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May 12, 2014

South likes: Benjamin Valenza at Komplot, Brussels

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, music poetry and performance. The exhibition addresses complex themes related to the culture of the Mediterranean, to the issues in defining the vernacular, and to the way we envision the representations of certain cultures.  read more.

May 10, 2014

South likes: Wu Tsang at Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin

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 better understand the life of marginalised groups of people, like queer and trans, Tsang elaborates both on an artistic and social position always balanced within a humanistic approach. read more.

May 9, 2014

South likes: Disobedience Archive at SALT, Istanbul

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 Contemporary Art, Italy; and Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden. The exhibition, curated by Marco Scotini and Andris Brinkmanis, features the installation design specifically made for SALT Beyoğlu by Herkes İçin Mimarlık.  read more.

May 7, 2014

South likes: Theo Michael and Daniel Silver at OMR, Mexico City

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 of Mexico City's contemporary art scene, presenting Mexican and international artists. Both the artists recall elements, figures but mostly memories detected in prehistoric civilisations, adopting an archaeological approach and creating their personal cosmogony of contemporary times. read more.

May 5, 2014

South likes: May Hands and Emanuel Röhss at T293, Naples

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 artists investigate the identity of objects from two different collateral perspectives. May Hands' work makes use of luxury fashion packages, integrating them into formal compositions that reassess their visual charge. read more.

May 4, 2014

South likes: Hey Mr. I’m Poetic at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge

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 etymologic sense of "making". At the same time the exhibition presents the work of the artists who, in many different ways, worked within Wysing Arts Centre in 25 years of activity. read more.

May 3, 2014

South likes: Ruta Mistica at Museo Amparo, Puebla

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 presented at Amparo Museum in Puebla. In a moment of ideological uncertainty and global instability, rather than an illustration of an idea, as the curator Gonzalo Ortega claims, the show is presented as a sort of diagnosis on the production of ten artists, who share the same interest of the revaluation of a concept. read more.

May 2, 2014

South likes: Tino Sehgal at CCBB, Rio de Janeiro

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 fleeting relationship between the performer and the viewer. Essas Associações, originally conceived for Tate Modern's Unilever Series, was nominated for the Turner Prize back in 2012.  read more.

April 30, 2014

South likes: Zoe Giabouldaki at Elika Gallery, Athens

The exploration of internet as a medium or universal tool, leads the artist Zoe Giabouldaki to an investigation of the materiality that compose the virtual world represented on the screens of our laptops, iPads or iPhones. The object of this research is the regime of interdependence between the physical presence of the object and the impact of virtual information. read more.

April 28, 2014

South likes: Kristian Sturi at NAM, Milan

The exhibition Gods and Fruits in NAM project revolves around a peculiar research on sacrality by the italian artist Kristian Sturi. Taking into account various forms of religiosity, Sturi focuses on the concept of Iconodulism (the veneration of images, as it is opposed to Iconoclasm). Religion, or better said a sense of divine alterity, has more than once been an impulse for the production and the distribution of images.  read more.

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