2:16pm
The Rape of Africa, an exhibition of works by David LaChapelle (at Robilant+Voena, 27 April–23 June) has divided critics over how successfully the photographer has made the transition from fashion and celebrity pictures to fine art.
His new show is the London debut of LaChapelle as the ‘artist’, but his pictures still maintain the kitsch and gaudy, yet delectably captivating, visual style. Scenes of exploitation are meant to satirise the powerful – from the Pope sitting atop a mound of jewels and naked men (Thy Kingdom Come), to the titular The Rape of Africa featuring Naomi Campbell dressed as...
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1:22pm
On entering the exhibition dedicated (a little too late) to these two prominent female sculptors, almost tripping over Baghramian’s Türstopper (Door Stopper) is a good introduction. Though both artists work with seemingly contradictory materials and colour and have evidently opposing creative processes – one throws paint on crates and polystyrene whilst the other uses moulds and meticulously polished aluminium – their concern for carving up space and creating challenging new dialogues with rearrangements of art works seems something at the heart of both their practice.
Nairy Baghramian is an Iranian, Berlin based artist whose work sits on the...
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