Thomas Bayrle, is one of the most prolific
and pioneering German artists of his post-war generation. Since the 1960s he
addresses recurrent themes such as labour, power, economics and religion,
narrating the relationship between individual and collective dynamics in society.
Anticipating the pixel aesthetic in the
digital image-making, Bayrle is famous for his "superforms", complex
patterns constructed from images of people, goods, and machines, that the
artist has interpreted through a wide range of media, from printing techniques
to painting, from sculpture to film.
www.frieze.com/tags/thomas-bayrle
Jennifer Guidi wants her work to
make you pause. She is aware of the relentless stream of information that is targeted
at you throughout your day, then lulls you to sleep at night. The Los
Angeles-based artist hopes her rhythmic abstractions will pull people out of their
hamster wheel and into a place of calm awareness. Once you ascend to this plane
of existence, you’ll begin to notice all sorts of things, including the
distinct (like sequoia green, sunset salmon, hazy blue) that populate the
paintings. Or the almost topographical marks that punctuate the canvas.
www.jenniferguidi.com
Cupco!?
is the animation, illustration and doll-making brainchild of Luke Temby . Born in Tokyo, on
skateboards and mass sticker pasting, and subsequently transplanted to Sydney,
Australia. Cupco!? both appreciates and satirises the ludicrous and ridiculous
nature of modern society! He has made a name for himself over the last decade
for his prolific output of multi- disciplinary pop art. He became infamous for
his machine-like output, blurring the lines between traditional art and mass
culture items. Looking through his body of work can often seem like stepping
into a bizarro version of Japanese knick-knack shop Daiso.
www.instagram.com/cupco/
“In Bloom” at the MCA Sydney is a living sculpture that invites consideration of the often uneasy relationship between nature and industrial ‘progress’. Here, 11 bronze-cast car tyres are stacked in a seemingly random arrangement to form a planter. Following previous iterations in Aotearoa New Zealand, this is the first presentation of In Bloom in Australia. The artist has collaborated with La Perouse-based Aboriginal-owned social enterprise and native plant nursery IndigiGrow. Together, they have made a selection of critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub species, found in the sandy coastal stretches of Dharawal, Bidjigal and Gadigal Country in Sydney.
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Over the years Aida realized that much of the inspiration
for her pieces came from the randomness of her day-to-day life in Addis Ababa.
She was obsessed with capturing as many moments as possible and found
motivation from the light, the people, the streets, and all that she
encountered. The foundation of her visual language stems from her experiences
as a photojournalist. She uses this form because it offers her a visual
language to express her thoughts, emotions, and experiences. She also
draws inspiration from poetry to create her wonderful challenging works.
www.aidamuluneh.com
