Seoul, Nov 16, 2023 – May 19, 2024, https://www.mmca.go.kr There were three shows on during my visit. All were telling different parts of a grand contemporary Korean art narrative. Korean new media master Nam June Paik’s masterpiece. Korean photography. Korean geometric abstraction. Defining a coherent historical narrative and canon of works that support it is…
Berlin, January 31 – April 14, 2024, https://transmediale.de, https://kunstraumkreuzberg.de The exhibition accompanying transmediale 2024. I don’t want to write about all the artworks, but overall it was definitely worthy to see. Within the context of transmediale, the exhibition most closely embodied this years theme dealing with the “horror of content”, i.e. the fading boundaries between…
Prague, June 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024 (Andres Serrano), September 14,2023 – February 11, 2024 (Beyond Words), October 26, 2023 – March 3, 2024 (Genesis Breyer P-Orridge), https://www.dox.cz On my visit, Dox featured a mixed bag of exhibitions. The large space close to the entrance was devoted to an Andres Serrano solo show. All…
Prague, November 16, 2023 – April 22, 2024, https://www.kunsthallepraha.org Elmgreen & Dragset are a well-known artistic “brand” in the global art market. Their installations are transforming gallery spaces into something slightly different by shifting or reversing certain expectations of spatial arrangements or material qualities. In the case of the “READ” exhibition, one could in fact…
Prague, December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024, http://www.meetfactory.cz The central figure of the exhibition, both in metaphorical and spatial terms, was an humanoid fish-like alien with an afro-asian face. Numerous pencil-drawn portraits of this creature were lined up along the walls of the main exhibition hall. Some portraits were very precise and detailed, others…
Prague, December 1, 2023 – January 28, 2024, http://www.meetfactory.cz The installation in one large spacious room contained mysterious objects that looked like a real-life materialization of computer 3D simulations of liquid flows and biological forms. Partially hanging on thick metal ropes from the ceiling, partially placed on the floor. The objects were made of two…
Prague, 19 October 2023 – 21 January 2024, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz The spacious and beautiful halls of Rudolfinum Gallery were adorned with a small number of large artworks, giving each individual work space to breathe. This was about minimalism and its heritage, but it was also about the effects that objects have on a space. Where is…
basis, Frankfurt am Main, September 14 to December 10, 2023, https://basis-frankfurt.de A group show that combined a number of China-related artworks by Chinese and China-related artists. Overall it seemed that there was an interest in geopolitical topics. Curated by Antonie Angerer & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach. Artists: Musquiqui Chihying, Elom 20ce, Gregor Kasper, Peng Ke, Xiaoshi Qin,…
Munich, September 8, 2023 – April 28,2024, https://www.hausderkunst.de/ WangShui is an ABC, American born Chinese. Is he from the “East” or the “West”? At least based on the funding of the exhibition by the “Asian Art Circle at the Guggenheim” he still seems to be considered as an Eastern artist. The most impressive thing about…
Prague, May 11 – 21, 2023, https://ctyridny.cz 4+4 days in motion is an annual art festival that takes place at a different location in Prague every year. The location of the art exhibition is usually an unused building prior to a new redevelopment. It seems that the Golf Center Erpet in Prague Smichov was the…