contemporary art projects

Highlights from the 36th Bienal de São Paulo

The Bienal de São Paulo is housed in the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, designed by renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer, in the idyllic Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo. This edition was…

Contemporary Art Classics: ‘Mogamma, A Painting in Four Parts: Part 3’

The sweeping clusters of lines and shapes push and pull our view across the picture plane. Standing in front of this huge painting is like experiencing the force of a hurricane.

Interview with artist Florence Hutchings for @floorrmagazine

“The dialogue with the work and the space around it continually changes. Whether it be the work in the studio having a messier feel or being placed in an interior type gallery it could hold a homely relatable feel or if it is placed in a traditional white cube space it gives it a ‘finished’ feeling”

Contemporary Art Classics: ‘My Bed’

The artwork is highly personal and contains various intimate items. Stained bedsheets, used condoms and underwear are some of the items which shocked the media and brought the artwork to the public’s attention.

Kitchen Sink Painting

Artworks based on direct observation are a useful insight into what an artist is seeing, thinking and feeling at the time. They might also tell us about the intimate details of an artist’s life and act as a valuable record of the social and political context.

Contemporary Art Classics: ‘Fountain, 1917’

Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ is a game changer. It represents the moment when what seemed like a hoax turned out to be the original conceptual art masterpiece.

Interview with artist Hedley Roberts for @floorrmagazine

“My work is all about what is not known, evident or visible. I’m really interested how we ‘know’ each other, how we assess our knowledge of each other, and how we continually renegotiate our relationship to each other”

Superflat

Superflat is a contemporary art movement which was created by artist Takashi Murakami in 2001. The movement includes artists and designers who make work which uses flatness as a core part of the artwork. Superflat artists reference a broad range of influences in their work, including subjects from Japanese socio-political history and contemporary Japanese art and design.

Contemporary Art Classics: ‘Ink Splash 2’

‘Ink Splash 2’ marks a break through in El Anatsui’s work by seeking to explore multiple physical possibilities in a single work of art. By combining elements of both painting and sculpture the work has helped to break traditional categorizations of art and redefine the art object. El Anatsui defines himself as both a painter and sculptor.

Interview with artist Joshua Miller for @floorrmagazine

“To win the fight and keep the painting interesting, I have to push the physical qualities of paint and stretch the conceptual framework of the signifier”