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Voebe De Gruyter (Den Haag, 1960)

小さなものに巨大な事象を見出す、日本庭園のような作家。ツボにはまって仕方がありません。 自宅の玄関の床の白い模様は疑念が可視化されたものだとか、散髪屋に散らばる切り落とされた髪をアラビア語ととらえて翻訳したり、ボールペンの中に残るインク跡と急逝した国王の生涯とを重ね合せるとか、あくびを科学的に検証とか、ハゲ頭を宇宙に見立てるとか無限の広がりを持つ空想力にドキュンときます。Roma Publicationsから出ているこの作家の本がまた最高です。 When Voebe de Gruyter was a child she often visited the Abdij van Averbode with her family to eat ice cream. She was 15 when she noticed that only two flavors of ice-cream were sold: mocha and … Continue reading

21. August 2017 by Nishiko
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Anna Jermolaewa (1970, Russia)

主に写真、映像を用いて日常生活で見るものや行為の中に、哲学や社会の成り立ち、政治的な意味を見いだすアーティスト。写真作品”Untitled (good times, bad times)”では、3時半や5時はなぜ他の時間より良いんだろうかという子供の持つ様な疑問に対して、街の時計に止まる鳩に答えを見つける。ロシアからオーストリアに難民として逃げてきた生い立ちも作品にかなり反映されており、ドキュメンタリー映像作品”Aleksandra Wysokinska/ 20 Jahre danach”では、逃げてくる途中のでポーランド助けてもらった夫婦を20年後に訪ねている。 Anna Jermolaewa works primarily in the mediums of photography, video, and installation. Her main interest is the analysis of functional structures of society and social systems in everyday life. She continually … Continue reading

09. July 2017 by Aki
Categories: Austria, Photography, Russia, Uncategorized, Video | Comments Off on Anna Jermolaewa (1970, Russia)

Hans op de Beeck (1969, Belgium)

静かに変化していく舞台を撮影したシリーズ Staging Silence (2009) ‘Staging Silence’ is based around abstract, archetypal settings that lingered in the memory of the artist as the common denominator of the many similar public places he has experienced. The video images themselves are both ridiculous … Continue reading

24. September 2015 by Aki
Categories: Aki, Belgium, Photography, Theater, Video | Comments Off on Hans op de Beeck (1969, Belgium)

Kim Boske (1978, NL)

主に風景や自然をモチーフに、今という時間がどう存在しているのか、又その時間はどんな現象を作り上げているのかに焦点を当てたビデオ、写真を中心に制作するアーティスト。 [Text from her website] Fascinated by how different moments in time and space determine our perspective and define reality, in her work Boske focuses on the system of ‘Time’. She regards reality as an unlimited field of differentials, which … Continue reading

24. September 2015 by Aki
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Gordon Matta-Clark (1943, US)

(Text by Guggenheim New York) Gordon Matta-Clark was born in New York on June 22, 1943, to artists Roberto Matta and Anna Clark. Teeny Duchamp, Marcel’s wife, was Matta-Clark’s godmother. Matta-Clark’s childhood was spent in New York, Paris, and Chile. … Continue reading

24. September 2015 by Aki
Categories: 70's, Aki, Architect, environment, Site-specific, USA | Comments Off on Gordon Matta-Clark (1943, US)

Yoshinori Niwa (1982, Japan)

丹羽良徳   —————————– Yankee chicken farm 2005 Performance Between June-Decmber 2006 at the time when Japan and Asia were gripped by the bird flu epidemic I undertook, as an experiment, to converse with a chicken, visiting it each day with … Continue reading

24. September 2015 by Aki
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Amalia Pica(1978~ Argentina)

非常に好きな作家です。。 Born in Argentina and based in London, artist Amalia Pica explores metaphor, communication, and civic participation through drawings, sculptures, large-scale photographic prints, slide projections, live performances, and installations.   Using simple materials such as photocopies, lightbulbs, drinking glasses, beer … Continue reading

19. August 2014 by hagisan
Categories: Argentina, Contemporary, Favorite, hagisan | Leave a comment

Gino De Dominicis (1947-1998)

Mr. De Dominicis, who was born in Ancona and died in Rome, is widely known as an artist whom few people know much about. He always dressed in black, avoided journalists and rarely allowed his work to be photographed. He … Continue reading

16. August 2014 by hagisan
Categories: Conceptual art, hagisan, Italy | Leave a comment

Dora Maurer(Budapest, 1937~)

こんな作家がハンガリーにいたのですね、めちゃ好みのアプローチで作品つくられてます。 まだまだ私の知らない良い作家が世界中にいるのだなあ〜。ありがたい事です。      hidden structure     Throwing the Plate from Very High http://catalog.c3.hu/index.php?page=work&id=473&lang=EN   Dora Maurer (Budapest, 1937) is a Hungarian artist that has spanned a 50 year career.[1] With an emphasis in photography, film, graphic design, and more, Maurer has … Continue reading

10. August 2014 by hagisan
Categories: hagisan, Hungary, Minimal, Photography | Leave a comment

Lernert Engelberts (1977) and Sander Plug (1969)

Lernert Engelberts (1977) and Sander Plug (1969)   コミカルなビデオ作品、アイデアマンです。アムステルダムにいるんですね。 http://www.lernertandsander.com How To Explain It To My Parents, 50′ 特にこの、両親に自分の作品について説明をするアーティストのビデオ作品が面白い。。 Participating artists: Arno Coenen, Harm van den Dorpel, Martijn Hendriks, Bart Julius Peters & Martin de Waal. http://www.lernertandsander.com/index.php?/projects/how-do-i-explain-my-parents/ The Procrastinators あと、このひたすら仕事するのを言い訳しているビデオ作品 11 episodes of monologues … Continue reading

21. May 2014 by hagisan
Categories: Contemporary, the Netherlands | Leave a comment

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