Agnieszka Gratza
Project Runway
April 2013
THE LAST TIME I saw New York–based Polish artists Joanna Malinowska and Christian Tomaszewski was at a party in Brooklyn. The guests were asked to set their inhibitions aside and howl together like a pack of wolves (or was it coyotes?) in… READ ON
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Alice Channer, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Linder
The Hepworth Wakefield
April 2013
Made in response to the work of a woman and curated by women, this trio of subtly interconnected yet discrete exhibitions by three female artists (Alice Channer, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, and Linder) at different stages in their careers is … READ ON
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Maurizio Cattelan
Centre for Contemporary Art - Ujazdowski Castle
January 2013
Maurizio Cattelan’s 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim, emphatically titled “All,” was meant to be his last show. But with “Amen” at the Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, he appears to have risen from his… READ ON
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“Expanded Performance”
Stroom Den Haag
November 2012
You can’t accuse the staff of Stroom Den Haag––an independent center for art and architecture located in The Hague––of lacking in spirit of adventure. The venue’s latest project, titled “Expanded Performance,” in reference to… READ ON
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“Chronicles of a Disappearance”
DHC/ART
April 2012
Spread across two neighboring exhibition spaces, this show takes its name from the Palestinian director Elia Suleiman’s acclaimed first feature film, Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996). The show’s title is subtly alterated to reflect … READ ON
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Sanja Iveković
March 2012
Croatian artist Sanja Iveković’s works, which range from private gestures documented on video to public interventions broadcast on television or erected in a city square, were never intended for museum display. Yet for “Sweet Violence,”… READ ON
IN PRINT March 2012 [TOC]
“33 Fragments of Russian Performance”
November 2011
A joint venture between Performa and Moscow’s Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, “33 Fragments of Russian Performance” occupies an entire floor of the former elementary school in Nolita where Performa Hub—a pop-up academy, … READ ON
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G.T. Pellizzi
September 2011
“Transitional,” G. T. Pellizzi’s elegant solo show, packs a lot into Y Gallery’s compact space. The building blocks of this exhibition stand in a metonymic relation to New York City at large, its explicit subject and muse. Whether in… READ ON
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“Ostalgia”
August 2011
Much of “Ostalgia,” the New Museum’s summer exhibition dedicated to art from and about the Soviet bloc, makes for predictably grim viewing. How can we account, then, for the sense of longing and nostalgia triggered by day-to-day imagery… READ ON