Yu Ji: Wasted Mud

The Chinese artist Yu Ji has salvaged construction debris from east London and Shanghai to create a ‘living sculpture’ installation using an intriguing palette of concrete, recycled wreckage and plant-infused water

(И опять без темы. 21% работ будут от квир-автор:ок или с квир-вайбом. Но у первых шестнадцати работ в цепочке никакого квир-вайба не будет — его ещё нужно дождаться.)
Helen Escobedo — AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes

Daughter of an English mother and Mexican father, Helen Escobedo studied at the Royal College of Art in London from 1951 to 1954. From 1961 to 1979 she was the director of the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes (MUCA), and the Galería Universitaria Aristos...

AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes
Mona Vătămanu and Florin Tudor, “I dreamt the work of another artist”, 2013, mixed media, part of a more complex installation at Kunsthalle Lissabon ★ Romania ★ https://www.artforum.com/events/mona-vtmanu-and-florin-tudor-205002/https://www.monavatamanuflorintudor.ro/idreamttheworkofanotherartist.htm #MonaVătămanuandFlorinTudor #VătămanuandTudor #VătămanuTudor #installationart #abstractart #KunsthalleLissabon #Romanianartists #2010s
Mona Vătămanu and Florin Tudor

Galerie Andreas Huber

Artforum
Why Do I Know You So Well? at Deborah Schamoni – Art Viewer

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Sam Samore, “The Killers no. 19”, 1999, c-print flush-mounted to aluminium, 55.6 × 127.2 cm ★ USA ★ https://www.samsamore.com/works/https://www.rodolphejanssen.com/artist/sam-samore/ #SamSamore #contemporaryphotography #prints #malegaze #fragments #cinematic #discourse #furs #eyes #killers #1990s

У художника был неплохой биеннальный трек, но в 2007 году он оборвался. Слишком явный мейлгейз.

Works - Sam Samore

Sam Samore
(#52) Willy Otto Zielke (1902 - 1989)

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Vasantha Yogananthan

Пастельно-персиковые брызги краски на лице и левом плече пусть символизируют хождение по миру двух клад эмпокса, 2-й и 1a. #mpox #minipandemic #associations
Edge Of Arabia - Contemporary art and creative movements from the Arab World

Edge Of Arabia was founded by a small collective of artists who met in the mountains of Aseer, Saudi Arabia, in 2003. What began as a border-crossing collaboration, against the backdrop of the last Gulf War, is now an established platform which has grown bold through the successful realisation of international projects & the grassroots support for its mission.

Nipan Oranniwesna - Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai 2023

เกิดที่กรุงเทพฯ เมื่อปี พ.ศ. 2505 พำนักและทำงานอยู่ที่กรุงเทพฯ ___ นิพันธ์ โอฬารนิเวศน์ มักทำงานกับประเด็นทางสังคมและการค้นคว้าทางประวัติศาสตร์ ผ่านทางผลงานศิลปะที่มุ่งเน้นไปที่การวิเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างมนุษย์และพื้นที่ ทั้งในแง่กายภาพและเนื้อหาเชิงแนวความคิด สื่อในผลงานของนิพันธ์นั้น มีตั้งแต่งานจิตรกรรม ประติมากรรม สื่อผสม ผลงานจัดวางในพื้นที่เฉพาะ ภาพถ่าย และงานวิดีโอ  มุ่งที่จะสำรวจลึกลงไปในความทรงจำส่วนตัวและความทรงจำร่วม การต่อรองกับพื้นที่ ความคิดต่อแผนที่ รวมถึงประเด็นแวดล้อมที่เกี่ยวข้องกับความเป็นภูมิกายาของชาติและรัฐ  ผลงานของเขามักจะสะท้อนความคิดเรื่องถิ่นที่อยู่ อัตลักษณ์ และการโยกย้าย และให้ความสำคัญกับผัสสะของผู้ชม และพื้นที่ระหว่างผู้ชมกับงานศิลปะ ผลงานของนิพันธ์ ได้ไปจัดแสดงในนิทรรศการสำคัญๆ ทั้งในและต่างประเทศ อาทิเช่น The 12th Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders (พ.ศ. 2561), Kenpoku Art (พ.ศ. 2559), Setouchi Triennale, Asia Art Platform (พ.ศ. 2556), Singapore Biennale: If The World Change (พ.ศ. 2556), The 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations (พ.ศ. 2555) นิพันธ์ได้รับคัดเลือกให้เป็นตัวแทนประเทศไทยจัดแสดงผลงานในศาลาไทย ในเทศกาลศิลปะนานาชาติ เวนิส เบียนนาเล่ ครั้งที่ 52 ในปี พ.ศ. 2550

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Works — Daniel Otero Torres

A LOS HEROES At the exhibition, manifesto of fragility, the 16e Lyon Biennale 14.09.2022 – 31.12.2022, curated by Sam Bardouil & Tll...

