Posted in barcelona on Nov 10th, 2010
Javier Mariscal is one of the most important Spanish cartoonists and industrial designers of his time. His work stands out for its strong narrative emphasis. In all the various formats he works in the stories take precedence over other conceptual elements. His stories are often based in a mundane world, with an episodic yet poetic [...]
Posted in berlin on Oct 6th, 2010
Peter Lindberg is without doubt one of the heavyweights in the world of fashion photography. Born in Poland in 1944, he emigrated to Paris and Berlin and found in photography the ultimate form of expression: language as an aesthetic which can authentically reflect the reality that surrounds us. Throughout his 30 year artistic career, Lindbergh [...]
Posted in barcelona on Oct 4th, 2010
“Alice in Wonderland ‘, has come back into style world-side thanks to a film adaptation by Tim Burton starring none other than Johnny Depp. But this is not the only area in which Alice is all the rage: Artists are also taking a new look at the inspiring world of Alice. Alice has always been [...]
Posted in barcelona on Sep 1st, 2010
The Caixa Forum Barcelona and the Santa Monica Arts present an exhibition that sheds light on the artist Miquel Barceló´s youth, exposing some of his most interesting and at the same time, unknown works. Miquel Barceló has some true masterpieces under his belt and CaixaForum Barcelona and the Santa Monica Arts are presenting the exhibition [...]
Posted in berlin on Aug 18th, 2010
Friedrich Christian Flick is the billionaire heir of a giant industrial empire founded by his grandfather, Friedrich Flick, profiteer and war criminal, who was one of the major arms suppliers to the Nazi regime during World War II. He is also remembered for exploiting over 50,000 Jewish forced labourers in his factories. Likewise, the Flick [...]
Posted in paris on Aug 5th, 2010
“I am neither a passenger nor an ethnologist,” says the director of the Maison Rouge in Paris, Antoine de Galbert, of the magnificent exhibition “Journey in My Head” which he is currently curating. Galbert has the spirit and excitement of a big obsessive collector, which led him to gather more than 400 indigenous headresses from [...]
Posted in barcelona on Jul 26th, 2010
Perhaps when the artist Konrad Lueg (Dusserldorf 1939-1996) decided to take the surname Fischer and open up a gallery space in his small hometown, deep down inside he knew that he would become one of the most important curators and collectors of contemporary art. With a strong spirit of risk and transgression, Fischer decided to [...]
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