Adriana Varejão. Photo by Vicente de Mello, courtesy the artist and Gagosian.
3. “Artist Spotlight: Adriana Varejão” at Gagosian, New York
Gagosian continues its weekly Spotlight series, highlighting one work from one artist, with Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão, ahead of her May show at the gallery’s 522 West 21st Street location. On Wednesday, the gallery is releasing a new time-lapse video of the artist creating one of her tile paintings, inspired by the Portuguese art of
azulejo, traditional glazed terracotta tiles brought to Brazil in colonial times. The new work will be unveiled on Friday, available for sale for only 48 hours.
Bold Ambiguity
âI always look to what painters do,â says Torbjørn Rødland (b. 1970), a Norwegian photographer internationally recognised for his surreal, psychologically charged images. Some of his most memorable pieces â shown in recent solo shows across Milan, London and New York â depict strange and uncanny scenes: syrup dripping from closed eyes; feet covered in sticky substances; oranges adorned with human hair. These unsettling compositions are rich in sensory information, dealing with themes of the body, consumption and artificiality.
Featured above is a shot from
More Than Tongue Can Tell, the new show at Zurichâs Galerie Eva Presenhuber. A woman leans over the hood of a Mercedes, her face mirrored in the carâs glossy finish. She licks the star-shaped ornament, gazing downwards at her own reflection. This image might bring the Greek myth of Narcissus to mind: the story of a man so handsome he fell in love with his own image in a body of