Happy Birthday, Faith Ringgold — The Textile Eye

Born on this day in 1930 in New York City, Ringgold created an impactful vision. For over 50 years, her art and activism have been at the vanguard of anti-racism and feminism.

The Textile Eye
Helena Almeida, o seu corpo é a sua obra, a sua obra é o seu corpo

Helena Almeida, uma das mais importantes artistas plásticas do século XX, morreu esta terça-feira aos 84 anos

Público
В кадре вместе с Еленой Альмейдой присутствует её муж, архитектор Артур Роса. Обычно его не считают соавтором перформанса. Всего в фотографической серии 8 кадров. #HelenaAlmeida #ArturRosa
(#220) Anna Hunt

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Мне одному кажется, что данная работа очень даже новаторская для 2005 года? Сложное, постинтернетное изображение-диптих, исполненное ещё и в технике вышивки. Слева — эскиз сюрреалистическо-арбрютовской скульптуры в духе джониевского «энциклопедизма», справа — городской пейзаж в стиле Маттиаса Вайшера. Для большего контраста можно вспомнить, какую пиксельно-леговскую живопись делала в те годы Наташа Стручкова. #protopostinternet #MassimilianoGioni #MatthiasWeischer #NatashaStruchkova #embroidery

Christopher Aque, “Idling”, 2021, video installation, 14 min ★ USA ★ https://regardsgallery.com/exhibitions/christopher-aque-2/ #ChristopherAque #videoart #videoinstallation #hostileurbanism #urbanism #cruising #cruisingarea #parks #NYC #queerart #2020s

Очередной нью-йоркский художник-гей, делающий работы на темы круизинга, переглядов в фитнес-залах и гриндероподобных приложений. Эта работа посвящена урбанистической борьбе гор. власти с тем, чтобы парки использовались горожан:ками как место для случайных сексуальных контактов.

Christopher Aque - Regards

I’d go for a run in the mornings before Neal left for work—down our street to Franklin Ave, then along Eastern Parkway to Prospect Park. I’d usually do a full lap, circling through Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect-Lefferts, before heading back through Crown Heights and home to Bed-Stuy. Seven miles of changing Brooklyn demographics. …

Regards Gallery
Fiker Solomon - Biography

Fiker Solomon (b. 1995, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian artist living and working in Addis Ababa. She graduated from Ale School of Fine Art and Design, Addis Ababa University with a major in Fashion Design in 2014. Since graduating from art school, she has developed a unique style of textile making,...

Rele Gallery
Tyrrell Tapaha’s Fresh Approach to Pictorial Navajo Textiles

Diné fiber artist and sixth-generation weaver Tyrrell Tapaha expands lived experience and ideas about the future.

Hyperallergic
Потомственные дине художникс Тиррелл Тапаха — самые молодые в моей арт-цепочке. Ткачи:ни дине в 1940 году запретили сами себе использовать в своих одеялах и коврах орнамент свастики, но к 2010-м годам из этого табу уже выдохлась всякая актуальность и вращающиеся лучи вернулись в культуру дине. https://www.millicentrogers.org/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-swastika-symbol-and-its-use-in-navajo-weaving-with-author-dennis-agner #swastika #Dinéculture #DennisAigner
"A Brief History of the Swastika Symbol and Its Use in Navajo Weaving"

Dennis J. Aigner will be at the Millicent Rogers Museum on Sunday, March 5th for a Book Talk/Lecture to discuss his book "The Swastika Motif and Its Use in Navajo and Oriental Weaving" and give a lecture about the Whirling Log Motif and its use in Navajo (Diné) Weaving.  To view the recorded presentation, please visit

