Posts Tagged ‘William Kherbek’
Art Beyond Labels: An Interview with Manuel Solano
by William Kherbek // Nov. 20, 2020
The creation of art is often dialogic. An artist establishes a connection with the material world or an interior discourse and produces a work in response. The work of the Berlin-based Mexican artist Manuel Solano is dialogic in both this metaphoric sense of the term…[read on]
Embracing the Glitch: An Interview with Legacy Russell
by William Kherbek // July 10, 2020
Legacy Russell is a curator, artist and the author of the forthcoming book ‘Glitch Feminism’. Russell’s book, to be released by Verso Books in September, is a manifesto and an exploration of the role that art…[read on]
Mental Landscapes: An Interview with Torbjørn Kvasbø
Interview by William Kherbek // May 19, 2020
Torbjørn Kvasbø has been producing his richly evocative ceramic works for more than four decades. He is frequently the subject of exhibitions that span from Lillehammer in Norway to…[read on]
Gut-Machine Poetry: An Interview with Jenna Sutela
Interview by William Kherbek // Apr. 17, 2020
Jenna Sutela’s art has concentrated on the ways various microorganisms experience and impact the biosphere. From the poetic output of a bacteria colony used to power a computer to the creation of a pseudo-language…[read on]
Roundup-Ready: Kirsten Stolle’s ‘Pesticide Pop’ at NOME
Article by William Kherbek // Mar. 13, 2020
It’s a story I’ve heard several times now: a friend does a road trip in America and remarks that, compared with previous visits, they noticed almost no insects splattering across their windshields out on the road…[read on]
Henrik Potter’s ‘Souls’ at PSM Gallery
by William Kherbek // Feb. 14, 2020
The works of Henrik Potter, collected at PSM Gallery in an exhibition entitled ‘Souls,’ approaches the task at a slant. Potter eschews traditional painterly representation as…[read on]
Unmasking the Sleep Industry: An Interview with Yuri Pattison
Interview by William Kherbek // Jan. 10, 2020
Pattison has recently explored the ways in which robotic management of data has played a role in aspects of wellness from managing sleep cycles to examining and assessing health information from app users…[read on]
‘Love and Ethnology’: A Dangerous Cocktail at HKW
Article by William Kherbek // Nov. 19, 2019
The latest iteration of the exhibition series ‘Love and Ethnology’ at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt is rooted in the intellectual project of the German writer Hubert Fichte…[read on]
Laughter Transforms Power in Bani Abidi’s Exhibition at Gropius Bau
Article by William Kherbek // Sept. 10, 2019
Transformation seems almost too quotidian a word to describe the processes explored in Bani Abidi’s works. The exhibition ‘They Died Laughing’ features works from Abidi’s student days until the present…[read on]
The Invention of Science: An Interview with SAVVY Contemporary
Interview by Berlin Art Link // Feb. 19, 2019
This year SAVVY Contemporary has announced a programme of exhibitions, research projects, events and collaborations with partners like the Rachel Carson Centre, under the heading ‘The Invention of Science’…[read on]
Hypersea and Hydrofeminism: An Interview with Lou Cantor
Article by William Kherbek // Aug. 28, 2018
Earlier this year, Juliette Desorgues curated an exhibition for artmonte-carlo entitled ‘Hypersea,’ featuring the work of artists including Mimosa Echard, Rebecca Jagoe, Jala Wahid, the Young Girl Reading Group and…[read on]