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Artist: Nikita Kadan Title: Stone Hits Stone Venue: PinchukArtCenter, Kyiv Curator: Björn Geldhof Assistant curator: Kateryna Iakovlenko Exposition architecture and design: Dana Kosmina Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2021 The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents “Stone Hits Stone” by Nikita Kadan, made in the context of the PinchukArtCentre’s Research Platform. His first major solo exhibition in Ukraine presents both new produced and existing works reflecting …

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Artists: Silva Agostini, Brigita Antoni, Bora Baboçi, Alma Bakiaj, Lumturi Blloshmi, Lirije Buliqi, Liljana Çefa, Donika Çina, Flaka Haliti, HAVEIT, Blerta Hoçia, Majlinda Hoxha, Shpresa Faqi, Fitore Isufi – Koja, Shelbatra Jashari, Ledia Kostandini, Edona Kryeziu, Hyrije Krypa, Iva Lulashi, Diana Miziri, Silvi Naçi, Matilda Odobashi, Greta Pllana, Edit Pula(j), Nurhan Qehaja, Alketa Ramaj, Miradije …

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Artists: Viktória Kalán, Mónika Kárándi, Hanna Rédling, Marina Sztefanu Title: Sometimes I Flow with the Ocean Venue: Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest Photo: Réka Hegyháti The upcoming exhibition in the Erika Deák Gallery, Sometimes I flow with the ocean will introduce four emerging artists and their newest works to the public. The gallery space will turn …

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Artist: Márton Emil Tóth Title: Through The Wall Venue: PINCE, Budapest Text: Zsolt Miklósvölgyi According to French philosopher Gaston Bachelard the cellar “is first and foremost the dark entity of the house, the one that partakes of subterranean forces. When we dream there, we are in harmony with the irrationality of the depths.” Márton Emil …

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Artist: Agnieszka Brzeżańska Title: So remember the liquid ground Venue: eastcontemporary, Milan Curated by eastcontemporary with accompanying text by Gabi Scardi What can we learn from water? The notion of fluidity and liquidness has been explored in cultural, social and political theory over the last decade. ‘So remember the liquid ground’ writes Luce Irigaray in the Marine Lover …

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Artists: Viktorie Langer and Hana Garová Title: Fucking Painting Venue: ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN Prague Curator: Terezie Nekvindová They met few years ago at Vladimír Skrepl’s and Jiří Kovanda’s studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. They’re not only generationally close, but also have the same sense of delicacy, similar basis and comparable …

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Artist: Øleg&Kaśka Title: The Sleep of Reasons Venue: Berlinskej Model, Prague Photo: František Svatoš Looking from the window shellWe can see a starry nightLots of tales of past and futureinsideour foundations, statues of our heroes and monstersHome is becoming kind of a mirror. Isn’t it?When earth is in sleepsneaky monsters are awakened.***Some may say- it’s …

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Artist: Dia Pintér Title: Everything Starts Somewhere Venue: Horizont Gallery, Budapest Photo: Dávid Bíró The exhibition gives insight into the psychodynamics of a fictional person who reacts to conflicts with defence mechanisms. The images are intended to visually collect some of the self-protective behavioral motifs that. They all share the negative capacity of distorting our perception of …

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Artist: Eva Koťátková Title: Interview with the Monster Vene: MeetFactory Gallery, Prague Curator: Tereza Jindrová Photo: Studio Flusser 25 January 2021, Praha – The MeetFactory Gallery introduces a new, rich project by the internationally recognized artist Eva Koťátková. The exhibition, named Interviews with the Monster, takes the form of the de- and re- construction of …

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Artists: Rada Boukova, Mariana Vassileva, Ventsislav Zankov, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Vikenti Komitski, Stefan Nikolaev, Kalin Serapionov, Dimitar Solakov, Kamen Stoyanov, Samuil Stoyanov, Krassimir Terziev Title: GLASS, GAS AND ELECTRICITY Venue: SARIEV Gallery, Plovidv, Bulgaria Curator: Vesselina Sarieva Photo: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and SARIEV Contemporary, Plovidv Neon (AG: νέον, „new“) is a …

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Artist: Jakub Choma Title: Gears of Life Venue: PLATO Ostrava, Czech Republic Curated and organized by Jindřich Chalupecký Society The works by Jakub Choma are rooted in painting and his realizations still allude to this medium, despite their essential shift towards spatial object installation. Nevertheless, his works still include fragments of graphic art, use of …

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Artists: Lőrinc Borsos Title: Divide Et Impera Venue: VUNU Gallery, Kosice Curator: Peter Bencze Photo: all images copyright and courtesy of VUNU Gallery, Kosice and Everybody Needs Art, Budapest and the artist „Hell is the separation of paradise and Hell, the Devil is the bifurcation between God and the Devil, evil is the crossroads of …

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Artists: Stach Szumski and Francesco Pacelli Title: Holobiont Rhapsody Venue: eastcontemporary, Milan, Italy Curated by eastcontemporary with accompanying text by Claudia Contu Introduction They are microscopic in size and invisible yet they possess a great power. They are always at work, acting discreetly in the shadows while forging unbreakable bonds and shaping all living beings. You …

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Artist: Ivana Bajec Title: August Venue: Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana Curator: Piera Ravnikar Photo: Mario Zupanov Ivana Bajec, an artist of the younger generation, presents herself for the first time in the RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE with the solo exhibition August. In an ambitious painting production prepared precisely for her première presentation, she continues, on the …

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