Millicent Rogers Museum
Manisha Parekh

Александра Галкина и Света Шуваева, «Баррррррр», 2015, парный перформанс на московском фестивале «Форма» ★ Alexandra Galkina (DJ Galqueena) and Sveta Shuvaeva, “Barrrrrrrr” (or “Free Barrrrrrrr”), 2015, pair performance at the art festival Forma, Moscow ★ Russia/Tatarstan ★ https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=aT4TUz8s2mUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT4TUz8s2mU #AlexandraGalkina #DJGalqueena #SvetaShuvaeva #performanceart #relationalaesthetics #artfestivals #bars #architecturalperformance #pushbroominart #feministartists #MW #2010s
FREE BARRRRRRRR 2015 FORMA LIVE

БАРРРРРРР (Александра Галкина, Света Шуваева) Документация перформанса 2015 Камера: Лена Мартынова, люди из Afisha live

Alexandra Galkina | Invidious
Видео подписано как совместная работа, хотя всё выглядит так, как будто художницы одновременно представили каждая свою собственную работу, г-жа Галкина — бесплатный бар, сложенный из картонных коробок, а г-жа Шуваева — ожившую гору-клумбу на колёсиках и со шваброй в руках. #AlexandraGalkina #SvetaShuvaeva #relationalaesthetics #2010s

Heidi Bucher, “The hatching of the parquet dragonfly”, 1981, photograph with colour stamps and mother of pearl (?), 54 × 38 cm ★ Switzerland ★ https://heidibucher.com/works-on-paper/https://variousothers.com/jahn-und-jahn #HeidiBucher #contemporaryart #photobasedart #collage #parquet #Parkett #dragonfly #forktails #Ischnura #hatching #stamps #Swissartists #1980s

Дальше в треде будет ещё одна стрекоза.

Works on paper | Heidi Bucher

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works — Gypsum Gallery

Gypsum Gallery
Люсия (Люся?) Сотникова решила перешерманить Синди Шерман • Lucia Sotnikova, unknown title, 2024, from the exhibition “Stage Lights, Kitchen Nights” at Berthold Pott, Cologne ★ Russia/Germany ★ https://artviewer.org/lucia-sotnikova-at-berthold-pott/ #LuciaSotnikova #contemporaryart #feministart #photobasedart #collage #multilayered #transformation #misfittings #clichés #dolls #deconstruction #malegaze #appropriation #conсeptualselfportrait #selfportrait #Barbieworld #picturesgeneration #comparisons #CindySherman #2020s
Lucia Sotnikova at Berthold Pott – Art Viewer

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Javier Rey, “Fuck!”, no date ★ Colombia ★ https://javierrey.co/work #JavierRey #contemporaryphotography #calicocats #tricolorcats #cats #Colombianphotographers #queerartists #undatedartworks

У Хавьера Рея много фотографий с гомоэротическим дискурсом и мейловской обнажёнкой, но я выбрал кошку в прыжке.

Javier Rey

Javier Rey is an artist, photographer and graphic designer of the National University of Colombia. Born in Bucaramanga (Colombia) in 1991. Currently based in Bogotá, Co. He’s represented by The Art Design Project a gallery based in Miami, USA. and is the main editor and printer at FanLab, a studio dedicated to the production of museum quality expositions and fine art printing. His work has been shown in numerous collective exhibitions, a solo show at Permanente Gallery in 2018 and several international art fairs like AtrtLima (Peru), Scope Art Fair (Miami) and La Feria Del Millón (Colombia). His work has also been published in books like Unlocked, by the greek based collective Atopos, as one of the 145 web’s most relevant visual artists and photographers of 2015. His images in which he explores the body and the possibilities of sculpture through photography have been featured in several publications in Colombia, USA, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Denmark and other countries. I have always been fascinated by the concept of perfection and how it modifies the spaces we inhabit, the cities we transit, and the bodies and minds we have. Through documenting, staging, and collecting and categorizing photographs, I investigate the various human dynamics and emotions that shape our interactions and existence in the world we collectively live in. My work explores the idea that no matter how much effort we put into fabricating a perfect life through perfect images, the inevitable chaos, will always interfere with even the most utopian of realities. In a world where we are bombarded with images of an idealized existence, I point out the beauty and complexity of imperfection. Ultimately, my work is a reflection of the complexities of the human experience and how our interactions and existence affect the world we live in. By investigating the perceptions and concepts of perfection or human canons, I aim to create a dialogue about the nature of reality and the various ways in which we navigate the world around us.

