The motif is changeable by nature. In a painting, for instance, it assumes a flaccid form which then swells and shrinks, becomes softer or harder. Its shapes are fluid forms of metamorphosis. The…
Walker's video works are directly related to the work that brought her fame: the wall installations of black-and-white silhouettes, cut from paper, in which she examines racial stereotypes, sexual…
Body parts on hung from a clothesline, mannequins that come to life and human teeth as currency: the Silvia Martes film The Revolutions That Did (Not) Happen (2021) quickly gives rise to an ominous…
This photograph is one out of the series Without Trace . They are all views of Zurich’s snow-covered outskirts in winter. They were taken on several visits to Zurich that Doherty undertook in the…
Here, in thin green lines, the strange form of the motif has been drawn in an organized manner. Originally that fantasy unfolded in a drawing. There it was loosely sketched, I recall, with pastel…
Introduction A sports car with cat’s eyes, a poodle on a trampoline and a parade of giraffes – the German artist Raphaela Vogel (Nuremberg, 1988) establishes surprising connections in her work. In her…
The Widest Prairies Back in Amsterdam, I sit on my couch while outside my window construction workers are building in the sun. A large blue crane turns every five minutes or so, placing building…
2011 ≠ 1848 In his work, Canadian artist Stan Douglas (1960) subtly merges fact and fiction, history and current events, blurring the distinctions between them. This is true of his five-part photo…
Ragnar Kjartansson No Tomorrow 2022 six channel video with sound duration: 29 min. 18 sec in collaboration with Margrét Bjarnadóttir and Bryce Dessner 2022.RK.04 about this work Fiona Banner Pranayama…