Viewing articles from 2017/02

Bergen Kunsthall, Rasmus Meyers allé 5 N-5015 Bergen, Norway

Emily Wardill: Matt Black and Rat

Exhibition view, Emily Wardill, Matt Black and Rat, Bergen Kunsthall 2017

In a major new solo exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall, Emily Wardill presents two film works, as well as a new series of sculptural reliefs and large-scale framed rayograms to create a disorienting and highly charged environment.

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Power Station of Art, 200 Huayuangang Rd, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China

11th Shanghai Biennale: Why Not Ask Again?

Matts  Leiderstam, Gift of Tears, Oil painting made after Marco Palmezzano, “Christ  Carrying the Cross”, 1534, and bird-scope with refitted viewfinder on a  Manfrotto tripod; printed posters and oak table, 2016

The 11th Shanghai Biennale is a dense and vastly-scaled staging that melds Chinese science fiction, Bengali parables, the principles of traditional South Asian miniature painting, turbulent shifts in political thought and a scrutiny of the transportation of mass information through technologies, screens and devices. Review by Alex Hetherington.

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Rodeo Gallery, 123 Charing Cross Rd, Soho, London WC2H 0EW

Condo: Rodeo Gallery hosting Supportico Lopez: Franziska Lantz: Expanding Arid Zones

Installation view, Condo: Franziska Lantz, expanding arid zones, Rodeo hosting Supportico Lopez, Rodeo, London, 2017.

In the corridor of Rodeo Gallery’s reception, fragments of material hang in an assemblage of abstracted male and female forms. Lurking silently, the figures observe my arrival. The assemblage is part of a new body of work by Franziska Lantz on show in the first floor gallery space. Laura Mansfield reviews Lantz within the context of 'Condo'.

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