FEDERICO TOSI – VENTO FORTE

Posted on 2021-08-09

The project stages, through a series of about forty terracotta sculptures, the consequences of a shocking event of unspecified nature. We perceive it as a strong wind that overwhelms everything in its path: we see it ripple the blades of grass and run into the trees until they bend. In a progression that is gentle at first, then dizzying, it shakes the daily life of citizens, their animals and the objects that surround them. It gains strength until it runs over cars, cranes and trucks. A second later an entire city is hit: buildings and skyscrapers crumble… while pizzas from restaurants fly away.

Opposite – Vaso caduto, 2021

Exhibition runs through to October 2nd, 2021

Monica De Cardenas
Chesa Albertini | Via Maistra 41
CH-7524 Zuoz
Switzerland

www.monicadecardenas.com

  

DAVID LEGGETT – WE GOT FOOD AT HOME

Posted on 2021-08-09

This solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based David Leggett features recent paintings that continue his use of pop culture imagery, bright colors and soft materials to prompt discussion on topics such as race and class that are often difficult to confront. He combines text composed of letters cut from felt with cartoon images to invite viewers in so that they might take a closer look and ask serious questions. According to Leggett, “I leave things open so as not to pick a side. Other artists that make political work often want to convince the viewer of their view. I have no interest in that.”

Opposite – Quit shouting those rerun songs at me, 2021

Exhibition runs through to September 11th, 2021

Steve Turner
6830 Santa Monica Blvd.
CA 90038
os Angeles

steveturner.la

  

HUMANOID – 7 SONGS

Posted on 2021-08-09

Having been kicking around since the heady Hacienda days of ‘88, Humanoid returns with a highly anticipated seven tracker of acid cuts for De:tuned, split across a 12” and a 10”. On the 12” it’s straight down to business from the off, with the A1 pulling out a bassline of the resonant and squelchy variety for a classic acid house cut. The A2 kicks into more subterranean early hours territory, with the boundaries firmly blurred as arpeggio lines wrap and mangle around each other. The B-side is more straight down the line house, with the B1 in particular feeling perfect for misty peak hours with its softly soaring pads and dynamic drum edits, and the B3 being built around a subtly effective sub bassline. The 10” spreads its legs into more psychedelic territory. The C-side is a pulsing acid track in the purest sense, with its focal point being a warped vocal sample of an American fella talking about being on, you guessed it, acid! The D-side is a more rigid and weighty dance floor acid roller, with beefy 303’s each channelling their own path in myriad directions, giving an authentic, tripped out aesthetic as pure as you’ll find since back in the day.

detunedrecords

  

RELAXER – CONCEALER

Posted on 2021-08-09

Daniel Martin-McCormick, formerly Ital, now Relaxer, returns to Planet Mu with his new album ’Concealer’. The album drifts towards hyper digital sounds and marks Daniel’s return to using a computer with hardware. Combining the ultra-artifice of the digital and its glossy, pure surface qualities, Daniel comments that it “gives the sounds this sickly, shiny dimensionality which is un-human.

planet.mu

  

MOUNT KIMBIE – BLACK STONE

Posted on 2021-08-09

Video directed by Peter Eason Daniels. ‘Black Stone / Blue Liquid’ 12″ white label vinyl (ltd 500 copies worldwide).

www.mountkimbie.com

  

MARK BRADFORD – MASSES AND MOVEMENTS

Posted on 2021-08-09

For his first exhibition in Spain the artist presents an installation of globe sculptures, a site-specific wall painting, and a suite of new canvases based on a sixteenth-century map of the world thought to feature the first use of the name ‘America’ in print. ‘Masses and Movements’ extends across seven gallery spaces. Integral to the exhibition is a new social engagement project that Bradford is collaborating on to bring arts education to immigrant communities and a display that highlights the global immigration crisis. Continuing his career-long exploration of the systems that oppress marginalised populations, Bradford’s newest exhibition features work rich in both formal and allegorical complexity, reasserting the importance of abstraction to understand the world we live in and confirming his place among the most important artists working today.

Opposite – Installation view

Exhibition runs through to October 31st, 2021

Hauser & Wirth
Isla del Rey (Illa del Rei)
Mahon Menorca
07700 Balearic Islands
Spain

www.hauserwirth.com