Art : EXIT

ARGHAVAN KHOSRAVI – TRUTH BE TOLD

Posted on 2021-12-27

Most of the female figures that are depicted in Khosravi’s works are prevented from moving freely. They often seem trapped in a nightmare in which they are unable to run away: their legs are stuck in the concrete floor or deep holes; their wrists and arms are tied; their voice suffocates under water or in a bucket covering their head. One woman disappears behind drawn curtains, others seem to have burnt their fingers on something they were not allowed to touch.

At the core of the exhibition is THE BATTLE, a work that Khosravi built from several massive wooden panels, and which is the most complex work within the group. Its triptych composition is reminiscent of a medieval altar piece. This quality is combined with imagery based on Persian miniature painting: a battle scene moving from the outer right and left edges of the largest, horizontal panel to the center. The central, vertical panel shows the body of a woman, who is wearing an elegant blouse.

Opposite – The Curtain, 2021

Exhibition runs through to February 20th, 2022

KÖNIG GALERIE
St. Agnes – Alexandrinenstr, 118-121
10969 Berlin
Germany

www.koeniggalerie.com

CHUNG EUN-MO

Posted on 2021-12-27

The work of Chung Eun-Mo (*Seoul 1946) is based on profound knowledge of Modernism, especially the work of the early abstractionists. Like Malevich and Albers, she is fascinated by mathematical and chromatic harmonies and the mutable effects of light on them. Born in Seoul, in the mid-1960s she moved to New York, where in 1980 she obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Pratt Institute, after which she went on to perfect her geometric painting style. Towards the end of the 1980s she chose to live in Italy, first in Rome, then Torre Orsina in Umbria; since 2019 she lives in Milan.

The bond of Chung Eun-Mo with Italy is strong and long-lasting, her art reflects aspects of Italian art history, but also the atmosphere of its ancient civilization, architecture and landscape. Many of her works are abstract and poetic recreations of places she has seen and experienced, sequences or conglomerates of shapes and colors with a strong evocative power.

Opposite – April, 2015

Exhibition runs through to March 13th, 2022

Monica De Cardenas
Via Francesco Viganò 4
20124 Milan
Italy

www.monicadecardenas.com

RAOUL DE KEYSER – WORKS ON PAPER

Posted on 2021-12-27

De Keyser’s drawings and watercolors are a crucial part of his oeuvre. They offer an intimate glimpse into the artist’s thought process and work method. The drawings are only rarely conventional studies: they are often a reaction to his own paintings, but they can also stand on their own.
De Keyser’s works from the 1970s are characterized by his exploration of materials (pencil, chalk, watercolor, ink, graphite, gesso, etc.), types of paper, and techniques (such as scratching, rubbing and smudging). The work process itself gradually became the subject of the oeuvre, with hesitations and ‘mistakes’ increasingly being admitted into the works.

Opposite – Untitled, 1980

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

Zeno X Gallery
Leopold De Waelplaats 16
2000 Antwerp
Belgium

www.zeno-x.com

LEE UFAN – RESPONSE

Posted on 2021-12-20

For Lee Ufan’s first exhibition in London since the unveiling of his outdoor public sculpture at The Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, the artist-philosopher opens a selection of new work at Lisson Gallery, presenting six new paintings and four works on paper. Alongside this in Arles, Lee Ufan « Requiem » opens from 30 October across the city’s Alyscamps, a large Roman necropolis, curated by Alfred Pacquement. Here, the Korean artist’s Relatum sculptures enter into dialogue with the ancient sarcophagi of the city, with works dotted along the path leading to the Saint-Honorat church, an unfinished Romanesque building, and in the chapels.

Opposite – Installation view

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

Lisson Gallery
27 Bell Street
NW1 5BY
London

www.lissongallery.com

ALICJA KWADE

Posted on 2021-12-20

SOMETIMES I PREFER TO SIT ON A CHAIR ON THE EARTH SURROUNDED BY UNIVERSES is the title of a double exhibition by KÖNIG SEOUL and Pace Gallery, Seoul, showing more than thirty of the latest works by Alicja Kwade. Her first solo show in the Korean capital includes a new series of watch-hand works on paper, that continue her exploration of the processes by which we perceive and construct reality.

Opposite – Siège du Monde, 2021

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

KÖNIG GALERIE
412 Apgujeong-Ro
Cheongdam-Dong
Gangnam-Gu Seoul
South Korea

www.koeniggalerie.com