Author: Magazine Contemporary Culture

Kader Attia, on the Culture of Fear and the Construction of Evil

Kader Attia, Dé-construire/Ré-inventer, 2012 and  Inspiration/ Conversation, 2010 Kader Attia (Berlin) on the Culture of Fear and the Construction of Evil, with guest Lotte Arndt (writer and journalist, Paris) and Ana Teixeira Pinto (writer, Lisbon). How has the once idealized figure of the “wild man” (promoted by authors such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who proclaimed that “man is naturally good,… Continue reading Kader Attia, on the Culture of Fear and the Construction of Evil

Art: Ed Atkins, A Tumour (In English), 2010

Ed Atkins, A Tumour (in English), video still, 2010 London-based artist Ed Atkins interest in high definition makes him a rarity in a landscape of video artists who work with antiquated 35mm and 16mm. Digital film is innately mysterious – it’s data in a box – but Atkins turns it into stuff you feel under… Continue reading Art: Ed Atkins, A Tumour (In English), 2010

Exhibition: Paul McCarthy, WS, Park Avenue Armory, New York

Paul McCarthy, WS, Exhibition View, 2013 Paul McCarthy, WS, 19 June – 4 August, 2013 Park Avenue Armory, New York McCarthy is using Disney’s Snow White, turning her into his White Snow, as a character she is readymade emotional architecture dressed as an impossibly beautiful group of images. The largest installation yet for the artist, WS took 72 semi-trucks to… Continue reading Exhibition: Paul McCarthy, WS, Park Avenue Armory, New York

Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Installation view: Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, geometrics, 2013 Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, June 18 – September 22, 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The first major museum exhibition of Ken Price’s work in New York, will trace the development of his ceramic sculptures with approximately sixty-five examples from 1959 to 2012. The… Continue reading Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Artist: Josh Smith

Josh Smith, Untitled, 2008 and Untitled, 2010. Mixed media on canvas, acrylic glass Through paintings, collages, books, and ceramics, Josh Smith challenges the ideas of the artist. In forcing the painted image to be somewhat arbitrary, he has managed to take the act of painting beyond aesthetics. Smith’s early training in printmaking is often the… Continue reading Artist: Josh Smith

Bookshop: Librairie des Archives, Paris

Librairie des Archives Bookshop 83 rue Vieille du Temple, 75003 Paris info@librairiedesarchives.com, +33 (0) 142 721 358 Librairie des Archives is an independent bookshop in Paris specialising in fine art, decorative arts and design, fashion and jewelry.  The bookstore is located in the historic district of the Marais, close to Centre Pompidou, the Picasso museum (which is… Continue reading Bookshop: Librairie des Archives, Paris

Nicolas Ghesquiére, First interviews after leaving Balenciaga

Nicolas Ghesquiére, First interviews after leaving Balenciaga, System and 032c, 2013 System magazine’s Jonathan Wingfield interviewed Nicolas Ghesquière several times between early December 2012 and late March 2013. This was the first time Ghesquière had chosen to speak publicly about his shock departure after 15 years at Balenciaga. Ghesquière opens up about why he left… Continue reading Nicolas Ghesquiére, First interviews after leaving Balenciaga

Marfa Journal, Issue 1

Marfa Journal, Issue 1, 2013 Marfa Journal Issue 1 is a new publication created by artists for artists to connect contemporary high-end fashion and art. Marfa Journal‘s overriding concept is inspired by the small desert town of the same name in Texas, which has attracted the art world since the 1960s and continues to be a… Continue reading Marfa Journal, Issue 1

Books: Neapolis, A poetic look at the world through prism of skateboarding

Neapolis, A poetic look at the world through prism of skateboarding, 2013 Self published book featuring works and words by : Rick Owens, Taro Hirano, Jean-Max Colard, Camille Vivier, Jérémie Egry & Aurélien Arbet, Eric Tabuchi, Audrey Corregan & Erik Haberfeld, Yann Gross, Andrew Phelps, Estelle Hanania, Jerry Hsu, Raphaël Zarka, Paul Virilio, and many more. 368… Continue reading Books: Neapolis, A poetic look at the world through prism of skateboarding

