Aaron Krach’s Suicidal Literature: The Sun Also Sets
Aaron Krach’s book, ‘The Author of This Book Committed Suicide’, is something of a meditation on the matter of suicide.
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Massimiliano Rezza’s ‘ATEM’: The Art of Images Without Meaning
‘ATEM’ is to use photographs for what they really are, non-representational epitaphs of moments rendered in silver with little meaning.
Girls, Rain and Nightclub Haiku: César Ordóñez and ‘Tokyo Blur
Presented as a trip through Tokyo, perhaps even snapshots of one wild night out, Tokyo Blur shows the reader a clear view from a back-row seat.
‘Mess-aesthetics’ and Absurdist Life Collages in Beni Bischof’s ‘Psychobuch’
It could be said that Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol have created a bastard child where trash and glitter are king of the streets, but have moved into the studio for the purposes of re-creating consumer waste in artistic practice. By Brad Feuerhelm, ASX, June 2015 Beni Bischof’s a product of his generation. His […]
The Enemy Today: ‘Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men’
For the authors Feuerhelm and Salu, theirs’ is an act of frustration at our willingness to sit back and be spoon-fed bullshit while behind us a cartoon mouse holds a gun to our head. By Poppy Coles, June 2015 This book reads as an unrelenting portrait of “the enemy” today. Using the historic […]
Small Things in Silence, Bound in Blue: Yamamoto Masao
Yamamoto Masao had not only treated these prints with a range of teas, and chemicals—this I already knew—but also with tears from his own eyes.
Deutsche Börse 2015, what’s the point?
This is an exhibition that strives to be down with the Zeitgeist, digging the first album; this is an exhibition that, like, totally gets it.
Daniel Mayrit Fucks 100 Capitalists in Their Greed Ridden Mouths
In 2015, the people that rule our world are not concerned with their oral gesturing, their sweaty temples, or their dissenting eyes. They condemn the mass populace through the veil of hidden technologies, cleverly hidden behind boardrooms and at best, scratchy Skype call images. By Brad Feuerhelm, ASX, May 2015 The organ has no fixed […]
Dis ’ Selfie Shtick – An Exercise in Brand Promotion
A short history of the selfie would trace the transformation from tawdriness for all to kitsch, for some. By Owen Campbell, ASX, May 2015 Dis, #artselfie, is a fun book that only half-bears the scrutiny it invites. The premise, that the collection of selfies taken in art spaces points toward a new method of […]
Katrien de Blauwer: The Slowly Cinematic Anti-Narrative; Fragmentary Discourse
Standing in front of mirrors, learning to speak alien words by watching our mouths form sounds. The same mirror that is lethal, severing the rest of her body from its mouth. By Brad Feuerhelm, ASX, April 2015 There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. -Alfred Hitchcock Perusing images with […]
Tiane Doan Na Champassak: Marauder of the Flaming Babylon, Calcutta Death Trip
We exist in this sinkhole of economic disparity, careening along needles and rocks, the disease creeping through the cracks on the soles of our feet. By Brad Feuerhelm, ASX, April 2015 The perfect memory was watching your family crumpled up and burning on a ghat, the vultures swarming to the feast of your children. […]
Ren Hang and the Production of the Hidden Idealized Body in China
To act out of one’s desire that has been purposefully cloaked under ideology is in fact a direct transgression against the state. By Brad Feuerhelm, ASX, April 2015 First, let it be said that this oversize production by dienacht of Ren Hang’s work is lush and beautifully crafted. The pages overlap and folds of […]