South likes: Céline Condorelli at Chisenhale, London How to work together Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK 2 May – 22 June 2014 For her commission at Chisenhale, Céline Condorelli keeps the clean, industrial setting of the gallery seemingly intact; yet, the gallery door is gone and a window is revealed. Behind a large, semi-transparent golden curtain—a
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South likes: Benjamin Valenza at Komplot, Brussels Circa Circa Fabrica Vehicula Komplot, Brussels, Belgium 23 April – 14 June, 2014 The show by Benjamin Valenza on view at Komplot constitutes the prosecution of an ongoing research on which the practice of the artist is based. With a multifarious approach, Valenza embraces diverse procedures, including sculpture,
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South likes: Wu Tsang at Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin A day in the life of bliss Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin, Germany 2 May – 31 July, 2014 As a transgender second-generation Chinese American, Wu Tsang’s work deals with issues of sexuality and identity, merging together a subjective perspective with fictional narratives. In the attempt to
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South likes: Disobedience Archive at SALT, Istanbul Disobedience Archive (The Park) SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey 22 April – 15 June, 2014 Since 2005 Disobedience Archive has existed as an ongoing, itinerant archive and platform of discussion that travelled trough several institutions including MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, USA; Castello di Rivoli Museum of
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South likes: Theo Michael and Daniel Silver at OMR, Mexico City Theo Michael and Daniel Silver OMR, Mexico City, Mexico 24 April – 28 June, 2014 A new two-person show of Theo Michael and Daniel Silver is now on view at the dynamic OMR gallery, which over the last thirty years has become a pioneer
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South likes: May Hands and Emanuel Röhss at T293, Naples May Hands / Emanuel Röhss T293, Naples, Italy 21 March – 30 May, 2014 The works of May Hands and Emanuel Röhss are juxtaposed in the venue of T293, highlighting the affinities between their practice in terms of how they relate to consumerist society. Both
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South likes: Hey Mr. I’m Poetic at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge Hey I’m Mr. Poetic Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK 13 April – 1 June, 2014 With the title Hey I’m Mr. Poetic, the exhibition on view at the Wysing Arts Centre addresses the very idea of artistic creation, connecting the term “poetic” to its
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  South likes: Ruta Mistica at Museo Amparo, Puebla Ruta Mistica Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico 8 March – 28 April, 2014 A reassessment of the notion of mysticism in the current postcolonial Latin-American cultural context is the subject of the exhibition Ruta Mística (Mystical Path), organized by the Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO) and
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South likes: Tino Sehgal at CCBB, Rio de Janeiro Essas Associações (These Associations) CCBB Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 12 – April 21, 2014 If we were to trace the object—in its broader sense—in Tino Sehgal’s performances, we could say that it lies in the ambiguous forms fashioned through the
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