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The Power of Fantasy

by Abhilasha Singh
Miroslaw Balka, Olaf Brzeski, Wilhem Sasnal, Monika Sosnowska at Bozar - Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles June 24th, 2011 - September 18th, 2011
Posted 7/30/11

Divided throughout the 19th century, occupied during the Second World War, and subsequently under the Soviet yoke for decades, Poland became a democracy in 1989. In this wounded country, victim of a succession of oppressive regimes, there developed a flourishing culture that gave expression, down the centuries, to a spirit of resistance to any order imposed from outside. Via the absurd and the fantastic, Polish artists reacted to the chaos of the real world with art imbued with a spirit of resis... [more]

Kupferstichkabinett- White Cube

by Laura Bushell
Miroslaw Balka, Georg Baselitz, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, ANSELM KIEFER, Julie Mehretu, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco, Raqib Shaw, Luc Tuymans, Rachel Whiteread at White Cube, Hoxton Square July 8th, 2010 - August 28th, 2010
Posted 7/25/10

Not the catchiest title perhaps, but Kupferstichkabinett is certainly a memorable show. Referring to the collections of the German aristocracy which in turn lead to the more accessible print and drawing rooms in museums, this show draws on the past to prove that drawing is very much alive and kicking in contemporary art. Set up like a museum, with works densely hung on dark green walls, the show turns the White Cube into a museum of modern drawing, exploring its pivotal role in t... [more]