Namedropping
Namedropping does not mean anything if you do not recognise the reference. It means nothing. Yes, of course, you could look it up if you wanted to. Or be educated by the app that tells you how to look at the works. But I did not. I just looked and hoped I’d get overwhelmed and […]
Jónsi Hrafntinna (Obsidian), and Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
Jónsi’s Hrafntinna (Obsidian) and Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams are two of Mona’s three showcase temporary exhibitions. While Jónsi’s installation arouses an emotional and even transcendental response in his evocation of Iceland’s natural environment, Jean-Luc Moulène’s exhibition is more subtle, with the French artist employing three-dimensional modelling and local technicians to shape elemental materials like wood, […]
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Tomás Saraceno
Oceans of Air does many things, but all of them revolve around a central imperative: slow down. Tomás Saraceno plunges you into darkness on entering the exhibition, and blinds you with a solitary beam of brilliant crystalline light, filled with dancing, flickering dust motes that emerge into sharp focus as one’s eyes adjust. This is […]
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