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CONVERSATIONS
Wolfgang Tillmans at Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Wolfgang Tillmans has become one of the most important artists of his generation. He has a recent solo exhibition at Tate Modern in London until 11 June and now, as well, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel has dedicated its summer show to him, focusing for the first time on the medium of photography.
CONVERSATIONS
Artificial Tears
Artificial tears are so fascinating. They are a prosthetic which suggest a deficiency, namely, that one is not producing enough tears. We might need them when we stare at our screens for too long and dry out our eyes. Studies have also shown that our prolonged screen-time has led to hyper-stimulation, resulting in literally “shallower” neurological structures.
CONVERSATIONS
Ellen Berkenblit
I choose material, line, and color first, and then images emerge. To me, the image is not the focus of the painting as I make it. And there is certainly no narrative. All interpretations are welcome, valid.
REVIEWS
Darren Bader “Forest / Trees” at Greenspon Gallery, New York
The best thing about a Darren Bader “work” is that you may not know it’s a “work” at all. It just “is,” and often barely perceptible as such, like the infamous two burritos on a windowsill at MoMA PS1, left to rot in the sun, un-labeled. Or the inconspicuous donation boxes at the 2014 Whitney Biennial; one was for donations to “nothing,” and the other for “something.”
REVIEWS
“Systemic Paper” at Blum & Poe, Tokyo
By moving through the gallery from left to right, the urge to go back and look at everything again only deepens. Fold marks vary in weight, like contours on a map. Borders appear and then vanish. Paper is no longer without feature but integral to the room itself, probing the gallery for points of surprise and unexpected change. The eye runs along a pencil line that begins with a cut and ends with a tear. And as cool air blows through the room it causes soft tissue to rustle, twitch and then subside, mapping paper as a active material regardless of whether it is blank, fixed or fluid.
