Privacy is both the title and dominant theme of a recently opened exhibition at the Shirn, showcasing around thirty artists and the positions they hold on the topic. Exploring notions of the disappearing private sphere and the "public nature of the intimate", the group show considers artworks from the 1950's through to today, and the public's changing view of, and expectations around, privacy. The topic is particularly poignant to us today with the dominance of the Internet in our daily lives.

Source - Shirn Kunsthalle

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I am talking of all things that make you halt, that take over your mind at the expense of all other thoughts. Any obsession, dependence, metaphor, and all generalizations that stop you in your course, leave you flat – an illusion. You only have a back and front, depending on who is looking. - Agathe Snow

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MOCAtv has begun to roll out a new series of artist lyric videos. The videos, conceived by curator/filmmaker Aaron Rose fuse original pieces of music by modern recording artists with famous texts by contemporary artists. The texts are then animated to create a modern take on the artist's words and work. The music and visuals have been created specifically for this project.

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It's been a while since we last heard from Reed+Rader, the Brooklyn-based design duo comprised of Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader who are known for their eccentric digital art, and perhaps most notoriously, launching a mainstream love affair between GIFs and high fashion.

// REED+RADER: Cretaceous Returns @ 18 Hewett Street, London, November 8-20, 2012.

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A new book containing works by American artist Dan Colen has been published by Fulton Ryder to be released this October. A Real Bronx Cheer promises pages of Colen's signature appropriated low culture ephemera and tongue-in-cheek humor. Limited to an edition of 1000 copies, email info@fultonryder.com to order.

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British sculptor Antony Gormley recently created this stunning 2,500 square meter structure titled, Horizon Field Hamburg at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany. A reflective black platform is suspended 7.5 meters above the floor by eight 22-millimeter cables in an attempt to disorientate and destabilise each individual viewer by conveying space as an expanding condition, as well as commenting on and exemplifying the social nature of space.

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Following the launch of his project TRANSFIGURATION in 2011 - a modest gallery space attached to a photography workshop and skateboard bowl - Russian fashion designer, photographer and film maker Gosha Rubchinskiy's work is to be the subject of TRANSFIGURATION BOOK, an printed extension of the same project. Published by Junsuke Yamasaki with design work by Pavel Milyatov, the book promises to expand on the culture that TRANSFIGURATION has laid the groundwork for as a hub for young artists in the area.

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Between 18-21 October, the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) continued its mission to showcase outstanding artistic quality and selectiveness, which has led it to provide a balanced panorama of modern art, contemporary art and works from the emergent art scene year after year.

Photographer - Karl Hab

Source - FIAC 2012

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