Painting: Max Schmidtlein

Max Schmidtlein, Hallo, 2014 and Head and Shoulders, 2015 Max Schmidtlein’s solo exhibition Detox Plus is a highly contemporary painting exhibition. ‘Not another “contemporary” painting show’, you might say. Yet more painting that wants to do everything differently. Painting that acts oh so aware of media issues and its own implication in the mechanisms of both on-… Continue reading Painting: Max Schmidtlein

Artist: Ida Ekblad

Ida Ekblad, Untitled 2012,  Untitled, 2011 and Installation View, Untitled, 2011 Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad just finished her solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo this week. In the official press release her work  is referred to as being “frequently process oriented and her artistic practice is often described as spontaneous and chance-based.  Items seemingly… Continue reading Artist: Ida Ekblad

Artist: Nikolas Gambaroff

Nikolas Gambaroff, Untitled, 2011 and exhibition view of Tools for Living, 2012 Artist Nikolas Gambaroff work questions the process of painting and its support structures by deconstructing and re-evaluating traditional methods of production and display. As Gambaroff himself puts it, “In my work I try to dissect, deconstruct, and re-evaluate (mainly within the limits of… Continue reading Artist: Nikolas Gambaroff

Jeff Koones: Metallic Venus

Jeff Koones, Metallic Venus, 2010-2012. Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating and live flowering plants Jeff Koons is reaching back into art history with his new series “Antiquity,” exploring the goddess of love in huge glossy metallic sculptures such as the turquoise Metallic Venus. Jeff Koons: The Painter and Sculptor was showing at two venues in Germany’s banking capital (20… Continue reading Jeff Koones: Metallic Venus