Francisco Rodriguez - Works

Works by Francisco Rodriguez: A Warm Night, 2023 , After School, 2023 , Fighting in the Playground, 2023 , March Riots II, 2023 , March Riots III, 2023 , Sleeping in Class, 2023 , Sleeping in Class ( Portrait), 2023 , The Drawer, 2023 , The Revenge, 2023 , The...

Cooke Latham Gallery
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing

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Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing at Whitney Museum of American Art – Art Viewer

Adina Salome Harnischfeger, exploration and discovery | Collater.al

The photographic portraits of Adina Salome Harnischfeger are intimate and personal and focus on the fragility of the human body.

Collateral

Полина Вайнер, «Первичное», 2024 ★ Polina Vayner, “The Former”, 2024, sound installation or video documentation ★ Russia ★ https://pro.deziiign.com/project/b3e3d05695d64cb385a9d9a4750e80e3https://vimeo.com/user217218441 #PolinaVayner #contemporaryart #installationart #soundinstallation #conceptualart #former #delimiter #structurelessness #timelessness #kinkyart #wartime #HSE #2020s

Художница полностью покрыла все предметы в комнате прозрачно-белёсым полиэтиленовым (#LDPE) полотном и рассуждает про «трансцендентный разграничитель»...

Polina Vayner, “The Former”, 2024, sound installation or video documentation ★ Russia ★ https://www.youtube.com/@gyurts/videos #PolinaVayner #contemporaryart #installationart #soundinstallation #videodocumentation #conceptualart #emergingart #former #delimiter #structurelessness #timelessness #archiving #LDPE #kinkyart #wartime #HSE #HSEArtGallery #2020s

...обезличение, возвращение к бесструктурности, вневременность и архивирование настоящего. Звук у работы — малоприметные шумы (судя по тизеру).

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Мне инсталляция напомнила: а) подготовку к копровечеринке с размахом; б) подготовку к разрезанию и расфасовке человеческого трупа.

Обе ассоциации перекликаются с военным временем, с ожиданием, что большая война, которая уже давно идёт, просто пока не здесь, не в этой комнате, может ворваться сюда и заполнить всё кровью, фекалиями, брызгами мозгов и гниющими ошмётками тел. #PolinaVayner #kinkyart #wartime ☮︎

painting — nadia waheed

nadia waheed
A Small Land of Watery Light at Gallery Vacancy – Art Viewer

Simryn Gill

Handiwirman Saputra 漢迪威曼 · 蘇普塔拉 | Mega Mendung Beserta sayap kiri dan Kanan (Overcast Clouds Along With Left Wing & Right Wing) 烏雲密布,左右翼 | Modern & Contemporary Art | 2024 | Sotheby's

<p>Property From An Important Southeast Asian Private Collection</p><p><br></p><p>Handiwirman Saputra</p><p>b. 1975</p><p><em>Mega Mendung Beserta sayap kiri dan Kanan (Overcast Clouds Along With Left Wing & Right Wing)</em></p><p><br></p><p>signed and dated <em>2015 </em>(lower left)</p><p>signed <em>Handiwirman Saputra</em>, titled in Indonesian <em>mega mendung beserta sayap kiri dan Kanan</em>, dated <em>2015</em> and inscribed in Indonesian <em>Acrylic di atas kanvas 244 cm x 244 cm </em>(on the verso of top left panel)</p><p>acrylic on canvas mounted on composite panel, in six parts</p><p>overall:</p><p>240.8 by 240.9 cm.</p><p>94¾ by 94⅞ in.</p><p>Executed in 2015.</p><p><br></p><p>----------------------------------------------</p><p><br></p><p>重要東南亞私人收藏</p><p><br></p><p>漢迪威曼 · 蘇普塔拉</p><p>1975年生</p><p>烏雲密布,左右翼</p><p><br></p><p>款識</p><p>藝術家簽名 2015(左下)</p><p>Handiwirman Saputra "mega mendung beserta sayap kiri dan Kanan" 2015 Acrylic di atas kanvas 244 cm x 244 cm(左上板畫背)</p><p>壓克力畫布裱於複合板,共六部分</p><p>整體:</p><p>240.8 x 240.9 cm.</p><p>94¾ x 94⅞ in.</p><p>二〇一五年作</p>

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Хандивирмана Сапутру относят к художникам-постреформистам, потому что он подчёркнуто не работает с политическими и социальными темами. Такой вот лощёный ярлык для художников, дистанцирующихся от левых идей и современных вызовов. #HandiwirmanSaputra #postreformistartists
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I Gusti Ayu Kadek (IGAK) Murniasih Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions

I Gusti Ayu Kadek (IGAK) Murniasih biography, exhibitions and artworks. Follow artist. Enquire about I Gusti Ayu Kadek (IGAK) Murniasih artworks for sale.

