DUNDEE. Santiago Sierra “Black flag” 08 september – 25 november 2018. Dundee Contemporary Arts
For the past two decades, Spanish artist Santiago Sierra has carried out provocative actions around the world. Influenced by the formal language of the minimal and conceptual art movements of the 1960s and 70s, Sierra’s work addresses the hierarchies of power and class that[...]
SAVANNAH. Guillermo Mora “Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow” august 30, 2018 – january 6, 2019. SCAD Museum of art
Guillermo Mora lives and works in Madrid, Spain, and is one of the most accomplished artists of his generation. In recent years, he has created a particular visual vocabulary in which formal elements like color gradients, layers, textures and shapes are used to create[...]
SAN FRANCISCO. Eva Navarro. “Summer in the City” 2 – 31 august 2018. Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Even in the busiest cities it is possible to find a place for calm and rest. Eva Nararro’s latest paintings celebrate summer, with figures bathed in sunlight relaxing in invisible parks or calmly strolling down unseen avenues. They represent characters she has found enjoying[...]
NEW YORK. José Carlos Casado, Ivana Larrosa, Andrés Senra, Ruth Somalo “Fever” 30 august – 30 september 2018. The Plaxall Gallery.
The “fever” art exhibit in Long Island City is tackling the subjects of climate change and global warming. “The show incorporates painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation. It will be installed alongside informative quotes from world leaders, challenging and bringing awareness to a serious[...]
COPENHAGEN. Carlos Aires “Livin’ is easy and Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” 18 august – 22 september 2018. Specta gallery
In video, installation, collage and object Carlos Aires confronts us with the ambiguity of our world order and the constant presence of money, be it specifically as the collages are made of original banknotes or abstract as symbols of dreams, power and both moral[...]
SAO PAULO. “Daniel Steegmann Mangrané” 18 august – 4 november 2018. Mendes Wood DM
Steegmann Mangrané’s works often unsettle the conventional ways in which art is seen or felt; examples include his virtual reality–based project Phantom (2015) and his subtler drawings and sculptures that entwine light, color, and the architecture of the venues they are displayed in. In its emphasis[...]