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Johann König, Berlin presents “Buchtipp 2” – the third solo exhibition of artist Manuel Graf.[...]

The happiest times of our lives are sometimes tarnished by society, making it harder for our youth to adjust. At times children make up invisible characters and construct masks so they can hide their fears. Personified in a cartoonish way, Jorge Pineda’s characters portray these violent and at sometimes destructive ways.[...]

Aaron Salabarrías is a multidisciplinary artist that employs photography and painting as a recurring medium in his installations to present viewers with a dissimilar view of the tired ‘island paradise’ cliché. By decontextualizing objects, he transforms them into sublime readymades that create a dialogue between the object and the spectator.[...]

Slinkachu is a London-based artist who creates very small street based installations of miniature model train set characters, which are placed on the street and photographed.[...]

“At the far end of the source, there is the echo. The echo is the image of your image. The voice of your voice. The echo is heavy water that darkens with time.”[...]

Over the past several years, Josh Keyes has developed an iconic and complex personal vocabulary of imagery, creating a unique juxtaposition between the natural world and man-made landscapes.[...]

Decontextualizing environments and questioning social behaviors and our perception of them is the common practice of Slovakian artist Roman Ondák. The artist, who lives and works in Bratislava, is constantly surprising viewers with works that efface the lines between reality and art to such an extent, that many of his works may pass by completely unnoticed.[...]

Myeongbeom Kim is a creator of sculptures and installations, where man made objects such as balloons, candles and glass are combined with nature to instill life into every object he constructs.[...]

Painting for a Specific Floor is a collaborative work that explores the ideas of horizontality and fluidity, as well as surfaces and topography. The work defies the preconception of the work of art as an object meant solely to be looked at. It also challenges the supremacy of the visual sense over other senses, betting on a direct experience with the work; an encounter between the spectator and the work, the piece and the place it inhabits.[...]

Who in the world goes to a sweltering Nevada desert for seven days to an event that boasts of an anything goes mentality? Well, approximately 50,000 thousand people. You can catch a glimpse of the Burning Man festival at the SculptureCenter in Long Island City, with Michael Smith and Mike Kelley’s first collaborative project, A Voyage of Growth and Discovery.[...]