Documentary versus Campbell’s Documentary
This new post presents the third portrait in the Little artnecdotes series of Turner Prize 2014’s nominees, the Irish born Duncan Campbell (1972). The Glasgow-based video artist was nominated for his presentation ‘It for others’. He was one of the three artists who repres..
The Aldo van Eyck Pavilion
For those who have wandered through the wonderful park of the Kröller-Müller Museum could not have missed the mysterious pavilion full of sculptures of Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) of 1965-1966. The architect designed this pavilion for the 1966 Sonsbeek exhib..
Colorful chickens and a naked man
The height of the ceiling is only 45 centimeters. At the back of the room a person, physically disabled, lies in a corner on the ground. The viewer must crouch or lie down to discover and experience the piece. Visitors of the performance exhibition 14 Rooms, held at Messe..
Rothko avant la lettre
Perhaps you’ve never heard of it. Perhaps you have. Actually I haven’t, but a manuscript caught my eye after reading the column of Dutch culture critic Bianca Stigter*. She discussed in her column the book Klaerlightende spiegel der verf konst (translated literally as: ‘c..
Sunday at the sea
The movements of the flood line during seven days, presented in a loop. The video Il fait dimanche sur la mer (2009) of the Belgian artist Lili Dujourie (1941) is just that. Filmed at location in Ostend, Belgium, it deals with the intertwining between nature and culture, ..
The printmaking of Ciara Philips
Glasgow-based Canadian artist Ciara Philips (1976) stands almost entirely for printmaking, the majority of her work is the result of printmaking in the broadest sense, from textiles, serigraphy and photography to site-specific wall works. Philips was shortlisted for the T..
Anselm Kiefer
A major retrospective of the work of German artist Anselm Kiefer (1945) took place at the Royal Academy in London in the autumn of 2014. The show presented the artist’s nearly complete oeuvre, spanning his entire forty year career. Kiefer created also new work responding ..
White small cube on red velvet pillow
In the middle of the ocean a Dutchman painted a tiny cube in white. He painted this at the crossing of two ocean winds on the Atlantic Ocean. He chose this very specific location for the purity of the air so that dust got no chance to settle on the wet surface. The cube w..