Artificialis

Artificialis

contemporary art / history of art

Artwork of the month / December 2015

« Achtung Zeitloch » (Attention! Time hole) Anke Heelemann 2015 Installation FOTOTHEK, Karl Liebknecht Straße 10, Weimar 10 zograscopes, each 5,5 cm x 5,5 cm x 22 cm From October 20th to November 30th people who passed the FOTOTHEK in Weimar (Germany) risked falling into a time hole! They could embark on a journey through… (read more)

Biennale di Venezia 2015: Artistic views on the world order

The 56th Biennale di Venezia under the theme “All the World Futures” curated by Okwui Enwezor closed its doors the 22nd November 2015. Nevertheless, we will continue to reflect about the offered artworks. Since the heart of the central exhibition was the reading of “Das Kapital” by Karl Marx, we focus on the artistic approach… (read more)

Exhibition: Alan Maglio & Fabio Giampietro – Linea Rossa (Red Line)

21st November 2015 – 9th January 2016 Spazio Testoni Via Azeglio 50, Bologna www.spaziotestoni.it Alan Maglio and Fabio Giampietro are two artists from Milan who have chosen different ways of their artistic expression. Alan Maglio uses photography and video for portraits and more or less documentary representations. Normally his works are colourful. Whereas Fabio Giampietro… (read more)

Exhibition: Luciano Leonotti “Rituali” (Rituals)

14th November 2015 – 9th January 2016 L’Ariete Artecontemporanea via D’Azeglio 42, Bologna www.galleriaariete.it Rituals are activities which follow predefined rules. Often they pursue formal and festive ceremonies with a great symbolic import. They can be of religious or secular origin. The current exhibition of the Bolognese Gallery “L’Ariete Artecontemporanea” shows the photographic view on… (read more)

Artwork of the month / November 2015

« Zeste de mer » (Zest of the sea) Marie Cagnasso 2010 100 cm x 100 cm x 20 cm Porcelain, glazed and unglazed, lacquered metal plate “Zeste de mer” is one of Marie’s creations that is part of her sculptures of landscapes, based on the idea “of conservation of something valuable that can disappear”…. (read more)

Biennale di Venezia 2015: Three artistic approaches to conditions of labour

On November 22nd the 56th Biennale di Venezia will close its doors: Time to start a little reflexion about what is shown. Okwui Enwezor curated the international art exhibition under the title “All the World’s Futures”. He stated in May 2015 in “The Guardian” to want a “deeply reflective, deeply political” Biennale. In this context… (read more)

Exhibition: “Volti oltre” (More than faces) Alessandra Alma Masi

24th October – 25th November 2015 Galleria B4 Via Vinazetti 4/b Bologna www.galleriab4.it The cover image of the exhibition “Volti oltre” by Alessandra Alma Masi at the Galleria B4 in Bologna, Italy, is a painting that shows the English Queen. “Liz” is easily recognizable by her royal attributes: the crown, the pearl necklace, the white… (read more)

FOOD PROJECT – Giulia Bonora: Il gesso come la farina

(The plaster as the flour) The Gallleriapiù in Bologna presents this month an exceptional project: a live streaming where the public can follow the artist Giulia Bonora in cooking sculptures. Giulia takes her inspiration from an Italian recipe box of the sixties of the last century. That implies just that the recipes are simple, but… (read more)

Artwork of the month / October 2015

“5 minutes free zone” Rebecca Ballestra & Lucia Palmero 2015 Dimensions variable Solar parasol, 2 iPhones, 1 external hard disk, 2 headphones Films: Statements: 52 sec, 1 min 18 sec Documentary: Alessandro Camillo for international.it, 30th June 2015, “Notti di frontiera Ventimiglia – Internazionale” (Night at the frontier in Ventimiglia – Intenational), 3 min 15 sec… (read more)