Exhibition of sculptures by Sarah Lucas on view at Contemporary Fine Arts
Hurricane Doris Installation view 2020 at CFA. Photo: Matthias Kolb.
BERLIN
.-Contemporary Fine Arts is presenting Hurricane Doris, an exhibition of sculptures by Sarah Lucas. The artists sixth solo exhibition with the gallery encompasses a new group of soft sculptures from her ongoing body of Bunnies as well as a work in bronze from the same series.
The first Bunnies were created as early as 1997 and are becoming increasingly timeless. The new, anthropomorphic figures made out of stuffed pantyhose reclining on chairs are a perpetuation of Lucas recognisable visual language bordering on the surreal. Deploying highly gender-coded found objects such as high heels and nylon stockings, Lucas inflates the notion of female objectification to its apex, only to invert it with an ungainly, exaggerated pose. Reminiscent of the reclining female nude, Lucas thin figures with globular breast comically sprawl the
Exhibition at Gladstone Gallery presents Shirin Neshat s latest body of work, Land of Dreams
Installation view, Shirin Neshat: Land of Dreams, at Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Gladstone Gallery is presenting an exhibition by Shirin Neshat and the New York premiere of the artists latest body of work, Land of Dreams. Comprised of more than 100 photographs and a two-channel film installation, Land of Dreams marks a significant visual and conceptual shift for the artist, who has turned her lens to the landscape and people of the American West. For this exhibition, Neshat presents the entire collection of photographs from this series as well as both films, which has been complemented by an online viewing room and virtual screenings throughout the shows run. Combining Neshats singular artistic language with her intuitive approach to documenting the subjects she photographs, Land of Dreams presen
Climate change is worsening. So the weather station is singing about it.
The musician Tamara Lindeman in Toronto, Jan. 20, 2021. The 36-year-old Canadian musicians piercing new album, Ignorance, explores the emotional impacts of a global problem. Angela Lewis/The New York Times.
by Lindsay Zoladz
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Some musicians are compelled to write a song after a lovers quarrel, an encounter with a great work of art or a particularly resonant overheard exchange. Tamara Lindeman, the 36-year-old Canadian singer and songwriter who records under the name the Weather Station, was recently driven to write one immediately after reading an article about oil and gas corporation Exxon Mobil.