MONA ARDELEANU – SOFT CRUSH

Posted on 2020-07-13

Patterned fabrics, lace, tassels or furs form the elements from which Mona Ar- deleanu creates mysterious objects. Her works attract the visitor’s eye, the soft fabric evoke warmth, traditional patterns recall memories of the familiar. “Soft Crush” is, on the one hand, the description of a spontaneous attraction and at the same time an expression of the soft materiality of the depicted objects. For the artist, fabrics carry emotions, they create identity as well as uniformity. At the same time, they form the boundary between the inside and the outside, offering protection from the cold or from glances. The patterns and shapes shown create associations with canopies, lanterns and lace doilies. Ardeleanau draws non-hierarchically from European and Asian tradition. Design and handicrafts are important sources of inspiration for her. This is evident in the artful draping, interweaving and intertwining and in the references to handicraft aids such as embroidery or weaving frames.

Opposite – Drape 2020/I, 2020

Exhibition runs through to August 2nd, 2020

König Galerie
St. Agnes – Alexandrinenstr, 118-121
10969 Berlin

www.koeniggalerie.com

  

SCOTT MYLES – SWAPPING POCKETS

Posted on 2020-07-13

Presenting a selection of works produced from Scott Myles’ ongoing project ‘This Way Out’, initially originating from his most recent solo exhibition at the gallery, where Myles relocated his studio for the duration of the exhibition which allowed an exploration of the artist’s practice within the context of a public exhibition.
To work inside the gallery was the exhibition; a kind of simultaneous display of production and presentation. The presence of the artist and assistant, the tools and materials for production, and the artworks throughout the gallery all vied for the viewer’s attention. Such dichotomies are at the core of the artist’s practice and ‘This Way Out’ was a sincere attempt at bringing about a new untested situation for Myles and his audience.

Opposite – Installation view

Exhibition runs through to July 18th, 2020

The Modern Institute
3 Aird’s Lane
G1 5HU
Glasgow

www.themoderninstitute.com

  

MANUEL LEÓN

Posted on 2020-07-13

León’s starting point is whatever others take for granted. A painter, who knows that he lives “out of time”, needs his hand to speak, like the figure in Ventriloquist of Herself (La Ventrílocua de sí misma), where a well-known children’s puppet may be delivering a speech, a story about something still to be revealed. Count von Count, the godfather of basic mathematics for a generation, keeps doing his sums, but looking at the composition for a while in silence, we realize that she is the one pulling the strings, with her mouth closed, in silence, possibly telling us a tale.

Opposite – Hipóstasis vegetal, 2020

Exhibition runs through to July 31st, 2020

Galería Javier López & Fer Francés
Guecho, 12 B
28023 Madrid
Spain

www.koeniggalerie.com

  

JULES DE BALINCOURT

Posted on 2020-07-06

This latest series of abstract landscapes, initiated over a year ago and finalised during the first half of 2020, express a desire for both physical and emotional escape. Mixing intimate and large formats, many of these paintings convey the soothing presence of nature and manifest the need for a shelter far from the world we live in. Created while Jules de Balincourt was splitting his time between Costa Rica, where he has been living partially for the past 20 years, and Brooklyn, where he has spent the last few months in lockdown, the paintings result from a personal reflection on the possibilities of isolation.
The title of the exhibition ‘There are more eyes than leaves on the trees’ derives from a vernacular Costa Rican proverb, which conveys the notion that as isolated as you may be, everyone is always aware of your doings, even in a small fishing village lost in the jungle. It also suggests the debate surrounding the human domination of nature in a world quickly undergoing ecological collapse.

Opposite – City People and Country Roads, 2020

Exhibition runs through to September 5th, 2020

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Marais
7 rue debelleyme
75003 Paris
France

www.ropac.net

  

WATER ALWAYS MOVES ON

Posted on 2020-07-06

Divided into three parts, this eclectic selection connects artworks by six artists with different backgrounds and practices. It brings together the classical and the new, moving from paintings with digital aesthetics and classical subjects such as nudes and vanitas themes to paintings whose style evokes Piero della Francesca or Paul Klee.
Various artistic movements are reinterpreted, such as Chris Succo’s ultra-contemporary take on New-Expressionism, Christian Hidaka’s playing with boundaries, Anthony Miler’s surrealism, or the artificial realism of César Piette’s paintings. The theme of clothing recurs throughout art history: the fold recalls the fundamental subject of drapery in painting and sculpture. Charlotte Beaudry’s skirts, scarves, and jeans are another way to treat three-dimensionality and curved lines.

Opposite – Gioele Amaro, W:A:M:O, 2020

Exhibition runs through to August 1st, 2020

Almine Rech
20 rue de l’Abbaye
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

www.alminerech.com

  

TALA MADANI – THE DOOR

Posted on 2020-07-06

The online exhibition debuts Madani’s newest video animation, which tells a charged, satirical tale brimming with formal, visual experiments in less than three minutes.
One-on-One: Tala Madani, The Door is the gallery’s sixth in a series of Online Viewing Room exhibitions dedicated to a single artwork. One-on-One presentations utilize enhanced editorial content to provide an in-depth look at artists’ practices and specific objects in their oeuvres.
These exhibitions include statements from the artists, art-historical and cultural references, sound and video media that enrich the experience of viewing the work, as well as suggestions for further exploration.

Opposite – The Door, 2019 (still)

Exhibition runs through to August 9th, 2020

Praz-Delavallade
5 rue des Haudriettes
75003 Paris
France

www.praz-delavallade.com