MAROESJKA LAVIGNE_LAND OF NOTHINGNESS
Namibia is a country of deserts with barren stretches that yield only to subtle variations of the same aridness. Fascinated by these extraordinary landscapes and
GATHERED LEAVES _ PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEC SOTH
Photography as language: Alec Soth shows a comprehensive collection of works gathered and commpiled over the years that are woven
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
William Kentridge was born in 1955 in Johannesburg, South Africa where he currently lives and works. Often drawing from socio-political conditions in post-apartheid South Africa, William Kentridge’s work takes on a form that is expressionist in nature. For Kentridge, the…
LE CORBUSIER AND THE MEASURE OF MAN
Swiss architect Le Corbusier pursued 20 years of thorough research in order to find the perfect scale of proportions. The outcome was a sceme called Modulor
LUC TUYMANS
Belgian artist Luc Tuymans (b. 1958) is known for a distinctive style of painting that demonstrates images’ power to simultaneously communicate and withhold. Emerging in the 1980s, Tuymans pioneered a decidedly non-narrative approach to figurative painting, instead exploring how information can be…
VITAMIN P3 BY PHAIDON _ WHAT’S NEW IN PAINTING
In 2002, Phaidon publishers presented their first edition of the popular “Vitamin” series, a comprehensive survey on contemporary painting
MELANCHOLY _ PETER DOIG AT FONDATION BEYELER
Fondation Beyeler is presenting British painter Peter Doig, who lives and works in Trinidad, London and New York. Doig is a versatile artist using
“TO THE POINT” A PHOTO PROJECT BY MANI NEJAD
To the Point is a visual journey through scenes and spaces that are unique in reflecting an aesthetic atmosphere of floating time and mysterious subtext. Conceived as a book project, the work explores the language of fictional minimalism in architecture,…