South likes: Gianni Piacentino at Fondazione Giuliani, Rome Gianni Piacentino 1965 – 2000 Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy 8 February – 5 April, 2014 Gianni Piacentino is one of those figures that is impossible to frame in a specific movement, especially if we consider the Italian artistic scene of the last fifty years. This exhibition, curated
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South likes: Pierre Bismuth at Andquestionmark, Stockholm YouTube Variations Andquestionmark, Stockholm, Sweden 20 March, 2014 Andquestionmark, an experimental space in the heart of Stockholm run by curator Stefanie Hessler and artist Carsten Höller, presented on March 20th 2014 Pierre Bismuth’s new project under the title YouTube Variations. Pierre Bismuth worked with different computer algorithms in
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South likes: Vanessa Safavi at The Breeder, Athens La Nuit Liquide The Breeder, Athens, Greece 8 March – 8 April, 2014 The new solo exhibition of Vanessa Safavi, which is now presented at The Breeder Gallery, underlies a visual metaphor of freudian psychology and surrealistic poetry. The artist reveals her sources already from the title
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South likes: The Night of the Great Season at Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Mulhouse The Night of the Great Season Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France 19 February – 11 May, 2014 Facing a young generation of Polish artists who retrieved the historical heritage of Surrealism in Poland, The Night of the Great Season traces the influence of this
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South likes: Michael Smith and Ian Cheng at La Triennale di Milano, Milan Michael E. Smith, Ian Cheng Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy 5 – 30 March, 2014 Inaugurating the new position of Edoardo Bonaspetti as curator of Visual Arts and New Media of the Triennale di Milano, these two solo shows sound
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South likes: Nina Canell at Camden Arts Centre, London Near Here Camden Arts Centre, London, UK 17 January – 30 March, 2014 A string of nails held together by magnets delicately hanging from the wall evokes the mesmerising formal balance in Nina Canell’s work. Water-filled tanks and oversized cables, which one can see only from
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South likes: Anastasia Ax at Steinslad Berliner, Stockholm Swallowed Fear Gallery Steinslad Berliner, Stockholm February 22 – March 21, 2014 Anastasia Ax, known for her powerful performances and installations, presents in this solo show a new identity mostly built around the two dimensional format. Ax has created sculptures and posters of brittle 50-years old archived
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South likes: Florian Auer at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin Blue Prints Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, Germany 22 February – 19 April, 2014 The solo show of Florian Auer at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Blue Prints, unfolds through an orchestration of surfaces: the manufacture of visual gags, ultimately achieving a perspectival manipulation of subjective viewpoints. The basic title of all
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South media sponsor: Where Are We Now?, Marrakech Biennale 5, Marrakech (Photo Diary) Where are we now? Various venues, Marrakech, Morocco 26 February – 31 March, 2014 Palais Badii is one of the venues where Marrakech Biennale 5 takes place. A five hundred year-old palace, also hosting the MMP+ Museum, where every work is surrounded
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South likes: Manolis Baboussis at Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens Beyond Planning Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece February 6 – March 22, 2014 The two rows of chairs touching one another, the unfounded wall made of cement blocks raised between and on them—protection or separation: a suspended dialogue that falls behind or
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