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Conrad Hicks – In the realm of the Toolmaker

Monday, 20 May 2019 by tom-admin

Cape Town. In Observatory, Cape Town's creative hotspot, I visit Conrad Hicks – an artist -blacksmith, or a toolmaker, as he calls himself. His studio forms a backdrop of a special kind. It is right in the middle of the previously burnt-out Art Déco cinema, which he bought and restored. Already the exterior view is quite surreal – it immediately takes me to a scene in the film Metropolis ...

Published in Architecture, Sculpture, Studio visits

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Arne Quinze – Protest art exquisitely packaged

Sunday, 28 April 2019 by tom-admin

Belgium, Sint-Martens-Latem. I need to mention that I am visiting an artist today whose works I have never seen live, and which I only know as pictures via an Instagram account. A risky experiment!

Belgium artist Sculptures

Published in Installation Art, Painting, Public Art, Sculpture, Studio visits

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Hakan Eren – The waker-upper-stage

Sunday, 07 April 2019 by tom-admin

Walkabout in the Düsseldorfer Akademie, Class of Katharina Fritsch. Hakan Eren is on the verge of his final exam. Clearly nervous, he tinkers with the final details of his presentation. Here, the term "tinker" hits the nail on the head. The creations mounted on the walls spontaneously remind me of technoid construction models for advanced hobbyists in a toy shop of a long gone era.

Published in Graphics, Newcomer, Sculpture, Studio visits

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A 4 Foundation – An innovative art lab

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 by tom-admin

Cape Town. There are academies, galleries, museums, art exhibitions, festivals ... and now also a laboratory to experiment with art. At the initiative of the collector Wendy Fisher and her curator Josh Ginsburg, an innovative institute, the A4 Foundation, came into being in 2017, right in the middle of Cape Town. Here, space – literally and figuratively - was created for the passionate experimentation with art, new forms of art funding and communication of art and, particularly, for trying things out. Today, in our conversation with Josh Ginsburg, we hear some more about it ...

Published in Architecture, Art market, Art projects, Artcollectors, Exhibition reviews

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Norval Foundation – A museum as a leisure destination

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 by tom-admin

Cape Town. With the opening of the Norval Foundation, another architectural and conceptual highlight for culture buffs was created in Cape Town. The opening of the Zeitz Mocaa Museum as recently as last year drew international attention for the first time to as yet little known African contemporary art. This led to the creation of another space which feels committed to exploring and presenting the African art of the 20th and 21st century ...

Published in Architecture, Artcollectors, Exhibition reviews

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Tamara K.E. – Random Data, coded in human systems

Sunday, 10 March 2019 by tom-admin

Düsseldorf. Visiting art fairs is exciting. At least in the beginning. Then, at some stage, it starts to become tiring because one can feel one's concentration going. Many a good art work is then simply missed, unless .... Stop! Put on the brakes. A work of art or an entire presentation unfold a presence from which one cannot escape. This happened in Vienna, during the presentation of works by Tamara K.E. at last year's viennacontemporary.

Published in Graphics, Installation Art, Painting, Sculpture, Studio visits

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Wim Botha – Nothing is as it seems

Sunday, 17 February 2019 by tom-admin

Cape Town. The Heliostat exhibition at the Norval Foundation had impressed me so much that I wanted to meet the artist personally. Here, Wim Botha's work, which regularly attracts attention also at international exhibitions, was showcased in a huge solo show. I am very excited when I drive to Kommetjie to visit the artist in his studio . . .

Cape Town

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Mischa Kuball – Irritation as a concept

Sunday, 20 January 2019 by tom-admin

Berlin, Jewish Museum. I have an appointment with Mischa Kuball in the Libeskind building, one of THE contemporary architectural icons of Berlin. His light and sound installation res·o·nant, specially created for this location, remarkably illustrates the working method of this conceptual artist, who has been presenting his artistic statements in public and institutional spaces since 1977.