South likes: Issa Samb at Iniva, London From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire Without Signs Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London, U.K. 4 June – 26 July, 2014 Text by Michelangelo Corsaro Issa Samb is for sure no ordinary artist. Someone might remember him hanging out next to his installation under a
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South likes: Nikos Sepetzoglou at Elika Gallery, Athens I Have a Diver Down II Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece 5 June – 12 July, 2014 Text by Michelangelo Corsaro For his second solo show at Elika Gallery, Nikos Sepetzoglou fantasise on the associations between nautical communication and financial markets. The abstraction of the flags used in the
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South likes: Ketty La Rocca at Galerie Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf Eröffnung  Galerie Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf, Germany 1 May – 28 June, 2014 Text by Marina Maniadaki Back in the 1960s Ketty La Rocca repeatedly broke down language and approached each of its pieces as a different means of communication; speech, handwriting, typography and punctuation are
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South likes: Ishmael Randall-Weeks at Arróniz, Mexico City Escombrosos Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico 6 May – 5 July, 2014 Text by Klea Charitou Questioning the bedrocks of our conventions, Peruvian artist Ishmael Randall-Weeks attempts a personal answer through his second solo exhibition at Arróniz gallery where he converts the space into a construction site
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South likes: Invitation at Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva Invitation Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland 22 May – 12 July, 2014 Text by Michelangelo Corsaro The show at Ribordy Contemporary gather five different takes on painting with the pretext of an invitation—hence the title—extended to five very different artists. Alex Hubbard participates to the exhibition with an abstract
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South likes: 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World at On Stellar Rays, New York 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World On Stellar Rays, New York, U.S.A. in collaboration with Sun\Ra 18 May – 21 June, 2014 Text by Michelangelo Corsaro Titled after a video by Basim Magdy, showcased among other pieces, the exhibition
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South likes: Antoine Catala at Peep-Hole, Milan Heavy Words Peep-Hole, Milan, Italy in collaboration with FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims 23 May – 12 July, 2014 With the words Once upon a time… Antoine Catala begins a conceptual account on digital communications, linguistics, and augmented reality. The first of the three projects showcased in this show at
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South likes: Yorgos Sapountzis at Eleni Koroneou, Athens Athens Screens Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece 30 April – 7 June, 2014 Once entered the show of Yorgos Sapountzis visitors have to deal with his universe. It is like the central public space of a utopian city. A big useless stair is there connecting the floor
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South likes: The Registry of Promise at Fondazione Giuliani, Roma The Registry of Promise: The Promise of Melancholy and Ecology Fondazione Giuliani per l’arte contemporanea, Roma, Italia 9 May – 18 July, 2014 The Promise of Melancholy and Ecology addresses issues related to ideas of future, promise, or anticipation, reassessing the modernist positivist notion of
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South likes: Bill Jenkins at Laurel Gitlen, New York Wet Light Laurel Gitlen Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 18 May – 22 June, 2014 In a short essay written in 1933, In Praise of Shadows, writer Jun’ichirō Tanizaki commended the use of light in Japanese traditional architecture as it differed from the Western style: “This was
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