Ângela Ferreira, Maison Tropicale, 2007

Artist: Ângela Ferriera (born 1958 in Maputo, Mozambique; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal). Description: “The project was the official representation of the Portuguese Pavilion at the 52nd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia… Angela Ferreira’s Maison Tropicale reflects on colonial history and its contemporary, post- and neo-colonial resonances. Amidst the territorial reorganisation undertaken by the […]
“everstill/siempretodavía,” 2007-08

Curator: Hans-Ulrich Obrist (born 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland; lives and works in London, England). Description: “Hans Ulrich Obrist… has curated exhibitions in the residences of Friedrich Nietszche, architects Luis Barragán, and Sir John Soane—and now [Federico García Lorca’s] summer home. Obrist organized a three-part exhibition of work by 30 artists responding to García Lorca: ‘everstill/siempretodavía,’ […]
Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Eames Derivative, 2006-13

Artist: Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck (born 1972 in Caracas, Venezuela; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Materials: 1242 custom-made slotted cards, silk thread with metal fixtures, 5 framed vintage magazine ads, three narrative wall labels, vinyl wall lettering, glass and wood platform; installation dimensions variable. Description: “The ideological apparatus of the state works in mysterious ways. Sometimes […]
Damián Ortega,”Skin” series, 2006-07

Artist: Damián Ortega (born 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico; lives and works in Mexico City and Berlin, Germany). Materials: Leather, thread, tattoo ink, graphite on paper, and board; display dimensions variable. Description: “Ortega’s Skin works belong to a series of sculptures based on modernist residential architecture. Using natural cow leather, he has replicated floor plans of apartments […]
Kasper Akhøj, Untitled (Schindler/Gray), 2006

Artist: Kasper Akhøj (born 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark; lives and works in Copenhagen and New York City, USA). Description: “In the slide installation Untitled (Schindler/Gray) (2006), Akhøj interrelates the histories of two early modern houses: Eileen Gray’s Villa E.1027 in Roquebrune—Cap Martin, France (1926-1929), and Rudolph M. Schindler’s Kings Rd. House in Hollywood (1921-1922). A […]
Falke Pisano, Chillida (Forms and Feelings), 2006

Artist: Falke Pisano (born 1978 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Materials: 2-channel video; 13 min 50 sec. Description: “Chillida (Forms and Feelings) is a personal inquiry into my affective relation to a series of photographs taken by the photographer David Finn of sculptures by the Basque sculptor Chillida. While going […]
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Always After (The Glass House), 2006

Artist: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (born 1961 in Madrid, Spain; lives and works in Chicago, USA). Materials: Super-16 mm film transferred to HD video; 9 min 41 sec. Description: “His 2006 work Always After (The Glass House) is the fifth installment in a series of film-based works—created between 2000 and 2006—that directly engage the architecture of Mies van der […]
Goshka Macuga, Mula sem Cabeca (The Headless Mule), 2006

Artist: Goshka Macuga (born 1967 in Poland; lives and works in London, England). Description: “Working with an architect and an engineer, Macuga built a small-scale structure inspired by the Oscar Niemeyer-designed pavilion that housed part of the biennial—a ‘condensed’ version, as she puts it. An elevated walkway led to a platform that afforded a commanding […]
Knut Henrik Henriksen, Scale of Proportions which makes the Bad Difficult and the Good Easy, 2006

Artist: Knut Henrik Henriksen (born 1970 in Oslo, Norway; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Materials: Wooden beams, planks, and Styrofoam panels. Description: “Knut Henrik Henriksen’s works are equally driven by a search for mathematical harmony and potentially endless structures, while also remaining conscious how the introduction of universal standards seem to have fuelled the […]
Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Marquise, 2006

Artist: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 1965 in Strasbourg, France; lives and works in Paris, France and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Materials: HD film, color, stereo, sound; 5 min. Description: “For her contribution to the 2006 São Paulo Biennial, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster used the work of Oscar Niemeyer as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship […]