Christian Achenbach
Frederica Miller on ‘Deus Ex Machina’ at Kunstraum Düsseldorf, until June 26, 2015
‘Deus Ex Machina’ is the evocative title of young German artist Christian Achenbach’s current solo show at Kunstraum Düsseldorf. Born in Siegen in 1978, Achenbach went on to study at the University of Arts in Berlin where he later became a master student of Anselm Reyle. Since then his work has gained international attention for its powerfully dynamic nature. Primarily a painter weiterlesen
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David Altmejd
Frederica Miller on „Flux“ at MUDAM Luxembourg, until 31.5.2015
David Altmejd 1974* is a New York-based Canadian artist who has been producing outlandish sculptures since the late 90’s. Recognised for the reoccurring use of werewolves in his work he has an affinity for the absurd. Currently on view at MUDAM, Luxembourg, ’Flux’ is an awe-inspiring retrospective that captures the monstrous charm of Altmejd’s creations.
The vast show transforms the MUDAM’s ground floor into a weiterlesen
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.htaccess
Frederica Miller on „.htaccess“ at Digital3mpire, Düsseldorf, with Giulia Bowinkel & Friedemann Banz, Olia Lialina, Timothy Shearer featuring Nikolas Müller, until mid April
Opening on the week that controversial art critic Jerry Saltz was banned from Facebook, ‘.htaccess’ could not have come at a better time. Now on at Digital3mpire Gallery, Düsseldorf the exhibition explores how our relationship to computers and the internet has radically evolved since their creation. In a matter of decades weiterlesen
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Pieter Hugo
Frederica Miller on ‘Corporeality’ at Galerie Priska Pasquer, Jan 30 – April 11, 2015
Galerie Priska Pasquer, Köln, is currently home to ‘Corporeality’, the first exhibition in Germany to focus exclusively on the work of South African photographer Pieter Hugo. Hugo is an internationally acclaimed photo-artist whose bold portraits of contemporary African life have seen him described as ‘one of the greatest photographers of our time.’
Hugo, who began his career as a photojournalist, weiterlesen