RENÉE LEVI – LÉSÉDY

Posted on 2024-03-18

Painting is Renée Levi’s natural vocabulary. In his exhibitions, the artist deploys it so that we can make a physical and poetic experience of it. For her, the time of the exhibition, this scene, this strange space offers an impulsive and dazzling moment. There is no point in looking for stories and narrative logics, they have been deliberately reduced. It’s about experiencing intensity, its color and its structure together.

As in all her exhibitions, Renée Levi shares with us here a poetic architecture in a place. The frames of the paintings reverse the perception we have of them. For a time, they are a means of densifying our understanding of its medium and its scope. Renée Levi’s paintings become limit moments in the thought of painting. If his works will perhaps abandon this state when they simply hang on the wall again, here they play on their own balance to gain a foothold in our common space.

Opposite – Lésédy P, 2024

Exhibition runs through to May 10th, 2024

Galerie Mezzanin
63, rue des Maraîchers
CH-1205 Geneva
Switzerland

galeriemezzanin.com

  

SOUND SYNTHESIS – ORBITAL 108

Posted on 2024-03-18

Malta’s Sound Synthesis returns to the Orbital Mechanics label for the eighth entry in their Orbital 100 EP series. Hard-hitting electro is the game here once again, as Sound Synthesis brings his typically dark and retro-futuristic bent to the proceedings for a walloping collection of tracks ready to level any system. The aptly titled ‘Ominous’ certainly boasts a spooky, unnerving energy, but it’s the frantic ‘Communication Frequency’ that will really move bodies.

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ILLUMINATING THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF RAY FRANCIS

Posted on 2024-03-11

A photographer and educator who served as an editor of The Black Photographer’s Annual, Francis, alongside Louis Draper, was responsible for the early formation of The Kamoinge Workshop. Featuring a selection of over thirty never-before-seen early vintage prints taken between 1950-90, this exhibition considers the role of the camera and photography in creating a new black visual culture during a period characterized by activism and the struggle for equality. Questioning the monolithic canon of Western Art History, Ray Francis situates himself as having a rightful place within this lineage of greats, highlighting the complex, multidimensional qualities of the black artistic experience, one not limited to Western perceptions of “black art.” Inspired by Johannes Vermeer, his work evokes the style of Dutch golden-age genre painting with a subtle interplay of light and shadow and balanced, careful compositions; Francis creates a sense of intimacy and narrative ambiguity in his photographs.

Opposite – Gamin, 1980

Exhibition runs through to March 22nd, 2024

Bruce Silverstein Gallery
529 West 20th Street
New York
NY 10011

brucesilverstein.com

  

WOLFGANG TILLMANS – TO LOOK WITHOUT FEAR

Posted on 2024-03-11

Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear is the most comprehensive exhibition of the influential artist’s work to date, charting the development of his practice from the 1980s through the present, across every genre of photography imaginable. From early experiments with a photocopier to ecstatic nightlife images, intimate portraits, incisive documentation of social movements, and innovative cameraless abstractions, Tillmans’s broad subject matter reveals his steadfast commitment to engage unflinchingly with the world.

Opposite – Icestorm, 2001

Exhibition runs through to March 23rd, 2024

San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art – SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco
CA 94103

www.sfmoma.org

  

KAWS X MEDICOM TOY: MONSTERS

Posted on 2024-03-11

Renowned American artist KAWS has teamed up with General Mills to give the classic Cereal Monsters a makeover, blending his iconic pop art style with the beloved cereal mascots.

This collaboration elevates the Cereal Monsters, including Franken Berry, Count Chocula, Boo-Berry, and Frute Brute, beyond just a tasty breakfast option. These limited-edition boxes are true works of art, designed to be displayed and admired as much as they are to be enjoyed.

The redesigned cereal boxes showcase KAWS’ signature aesthetic, featuring vibrant colors and his unique take on the classic monster mascots. Each box is a collectible piece, making them highly desirable for art enthusiasts and cereal lovers alike.

KAWS: MONSTERS available on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 at 12:00 PM Noon EDT via the KAWS Official Website.

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KATHARINA WULFF – GUTEN MORGEN, DU SCHÖNE

Posted on 2024-03-11

Katharina Wulff’s solo exhibition features mostly enigmatic portraits. Each individual stands alone against backdrops of displaced architecture that look as much social realist as it does redolent of film and theatre sets. While some portraits were inspired by the work of GDR photographers such as Sibylle Bergemann, most are the products of invention. Creating an inside and an outside, as well as a threshold one must pass, Wulff has hung her compositions on either side of Moroccan handcrafted, cedar, interior screens. These in-built sculptures divide the gallery space in two and were fabricated by traditional artisans in Marrakesh where
the artist now lives. The exhibition, enlivened by cross-currents, has both a concrete part—attaching to real people, histories and tension-laden contexts—and then another abstract unfixed overlaid part, which speaks to the unruly imaginary and the seductive agency of art.

Opposite – Untitled, 2020/24

Exhibition runs through to April 14th, 2024

Galerie Neu
Linienstraße 119 abc
10115 Berlin
Germany

www.galerieneu.net