NINA BRAUHAUSER – TRIANGLES

Posted on 2021-02-08

Nina Brauhauser doesn’t see her work as photographically in a traditional sense; In the sense of concrete photography, her photographs exist as self-referential signs. The paper is equally space-creating for the “drawn” body and subsistence of the body itself. The image becomes an object itself, with all its information captured in hermetic seclusion of the surface of the photographic material. Gottfried Jäger calls concrete photography self-assertion. ” And literally, the work is a counterpart for me. If you want to see me as a photographer, I’m concerned to be a portraitist who depicts the essence of photography itself” explains Nina Brauhauser. Also with these ‘Triangles”, Nina Brauhauser further developed the complex “2dimensional objects”, which she has been working on since 2009.” I like the way Donald Judd called a series of works “specific objects” rather than sculptures, to indicate their distance from classical ways of making sculptures, comments Brauhauser.

Opposite – Triangles No6, 2018

Exhibition runs through to February 27th, 2021

Sous Les Etoiles Gallery
100 Crosby St, #603
New York
NY 10012

www.souslesetoilesgallery.net

  

THE VIGIL

Posted on 2021-02-08

Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, THE VIGIL is a supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed’s dilapidated house to sit the vigil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong.

In theatres and on demand February 26th, 2021

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RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

Posted on 2021-02-08

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Raya and the Last Dragon” travels to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons lived together in harmony long ago. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people. However, along her journey, she’ll learn that it’ll take more than a dragon to save the world—it’s going to take trust and teamwork as well. “Raya and the Last Dragon” features the voices of Kelly Marie Tran as Raya, a warrior whose wit is as sharp as her blade, and Awkwafina as the magical, mythical, self-deprecating dragon named Sisu. Characters also include a street-savvy 10-year-old entrepreneur named Boun, the formidable giant Tong and a thieving toddler Noi with her band of Ongis.

In theaters or order it on Disney+ with Premier Access on March 5th, 2021.

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ADIDAS ZX 2K BOOST PURE

Posted on 2021-02-03

Following on from the release of the ZX 2K Boost last year, adidas now introduces the ZX 2K Boost Pure to the series. Since its original launch in 1984, the ZX has been at the cutting edge of running shoe design – this time boasting Boost™ technology for the ultimate squishy satisfaction, and a fresh look and feel to the iconic silhouette, coming in seven eye-catching colours.

www.adidas.co.uk/originals

  

PHILIP GUSTON – TRANSFORMATION

Posted on 2021-02-01

Recognized as a pioneer of abstract expressionism before his return to figuration in the late 1960s, for Guston painting was an encounter between thought and feeling, image and idea. Within this exhibition, Hauser & Wirth will present two bodies of work from different periods, abstract (1952-64) and figurative (1968-1977), that together show the depth and complexity of his personal iconography. Available to view in person and online, the significant collection of 14 drawings and paintings reveals Guston’s complete commitment to direct experience, moving between a pictorial language relating to his studio and painting tools, to contemplative motifs of his wife, the poet Musa McKim, and their shared lives together. These deeply personal works transcend everyday experience to present an intimate vision of Guston’s creative process and unique artistic freedom.

Opposite – Musa, 1975

Exhibition runs through to March 28th, 2021

Hauser & Wirth
Via Serlas 22
7500 St. Moritz
Switzerland

www.hauserwirth.com

  

BRIAN MAGUIRE – WAR CHANGES ITS ADDRESS

Posted on 2021-02-01

Spanning depictions of Aleppo, South Sudan, and Juárez, Maguire engages with the currency of conflict images. Through large-scale paintings, whose surfaces are as luminous as they are sullen, the urgency within Maguire’s work often stems from the context and histories his sources portray. From bold depictions of landscapes in the aftermath of massacres, to seemingly innocent and banal interiors, the artist brings the weight that images of war and injustice impress upon our visual lexicon into attention.

Coming of age in Ireland during The Troubles, a period of tumultuous sectarian conflict that lasted nearly three decades from 1969–1998, Maguire’s work reminds us that the consequences of an ethno-nationalist agenda then are not so different from the unrest and civil disobedience faced in the United States today. As this text is being written, far-right rioters storm the Capitol, breaching the House and Senate; the President refuses to concede to a peaceful transition of power. Like the exhibition title suggests, ‘faraway’ trauma can find itself at the doorstep of our lived experience just as quickly.

Opposite – Grow House 2, 2015

Exhibition runs through to February 13th, 2021

Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 West Chicago Avenue
60622 Chicago
USA

www.rhoffmangallery.com