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Paris – Wim Delvoye at Galerie Perrotin Through October 31st, 2014

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014


Wim Delvoye (Installation View), all photos by Andrea Nguyen for Art Observed

On view at Galerie Perrotin in Paris is a solo exhibition from Belgian neo-conceptual artist Wim Delvoye composed of around twenty new works that continue the artist’s ongoing interest in assemblages that constantly challenge assumptions of the sacred and profane.  While the show features some of Delvoye’s previously explored formats, the show also includes a number of new formats and practices.

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Chicago – Roxy Paine: “Apparatus” at Kavi Gupta Gallery Through February 1st, 2014

Thursday, January 23rd, 2014


Roxy Paine, Carcass (2013), via Kavi Gupta

Chicago’s Kavi Gupta Gallery is currently showcasing an immense sculptural project by New York-based artist Roxy Paine, a series of sizable wooden dioramas, carved into uncanny models of an unnamed fast-food restaurant, and a control room, filled with switches, faders and television screens.


Roxy Paine, Control Room (2013), via Kavi Gupta (more…)