The main concept for Yang Jun’s solo exhibition, Paris Syndrome, included not only the video installation Paris Syndrome (which is most akin to usual works meant for exhibitions) but also the infrastructure and interior design for the gallery, which created a living space that invited one and all to enter a new possible living environment, […]

Streichelzoo (‘strAIkel,zu:) means "petting zoo" in German, an apt label for a showcase of the quirky cast of creatures about to enter Carmichael Gallery. The artwork in the show embraces a brand new phase in Herakut’s artistic evolution, as they continue to take risks and blend their signature styles into one unique, refreshing urban voice. […]

Durham’s works address the melding of theology and philosophy to create a world in which we are able to evaluate and weigh issues against the scale of reason and logic. The mastery of this technique allows us not to conform to the masses but instead, to understand, rise above, and then influence the masses. This […]

When looking at art, is it fair to differentiate between what is erotic and what is not? Erotica is very personal, so trying to establish work as erotic is almost impossible. For example, in a Seurat study for The Echo, it is the curve of an arm and a hand raised to the mouth that […]

I am interested in exploring the nuclear-powered sublime on a firsthand basis. Over the past several years, this interest has provoked excursions to malignant locations like the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, former East German Atomic Bunkers, and the Swedish Space Corporation’s Esrange Launch Site in the Arctic Circle. In addition to these specifically charged spaces, I […]

Archive Fever: The Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art was a compelling tour-de-force organized by Okwui Enwezor, a curatorial triumph of what critic Jerry Saltz has termed “1 + 1 = 3.” Enwezor’s installation prompted parallels and interconnections that significantly broadened each individual work. Eyal Sivan’s chilling film The Specialist: Eichmann in Jerusalem of […]

Homo Ludens Ludens is the third international exhibition LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial has organized as part of its exhibition cycle dedicated to the phenomena of gaming culture and the exploration of contemporary artistic strategies that comment on our contemporary society. Following the exhibitions Gameworld, that reflected the different sides and perspectives of […]

British artist Helen Marshall’s work finds its roots in both photography and collaboration. Her interventions challenge and provoke the inadequacies of conventional social documentary, often empowering the subject in the construction of meaning. She has curated a number of projects in London and in Beijing that have showcased British and International artists. Secret Gardens is […]

I was born in a theater and moved to Sichuan Fine Arts Institute at the age of three. Since I was little, I have been obsessed with beautiful women. I remember sitting in a dressing room backstage full of female actors, staring at their flawless faces and their dazzling jewelry. After I grew older, I […]

US-born, UK-based artist Whitney McVeigh seems to have developed what could unconventionally be referred to as a “head fetish.” This said, her traditionally-cropped bust portraits diverge from traditional portrait painting as soon as her brush dashes and drips across her canvas. Seeing her Heads Series as an "intricate study of human truth," she explores what […]