Universalism Today
2019 marks the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus. On this occasion, universalist programmes of modernism are once again critically examined from a contemporary perspective – in design, architecture and art. Thus, do we encounter a radical rejection of universalist concepts or do we have to reckon with their return – albeit in a changed form? Read more (in German)…
Published in: Brand-New-Life, magazine for art criticism, on April 2, 2019.
Miriam Cahn
Until the early 1990s, Swiss artist Miriam Cahn primarily drafted large-format charcoal-and-chalk drawings on paper. They were often influenced by her political involvement with the antinuclear and women’s movements, and, sometimes, she made them with her eyes closed. Read more…
Published in: artforum.com, critics` picks on June 4, 2019.