From Sofia to Zug, Budapest to Prague, what keeps galleries coming back to the south of France for Marseille's international art fair? Ocula spoke to gallerists about the continued allure of Art鈥憃鈥憆ama, closing out another hot Euro summer.
For an artist who uses painting-inappropriate tactics in his practice and who claims to be making art even while riding his bicycle, to paint (aka 鈥榯o compose鈥) atonally is not unlike denouncing any agreement we might have had with painting throughout its history.
How much cognitive dissonance could cause such a great conceptual distance 鈥 like that between two exhibition titles such as 鈥淭womblysh, Woolish Foolish鈥 and 鈥淰a虇sut苔鈥 * 鈥 to someone with even a superficial knowledge of art history.
Inspired by the simplicity of everyday life, by elementary and easily recognizable shapes, unfiltered and free of irony, Natalia Lazurca鈥檚 exhibition triggers a strange and somehow dangerous effect on the viewers.
鈥淭he truth is that, in general and with the exception of a few cases where it鈥檚 myself talking about my work, I鈥檓 not in favor of press release sheets or other additions that surround, or are imposed on works of art.
Featured Artists: Julie Villard, Simon Brossard, Jenna Bliss, Patricia Ayres, Gabriel Abrantes, Gabriele De Santis, Sydney Shen, Kira Freije, Gloria Sebasti谩n Fierro, Elijah Burgher.
From September 17 to 20, the 2020 edition of Liste Art Fair Basel will welcome 49 galleries from 32 different countries at Dreispitzhalle, in cooperation with Kunsthaus Baselland.
The Liste Art Fair, a satellite fair around Art Basel dedicated to young artists and emerging galleries, has named the exhibitors for its 2017 edition.