Working with various mediums, from sculpture to installation, site-specific interventions, and readymades, Leonardo Engel addresses issues related to the climate, nature, traditional crafts, architecture, and popular culture of the Caribbean. His works show a particular investment in objects—their gestures, and their creation and production processes—as well as to the psychological and sociological discourses implicit within them. Engel carries out continual processes of research and observation of his environment. From the city of Santo Domingo, where he lives and works, to the peripheral urban centers and remote rural communities of the island, which he has visited on multiple occasions, his artistic production and daily experience are closely linked.
End of 2008, Pierre Leguillon presented at KADIST, Paris the first retrospective of the works of Diane Arbus (1923-1971) organized in France since 1980, bringing together all the images commissioned to the New York photographer by the Anglo-American press in the 1960s...
Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: Why I sing in English; how Cambodian art can survive | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier March 12, 2020 ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asia Radar features articles and posts about arts and culture in Southeast Asia, drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources, so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region...
Imagine How Many by Margo Wolowiec is a woven polyester depiction of blurred text and floral images found on social media, distorted beyond complete recognition...
Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling makes a Miami Beach cameo Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 news Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling makes a Miami Beach cameo A self-portrait by Jesse Darling, who won the prestigious British award this week, is on sale at Chapter NY gallery Gareth Harris 9 December 2023 Share Jesse Darling, O Cowardly Word , 2022 Courtesy of the artist and Chapter NY, New York A self-portrait by the Turner prize winner Jesse Darling is available with Chapter NY gallery at Art Basel in Miami Beach...
Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: Puja Pantai in Selangor; young Cambodian singers talk old music | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar AP January 16, 2020 ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asia Radar features articles and posts about arts and culture in Southeast Asia, drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources, so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region...
Exhibition walk-through of Here We Live with Pheng Cheah, leading theorist of cosmopolitanism, Jerome Reyes, artist, and Marie Martraire, director, KADIST San Francisco Presenting videos and installations, alongside archival materials, the exhibition Here We Live , reveals strategies through which communities cope with the cultural tensions linked to the transformations of the places they live...
A Splinter (Study for Painting) is a large graphite work on paper by Hernan Bas that was intended as a study for a later painting...
A 49ers Anthem Charges Back From the ’80s for Super Bowl Sunday | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer upper waypoint Arts & Culture A 49ers Anthem Charges Back From the ’80s for Super Bowl Sunday Rae Alexandra Feb 7 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Email A 49er and a Dolphin dancing* at the 1985 Super Bowl to classic Narada Michael Walden track, ‘We’re the 49ers.’ [*This is a lie.] (Focus on Sport via Getty Images) Look...
Latiff Mohidin’s “Langkawi”: The Within and Beyond | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Image: Chan + Hori Gallery July 10, 2018 By Gerald Sim (1,500 words, eight minute read) As with any thought-provoking installation, Latiff Mohidin’s “Langkawi” series, on show at Chan+Hori Contemporary , evokes a large range of perceptions from its audience...
The working processes of artists: Sabrina Poon | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 27, 2020 Singaporean filmmaker Sabrina Poon, better known as Spoon, talks about her work and the value of storytelling by breaking down three of her short films – Sylvia , Hello Uncle and Pa ...
Parrot Drawings or Paintings look like children’s drawings and seem quite innocent...