Category Archives: Sight Mapping

Rainer Ganahl: Art in Context

August 18, 2010 – 4:24 pm

By John Beeson


Since the late 1980s, Rainer Ganahl has frequently exhibited his work in solo and group shows around the world; he has been included in biennials from Moscow to Shanghai, has shown in the Arsenale in Venice and as a representative in the Austrian Pavilion, and recently has opened a series of solo exhibitions in museums around Europe. He speaks with John Beeson about context, form, and the benefits of biking.

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Stephen Willats at Victoria Miro

June 9, 2010 – 4:43 pm

By John Beeson

THE WORLD AS IT IS AND THE WORLD AS IT COULD BE, an exhibition of new work by British conceptual artist Stephen Willats, now occupies the first-floor gallery of Victoria Miro in London. Integrating bold graphics with flares of text, Willats’ mostly two-dimensional works address the world’s harsh realities and utter banalities with an even theoretical attention.

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New Balance & Unfinished Business at Hermes und der Pfau

April 21, 2010 – 1:06 pm

By John Beeson


In the latest installment of Sight Mapping, John Beeson discusses the exhibition New Balance & Unfinished Business with the artists and curators involved. The full-screen subtitles feature an edited version of the interview while the unedited discussion takes place in the background.

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Brad Alexander: When 1 + 1 ≠ 2

March 19, 2010 – 2:54 pm

By John Beeson


Brad Alexander, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been living in Southern Germany since graduating from Wesleyan University in 2008. Alexander is currently enrolled at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, which has seen Willi Baumeister and Alfred Hrdlicka as professors as well as Oskar Schlemmer, Max Ackermann, and Bernd Becher as students.

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Bettina Lockemann. Kontaktzonen at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart

February 25, 2010 – 5:21 pm

By John Beeson

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A new exhibition in the expansive Württembergischer Kunstverein in the city of Stuttgart in southeastern Germany is the first comprehensive solo show for Cologne-born artist Bettina Lockemann. Serving as a prolonged investigation of documentary technique and its aesthetic, nearly all of the numerous photographic series and several videos depict sites of the artist’s international travel.

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