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Category Archives: documenta

SPECULATIONS ON ANONYMOUS MATERIALS

The inaugural show of Fridericianum’s new director Susanne Pfeffer, Speculations on
Anonymous Materials, is definitely worth a trip to “documenta-town” Kassel – great works, carefully installed. Personal highlight: the video Rosebud (2013) by James Richards, a fascinating composition of filmed images, found footage, and own takes.
“Art’s task changes in a world suffused with generated images. [...]

REPAIR. 5 ACTS

REPAIR. 5 ACTS at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin is French-Algerian artist Kader Attiaʼs first institutional solo exhibition in Germany. Attia develops a site-specific installation in five acts, which continues his ongoing artistic research into cultural exchange processes between occidental and extra-occidental cultures. REPAIR. 5 ACTS draws from historical African cult objects as well [...]

WAEL SHAWKY

The Egyptian artist Wael Shawky is a storyteller: historiographical and literary sources form the starting point for his concentrated film narratives, in which he interweaves myths, facts, and fiction. The actors, backdrops, and costumes, music, and text each become self-contained narrative voices and through their interplay, fracture ossified views of history. His poetic staging of [...]

dOCUMENTA (13): SEEN & LIKED

The dOCUMENTA (13) officially kicks off today. Even though you should book your trip to Kassel and have a look at the exhibition by yourself, here are some impressions and recommendations, which I spotted during the last three days.
Roman Ondák at Neue Galerie
Theaster Gates at the Hugenot House
Nalini Malani at documenta-Halle
Geoffrey Farmer [...]