Pierre Huyghe is a producer of spectacular and memorable enigmas, with works that function more like mirages than as objects. Abyssal Plain (2015–ongoing), his contribution to the 2015 Istanbul Biennial, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, was installed on the seabed of the Marmara Sea, some 20 metres below the surface of the water and close to...
In the early decades of its existence, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), founded in 1929, transformed from a philanthropic project modestly housed in a few rooms of the Heckscher Building on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, to an alleged operating node in the United States' cultural struggle during the cold war, and one of the...
Hans Hartung and Art Informel at Mazzoleni London (1 October 2019-18 January 2020) presents key works by the French-German painter while highlighting his connection with artists active in Paris during the 50s and 60s. In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy.Born in Leipzig in 1904, Hans...
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Platform China presents the Northern Salon at the Armory Show’s China Focus. The project features artists whose roots all trace back to the same region: Northeastern China, better known as 'Dongbei'. The project does not seek to assess regional trends across the country, but in fact to present artistic discoveries, which arose in a very peculiar and remote area.
Presented in the format of a ‘salon’, a physical and spiritual space where art is discussed, it features works by six artists: Wang Yin, Zhao Gang, Qin Qi, Ma Ke, Song Yuanyuan and Zhang Yexing. These artists, all born in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, still explore the possibilities of the painting language as a contemporary art form, despite a growing trend to turn to alternative materials, media and art forms. Even within the same country, different regions and eras display a rich variety of possibilities.
The “Northern Salon” booth is split into a main exhibition space and a smaller section dedicated to rotating mini-exhibitions featuring one artist per day. Through these presentations Platform China presents an insight into leading contemporary Chinese artists from this region.
March 5: "'Conservative' and 'Rebellious' – Wang Yin VS Zhao Gang"
March 6: "Political, Historical, Chinese – Ma Ke"
March 7: "The Origins of Painting – Qin Qi"
March 8: "Time and Painting – Zhang Yexing "
March 9: "Testing the World through Painting – Song Yuanyuan"
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