Ren Hang’s work defies the conventions of both life and photography in a way that feels more like an existential plunge into the unknown. Ren Hang by Peter Coeln (b.1954, Austria), published a decade after the artist’s "Wild" photobook, presents a raw and hauntingly...
Art or porn? A question that I often get asked (probably because I curated a magazine with erotic photography), as if I was some live porn detector. Who the hell knows?! I didn't make the definitions or categories so to me they don't matter. Nudity...
Sometimes, I forget how much of a privilege we have working as artists in democratic societies where art doesn’t face (as much) censorship as in different political systems. This thought especially came to my mind when I got in touch with Li Ye Zeng Yi...
Autobiography — a perspective that you cannot take away from somebody, it's simply theirs. However, what happens when somebody else interprets our life and vision? One of the standouts among photographers from the second half of the twentieth century is certainly Libuše Jarcovjáková. Her striking...
In the past years, we have witnessed the rise of Chinese contemporary photography, particularly, on the European market. We can see the increasing presence of such artists in galleries and fairs. What is this sudden fascination among European audiences? Is it our surprise to see...
This summer I went to see the Gerrit Rietveld graduation show in Amsterdam. There I came across the work of Jeanne Gironde (b. France) whose project stayed in my mind for quite some time. Intrigued by her portrayal of men from a female perspective, I...