In Mikhail Zhirmunsky’s whirlwind multimedia pieces, technique and subject come together to conjure mystery. Zhirmunsky paints innocuous scenes, such as peaceful farmhouses seen through the trees, or a simple silhouette of a chair. However, he treats them with radically energetic brushstrokes, otherworldly [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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The acrylic on canvas paintings of American artist Marianne Fernandez are bold, powerful, and utterly fascinating. Combining a strong use of line and form with brilliant colors and heavy brushstrokes, Fernandez explores a wide range of styles, from figurative to abstract. Each [Read More]
Etsuko Shida says that in her paintings there is “a continuous dialogue between the canvas and myself,” a process that results in works with a complex sense of form and color. “I aim to capture the spontaneity of the moment by using [Read More]
In Catherine Manchester’s paintings, the human figure takes center stage in a dreamlike world. The artist has a strong sense of the tension that exists between natural and manmade environments, and creates a synthesis between them in images that project the interior [Read More]
Artist Barbara Palka Winek works in easel painting, watercolor and monotype. Inspired early on to delve into the arts by her father, a recognized Polish painter, it was in his atelier that she began her lifelong love affair with art. In her [Read More]
Helsinki Photography Biennial is a series of events on photo/lens-based contemporary art open 27 March–14 May 2014 in Helsinki. The biennial features contemporary art from Finland and beyond, and is organized every two years in the spring. HPB14 is produced by Union [Read More]
Yael Bartana’s new film asks: What is true Finnishness? The IHME Contemporary Art Festival’s sixth commissioned project is the Israeli Yael Bartana‘s new film True Finn – Tosi suomalainen. In her IHME Project Bartana asks topical questions: How does national identity operate [Read More]
Seven artists have been selected by Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) to receive support for the realisation of new projects in 2014. The SAF Production Programme grantees are Marwa Arsanios, Elena Artemenko, Ali Cherri, Ahmad Ghossein, Jumana Manna, Zineb Sedira, and Raed Yassin. [Read More]
Garden and Spring takes as its title that of the canonical Urdu text Bagh O Bahar, the tale of a king without an heir. On a solitary journey, he encounters a group of itinerant dervishes who share cautionary tales, following the epistolary [Read More]
The 19th Biennale of Sydney: You Imagine What You Desire, curated by Juliana Engberg and presented at inner-city and harbourside locations across Sydney, today revealed the work of more than 90 artists from 31 countries. The Biennale of Sydney is presented free [Read More]
Gasworks presents Maryam Jafri Mouthfeel on view 21 March–18 May 2014, the first solo exhibition in London by Maryam Jafri. Comprising the newly commissioned short film of the same name and a new photo-text work titled Product Recall: An Index of Innovation [Read More]
The 12th Bienal de Cuenca open March 28–June 27, 2014, is conceived as an open thought process, in which the artworks form a constellation of independent yet deeply interrelated concepts. Informed by Édouard Glissant’s (Martinica, 1928–Paris, 2011) understanding of knowledge as stemming [Read More]
This is the first year that Turkey will be present at the International Architecture Exhibition in its new long-term pavilion at the Arsenale. The Pavilion of Turkey will house Places of Memory, an exhibition curated by Murat Tabanlıoğlu and coordinated by Pelin [Read More]
The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates (UAE) la Biennale di Venezia announce the appointment of Sheikha Hoor bint Sultan Al-Qasimi, President and Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation, as the curator of its contribution to the 56th International Art Exhibition – la [Read More]