Each of the four artists engages deeply and subtly with art historical conversations: they confront injustices, point out erasures, and probe entire modes of seeing.
The works at Inter/Access are politically charged appropriations of tools used widely for warfare and surveillance, and also playful interpretations of their potential everyday use.
Although he has not publicly presented his works for a number of years it is clear that in the art world he is always a welcome presence whether at smaller intimate galleries like Yumart or larger spaces like Canada’s National Gallery.
Not only are Podeswa’s references accessible and layered, the curation also successfully reflects the celestial duality of his subject including both the spiritual and scientific.
Wainio once again delivers a thought-provoking and powerful narrative that delves into important cultural and experiential themes with subtle political and environmental undertones.
I would not want to spoil the fun for those who want the pleasure of guessing the pop-culture references, but even for people who prefer sub-cultures, the art works are worth visiting for their exquisite detail and technique.
The current exhibition at Typology Projects, offers various artistic thoughts on not only the relationship between past and present, but between absence and presence; life and death.
Sean Stewart and Martin Golland produce a sense of aesthetic and contextual heterogeneity, exploring universal themes of remembrance, tradition, temporality and materiality within their modestly scaled canvases.
Be it the intimate relationship between artist and universe or that between the artist-couple, Pillow Talk effectively demonstrates that reality in art is perhaps best achieved when a conscious sense of connectedness is present.