gwangju art biennale 2010 (16 articles)
seungtaek lee at gwangju art biennale 2010
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'the artist to be out of breath', a monumental, double self-portrait which, when taken literally, suggests two warring sides of the artist's personality but is in ways a »
'the artist to be out of breath', a monumental, double self-portrait which, when taken literally, suggests two warring sides of the artist's personality but is in ways a commentary on the division of korea and a state torn apart by war and ideological differences.
shinro ohtake at gwangju art biennale 2010
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known for his voracious, maximalist accumulations of found materials and methodically layered imagery, shinro ohtake exhibits a large collection of scrapbooks which he has been »
known for his voracious, maximalist accumulations of found materials and methodically layered imagery, shinro ohtake exhibits a large collection of scrapbooks which he has been making since 1977.
sanja ivekovic at gwangju art biennale 2010
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'on the barricades' is a living memorial enacted by volunteers who stand in place of statues representing the victims of the gwangju people's uprising in may of 1980.
'on the barricades' is a living memorial enacted by volunteers who stand in place of statues representing the victims of the gwangju people's uprising in may of 1980.
stan vanderbeek at gwangju art biennale 2010
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stan vaderbeek was once a major figure of the new york avant-garde, associating with luminaries like claes oldenburg, jim dine, robert morris, allan kaprow, and yvonne rainer.
stan vaderbeek was once a major figure of the new york avant-garde, associating with luminaries like claes oldenburg, jim dine, robert morris, allan kaprow, and yvonne rainer.
haegue yang at gwangju art biennale 2010
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haegue yang's work consists of delicate, purposeful arrangements of everyday objects and devices - venetian blinds, light bulbs, fans, heaters, air conditioners, electric wires - »
haegue yang's work consists of delicate, purposeful arrangements of everyday objects and devices - venetian blinds, light bulbs, fans, heaters, air conditioners, electric wires - which envelope the senses and create abstract narratives.
zhang enli at gwangju art biennale 2010
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a combination of painting and installation, the work features the shadowy outlines of furniture and objects from zhang's former apartment in shanghai. the sense of absence and »
a combination of painting and installation, the work features the shadowy outlines of furniture and objects from zhang's former apartment in shanghai. the sense of absence and nostalgia hinted in other works is brought to the fore.
gustav metzger at gwangju art biennale 2010
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oh show at this year's gwangju art biennale is metzger's ongoing series, 'historic photographs' which combines images related to various historical traumas with sculptural »
oh show at this year's gwangju art biennale is metzger's ongoing series, 'historic photographs' which combines images related to various historical traumas with sculptural elements that force the viewer to engage physically with the images.
rupprecht geiger at gwangju art biennale 2010
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an installation that takes the form of a massive funnel of red fabric. when viewed from below, the work presents an all encompassing field of red, allowing the viewer to meditate »
an installation that takes the form of a massive funnel of red fabric. when viewed from below, the work presents an all encompassing field of red, allowing the viewer to meditate on the essence of geiger's idiosyncratic visual obsession.
franco vaccari at gwangju art biennale 2010
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vaccari has been invited to re-stage his work from the 1972 venice biennale, 'leave on the walls a photographic trace of your fleeting visit', where the viewing public donates a »
vaccari has been invited to re-stage his work from the 1972 venice biennale, 'leave on the walls a photographic trace of your fleeting visit', where the viewing public donates a photobooth image of themselves to the gallery walls.
james castle at gwangju art biennale 2010
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having no access to traditional art making materials, deaf and mute artist james castle often used salvaged supplies to create his art.
having no access to traditional art making materials, deaf and mute artist james castle often used salvaged supplies to create his art.
hans peter feldmann at gwangju art biennale 2010
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'9/12 front page' puts on display a collection of front pages from numerous international newspapers the day after the september 11 attacks on the world trade center towers.
'9/12 front page' puts on display a collection of front pages from numerous international newspapers the day after the september 11 attacks on the world trade center towers.
pawel althamer at gwangju art biennale 2010
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'brodno people', which was made with the help of people from a working class neighborhood in warsaw, emphasizes the social and political circumstances of the work's production by »
'brodno people', which was made with the help of people from a working class neighborhood in warsaw, emphasizes the social and political circumstances of the work's production by foregrounding collective practice over individual authorship.
tehching hsieh at gwangju art biennale 2010
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for a whole year, artist tehching hsieh has documented himself punching in a time card for every hour of every day in photographs. the resulting body of work illustrates the »
for a whole year, artist tehching hsieh has documented himself punching in a time card for every hour of every day in photographs. the resulting body of work illustrates the passage of time, becoming a single, large portrait of a year.
'partners the teddy bear project' by ydessa hendeles at gwangju art biennale 2010
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exhibiting a collection of more than 3,000 photographs of teddy bears dating back from roughly 1900-1940, the exhibition explores the elements of the symbolic childhood object.
exhibiting a collection of more than 3,000 photographs of teddy bears dating back from roughly 1900-1940, the exhibition explores the elements of the symbolic childhood object.
byungsoo choi at gwangju art biennale 2010
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designboom reports from asia's most interesting art biennale.
designboom reports from asia's most interesting art biennale.
rent collection courtyard at gwangju art biennale 2010
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in 1965, a group of students and teachers at the sichuan fine arts institute in chongqing were commissioned by the provincial government of sichuan to create a series of 103 »
in 1965, a group of students and teachers at the sichuan fine arts institute in chongqing were commissioned by the provincial government of sichuan to create a series of 103 life-sized sculptures depicting the exploitation of peasant farmers at the hands of a wealthy landowner, liu wen-tsai.
