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The Democracy of objects at Nettie Horn, London

Posted on May 22, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment

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Ivan Argote, Feeling, 2009. Vidéo still. Courtesy the artist; Nettie Horn, London; Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong and Paris

The Democracy of objects
10 May – 15 June 2013
at Nettie Horn, London

Artists: Ivan Argote, Abigail Reynolds, A Kassen

The works presented in The Democracy of objects(1) engage with the use and manipulation of artefacts(2) – and here the artists explore social experiences alongside a reflection on the status of the artwork. From interventions which playfully and subversively address the public to sculptural compositions reflecting on cultural memories – the objects here play with their classification and reinvent themselves through actions such as dematerialization, re-materialization and inter-connexion.
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Martin Gustavsson “Indentations” at Maria Stenfors, London

Posted on April 18, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment

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Image courtesy of the artist and Maria Stenfors, London

Martin Gustavsson
Indentations
19 April – 1 June 2013
at Maria Stenfors, London

Opening: Thursday 18 April 2013, 18h30 – 20h30

The core subject matter of Gustavsson’s paintings reveal a physical rotation, through a fixed viewpoint, as if they were snapshots or the frames of a film reel. If a film is a large series of images shown in quick succession of one another, the paintings presented act equally as a short film of the sculpture, in all its dysfunction and disjointedness. Read more »

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From the M-KOS archives: Marcel Dzama interview

Posted on April 11, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment

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Marcel Dzama, The Queen’s Ghost Vanish’d From Our Sight, 2013. Ink, gouache, and graphite on piano paper (2 scrolls) Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, NY/London

To underline Marcel Dzama’s current exhibition “Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets“ at David Zwirner in London until 11 May, M-KOS is posting once more its interview recorded with Dzama in 2011, when he visited Montreal for the screenings of his “A Game of Chess” (2011) and “Death Disco Dance” (2011) videos at POP festival. For this latest exhibition at Zwirner, Dzama shows new drawings, sculptures and videos that include “Death Disco Dance” as well as the more recent “Sister Squares” (2012), considered the sequel to his “A Game of Chess” video. In the following interview, although already one and a half years old, Dzama talks about how the making of Death Disco Dance, and the influence of Marcel Duchamp that is undoubtedly manifested in many of his work.
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Maria Stenfors by Maria Stenfors: In Conversation

Posted on April 3, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment

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Maria Stenfors with the work by Julia Pfeiffer, Animal Vessel (Figure of the Thinkable), 2013. Photo: M-KOS

Maria Stenfors inaugurated in April 2010 her eponymous gallery in East Central London, and for the last three years, her space has steadily grown to present an innovative program of artists. Her gallery has now been chosen by ArtInfo as one of the Top 10 space of the Art13 London art fair, which launched its first edition last March. During our recent visit to London, M-KOS took the opportunity to interview Maria Stenfors herself.

M-KOS [MKOS]: Can you tell us about your current exhibition?

Maria Stenfors [MS]: We are currently showing works by a Berlin based artist, Julia Pfeiffer, entitled “Figures of the Thinkable”. The show has to do with ‘possibilities’, exploring what has happened, what could have and what should have, happened. Clay or ceramics is the material for her investigations. At every stage, when the clay is wet, dried, fired and glazed, each reveals different possibilities. She has a symbiotic practice of ceramics and photography. In these black and white photographs, she sets a mise-en-scène to arrange the ceramics in different stages. Opposite of these photographs, there are a set of ceramic relief, fired and grazed. On the other side, there is a wall of clay. The clay was delivered dry from the artist’s studio in Berlin, soaked in water, applied onto the wall, then again it became dry and even cracked. The one wall presents a refined quality, the other is totally raw and the photographs show the different stages that create interesting dialogues between the three walls. Julia is one of our core gallery artists that has been with us from the beginning, and this is her second solo exhibition with us.
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Opportunities: Residency Open Call – WE ARE HERE at [space], London

Posted on March 31, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment

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Image courtesy [space], London

SPACE invite applications for two rounds of Permacultures residencies based in the dedicated residency studio at the White Building, Hackney Wick.

WE ARE HERE will consist of 6 x one-month residencies for UK artists and 1 three-month residency for an international residency artist.

This is an open call for proposals from artists whose work sits at the intersection of issues of technology and ecology.

Deadline: Wednesday 17 Apr 2013, 5pm
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Julia Pfeiffer “Figures of the Thinkable” at Maria Stenfors, London

Posted on February 25, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment

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Julia Pfeiffer
Figures of the Thinkable
27 February – 6 April 2013
at Maria Stenfors, London

Opening: Tuesday 26 February 2013, 6.30 – 8.30pm

To think is not to get out of the cave; it is not to replace the uncertainty of shadows by the clear-cut outlines of things themselves, the flame’s flickering glow for the light of the true sun. To think is to enter the Labyrinth….

–– Cornelius Castoriadis

Figures of the Thinkable is an exploration of what has happened, what could have, and what should have, happened. Possible figures and forms are brought into being through the medium of clay and staged photographs, relaying, reminding, and echoing the movement from thought to laden physicality. Read more »

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Sanja Iveković “Unknown Heroine” at South London Gallery & Calvert 22, London

Posted on January 28, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment


Sanja Iveković, Personal Cuts, 1982, 3’43”, still from video, colour, sound. Image courtesy of the artist

Sanja Iveković
Unknown Heroine
14 December 2012 – 24 February 2013
at South London Gallery & Calvert 22, London

This timely exhibition brings together Iveković’s pioneering feminist work in collage, film, performance and installation. Tackling issues of female identity, consumerism and historical amnesia, the show features work made across four decades against a background of political unrest. The exhibition highlights the complexity of Iveković’s practice, which lies precisely in exploring the intersections and commonalities across local conditions and global shifts. Works on display address the assault of the media on the individual, and the continued invisibility and erasure of women from the public sphere and from dominant historical narratives. Others address the effects of power and political agendas on public space, irrespective of regime.
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Mela Yerka “What red blue is in?” at Maria Stenfors, London

Posted on January 8, 2013 by M-KOS| Leave a comment


Image courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London

Mela Yerka
What red blue is in?
11 January – 16 February 2013
at Maria Stenfors, London
*Opening: Thursday 10 January 2013, 6.30 – 8.30pm

Painting resides in a sphere of abstract thinking, irrespective of whether it is figurative or abstract. In Mela Yerka’s new series of work, she experiments with a variety of materials, paints and techniques. Exploring different historical motifs and extending on her previous studies, Yerka demonstrates how her work expands on the possibilities and notion of painting, challenging herself, our ways of looking and art history.
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Tonico Lemos Auad at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

Posted on December 20, 2012 by M-KOS| Leave a comment


Tonico Lemos Auad, Brick House, 2012. Brick, mortar, leather cord, woven metal, rope, metal chain, linen and wire. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery

Tonico Lemos Auad
23 November 2012 – 19 January 2013
at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

For this presentation, Auad will create a ‘planted archaeology’ with recognisable forms and everyday materials subverted under his hand. Inspired by the rich symbolism of his native hometown of Belém in Northern Brasil, these works each carry their own narrative and hidden references.
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David Adamo at Ibid Projects, London

Posted on December 10, 2012 by M-KOS| Leave a comment


David Adamo, Untitled, 2012 (detail) Courtesy the artist and Ibid Projects

David Adamo
17 November 2012 – 12 January 2013
at Ibid Projects, London

[…] Installed over the three floors of the gallery space, this new body of work explores sculpture’s narrative possibilities as shaped by a playful approach to processes of craftsmanship, to materials, proportions and locations.
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