Kishio Suga, “Adjacent Gaps, Internal Separation (Kinsa-nairi)”, 1999, plywood, vinyl chloride tube, rope and paint, 39.7 × 27.9 × 5.1 cm ★ Japan ★ https://www.10chancerylanegallery.com/artists/227-kishio-suga/works/ #KishioSuga #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #neomodern #Monoha #kinkyart #abstractart #ropeinart #PVC #adjacent #internalseparation #1990s
Kishio Suga - Works

Works by Kishio Suga: Adjacent Gaps, Internal Separation (Kinsa-nairi), 1999 , Between Appearance and Non-appearance, 1992 , Inclination of Entirety -1, 1988 , Periphery 2, 1988

10 Chancery Lane Gallery
‘1993 No. 17 (Zhang Huan)‘, RongRong, 1993 | Tate

‘1993 No. 17 (Zhang Huan)’, RongRong, 1993

Tate
Rebecca Horn Art, Bio, Ideas

Rebecca Horn is a German installation artist most famous for her body modifications such as Einhorn - a body-suit with a very large projecting horn.

The Art Story
Ana Beatriz Almeida - Verve Galeria

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Petrit Halilaj (@xixellojme@twitter.com), “Poisoned by men in need of some love (Anas platyrhynchos)”, 2013, iron, cow excrement, soil, glue, brass plate ★ Kosovo/Italy/Germany/France ★ https://mennour.com/artists/petrit-halilaj #PetritHalilaj #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #queerart #queersculpture #animalism #mallard #Anasplatyrhynchos #ducks #cowdung #poisoned #mirrorinart #cornerinart #artstars #Kosovarartists #2010s
Petrit Halilaj | Mennour

PETRIT HALILAJ (b. 1986 in Kostërrc, Kosovo) understands exhibitions as a way to alter the course of personal and collective histories, creating complex worlds that claim space for freedom, desire, intimacy, and identity. His work is deeply …

Случай квир-патриотизма: приятно, что сам:ая известн:ая косоварск:ая художни:ца в истории (all-time) — открытый гей, которому пока нет и сорока. #PetritHalilaj #queerartists #Kosovarartists @xixellojme@twitter.com

Shirin Abedinirad, “Woman Hair Freedom”, 2022 ★ Iran/USA ★ https://www.shirinabedinirad.com/portfolio/woman-hair-freedom/ #ShirinAbedinirad #contemporaryart #feministart #artactivism #humanrightsartworks #politicalart #hairfreedom #mirror #mirrorinart #contemporarysculpture #MahsaAmini #WomanLifeFreedom #JinJiyanAzadî #femicide #Iranianartists #2020s

Работа посвящена Махсе Амини, ну и во вторую очередь вспыхнувшим в Иране осенью 2022 года феминистским протестам.

Woman Hair Freedom | Shirin Abedinirad

Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini 22 years old, dies after she was arrested by morality police for wearing an incorrect headscarf. Women showed their anger at the news on social media by posting other examples of heavy-handed action by morality police against women without hijabs. As a result, women started to remove their scarves while screaming, “Woman, Life, Freedom”; to let the wind blow into their hair, creating a massive tornado taking over the long years of patriarchy and violence forced by the Islamic regime.

Shirin Abedinirad
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Marc Bijl - Under the Influence New York Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | Phillips

View Every Cult, its Castle by Marc Bijl, sold at Under the Influence on New York 16 September 2014 11am. Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price.

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René Francisco, “Con las manos en la masa”, 2006, oil on canvas, 141 × 100 cm ★ Cuba ★ https://www.phillips.com/detail/rene-francisco/NY010514/80 #RenéFrancisco #contemporaryart #conceptualart #contemporarypainting #monochromepainting #fourhanded #auctions #cookingshow #tvshow #recollections #Conlasmanosenlamasa #ElenaSantonja #Spanishtv #TelevisiónEspañola #oiloncanvas #Cubanartists #1980s #2000s

По поводу названия — это известное кулинарное шоу на испанском телевидении, существовавшее в 1984–1991 гг.

