Oil

Visual Essay: Göksu Kunak

Oct. 31, 2022

For the topic ‘Oil,’ Göksu Kunak shares a visual essay based on the performative installation ‘Petrol,’ tracing oil politics in Turkey and delving into the world of the song Petrol (1980)…[read on]

‘Earth Indices’ at HKW Obscures Rather Than Illuminates

Large prints on paper hanging on metal scaffolding in the foyer of a museum

by Moses Hubbard // Oct. 15, 2022

Given the extent to which Bruno and Linke are aware of the significance of this program, and the effort that they have made to define a useful position within it, ‘Earth Indices’ itself…[read on]

What is Yet to Come?: Julian Charrière’s ‘Controlled Burn’

by Mateo Chacón Pino // Oct. 11, 2022

On one of those record-breaking hot days in early September, I took a train to Neuss to see Julian Charrière’s latest show at the Langen Foundation. The venue is located just 20 km…[read on]

Art against Big Oil: An Interview with Oliver Ressler

by William Kherbek // Oct. 6, 2022

Oliver Ressler’s works operate in the space between visual art and activism. He is known for works that delve into the deliberately murky world of fossil fuel extraction and…[read on]

Beto Shwafaty: Oil as a Global Lubricant

Image of a half black Brazilian flag and a framed newspaper clipping to the right of the flag

by Juan José Santos // Sept. 16, 2022

Half of the Brazilian flag is blacked out with oil, its green colour progressively devoured by black. Titled ‘From Abstract Orders to Material Progress’ (2010–2011), it is one of the…[read on]

Letter from the Editor: Oil

an installation view of a gallery exhibition in which a wall with a black and white pattern is scene and two plinths

by Dagmara Genda // Sept. 1, 2022

Oil, that black viscous substance trapped in reservoirs below the earth’s surface, is burned in the blink of an eye but takes millions of years to form. 70% of the “black gold” powering…[read on]