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  • Producing the contemporary along the hegemony of a past-day elite and a present silent majority: A perspective on independent art spaces in the Netherlands

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  • Is this the most unethical artwork ever made?

    Is this the most unethical artwork ever made?
  • IMAGES: Sitelines 2018

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  • INTERVIEW: Matt Packer

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  • REVIEW: You missed the 9th Berlin Biennale

    REVIEW: You missed the 9th Berlin Biennale
  • 2016 SHOWER OF KUNST UNDERGRAD SPOTLIGHT AWARD

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  • REVIEW: Beyond Violet

    REVIEW: Beyond Violet
  • Images: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

    Images: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

31/12/2016

REVIEW: You missed the 9th Berlin Biennale

The 9th Berlin Biennale (BB9) is over and you missed it. It was curated by DIS, not a “fashion collective”, they are a New York-based art collective comprised of Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso and David Toro. Notable projects include: http://disimages.com/ and http://dismagazine.com/ and https://youtu.be/ivqvw2QQ8FE. All too frequently in the sphere of ‘high art’ we are are presented with the tokenistic political language of Marxism and postcolonial marginalia. This year’s Biennale is not an overt show of protest or statements, yet remains political. As one friend put… Read More »

REVIEWS Akademie der Künste, Alex Gvojic, Amalia Uhlman, Anna Uddenberg, Anne de Vries, berlin, Berlin Biennale, Camille Henrot, Cécile B. Evans, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, David Toro, DIS, Ei Arakawa, Future Orientalism, gcc, Guan Xiao, Jim Ricks, Josh Kline, Juan Sebastián Peláez, Katja Novitskova, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Lauren Boyle, Lucie Stahl, Marco Roso, Nik Kosmas, Ryan Trecartin, Simon Fujiwara, Solomon Chase, The Jogging, The Present in Drag, Wu Tsang, Yngve Holen Leave a Comment

09/06/2016

Images: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

  During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Baghdad’s National Museum of Iraq, the home of a large collection of world heritage objects, which not protected. The unsecured building was looted, and Approximately 15,000 objects Disappeared, leaving a terrible void in the museum collection and the international collection of relics of human history.For his first exhibition with Galerie Barbara Wien, Michael Rakowitz presents The invisible enemy shoulderstand not exist, to ongoing project since 2007. It is a direct response to the pillage of Baghdad’s museum, and… Read More »

IMAGES baghdad, barbara wein, berlin, iraq, Michael Rakowitz, National Museum of Iraq 1 Comment

05/05/2012

The 7th Berlin Biennale

Biennale press pass, welcome packet, newspaper-cum-event guide complete with custom fonts and logo.     Initially, I had intended to write a review of the Biennale.  Although I did I find it difficult to consider the various permutations of this festival in a positive light, it was ultimately the decentralized and event-based character of it that led to my decision not to.  Perhaps, I should have committed to living in Berlin for 6 weeks.  I suppose the political trajectory, or rather intent, of head curator Artur… Read More »

IMAGES, OPINION + POLITICS Artur Żmijewski, berlin, Berlin Biennal, Jim Ricks, Joanna Warsza, Voina Leave a Comment

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