René Francisco - Latin America New York Thursday, May 29, 2014 | Phillips

View Con las manos en la masa by René Francisco, sold at Latin America on New York Auction 29 May 2014 4pm. Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price.

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Тамара Качаленко, «Катастрофа на Каховской ГЭС. Разрушительная волна», 2023, акварель, гуашь, шариковая ручка ★ Ukraine ★ https://www.svoboda.org/a/voyna-cherno-beliy-mir-grafika-sozdannaya-pod-obstrelami-v-khersone/32901462.html #TamaraKachalenko #abstractexpressionism #abstractlandscape #landscape #watercolour #KakhovkaDam #hydroelectricpower #waves #war #warcrimes #Russianinvasion #Ukrainianartists #2020s
"Война – черно-белый мир". Графика, созданная под обстрелами в Херсоне

Художник-график Тамара Качаленко с самого начала российского вторжения в Украину остается в Херсоне и рисует под обстрелами, прячась от ракет, бомб и снарядов в подвале. Ее авторский стиль изменился после того, как она побывала в оккупации: вместо цветных рисунков с использованием гуаши и...

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Dawit Abebe - Overview

Dawit Abebe (b. 1978, Ethiopia) graduated from the Alle School of Fine Art and Design, part of Addis Ababa University with a diploma in painting, sculpture, graphics, photography and industrial design in 2001. His work relies on vibrant, lively colours, which at times contradict the dark subject matter, addressing contemporary...

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Tamara Al-Samerraei, ou le réel mis en déroute

Nous souhaitons à la fois rendre hommage à l’excellente galerie Marfa de Beyrouth, qui a été détruite lors de l’explosion de 2020, et se remet courageusement à l’œuvre, et faire mieux connaître une…

THE SPIRIT OF THE EYE

t0ki4 (Tokia Kinomoto), #33, 2024 ★ https://www.flickr.com/photos/193483911@N05/ #t0ki4 #T0kiaKinomoto #TokiaKinomoto #SecondLife #virtualcommunities #virtualspace #characters #flickr #queervibes #queergraphics #queercharacters #twinks #piercing #2020s

Шли годы и «Фликр» постепенно оказался захвачен геймер:ками Second Life. Сейчас найти свежие фотографии с реальными людьми там заметно сложнее, чем кадры и луки игровых аватар:ок.

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Martin Puryear | Untitled (2008) | Artsy

From Phillips, Martin Puryear, Untitled (2008), Stained pine, 95.3 × 71.1 × 36.8 cm

Head of the snake | Valerie A Amani

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Yaara Zach: The First Year

Yaara Zach's photographs are inhabited by figures draped in blue plastic overalls standing alone among the rocks, washed out on the sea beach, seemingly lost and abandoned. Their plastic skin with tubes and strange flapping extensions turns their bodies into something uncanny, simultaneously human and alien. These bodies testify to the vulnerability of both human and more-than-human existence. “The blue figures are taken from my dreams. They are altered in the act of breathing, from body to an object and vice versa. The work evolved around the fragility of breathing, the first and last action in life. I wanted to use air as a material and give it a shape, even if it was limited in time,” comments the artist. The photographic series stems from a video of the same title where performers interact in what seems like a ritualistic ceremony. They inflate each other’s suits embodying the idea of mutual support and interconnectedness by breath. The images displayed at Artwall however, suggest feelings of isolation. The clinging plastic seems to suffocate those wrapped in it. Bodies on the beach resemble dead marine life strangled by plastic waste. Figures surrounded by sand and rocks scorched by the sun evoke the drought brought about by the climate change. They bring to mind the fragility of life and the environment in which we live. About the artist: Yaara Zach (born in 1984) lives and works in Tel Aviv. Zach is a multidisciplinary artist predominantly working in sculpture whose works revolve around the human body as a site of personal and collective memories. Her works have been showcased in exhibitions worldwide, including prominent venues such as The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Jerusalem, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Berardo Collection Museum in Lisbon, The artists' house in Brno and others. She has received numerous awards, including the Ann and Ari Rosenblatt Prize for Visual Art in 2022, a Merit Prize from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and the Rabinovich Foundation Prize for the Arts in Tel Aviv. Curators: Zuzana Štefková, Lenka Kukurová The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the City of Prague and the Municipal District of Prague 7. The First Year project was supported by Asylum Arts at The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life, Artport Tel Aviv, Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts. Media partners of the project are Artmap, Radio 1, GoOut. photo of the exhibition at Artwall: Martin Micka