Tag: the art berries
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A journey through Kiki Smith’s artistic universe
Visiting Kiki Smith’s exhibition at Timothy Taylor Gallery felt like stepping into a magical, self-contained universe shaped by nature, mythology, and spirituality. Through sculpture, drawing, and print, Smith explores the relationship between the human body and the natural world, transforming the gallery into an enchanted space that invites reflection on vulnerability, interconnection, and ancient narratives…
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Seeing Van Gogh Through Kiefer’s Eyes
A fascinating exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London explores the works of Van Gogh and Kiefer side by side. Despite their different styles, the show reveals surprising parallels in thought, process, and subject matter, offering a fresh perspective on both artists’ approaches to art, literature, and poetry.
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Art beyond ecological rupture
Una reseña de Terrafilia: Más allá de lo humano en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza de Madrid, que explora el arte, la ecología, el mito y las relaciones interespecies desde obras históricas y contemporáneas.
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Iconic Portraits and Inner Worlds
Yoshitomo Nara’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery invites viewers into an intimate creative universe shaped by emotion, memory, and resistance. Through paintings, drawings, and installations, Nara’s iconic figures explore inner worlds marked by vulnerability, political awareness, and quiet defiance.
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Arte Povera at the Serpentine Gallery
Giuseppe Penone’s Thoughts in the Roots at the Serpentine Gallery transforms the exhibition space into an extension of Kensington Gardens. Through sculpture, scent, sound, and material, Penone invites us to slow down and rediscover our connection with trees, nature, and time itself.
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The power of art to uplift others
A reflection on the Barbican exhibition dedicated to Noah Davis, whose work portrays Black life with beauty, majesty, joy, and humour in the face of systemic racism. Through dreamlike figurative paintings and a radical commitment to access and inclusion, Davis created a body of work that transcends time, place, and representation.
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Feminist visions in Balinese art
A reflection on Into Eternal Land, the first UK exhibition by Balinese artist Citra Sasmita at The Curve, Barbican Centre. Drawing on mythology, ancestral techniques, and a feminist perspective, the exhibition reinterprets Balinese tradition to place women at the center of a post-patriarchal world.
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Paintings for a Blooming Consciousness
A review of The Greenhouse, Inka Essenhigh’s exhibition at Victoria Miro Gallery in London. The article examines her lush, imaginative paintings—rich in botanical forms, mythology, and symbolism—as meditations on perception, consciousness, and the enduring power of painting to envision alternative worlds.
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Visceral Sculptures in the Turbine Hall
A powerful review of Open Wound, Mire Lee’s Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. This article examines how Lee transforms the vast industrial space into a visceral, body-like environment where machinery, vulnerability, and human labour intersect, evoking themes of precarity, decay, and care.
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Narratives of oppression
A critical reflection on The House of Bernarda Alba at Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London, this review explores how Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia and Sam Llewellyn-Jones reinterpret Federico García Lorca’s classic play through immersive painting and photography. Drawing connections between historical and contemporary forms of oppression, the exhibition evokes tension, isolation, and political unease within a…