“I tore everything apart … I grew a lot.” Alizée Gazeau's paintings resemble skin, maps, fossils, and hieroglyphs. Their reddish tones recall blood and femininity; their surface evokes time and process. Her installation "Océanité" at Lapis Lazuli: artE embraces looseness and the acceptance of flow.
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Interview: Chloe Bensahel
Chloe Bensahel's work considers the role of textiles within the constitution and existence of individual and collective identity. By incorporating the mediums geopolitical, historical, and physical references, Bensahel’s tapestries embrace the conceptual and the sensual, proposing a contemporary approach to a traditional technique.
Rudolf Englert x Chloe Bensahel
"Rudolf Englert x Chloe Bensahel" unites two positions that are related across time and independent of the different media. The juxtaposition emphasises the simultaneously analytical and playful approach of both artists and enables a new way of perceiving their works.
Gertrude Stein: Image, word, abstraction
The exhibition "Gertrude Stein et Pablo Picasso. L'invention du langage" explores the influence of Gertrude Stein on the visual arts of the 20th century. An insanely good exhibition, providing new perspectives and outstanding works!
Picasso: Drawing to Infinity
"Picasso – Dessiner à l’Infini" gives a round-up tour through Picasso’s entire oeuvre on paper. Upon the occasion of the 50th death of the artist, the exhibition offers a visual and art historical party!
Daniel Spivakov: Chronorama Redux, 3rd Chapter
Daniel Spivakov presents the third chapter of his contribution to the exhibition Chronorama Redux at Palazzo Grassi, Venice. The three paintings show images between strass and hoodie, lipgloss and dirt, force and ennui. The sweetness and void of celebrity, manifested in paint.
a matter of time: Roberta Cotterli and Claudio Zorzi
The artist-couple Roberta Cotterli and Claudio Zorzi jointly present their work. Roberta Cotterli’s sculptures examine male representation in art history; Claudio Zorzi’s portraits develop the idea of a modern Icon. Both investigate time in relationship with process, art history, and moments spent with the other. The exhibition centres around the question of muse and model, suggesting a play between intimate representation vs. presented intimacy. Classical motifs are taken up and continued; roles are turned around. Old Masters and Christian iconography intersect with the Contemporary. a matter of time.
Beatrice Bonino: Cosetta
Beatrice Bonino's work is characterized by a sense of alienated beauty. Her exhibition at mmxx.uno in Milan presents objects between office and catwalk, mortuary and luxury shop. Cunning beauty, or a calm betrayal.
Art as impetus: Oscar Tuazon
The Kunsthalle Bielefeld presents works by Oscar Tuazon, based around the question: what do we need? Continuously re-considered, the question, according to the artist is more important than the answer. The exhibition offers engaging points of departure for its reflection.
Forming Time: Glenda León
The Fundació Miró Palma shows the work of Glenda León in dialogue with the work of Joan Miró. The two artists share colour, shapes, and a sense of place – exciting but calm, aesthetic but free.