Con una obra de una factura impactante, dueña de una figuración cuasi hiperrealista que confronta al espectador con modelos de humanidad que actúan como espejos brutales de nuestra realidad, Martin Di Girolamo desarrolla un trabajo sólido y con amplia trayectoria en el panorama de las artes, desde los años 90.
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ROTTERDAM Kunstinstituut Melly (formerly Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art) For me, Delftware—a blue and white ceramic that rose to prominence in the 17th century—isn’t particularly sexy, but this show of sculptures and installations reinterpreting Delftware forms and presenting a wider global history changed my mind.
About the Search: A Conversation with Frances Richardson
British sculptor Frances Richardson, 2017 recipient of the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award, endows utilitarian materials such as Perspex and wood veneer with unexpected lyricism and elemental force.
Jessica Stoller
NEW YORK P.P.O.W André Breton once described Frida Kahlo’s work as “a ribbon around a bomb.” His words could also apply to Jessica Stoller’s witty and subversive sculptures, which first seduce and then explode into contrary objection.
Just a Small Piece of Wood and a Knife: A Conversation with Paloma Varga Weisz
Born into an artistic family and trained in the traditional techniques of woodcarving, Paloma Varga Weisz, who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, uses sculpture, watercolor, and drawing to explore a world of masquerades and disguises, revealing histories and creating narratives.
Rita McKeough
BANFF Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Rita McKeough’s exhibition “darkness is as deep as the darkness is” offers a captivating and critical perspective on natural resource extraction. Set in a mysterious realm, the show focuses on the unheard voices of flora and fauna—perhaps the most vulnerable inhabitants of the terrain exploited and destroyed by extraction industries.
The Roots of Sustenance: A Conversation with Tracy Linder
Tracy Linder’s Western roots have nourished her work since she was a student at Montana State University in Billings. Though her installation-based projects often celebrate the nobility of rural life and the natural cycles of the seasons, there’s not a trace of sentiment in her approach.
Dahlia Elsayed and Andrew Demirjian
WASHINGTON, DC Transformer In “Which Yesterday Is Tomorrow?” collaborator artists Dahlia Elsayed and Andrew Demirjian reimagined a future rest stop by riffing on their Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) heritages.
A Conversation with Shahzia Sikander
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Shahzia Sikander trained first as a miniaturist at the National College of Arts in Lahore before moving to the United States in 1993 to pursue her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Still/Moving Projects: A Sign for Our Times
Few people would consider a breakwater extending out into the harbor as the ideal location for a sculpture. But the U.K.-based artist collective Still/Moving Projects thought differently. Speedwell, their most recent outdoor work, stands on the 915-foot-long Mount Batten Breakwater in Plymouth on the south coast of England.
