Mail Order Monsters

Jules de Balincourt, Mat Brinkman, Ry Fyan, Tomoo Gokita, Joe Grillo , Evan Gruzis, Ben Jones, Misaki Kawai, Eddie Martinez, Taylor Mckimens, Takeshi Murata, Anders Oinonen, Aurel Schmidt , Francine Spiegel, Dennis Tyfus, Jaimie Warren

Max Wigram Gallery announces a group exhibition curated by Kathy Grayson. Mail Order Monsters brings to London, for the first time, a group of young American artists.

Tapping into an underground music and graffiti vibe the selection of works in the show also finds reference in computer-programme aesthetics. Taking its title from a 1980s videogame (which allowed you to build your own monster) the show suggests an approach to the figuration in contemporary art practice which brings together fictional fantasy with the post-human figure of techno-dystopia, depicting the body as broken, decaying, uncanny and monstrous.

This exhibition was previously hosted by Peres Projects, Berlin; Deitch Projects, New York; and Andreas Melas, Athens.

Concreteandglass

Maxwigram

New works from Morten Buch::::

if you give me the mountains i will ask for the sea

matti blind
         ingo gerken 
                   carsten gliese
                                 sofia hultén 
                                           jakob jensen 
                                                       wolfgang plöger
                                               lucy powell 
                           egill sæbjörnsson
             wolf von kries 
tilman wendland
from 26 september – 1 november 2008.
opening thursday, 25. september 2008, 5-8 pm
More at www.plgallery.dk
peter lav PHOTO GALLERY has invited one of its Danish artists, Jakob Jensen, to curate a group exhibition. The purpose of the exhibition is to introduce new foreign artists, all of whom are installation artists, to the Copenhagen art scene. Jakob Jensen’s object is to show their alternative approaches to the photographic medium.
 
The participating artists change the motif, turn it on its head, reflect it in human relations, the whole time attempting to broaden the framework for understanding, and to confuse the viewer in order to pave the way for alternative ways of understanding the surrounding world.
 
PL Gallery

Brandstrup
New works from the young talent kid from Norway::::

Stux Gallery
Aaron Johnson

The first of the theme-oriented group exhibitions to be held yearly at Steinle Contemporary is devoted to the current production of the readymade. The composing, reassembling, reworking or simply the selecting of common objects and presenting them in the exhibition context is an art practice that dates back to Marcel Duchamp. Since nearly 100 years, this artistic process has repeatedly produced surprising objects, which are as humorous as they are intellectually stimulating, and which consistently question classical art production.   

Steinle Contemporary

The Destruction of Atlantis
A group exhibition curated by Jesper Elg featuring new works by: Ulrik Crone (DK), Michelle Blade (US), Wes Lang (US), Julian Röder (DE), Steve Powers (US), Todd James (US), Troels Carlsen (DK), Andrew Schoultz (US), Jakob Boeskov (IS/DK), Kasper Sonne (DK), HuskMitNavn (DK), Matthew Stone (UK), Hesselholdt & Mejlvang (DK), Alex Lukas (US), Peter Funch (DK), Jes Brinch (DK) and Richard Colman (US).

The exhibition revolves around the Atlantis myth, interpreted from the perspective, that we are gradually fulfilling, what many thought of as a ludicrous myth.
There are many themes attached to the myth, and writers, philosophers and artists have looked at the myth from very different angles throughout the last 2500 years. The destruction of an advanced civilization, natural catastrophes, man made disasters, utopia, hubris, nationalism (the Nazis believed it might be the home of an ideal race, other believed Atlantis was home of the Hyperboreans a race of Nordic supermen).

As waters rise and storms increase, we might not have to be as imaginative as Plato, Francis Bacon or Heinrich Himmler, to recognize the problem. Or as curator Jesper Elg says:
“The title refers to humankind gradually making the Atlantis myth come true. Our civilization is slowly sinking and we are making what we thought was a bizarre myth come true. Basically we are destroying our own civilization while we claim to become more civilized.” Jesper Elg
The exhibition will feature paintings, photography, sound, drawings, sculpture and installation elements that in many different ways reflect and comment on our behavior on this.

Union Gallery

To night:::

WAS

So fucking good::::: Respekt Richard….
The Modern Institute

NOH Suntag / State of emergency

We are excited to welcome you to NOH Suntag’s first solo show at Art Agents Gallery.

NOH Suntag’s photo series observes conflict situations in contemporary Korean society. These conflicts go back to 1948 and the division of Korea into two separate states. The two ideological extremes that define the North and South sides of the country are perceived by NOH as a permanent state of emergency. He shows this dichotomy by photographing evidence of the dictatorship in North Korea and the turbo-capitalism since the 1990s in South Korea, a military presence on both sides, and the situations both subtle and openly violent that pervade everyday life on the peninsula. NOH analyzes the social and political ambivalences and breaks within and between the two societies. His photographs are taken in both parts of Korea. They are documents of specific events and embody stylized, seemingly fictional constructions. The series Red House II, Give and Take, for example, deals with the way the North and the South see each other. The images were taken during an official press trip through North Korea, with the route and places predetermined by the regime. NOH’s images manage to reveal how North Koreans see South Koreans and vice versa. The Camera is a mediator, a medium for social interactions, which substitutes for communication. NOH’s individual photographic aesthetic combines the documentary with the fictional; the snapshot with stringent composition. “I know of North Korea. I don’t know what I know about it,” NOH states in a foreword to Red House II.

In the last nine years, NOH Suntag created eight photo series with over 200 images. Of these, we will show a selection of 30 works. Our exhibition follows the same theme that NOH Suntag, along with Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ, explored for his solo show at the Württembergischen Kunstverein in Stuttgart. In order to pursue transparency between the different series of NOH’s work, the photo series are presented as asynchronous narratives, including rhythmic sequences, image pairs, as well as individual images.

NOH Suntag was born in 1971 in Seoul, South Korea. He ranks among the most advanced artists in his country and his works receive great attention. Among other exhibitions, he took part in the Gwangju Biennale in 2006. His first European solo show, during the spring of 2008 in the Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart, secured him an international acceptance. Following the Stuttgart exhibition, a comprehensive catalogue was published in the Hatje Cants Verlag. The catalogue includes a photo essay by Hans D. Christ and an extensive interview between Natahlie Boseul Shin and NOH Suntag. This catalogue will be on display in the gallery during our show.

Art Agents