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Author Archives: GalleriaKlik
DocumentA 13 and Memories of the Arab Spring
In 2012, starting with the Arab Spring, the ever so political Croatian artist and Documenta veteran Sanja Iveković, stepped back in time to pay homage to political martyrs and social revolutionaries in Documenta 13, and will be showing in Documenta 14 too. Continue reading
Posted in documentA
Tagged Arab Spring, Che Guevara, Jan Palach, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Mohamed Bouazizi, Rosa Luxemburg, Sanja Iveković, Tank Man, Victor Jara, Walter Benjamin
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Countdown to Documenta 14
I am off the Document 14! This is a great treat, especially as I had pleasure of attending DocumentA 13 in 2012. It is amazing to have the opportunity to attend consecutive Documenta instalments, which occur once every five years. … Continue reading
Gele ati Asọ́-Oke Exhibition: Aiming for the Footsteps of Success
The Gele ati Asọ́-Oke exhibition is aiming to follow in the footsteps of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Lagos’s 2014 crowdfunded publication of a monograph on Nigerian Photographer J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere. J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere along with Benedy and Sons, … Continue reading
The origins of the label “Yoruba photography”
Yoruba photography is not a new term. It is at least five decades old. The anthropologist Stephen Sprague as far back as 1979 used the label Yoruba photography in his seminal academic article on the Yoruba people and the unique … Continue reading
Look Van Gogh, it’s Ofosu without paint, brush or canvas!
GalleriaClic is excited to promote Edward Ofosu’s first solo exhibition of essentially iPad art. One of Ofosu’s artistic heroes is David Hockney. And why should Ofosu not admire Hockney, after all, the pioneering artist not only experimented with iPad art, … Continue reading
Banksy’s Pigeons versus Exhibit B: Lessons in how to and how not to
For about 24 hours in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, a contemporary work of art resonated with us as a contemporary audience, while being effortlessly clever and intelligent. Then it was stopped dead in its tracks. But this need not matter, thanks to … Continue reading
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Tagged Banksy, Banky’s Racist Pigeons, Clacton-on-Sea, Exhibit B, Pigeons, racism
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Turner Prize 2014: A retort
‘It’s about owning images and disorientating them’: Turner prize 2014 nominee James Richards should not need to explain his work(!)
Mishka Henner: The Brutal Beauty of Prophetic Photography
Of nine exhibiting photographers, the images of Mishka Henner captured the theme of “Consumption” in the Prix Pictet exhibition of shortlisted photographs at the Victoria & Albert Museum. In this instalment of Prix Pictet’s efforts to “harness the power of … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumption, Hong Hao, Mishka Henner, Porter Gallery, Prix Pictet, Sustainability, V&A
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Thinking Big: Pondering on anarchy and futility
‘All is futile’ laments Solomon in the Bible and its all “pretentious crap” agrees Zhivago Duncan in Christie’s and Saatchi Gallery’s Thinking Big. So nothing new through the passage of time then! Futility along with anarchy seems to be the big story in … Continue reading
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Cai Guo-Qiang: The artist behind Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red?
Could the Chinese artist, Cai Guo-Qiang be the originator of the look and visual idea of Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red?