Isaac Julien, Stones Against Diamonds (Ice Cave), 2015
Artist: Isaac Julien (born 1960 in London, UK; lives and works in London, UK). Materials: 10 portrait screens with HD playback; 58 minutes, 28 seconds. Description: “During the Venice Art Biennale 2015, British artist Isaac Julien collaborates with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to preview a film installation entitled Stones Against Diamonds, filmed deep within the remote glacial caves […]
“Yesterday’s Tomorrows,” 2010
Curator: Lesley Johnstone (lives and works in Montreal, Canada). Description: “Why have so many contemporary artists returned in recent years to the forms, ideas and aspirations of Modernist architecture and design? “This question lies at the heart of Yesterday’s Tomorrows, an exhibition that brings together works by ten Canadian and international artists who examine Modernism […]
Paulette Phillips, History appears twice, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, 2010
Artist: Paulette Phillips (born 1956 in Nova Scotia, Canada; lives and works in Toronto and London, Canada). Materials: Mixed media; Single-channel video with audio, 32 min. Description: “History appears twice, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce” is a suite composed of sculptural works, furniture, and a video that enfold the facets of […]
Juan Araújo, Casa Luis Barragán, 2010
Artist: Juan Araújo (born 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal). Materials: Oil on wood. Description: “The images by Juan Araújo are a deep reflection on the painting-architecture relationship that is often expressed through the binomials of fiction/reality; the two-dimensional /three-dimensional and non-materiality /materialization. Yet his game of associations does not end […]
Juan Araújo, Residencia Milan 1, 2010
Artist: Juan Araújo (born 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal). Materials: Oil on wood. Description: “Residencia Milan 1 is a painting of a house surrounded by lush forest. The image depicted is both photorealistic and creates the illusion of an unfolded piece of paper, with creases and discolorations. In referring to […]
Tamar Guimarães, Canoas, 2010
Artist: Tamar Guimarães (born 1967 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark). Materials: Digital color video, with sound, transferred from 16mm film; 13 min 30 sec. Description: “Canoas focuses on the preparations for a cocktail party at Casa das Canoas – the house Oscar Niemeyer built for himself in the early 1950s. […]
Knut Åsdam, Tripoli, 2010
Artist: Knut Åsdam (born 1968 in Trondheim, Norway; lives and works in Oslo, Norway). Materials: RED to HD; 24min, color, stereo Description: “Tripoli emphasizes the political history and architectural traces through the preserved relics of our recent past. It also emphasizes psychological and traumatic dimension of a place reflecting political history. In the city of […]
Felipe Arturo, Casa Domino, 2010
Artist: Felipe Arturo (born 1979 in Bogotá, Colombia; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal and Bogotá, Colombia). Materials: Reinforced concrete. Description:
Ai Weiwei, With Milk, Find Something Everybody Can Use, 2010
Artist: Ai Weiwei (born 1957 in Beijing, China; lives and works in Beijing, China). Materials: Milk and coffee. Description: “I approach Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavillion as a ready-made, the activities it experienced and the way it’s been seen. The building is not static, in fact, my intervention explores the metabolism of a living […]
Sarah Morris, Points on a Line, 2010
Artist: Sarah Morris (born 1967 in Sevenoaks, England; lives and works in New York City, USA). Materials: HD digital color video; 35 minutes 48 seconds. Description: “The Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois and the Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut. Philip Johnson and Mies van der Rohe. Curator and architect. Architect and architect. “Points on a Line” directed […]
