Contemporary Art News Condensed
April 19th, 2010
- The OPAL Contemporary Art Space in Turkey presents Daniel Garcia's show "Postcapital" which focuses on "social, political, economic, and cultural worldwide changes" from 1989-2001. The show is free and is open from April 21-June 27, 2010. Read more here, or visit the official website.
- The Office for Contemporary Art Norway presents Sheela Gowda with her first ever solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of a dialogue between two of Gowda's pieces. Read more on E-Flux.com.
WYSTAWA, a show at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, uses shop windows to become a space for new artistic works. The artists will use the glass and the enclosed space to create multi-levelled rooms, these spaces will remain open to the public April 24- June 20, 2010. Check it out on E-Flux.com.- Two museums in Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art, currently have exhibitions about the art of tattooing. Read more on Boston.com's Art Review.
- Street photography, the act of taking pictures in the streets, often with bright flashes, became popular in the 1960-70s as a way to document the everyday bustle in the city. But now the issues of privacy have affected the way street photographers work. To read about influential artists and the issues they are currently facing check out Guardian.co.uk's article.
- HyperAllergic.com reports that Adolf Hitler was rejected by the Vienna Academy of Art twice, but his work will finally go to auction. Read more here.
- The
Kunstmuseum Basel presents the work of Gabriel Orozco through August 8, 2010. Orozco, a world renowned contemporary artist, explores the marginal zones of perception, changing vantage points and locations in a continuum of ceaseless transformation through his art. Check out the show here.
