Through sculpture, Nobuho Nagasawa expresses the concept of transporting the self, from pre-life to afterlife, on a vessel of light, bringing art into a realm where historical events, personal existence, and spiritual insights meet. Nagasawa was born in Japan, but she received her master’s degree in Berlin in 1985 and has been living in the
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Wrong Way Time: Fiona Hall at the Australian Pavilion
The 56th edition of the Venice Biennale marks a watershed for Australia as it unveils a new pavilion designed by the studio Denton Corker Marshall, which replaces the temporary structure designed in 1988 by Philip Cox.
Shilpa Gupta: Finding Common Threads
24:00:01, 2012. Motion flapboard, 69.56 x 9.83 x 11 in. Interactive and engaging, Shilpa Gupta’s works draw viewers in, provoking them to think, take their experience with them, and act. Each object and installation picks up on thought-provoking issues—political, social, and economic concerns that are part of daily life.
Ariel Schlesinger and Wilfredo Prieto
Tel Aviv Center for Contemporary Art “Hiding Wood in Trees” was developed collaboratively by Ariel Schlesinger and Wilfredo Prieto, though most of the works were authored individually. The whimsical title calls attention to a quality shared by their post-Minimalist approach—a belief that art is all around us, and inspiration, or sources of humor, can be
Juan Batalla
Buenos Aires Centro Cultural San Martin Since 2001, Juan Batalla has been involved in the Argentine art scene as an artist and curator. Always concerned with the interdisciplinary, his work navigates religion, contemporary art, and the humanities, with a special interest in African artistic expressions.
Fran Bull
Rutland, Vermont Chaffee Downtown and Castleton Downtown Gallery “STATIONS,” Fran Bull’s recent, dual venue exhibition, featured gigantic, wall-hung tableaux of figures rendered in high relief, along with one floor piece. Her dreamers, wrapped in white Venetian plaster bedclothes, represent iconic expositions of ourselves, draped in mystery, with as much hidden as revealed.
Sui Jianguo
New York Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park Sui Jianguo, who is best known for his “Mao Jacket” and “Dinosaur” series, which figuratively and symbolically comment on China’s Cultural Revolution, ventured into new territory with Blind Portraits.
Carol Ross
New York Rooster Gallery Carol Ross’s small but strong show featured a series of abstract paintings and three large relief sculptures, the latter acting, in some ways, as the center of the exhibition. Made of light- and dark-colored veneers, the organic quality of these works—evident in their general outlines and in the interlocking shapes of
“Artists in Residence,”
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Biennial 2014 Mattress Factory The Pittsburgh Biennial was inaugurated in 1994, when Murray Horne, curator of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, aspired to showcase diverse local and regional talent. The 2014 Biennial was the ninth and largest iteration to date, with eight organizations participating, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Andy
“Art in Nature”
Short Hills, New Jersey Greenwood Gardens Art and nature coexist very well amid the sumptuous scenery of Greenwood Gardens. Once under private ownership, Greenwood has been made available as a public site since 2003. Originally home to two wealthy families, the grounds of the house were decorated first with lush annuals and perennials, later with
