kader Attia, the artist who co-directed this year’s edition of the Berlin Biennale, has placed repair as a strategy at…
Self-Conception in the Making. A Conversation with Tarik Kiswanson
I have often heard others make a distinction between “the artist” and “the person” when talking about their interactions with…
Liz Larner "below above" Kunsthalle Zurich
On a clear moonless night, looking out from the shore, the horizon might disappear and the two great physical voids…
Living in a Material World. A Conversation with Tenant of Culture
In July, Camden Art Centre opened “Soft Acid,” the first institutional exhibition of Tenant of Culture (the anonym for the…
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster “Alienarium 5” Serpentine South Gallery / London
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster wants to know: “What if aliens were in love with us?” Influenced by her research into extraterrestrial life,…
Kahrkiv / Venice. April 2022
The following are excerpts from conversations that artist Pavlo Makov had with various people from February 24 — the day…
No Word Can Hold the Person. A Conversation with Rindon Johnson
Rindon Johnson’s work is as much about poetry as it is about presence. Poetry, in how the American artist uses…
Wolfgang Tillmans “Sound is Liquid” mumok / Vienna
Last November Wolfgang Tillmans released his first studio album, Moon in Earthlight, a fifty-three-minute-long soundscape that weaves together pop elements,…
Heidi Bucher "Metamorphoses I" Kunsthalle Bern
When the word skin is verbalized — to skin — the associations with this outer layer of the body start…