UPCOMING: Contemporary Magic – A Tarot Deck Art Project

May 20, 2013 by Kay

The Virginia MoCA Virginia Beach
30 May – 18 August 2013

For this unique and highly acclaimed exhibition curated by Stacy Engman, an interdisciplinary mix of today’s top creative icons have interpreted a Tarot card using their own iconography. Each artist was matched with a Tarot card based on archetypal themes that their work references. This project distinguishes the art and iconography of our time through interpretation of the cards by the artists — demonstrating that archetypes and myth are still very much alive and present in contemporary art and culture.

The first project of its kind in history, the collection of 78 artists, designers, and photographers in this project represent a comprehensive survey of some of the world’s most influential and original creative minds, and offers and intimate probe into contemporary archetypes, the iconic, myth, meaning, and modes of interpretation. A truly rare occurrence to engage with contemporary art and culture in such an interactive, poetic, and profound way via the extraordinary original interpretations, and the infinite possibilities which exist for combination and exchange.

Rachel Howard / 7 of cups / ink on paper

OPENING SOON: Marcus Harvey at Vigo Gallery

May 13, 2013 by Kay

15th May – 7th June 2013

Marcus Harvey / Fuhrer’s cake / 2009 / Acrylic on inkjet mounted on canvas / 244 x 198 cm / 96 1/8 x 78 in

For this, Marcus Harvey’s first solo show at Vigo Gallery, the artist is embroiled in a battle between the romance of painting and the surety of photography, accentuating and deconstructing their relationship.

Harvey’s highly worked figurative paintings and sculptures seek out iconic forms of Britishness that have an antagonistic relationship to the contemporary British psyche, be they portraits of politicians, criminals, war heroes or landscapes.

Moving through the unsavoury themes of patriotism, British history and machismo without genuflecting to the liberal art establishment through deconstruction and irony, his ambivalence puts the viewer in the position, often uncomfortably, of a coerced or suggested empathy through the seductive nature and performative application of his materials.

CURRENT: Tracey Emin – I Followed You To The Sun

May 9, 2013 by Kay

2nd May – 22nd June 2013

Lehmann Maupin, 520 West 26th Street & 201 Chrystie Street, New York

TRACEY EMIN
I Followed You to The Sun, 2013
neon
22.4 x 72 inches
56.9 x 182.9 cm
Edition of 3
LM17799

CURRENT: Mat Collishaw – Afterimage

May 7, 2013 by Kay

ARTER, İstanbul

30th April 2013 – 11th August 2013

ARTER is hosting Mat Collishaw‘s first solo exhibition in Istanbul between 2 May and 11 August 2013. Entitled “Afterimage”, the exhibition is curated by Başak Doğa Temür and brings together 18 works dating from the 90s to the present. It also features a new video installation funded by the Vehbi Koç Foundation, which the artist has produced exclusively for this exhibition and will be premiered at ARTER.

Mat Collishaw has been exploring the darker side of human nature by using the power of images in his artistic production, which spans a period of over 20 years. In his photographs, oil paintings, sculptures and installations he delicately brings together pain and beauty, loss and light, decay and innocence. Inspired by the potential for emotional manipulation inherent in the image, Collishaw’s work employs beautiful, inviting and seductive images in order to tackle concepts such as despair, disease and evil.

The exhibition takes its title from a term used to describe a specific optical illusion, whereby an image continues to exist even after the stimulation. In this sense, “Afterimage” could be thought of as a key concept in understanding Collishaw’s visual approach and works.

Mat Collishaw, “The Venal Muse, Viridor”, (Detail) / 2012 / Resin, enamel paint, wood, glass, steel / 162,56 × 52 × 52 cm / Courtesy Blain|Southern

“Afterimage” presents a selection of Collishaw’s works that form the myriad intersections of media, material and conceptual themes: his photographs, sculptures and installations that use light, surface and projection in unconventional ways. His work brings together all types of still and moving image production techniques, from old photographic techniques and equipment to LCD screens. Light, in Collishaw’s work, is both something that draws focus to itself, and a technical medium used to direct focus upon other things. In addition to light sources such as UV lamps or scanner light, in works like “Garden of Unearthly Delights” and “Deliverance”, he also utilises stage tools such as flashers and spotlights.

Read more about the exhibition on the ARTER website.

See Mat Collishaw’s work with Other Criteria here.

ART FLEA: A Bizarre Of Wondrous Things, 18-19th May

May 6, 2013 by Kay

LAUNCH PHOTOS: Harland Miller – New Paintings

May 3, 2013 by Kay

Thanks to all who attended our Harland Miller launch last night. For those who missed it, the exhibition runs until 11th June 2013 at our New Bond Street space.

Here are some photos, if you have your own photos you’d like us to feature, please do tweet us @other_criteria or add them to our Facebook page.

To enquire about the new Harland Miller works, email us on info@othercriteria.com