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FIAC Unveiled
Following French president Nicolas Sarkozy's prohibition of the burka and head veil in that nation's work environments this summer, which initiated heated debates all over Europe, a number of galleries and artists participating in the 37th edition of Parisian art fair FIAC (October 21–24) presented work that looked at veiling and concealing, the "other'" and national identity. The collection of works at any art fair represents countless perspectives (and sales pitches), but whether motivated by site and contemporaneity or using the fair's publicity and distribution mechanisms to foreground unheard voices, a variety of works looked to deal productively with France's very present issues of post-colonialism and immigration.Read More
Gagosian in Paris: A Moveable Feast
Armenian, Los Angeles-born Larry Gagosian (b.1954) was once nicknamed "Go-Go" for his skill at re-selling art works. Today, with nine eponymous galleries, and artists under his belt ranging from Pablo Picasso to Jeff Koons, he is one of America's most notable success stories. After opening a space in Athens and two in London, he has now landed into Paris, with today's launch of a brand-new space by Paris's Champs Elysées, side-by-side with Christie's, and corresponding the opening of FIAC's 37th edition.Read More
Fair Pastoral: Frieze Sculpture Park
The question of how one defines and delimits a work of art is neither new nor in danger of resolution. This year, Frieze's sculpture park (which closed yesterday) offered a wide range of work with seemingly little in common in media in theme, but for a recurring inquiry as to the role and impact of the viewer as an active agent addressing each piece. Situated in Regent's Park's rambling but manicured English Gardens, minutes from the fair, it by consequence of it location occupies a dual position: an annual index to the significance of monuments, and supplement to Frieze's branding.
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The Streets of Moscow
Since the assimilation of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, and now perhaps reaching its pinnacle as Jeffrey Deitch prepares his programming at MoCA, street art has been a part of contemporary art around the world. But the institutionalization of the form still is a novelty for Russia, where there is a small underground graffiti scene, but only the best-known—like Misha Most or Valery Chtak—have had gallery exhibitions, and remained marginal. This, the Moscow International Biennial for Young Art 2010 has decided to redress.Read More
Mess With Texas
Naming an exhibition of young French artists "Dynasty" would seem to suggest a suggest a cynical or sarcastic likening of its content to the children of the 1980s. The current group exhibition in question is held at the Musée d'Art Moderne and neighboring Palais de Tokyo features work by 40 artists who may or may not remember a French-dubbed Alexis and Krystle. Each contributed one piece to each museum: All of them are somewhat French (by birth or country of residence), and under the age of 35. What it has in common with the notorious television series is an interest in the underpinnings of American Empire, and the left-over from its spectacular and ostentatious triumphs.Read More
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Mixed Media, 212 x 66 inches, Courtesy the artist.
Artist Kirstine Roepstorff was born and trained in Denmark, but lives and works in Berli
