A large group show featuring the work of twenty-five artists, Paregron, on show until March 23, 2019 at Los Angeles’ Blum & Poe gallery, draws attention to the most influential and pivotal contemporary works created in Japan between the 1980s and 1990s. The title of the exhibition, which explores themes of politics, transcending media, performativity, and satire, makes reference to Gallery […]
INVISIBLE-EXPORTS at NADA Miami
INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, the New York City-based contemporary art gallery known for its often thought-provoking shows, has announced it will pop back up at the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), which is held in conjunction with Art Basel in early December. This is of note to fans of INVISIBLE-EXPORTS as the gallery does not currently have a space, and instead shows at […]
Larrie in Miami: Bailey Scieszka and Ashley Teamer
Larrie, the New York art venue that curates shows by artists with a strong feminist bend, is relocating to Miami for a short pop-up residency during the upcoming Art Basel. At NADA in Miami, Larrie will present a selection of works by Ashley Teamer and Bailey Scieszka whose practices vividly target the seductive and oftentimes disturbing elements and historical undercurrents […]
Sadie Laska
Written by Alexa Carrasco It’s Sunday and Sadie Laska is in Forrest Hills, Queens. An average day finds her traversing the city, between Forrest Hills, Chinatown, and Industry City, carrying art supplies for either herself or an artist she works for, playing drums in her band I.U.D, going to art shows, painting. “I’m a painter and I can be a […]
Gimhongsok: On View
Throughout his prolific career, Korean visual artist Gimhongsok has built an oeuvre that spans performance, sculpture, video and installations. His work has been described as both ‘comedic’ and ‘provocative.’ At Tina Kim Gallery, the artist focuses on his latest sculptural output. Spanning two sets of works, the exhibit, titled “Dwarf, Dust, Doubt,” includes works from Gimhongsok’s series “Untitled (Short People)” […]
Millie Brown
Written by Elisabeth Sherman In March of 2014, a video popped up online—and then quickly went viral—capturing a Lady Gaga concert, in which the singer invites the performance artist Millie Brown to join her on the stage. Gaga bangs wildly on her drum set, and screams “I don’t play by your fucking rules! This is our world!” as Brown pulls […]
Molly Soda
Written by Egor Alters Digital artist Molly Soda needs no introduction: with over 65k Instagram followers, Soda has become the darling of a new generation of uber-connected millenials that has come of age alongside social media. Her projects—occasionally crude, always personal—speak of Soda’s self-awareness, but also of her desire to connect with her audience on a visceral level. Earlier this year, she debuted Should I Send This?, a digital project of self-leaked nudes. It went […]
Feipel-Bechameil
Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil are Luxembourg-based artists whose grand, architectural works are captivating compositions of sculptural and architectural matter which distorts our perceptions of time and space and challenges our notions of what’s real. The artists spoke with NOTOFU about their work and creative process. What five words best describe your work? Deconstruction, uncertainty, melancholy, intemporality, playfulness. Your work […]
Sarah Lucas’ ‘Au Naturel’ on view
The New Museum is presenting the first American survey of the work of London-born British artist Sarah Lucas. Lucas has created a distinctive body of work that plays with and challenges traditional notions of gender, sexuality, identity and power. Using everyday objects, Lucas often subvert notions of sex and social norms by prompting the viewer to challenge its preconceptions on […]