Fakewhale Newsletter Issue #14

Discover new perspectives on contemporary art in this week’s Fakewhale Newsletter, highlighting transformative exhibitions and artist insights.

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Fakewhale Team
August 05, 2024

Hello,

Welcome to issue #14 of the Fakewhale Newsletter!

In this issue, discover the latest ART MARKET works, Andréa Spartà’s transformative approach to everyday objects in our feature interview, and in-depth overviews of Nina Canell and Daniel Turner’s exhibitions.

Keep up with the ART MARKET and browse through the latest works!

FW INTERVIEWS

In dialogue with Fakewhale, Andréa Spartà explores the transformative power of everyday objects in sculpture, offering deep insights into the ordinary and reshaping our engagement with the mundane.

“I’m increasingly interested in objects like insect traps, decoys, and mosquito lamps. I think they are a kind of Memento Mori, similar to classic still lifes that might depict pears and a dead hare, for example.” __ Andréa Spartà

Andréa Spartà, untitled, a night light permanently lit in the exhibition space, closed to the public, exhibition view of Lunulae, cur. Thomas Maestro, CAC Bretigny, 2024. Photo ©Andréa Spartà

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Fakewhale in Dialogue with Andréa Spartà

Andréa Spartà transforms everyday objects into profound installations, reflecting on banality and hidden beauty of domestic life.

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INSIGHTS

Nina Canell's 'Future Mechanism Rag Plus Two Grams' at Simian in Copenhagen melds raw materials and advanced technology into an immersive, multisensory exploration of material transformation and energetic interaction.

Nina Canell, Motor Graded Engine Imagery, 2020, Nina Canell “Future Mechanism Rag Plus Two Grams” at Simian, Copenhagen, 2024. Courtesy: the artist, Simian. Photo: GRAYSC


The exhibition features a group of sculptures shown together for the first time, as well as a new collaborative video with Robin Watkins. Each piece seems to exist in a state of perpetual transformation, recording the sounds and movements that pass through it, challenging our perception of stability and permanence. It’s as if the sculptures themselves are alive, reacting and interacting with their surroundings and the visitors.

Discover the exhibition, open to visit until August 31st 🔗 

Nina Canell “Future Mechanism Rag Plus Two Grams” at Simian, Copenhagen

Nina Canell’s work foregrounds process and synergy, challenging material hierarchies. "Future Mechanism Rag Plus Two Grams" features new sculptures and a video, exploring material interactions and vibrations.

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Another exhibition to be on the lookout for is Daniel Turner’s current exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, showcasing his unique transformation of materials from the decommissioned Mandalay Generating Station into dynamic works of art, available to visit until August 25th.

Daniel Turner follow Installation view, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles © Daniel Turner - Photo: Keith Lubow , photo: Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles

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Echoes of Industry: The Art of Transformation in Daniel Turner's Hauser & Wirth Debut

Daniel Turner's debut at Hauser & Wirth redefines industrial remnants into evocative art, reflecting on memory and transformation.

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CONTEMPORARY BLOG

That wraps this week’s issue of the Fakewhale Newsletter, be sure to check in for the next one for more insights into the Fakewhale ecosystem.