About factories and creators
The need for artists to use spaces appropriate to their individual needs and professional practice has always existed. The dematerialization of art, since the conceptual practices of the 60s, freed artists from personal involvement in the process of creating artistic objects and the concept of “studio”, traditionally considered as the place of learning the most […]
Venice and the national pavilions
Since its inauguration in 1895, the idea of national representation at the Venice Biennale has gained increasing prominence. The architecture of the pavilions in the Giardini was built on the basis of national characteristics. But what role does “the national” play in contemporary art today? Can we speak of national art in the 21st century? […]
David Shrigley. Who I am and what I want
Who I Am and What I Want, David Shrigley from Richard Summers on Vimeo.
Welcome to the desert of the real
Link to the article in A*DESK This is a phrase uttered by the character of Morpheus in a scene from the film Matrix (1999). Slavoj Žižek also quoted it in the title of one of his books, in which he recalled Jorge Luis Borges’ fable about cartographers who, wanting to be extremely faithful to reality, […]
John Smit. The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)
Economics in Art
Link to the article in A*DESK The theme of the summer exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Krakow (MOCAK) is not exactly light. Curated by Monika Koziol, Delfina Piekarska and Maria Anna Potocka, Economics in Art aims to analyse aspects like the possible dialogues between art and economics, art’s dependence on the market […]
From Ryan Gander to Basquiat, by way of Schnabel, press releases and other forms of mediation
Link to the article in A*DESK I’ve been wanting to see the film Basquiat (1996) for a long time now and for one reason or another I’ve never had the opportunity. Last weekend, Loop and Ryan Gander gave me the excuse or perfect occasion to do so. In presenting the video by Ryan Gander Basquiat […]
¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo?
Link to the article in A*DESK Was the title given, in 1993, to the film by the director Manuel Gómez Pereira, which explored in a humorous vein the world of porn shows. “Why do they call it Biennial when they mean ‘name dropping’?” could be the title or summary of the proposal that concerns us […]
Working in art
Link to the article in A*DESK A few days ago Paloma Checa made an assessment of the last IKT congress celebrated in Madrid. She wrote about the subjects that had been considered in the debates, but also of what was talked about in the informal gatherings: the precarious nature of working as an independent curator […]
Direct Cinema or the sentation to have been there
Link to the article in A*DESK The history of Temporary Gallery in Köln is a curious one. It was established in 2008, on the initiative of the gallerists Thomas Rehbein and Christian Nagel as a space that, having previously paid the rent galleries from all across the world could use to have a presence in […]
