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    Combatting Conservatism with Photographer Ren Hang.

    By Valerija Zukova | 01/12/2016

    http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9317/combatting-conservatism-with-photographer-ren-hang I absolutely love Ren Hang’s work. The simplicity of it.  The bare minimum in these staged photos. The vibrant colors with nudes. One important moment, even tho mostly Ren’s models are in nude the photographs are not sexual. And if they are then only in a good way. I have shown his photos to…

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    Works on show in an abandoned hospital.

    By Valerija Zukova | 01/12/2016

    https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/jenny-holzer-and-robert-mapplethorpe-works-on-show-in-an-abandoned-hospital?utm_source=idfbus&utm_campaign=global   This reminded me of the Reading prion exhibition. Except this is giving me a strange feeling instead of claustrophobic. An example where the work fits so well in the environment/space that it becomes an installation.  I feel brave enough to say so, as it seems to me that the work just emerges from…

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    Natasha Peel. Artist Research.

    By Valerija Zukova | 15/11/2016

    https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Pushing-It/290870/167553/view   Sculpture: Plastic Heat treated plastic, trolley. Keywords: plastic, red, trolley, melt, neon Associations: Red,transparent,film,cover,solid,fabric,transparent,clear,glossy,thermoformed,passion, table cloth,fabric,neon colors,

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    Natasha Peel. Artist Research.

    By Valerija Zukova | 15/11/2016

    https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-The-Associate-foreground/290870/1832535/view As much as i love this work purely for the shape and the material , I have a problem with linking it to any specific subjects, unless the name hints towards it. But i guess that’s what happens with abstraction. I must say, i never thought i would embrace my love for abstraction. For…

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    Image I Liked. NATASHA PEEL – The World’s Local Nomad 2012 .

    By Valerija Zukova | 15/11/2016

    http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/natasha_peel.htm Natasha Peel The World’s Local Nomad 2012 Heat-treated Perspex and vinyl-covered plinth 150 x 130 x 100 cm I am interested in the combination of these 2 shapes,something amorphous and a defined shape. Bent plastic and a cube (plinth) …liquid modernity’ – the fluid and amorphous condition of contemporary society, as opposed to the…

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    James Turrell

    By Valerija Zukova | 07/11/2016

    Type http://uk.complex.com/style/2013/06/everything-you-need-to-know-about-james-turrells-light-art-installations-through-his-greatest-works/open-field

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