South likes: Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai The Exquisite Corpse Shall Drink the New Wine Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, UAE 18 March – 18 May, 2014 The trio of Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian return to Isabelle van Eynde Gallery for the
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South likes: Harun Farocki at MUAC, Mexico City Visión. Producción. Opresión MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico 2 February – 15 June, 2014 With a long career in film, video art and film criticism, Harun Farocki suggests a powerful conjunction between the filmic medium and contemporary art, emphasizing the ideological capacity of images.
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South likes: Superstudio at Pinksummer, Genova La moglie di Lot Pinksummer, Genova, Italy 21 March – 6 June, 2014 “Architecture exists in time as salt exists in water”: this was the premise on the construction of a bachelor machine called La moglie di Lot when, in 1978, Superstudio participated to the Venice Biennale. Five salt
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South likes: Ed Atkins and Slavs and Tatars at Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich Ed Atkins / Slavs and Tatars «Lektor» Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 15 February – 11 May, 2014 The current Ed Atkins’ and Slavs and Tatars’ shows at Kunsthalle Zürich are a highlight not to be missed. Of course, the artists’ names and CVs
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South likes: Runo Lagomarsino at Nils Stærk, Copenhagen Against my Ruins Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Danemark 22 March – 17 May, 2014 For his second show at Nils Stærk, Runo Lagomarsino inquired into issues related to politics of display, cultural heritage, and colonial appropriation of ancient artifacts. The work titled They watched us for a very
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South likes: Lina Selander at Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim Silphium Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway 6 March – 27 April, 2014 Silphium, the new film presented by Lina Selander at Kunsthall Trondheim, deals with the history of a little-known plant, which is now believed to be extinct and was widely popular in ancient times. In fact it seems
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South likes: Teresa Margolles at CA2M, Madrid El Testigo / The Witness CA2M centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain 18 february – 25 May, 2014 The works by Teresa Margolles exhibited at CA2M result from a research initiated in the city of Ciudad Juárez, located in Northern Mexico on the the border with
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South likes: Daniel Gustav Cramer at Vera Cortês, Lisbon Tales Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal 7 March – 3 May, 2014 Daniel Gustav Cramer’s ongoing Tales series has this subtle touch of humour and mockery that more or less all of his work possesses. Perhaps, this is also what makes this practice so crucially
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South likes: Camille Henrot at Chisenhale Gallery, London The Pale Fox  Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK 28 February – 13 April, 2014 An ambient soundtrack playing on loop and an intense blue-coloured gallery space create a dense environment accommodating a vast collection of objects. Each wall appears as a segment of our ever-growing understanding of our
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South likes: Christos Papoulias at Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens 1966, A Child’s Attic and other Antics Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece 25 February – 26 March, 2014 Born in 1953 in Metaxourgeio, Athens, Christos Papoulias returns to the area where he grew up, at Rebecca Camhi Gallery, to reinvent a vision of the neighbourhood based
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