American artist and writer Roni Horn talks about the spatial layout of her exhibition at Hauser&Wirth in London. Horn shows photographs of Iceland, a country that has always been in one way or another present in her work.
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Iranian artists Shirin Neshat’s first feature film Women without Men award Silver Lion at 66th (2009) Venice Film Festival in Italy. 
Swiss performance artist Gianni Motti compared himself with a proton by walking the 27kms length of the CERN particle accelerator near Geneva. 
In order to determine whether the above phrase was actually true, Japanese artists Yamashita and Kobayashi kept running in a park for 5 days. 
Maya Deren was a Ukranian-born American dancer, choreographer and filmaker. She was an enigmatic and extraordinary figure during her hole life, pioneering avant-garde cinema in the United States. This is a silent study in choreography with some beautiful dance exercises. 
Aurelien Froment is a young French artist. Her video work “In Order of Appearance” was featured at the theatre 80 St. Mark’s in New York City. 
Eija-Liisa Ahtila is an acclaimed Finnish photographer and videoartist. Her 2002 piece “The Wind” is a three-channel video. Here and excerpt of it. 
Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ work deals with violence as raw matter. “What else could we talk about?” at the Mexican Pavilion in the 2009 Venice Biennale, chronicled the violence provoked by the battles of drug traffic organizations and their prosecution in Mexico at the present. 
Danish young artist collective A Kassen often work with performative installations and sculptures. They were invited to participate at the Laboratorio 987 project within the MUSAC museum in León. Their pieces relate very closely to the building which houses them. 
Marcel Dzama is a young Canadian artist with a prominent exposure. His 2004 piece “Underground” consists of watercolours, ink drawings and root beer concentrate and it was exhibited at the MoMA in New York in 2007. This piece makes reference to the capture of Sadam Hussein, contrasting a long row of soldiers with the small hole in which he was hiding. |
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