Sven Lütticken on the Return of Religion and other Myths
features 29/12/08 Jelle Bouwhuis
Is religion really in the midst of a revival? In The Return of Religion and Other Myths, art historian Sven Lütticken investigates the supposed rise of religion in society through the work of contemporary artists.
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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reviews 10.12.08 Clare Butcher
Düsseldorf
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
27/09/08 - 11/01/10
With As Far As The Eye Can See Düsseldorfs K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen presents retrospective journey of the oeuvre of Conceptual Art giant Lawrence Weiner. But does reading his work come as easily to contemporary audiences as it did in the seventies?
Fulya Erdemci new director of SKOR 'The raison d’être of any art project in public space is to create a contrast'
features 08.12.08 Ingrid Commandeur
In July this year Fulya Erdemci was appointed as the new director of SKOR, Foundation for Art and Public Space. Erdemci was the director of the Istanbul Biennial (1994 to 2000) and of Proje4L- Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul (2003-2004). She was part of the curatorial team for the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2007 and most recently co-curator of the 5th SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space in New Zealand. What are her plans for the future of SKOR?
Read more..Iris Kensmil The History of the Universal Negro
reviews 29.11.08 Hendrik Folkerts
Amsterdam
Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten - D'Eendt
22/11/08 - 22/12/08
'Yes, we can. Yes, we did.' The famous slogan, issued from the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, marks the outset of the solo exhibition Get Up, Stand Up by Iris Kensmil in gallery Ferdinand van Dieten - d'Eendt in Amsterdam.
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