almostnothing http://www.almostnothing.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 08 May 2012 21:25:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Interview with Guido van der Werve http://www.almostnothing.org/2012/05/08/interview-with-guido-van-der-werve/ http://www.almostnothing.org/2012/05/08/interview-with-guido-van-der-werve/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:25:56 +0000 admin http://www.almostnothing.org/?p=507

After reviewing his solo show Emotional Poverty for ArtSlant some time ago, I recently interviewed Dutch artist Guido van der Werve. Check it out here.

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My latest ArtSlant article is to be taken as an exhortation rather than a review. Check it out here.

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I haven’t been able to dedicate myself to writing that much lately, for several reasons I will not go through right now. Here’s an update, though, my review of the Cy Twombly show (also featuring a film portrait of the artist by Tacita Dean) at BOZAR, Brussels. Read the article here.

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I got to travel a little bit recently, mostly to hop from one venue to the next in order to review an unusual amount of shows. Here’s one: the Rosemarie Trockel retrospective at Wiels, in Brussels. Read the article here.

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The ArtSlant format has changed a little, so instead of the usual gallery hops I’m updating the site each time I publish something new there. Here‘s my (rather disappointed) account of the Blues Before Sunrise experience, as provided by Shame director Steve McQueen. You’ll see why I mention the movie at the end of the piece.

]]> http://www.almostnothing.org/2012/03/12/blues-before-sunrise-by-steve-mcqueen-in-vondelpark/feed/ 0 Art Rotterdam Preview and Report at ArtSlant http://www.almostnothing.org/2012/02/15/art-rotterdam-preview-and-report-at-artslant/ http://www.almostnothing.org/2012/02/15/art-rotterdam-preview-and-report-at-artslant/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:22:58 +0000 admin http://www.almostnothing.org/?p=493 I recently talked about Art Rotterdam a lot at ArtSlant, first with a preview piece and then with a report piece, after spending a whole day going up and down and trying to make sense of more art than was humanly possible. Click the links below to read the articles.

Art Rotterdam Preview @ ArtSlant

Art Rotterdam Report @ ArtSlant

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A juicy two-page portrait piece about Dutch artist Sarah van Sonsbeeck (whom I had also interviewed for ArtSlant last year) has just come out in this month’s Metropolis M. This time it’s printed in both Dutch and English, so I encourage you to go buy the magazine even more warmly.

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Louis De Cordier, Makeshift @ Motive Gallery, Amsterdam


Eke Kriek, An Investigation @ C3 Gallery, Amsterdam


Marianne Vierø, International Pastime @ Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam

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I recently interviewed Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto for ArtSlant. We discussed his latest show at Annet Gelink in Amsterdam, but we also talked about his work in general. Go read the full interview here.

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Pierre Bismuth, An Ocean of Lemonade @ SMART Project Space, Amsterdam


Mick Peter, Tao Foam @ Grimm, Amsterdam


Folkert de Jong, The Man From Delft @ Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam

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