Articles written by Maxine Kopsa:
'The Museum is History' Museum of American Art in the Van Abbemuseum
features 28.05.10 Maxine Kopsa
The Museum of American Art is no ordinary museum, but the re-enactment of a museum. It is now on view in Play Van Abbe.
Read more..I did not have Relational Asthmatics with that Woman, althoug I did cough in her Lemongrass Soup An Interview with Michael Portnoy
10/12/09 Maxine Kopsa
He dreams of an object becoming a force and has already coined a term for it: ‘objection’. The New York artist, choreographer and performer Michael Portnoy is obsessed with energy and movement and continually puts it into practice. For instance, with table-sized game boards that literally make the players dance to his tune.
Read more..I did not have relational asthmatics with that woman, although I did cough in her lemon grass soup
29/10/09 Maxine Kopsa
In the new issue of METROPOLIS M magazine, Michael Portnoy talks about his performances, including his infamous 'Soy Bomb' stunt at the 1998 Grammy Awards. This item contains several video's of Portnoy's work to date.
Behind the ‘Collection Dubai’ Interview with curator November Paynter
features 21.09.09 Maxine Kopsa
Amsterdam
SMART Project Space
07/09/09 - 25/10/09
Until October 25th SMART Project Space in Amsterdam plays host to Collection Dubai by Istanbul-based curator November Paynter. Maxine Kopsa interviewed her about the exhibitions backgrounds.
Read more..LEARNINGS FROM SÃO PAULO
17/08/09 Maxine Kopsa
This is the story of a five-day exploration of São Paulo. Or rather, a declaration of love for this gigantic, all-consuming metropolis and its equally huge and greedy art institutes and cultural centres.
Dazzled Men The Paintings of Tala Madani
29/04/09 Maxine Kopsa
The paintings of Tala Madani (born in Tehran in 1981, currently living in Amsterdam) have been called ‘audacious’, ‘passionate’ and ‘truly independent’. Her work has been picked out in critical reviews of Saatchi’s recent Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East as just plain ‘terrific’. The brushstrokes are compared to the power of a ‘flame-thrower’, while other work in the same show is seen as ‘obvious’, even disappointing. Tala Madani is ‘good because she’s dangerous’, apparently.
Read more..Hail, hail good paper
reviews 22.01.09 Maxine Kopsa
A good artist book is like a good conversation or a good night out–full of unexpected meanderings. The Rijksakademie decided to give it a go with the Documents series.
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The Happy Hypocrite is a curious biannual journal edited by Maria Fusco, a London based Belfast born writer and lecturer. One could have said a curious little journal but that might unnecessarily demean its calm yet resounding potency. Slightly larger than an A5, smaller than the magazine you now hold in your hands, The Happy Hypocrite radiates an assured tone not of conceit nor of pride but of tranquil promise. With such underground publications such as Documents, The Fox, Merlin and Bananas as its inspiration, The Happy Hypocrite (a journal not a magazine) promises, indeed guarantees, the urgency for a different kind of (art) writing.
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Saying no and meaning yes. Communication is full of tricks, traps and misunderstandings − difficult to avoid even with proper linguistic covenants in place. The art of Guy de Cointet and Emily Wardill up the ante: that which is named is other than that which is meant. The viewer realises only gradually and only when instinct is allowed to take over from rationale.
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‘Storyboards’ is what Adam Avikainen (b. 1978 in Minnesota, studied in Helsinki and Amsterdam, currently residing in Japan) calls his works comprised of multipartite paintings and text. Sumptuous, science-fiction-like representations and colourful stories, all ready for the film version which probably will never be made, except in the viewer’s mind.
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