Publishing: Shelter Press

Shelter Press is a Paris / Brussels based independent publishing company founded in 2011 and run by the publisher / graphic designer Bartolomé Sanson and the artist / musician Felicia Atkinson, from the fundaments of Kaugummi Books (2005-2011). Their publishing program focuses on contemporary art, writings, and experimental music through art books, mutliples and records.… Continue reading Publishing: Shelter Press

Galleries: Yvon Lambert, Paris

Gallery Yvon Lambert, 5 rue Violette, Paris For over 45 years the Yvon Lambert Gallery, has played an important role in the representation and support of the most innovative artists of our time. Founded in 1966  by the art dealer and collector Yvon Lambert, the gallery has a strong tradition of presenting artists’ projects that… Continue reading Galleries: Yvon Lambert, Paris

Exhibition: Takesada Matsutani, A Matrix

Takesada Matsutani, A Matrix, 2013 Takesada Matsutani A Matrix, 18 May – 27 July 2013 Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row This will be the gallery’s first solo show with Osaka-born, Paris-based artist, Takesada Matsutani and also marks the first time his works will be shown in the UK. ‘A Matrix’ features never before seen… Continue reading Exhibition: Takesada Matsutani, A Matrix

Capricious Magazine

Images from Capricious Magazine, Vol 2, Issue no. 11, Issue no. 13 and Issue no. 14 Swedish photographer Sophie Mörner founded Capricious Magazine in 2004. It is a biannual publication dedicated to showcasing emerging fine art photography. Its contributors and subject matter span the globe and is comprised almost entirely of images. Since Capricious collaborates… Continue reading Capricious Magazine

Documentary: Diana Vreeland, The eye has to travel

Still from the Documentary, Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has To Travel, 2012 Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has To Travel, Documentary, 2012 Directed By: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng and Lisa Immordino Vreeland 86 min. Biography, Documentary. “There’s only one very good life, and that’s the life you know you want and you make it yourself”. During Diana… Continue reading Documentary: Diana Vreeland, The eye has to travel

Photography: Marcelo Krasilcic, 1990s, 2013

Marcelo Krasilcic, Devra and Elaine, New York, 1996 and Untitled, From the book, 1990s, 2013 Part of a generation of photographers that includes Juergen Teller and Terry Richardson, Marcel Krasilcic (born 1969) moved to New York in 1990. He quickly became known for his spare but erotic photographs of liberated youth, artists, designers and musicians,… Continue reading Photography: Marcelo Krasilcic, 1990s, 2013

N° 5 Culture Chanel, Palais De Tokyo, Paris

From May 5th until June 5th, 2013 Palais de Tokyo in Paris will house the N° 5 Culture Chanel exhibition as part of its Guest Program. This exhibition has once again been entrusted to Jean-Louis Froment, the curator of the previous editions of Culture Chanel, held successively in Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum for Fine Arts,… Continue reading N° 5 Culture Chanel, Palais De Tokyo, Paris

AIDS research: Cured of HIV?

From the printed edition of The Economist, March 19, 2013 In journalism, cynics suggest, three data points are enough for a trend. As of March 4th, AIDS researchers hope two might be sufficient. On that day Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University announced to the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, in Atlanta, Georgia, that a… Continue reading AIDS research: Cured of HIV?

Artist: Thea Djordjadze

Thea Djordjadze, The easy isn’t done easy, 2007, Coated steeland Installation view, Our full, Malmö Konsthall, 2012 It’s rare that art as apparently spartan as Thea Djordjadze’s can be so tantalising. The thin wooden or metal frames and glass vitrines that frequently star in her sculptural assemblages suggest a minimalist sensibility and evoke the pristine,… Continue reading Artist: Thea Djordjadze