Author Archives: The re:art

Biancoshock: Today’s social issues and challenges

The recent interventions of artist Biancoshock highlight the precarious human condition in a social, economic and political system failing to provide equal chances for a decent lifestyle and to address all categories of people within the community, especially those underprivileged by the … Continued

Codruța Cernea – NO OTHER TIME, NO OTHER PLACE

Codruța Cernea (interviewed) enjoyed an artist residency in Düsseldorf, from February until March 2016, that inspired her to create a new series of paintings highlighting the border where abstraction meets figurative. The works were part of the solo show NO OTHER TIME, NO OTHER … Continued

Christina West – Stay Asleep

PLUG Projects presents the solo exhibition ‘Stay Asleep’ by Christina West, on view through May 21, 2016, evoking, according to the artist, “a harshness of reality by suggesting a reticence to face it—to not wake up”. Although together in the same room, … Continued

ASYMPTOTE by Evelyn Bencicova & Adam Csoka Keller

ASYMPTOTE is the outstanding result of an ongoing collaboration between Evelyn Bencicova (featured) and Adam Csoka Keller, a project aiming to explore, reflect and build a new perspective on life under the socialist regime by overcoming the stereotypes and false premises we … Continued

Isaac Cordal – Welcome

The solo show ‘Welcome’ by Isaac Cordal, curator Davide Rossillo, marks the beginning of Memorie Urbane – Urban Festival and a new phase of their project Street Art Place, which after a year since the online launch becomes an actual gallery space, situated in the medieval … Continued

Gola Hundun: Plant intelligence as art

Inspired by recent research on plant intelligence, with the book ‘Verde Brillante’ (Brilliant Green) by Stefano Mancuso (watch his TED talk) and Alessandra Viola as starting point, artist Gola Hundun highlights the fascinating structures and unexpected connections existing in nature in his solo show ‘Intelligenza Vegetale’, hosted … Continued

Alain Cornu: Repetition

The series ‘Repetition’ by French photographer Alain Cornu shows how the multiplication of an object in a flawless arrangement with striking mathematical precision can result in a perfect symmetry of complex connotations, yet with a deceitful impression of equilibrium. The objects are not … Continued

Joan Cornellà – A solo show @ Spoke Art

The solo show of Barcelona-based illustrator Joan Cornellà, on view through March 26th, 2016 at Spoke Art gallery (816 Sutter St. San Francisco CA 94109), highlights the absurd aspect of human nature in a morbid and sarcastic manner, bringing into discussion topics that people either fail … Continued

The arresting works of Myeongbeom Kim

The sculptures and installations of Myeongbeom Kim are a result of an intimate dialogue between the artist and the spirit of matter, and the complex world surrounding him, highlighting the conflicting relationship between nature and man-made objects, as well as the … Continued