Category Archives: Art
History, solitude and hermeneutics in contemporary art criticism
This essay was originally published on the online art magazine A*DESK in January 2012 Art criticism is in crisis. The proposition is already a clamour in the world of art, above all at an editorial and academic level, which are, as
History, solitude and hermeneutics in contemporary art criticism
This essay was originally published on the online art magazine A*DESK in January 2012 Art criticism is in crisis. The proposition is already a clamour in the world of art, above all at an editorial and academic level, which are, as
An interview with Ryan Gander
Conceptual art offers viewers a journey along an associative chain. There is always a bottom. O rather, the work attains its own life by cannibalizing the half-lives of its sources. Looping back through multiple tropes to arrive at its own
An interview with Ryan Gander
Conceptual art offers viewers a journey along an associative chain. There is always a bottom. O rather, the work attains its own life by cannibalizing the half-lives of its sources. Looping back through multiple tropes to arrive at its own
Luis Camnitzer’s “Reflejos y Reflexiones”
This review was originally published on Art-Agenda in January 2012 After several years of teaching and working in printmaking, the Uruguayan artist Luis Camnitzer made what he considers to be his first conceptual piece. It was 1966: written in black plastic
Luis Camnitzer’s “Reflejos y Reflexiones”
This review was originally published on Art-Agenda in January 2012 After several years of teaching and working in printmaking, the Uruguayan artist Luis Camnitzer made what he considers to be his first conceptual piece. It was 1966: written in black plastic
Notes for an idealistic visit to the Frieze Art Fair
This review was originally published on the online art magazine a*desk in October 2011 The voracity with which the contemporary art market chews up increasingly young artists is, at this point, just one more feature of extremely accelerated cultural consumerism. The cycles
Notes for an idealistic visit to the Frieze Art Fair
This review was originally published on the online art magazine a*desk in October 2011 The voracity with which the contemporary art market chews up increasingly young artists is, at this point, just one more feature of extremely accelerated cultural consumerism. The cycles
Ryan Gander or the pleasurable frustration
This review was originally published on the online art magazine A*DESK in September 2011 An abandoned industrial warehouse in the east of London is the scenario chosen by the British artist Ryan Gander to represent his latest and until now most
Ryan Gander or the pleasurable frustration
This review was originally published on the online art magazine A*DESK in September 2011 An abandoned industrial warehouse in the east of London is the scenario chosen by the British artist Ryan Gander to represent his latest and until now most
Time travels and the (de)construction of contemporary myths
(In September 2011, the Spanish media & video art distribution platform HAMACA invited me to curate a text-based itinerary through their extensive moving image catalogue. This is the result.) Throughout this itinerary, I would like to navigate through the HAMACA
Time travels and the (de)construction of contemporary myths
(In September 2011, the Spanish media & video art distribution platform HAMACA invited me to curate a text-based itinerary through their extensive moving image catalogue. This is the result.) Throughout this itinerary, I would like to navigate through the HAMACA
PAST PRESENT FUTURE SPACE-TIME
Psychedelia is back. Forget about the Goth revival, all that paleness and blackness. Right now it’s all about tie-dye, crazy colours and acid (sounds, that is). Last 10th of September the Wysing Arts Centre held the ‘Past Present Future Space–Time’
PAST PRESENT FUTURE SPACE-TIME
Psychedelia is back. Forget about the Goth revival, all that paleness and blackness. Right now it’s all about tie-dye, crazy colours and acid (sounds, that is). Last 10th of September the Wysing Arts Centre held the ‘Past Present Future Space–Time’
Experimental Station. Research and Artistic Phenomena
(This review was originally published on www.frieze.com in August 2011) CA2M (Centro de Art 2 de Mayo), Madrid, Spain. John Cage’s aphorism ‘art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living’ is the inspiration for ‘Experimental Station’, a
Experimental Station. Research and Artistic Phenomena
(This review was originally published on www.frieze.com in August 2011) CA2M (Centro de Art 2 de Mayo), Madrid, Spain. John Cage’s aphorism ‘art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living’ is the inspiration for ‘Experimental Station’, a
Karma Chamaleon: Interview with Donelle Woolford
This interview was originally published in ‘An Art Newspaper: Special DECADE Issue, April 1, 2011’. Lorena Muñoz-Alonso: I was reading David Joselit’s piece on you, in which he describes you as a quasi-mythical character and as an “avatar”, which allows “for
Karma Chamaleon: Interview with Donelle Woolford
This interview was originally published in ‘An Art Newspaper: Special DECADE Issue, April 1, 2011’. Lorena Muñoz-Alonso: I was reading David Joselit’s piece on you, in which he describes you as a quasi-mythical character and as an “avatar”, which allows “for
Shadowboxing: Review of the RCA Curatorial MA final show
MA Curating shows pose an unsettling question: are we here to encounter a set of artworks or rather to assess under what conceptual make-up were they thrown together? Like a mirror held to the face of our art system, the
Shadowboxing: Review of the RCA Curatorial MA final show
MA Curating shows pose an unsettling question: are we here to encounter a set of artworks or rather to assess under what conceptual make-up were they thrown together? Like a mirror held to the face of our art system, the
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