features 16.04.12 Jolien Verlaek
Charles Atlas has made films and videos for over forty years, mainly operating in the New York underground and dance scene. Lately his popularity in the art world is increasing, with projects at Tate Modern, The New Museum, this year's Whitney Biennial and, on view until June 3rd, the exhibition Discount Body Parts at De Hallen in Haarlem.
boeken 27.02.12 METROPOLIS M
On (the point of) interviews, Roman fresco paintings, the book as an exhibition, zero gravity and outer space. Vivian Sky Rehberg in conversation with Melvin Moti in the first publication of Metropolis M Books.
features 21.02.12 Maxine Kopsa
The Amsterdam-based Seth Siegelaub withdrew from the New York art scene in the early seventies. In relative seclusion, he started collecting textiles – rugs, tapestries, fabrics, embroideries, even hats – from all corners of the world. Soon, part of his extensive collection will be shown in public for the first time. (This interview is published in Metropolis M no. 1 - 2012)
features 18.02.12 Jolien Verlaek
At ARCO it is all about the Netherlands this year. How does the Dutch art climate relate to the Spanish? What are the differences and what problems does Spain face today?
features 15.02.12 Jolien Verlaek
Xander Karskens, curator of De Hallen, is now the curator of ARCOmadrid’s FOCUS: The Netherlands programme. Metropolis M investigates.
26/01/12 Erik Wysocan
She is considered a ‘mother’ of contemporary sculpture. Carol Bove’s installations of objects - once subtle tableaux of found objects, nowadays more often constellations of self-made sculpture - have a cohesive configuration that also has multiple layers of meaning. (This article is published in Metropolis M No. 6 - 2011)
Bice Curiger gained international fame as the editor of the Swiss art magazine Parkett. This year she is responsible for ILLUMInations, the central exhibit at the Venice Biennale. Metropolis M spoke with her in Zurich.
Amateurism in art is flourishing. Breaking the rules, even knowing nothing about them, ties in with a generally felt need to escape the regime of the market, the professionals, the authorities. The American artist Jim Shaw knows that not everybody can be an amateur. To make a work of art look amateurish, you have to really know what you’re doing.
news 02.01.12 Nat Muller
On December 20th Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour issued a press release that her nomination for the prestigious Lacoste Elysée Prize awarded by the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée was revoked on grounds that her work was 'too pro-Palestinian'. Following a barrage of articles in the art and mainstream press, the Musée de l’Elysée cancelled the whole prize. Nat Muller caught up with Larissa Sansour now the dust has slightly settled.
02/01/12 Coline Milliard
Exhibitions have increasingly become a topic of investigation. Afterall Books have just launched a new series of case studies, Exhibition Histories. An interview with Teresa Gleadowe, Research Consultant and Series Editor.