Archive for March, 2009

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Roger Ballen In Conversation With Doug Mcclemont

When Roger Ballen talks about his body of work, it is seldom in terms of social commentary. If the personal history of one of his sitters seems unavoidable, Ballen addresses the narrative only in the broadest possible way. To the artist, the images of small-town South Africa contain interplay of light and dark, painterly lines and the secrets that shadows obscure and reveal. For the rest of us, they’re unforgettable. He talks here about his work, including a new book ‘Boarding House’, published by Phaidon.
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Hankang Huang At Galerie Bertrand Gruner, Geneva

'Virus, The tricks of acrobatics', 2008, mixed media on paper, 145 x 114 cm     'Overlapped history', 2008, mixed media on paper, 114x 167cm Hankang Huang's work bears within it the...

Clare Strand At Folkwang Museum, Essen

Clare Strand, 'Gone Astray Details', 2002/3 number of works in series, 10 Clare Strand, 'Signs Of A Struggle', 2003 number of works in series, 9 Over the last ten years, dissatisfied with...

James Kalm On Erik Parker At Paul Kasmin, New York

James Kalm slides into Chelsea for an intimate preview of 'Crisis Creation', Erik Parker's latest selection of works at Paul Kasmin. The new work features intense color...

Jerry Saltz: Energy To Burn – Boiler And X-initiative In Williamsburg

Works by Tavares Starachan (left) and Jonathan Schipper (right) at Pierogi's Boiler. (Photo: Jonathan Schipper/courtesy of Pierogi) The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say...

Showdown: Winners Of Round Two Announced

Hens Runhaar Patrick Burke Congratulations to the two finalists of the second round of the fifthSHOWDOWN competition, Hens Runhaar and Patrick Burke. They will now go head-to-head until 9am...

Patricia Hagen: Saatchi Online Critic's Choice By Ben Street

'Adrift', 2007 oil on acrylic on canvas, 155cm x 122cm 'Array', 2007 oil on acrylic on canvas, 155cm x 122cm Patricia Hagen's clusters of multicoloured lifeforms huddle at the bottom of tawny...

Saatchi Online Top 10 Chosen By Ben Street – 30 March – 5 April 2009

Ben Street, a former educator at the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, selects 10 artists registered on Saatchi...

Studio Voltaire Birthday Party

Nicole Wermers, Valeria Napoleone, Tomma Abts Sarah McCrory of Studio Voltaire and Hilary Lloyd Valeria Napoleone, David Noonan Joe Scotland of...

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Michael Bauer In Conversation With Stephanie Popp

To coincide with an exhibition at the newly relocated Hotel gallery in London, the German artist Michael Bauer talks here with fellow artist and writer Stefanie Popp....