Kehrer Verlag publishes Fotogalleriet Oslo (Hrsg.) Conversations on Photography
Ann-Christine Eek, Excerpt from Arbeta - inte slita ut sig series, 1974 Courtesy the artist.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Instead of presenting an objective, historical overview, Conversations on Photography grapples with the rapidly expanding and forward-thinking nature of the photographic field from the perspective of the Nordic region by putting national and international contributors into conversation. These discussions between some of photographys foremost contemporary practitioners provide unique insights into overlooked or erased stories, moments, and movements in the history of the medium, and of Fotogalleriet. Their voices contribute to analyzing a discipline whose potential is yetto be fully acknowledged within the larger field of contemporary art a discipline that continues to spearhead new thinking around the role of art and its social motivations and responsibilities.
Wish you were here : Postcards help Germans connect in pandemic
Postcard enthusiast Gesa Funke writes on a postcard in her flat in Berlin on March 1, 2021, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Small rectangles of brightly coloured cardboard fill almost every wall of Gesa Funke s apartment in southern Berlin, with piles more stashed in corners and drawers. The 29-year-old student has been sending and collecting postcards for years, but like many Germans, she has found herself putting pen to paper more often as a result of travel and contact restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
by Femke Colborne
(AFP)
Vienna s Secession opens an exhibition of works by Yuji Agematsu
Yuji Agematsu, zip: 05.01.20 05.31.20, 2020, exhibition view Secession 2021, photo: Sophie Thun.
VIENNA
.-Secession is presenting Yuji Agematsus day-to-day collection of urban detritus finds turned into miniature sculptural formations from the entire 2020 calendar year. Displayed in custom-made acrylic glass shelves that represent monthly calendar sheets, and alongside diary entry notebooks, his 2020 zips offer a fresh and decidedly unique review of a most remarkable year.
Yuji Agematsu is a kind of chronicler of our times and, moreover, he can be considered an experimental cartographer and archivist of only seemingly petty findings from the streets of his hometown. An urban flaneur, Agematsu has taken daily walks through the streets of New York ever since he moved there from Japan in the early 1980s. On this daily routine, which has now been part of his artistic practice for more than a quarter-century, he p
James Cohan opens an exhibition of new work by Elias Sime
TIGHTROPE: ECHO!?, 2021. Reclaimed electrical components on panel with two megaphones, 45 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 16 in. 114.9 x 120 x 40.6 cm.
NEW YORK, NY
.-James Cohan is presenting TIGHTROPE: ECHO!?, an exhibition of new work by Elias Sime, on view at 48 Walker Street from March 19 through April 24. This is Simes fourth solo exhibition at James Cohan. TIGHTROPE: ECHO!? is accompanied by an essay written by curator and anthropologist Meskerem Assegued, with whom Sime co-founded the Zoma Museum.
Elias Sime deftly weaves, layers and assembles materials into abstract compositions that suggest topography, figuration, and sublime color fields. The history of his materials hold meaning, as they are the backbone of all communication systems, whether they be telephone or computer. They suggest the tenuousness of our interconnected world, alluding to the frictions between tradition and progress, human contact and social networks, nat