This review of Juan Muñoz’s show at HangarBicocca in Milan appeared on artforum.com: Juan Muñoz, Waste Land (detail), 1986. Spanish artist Juan Muñoz’s sculptures and installations are the stuff of dreams, or nightmares. The geometric patterned linoleum floor he designed, which greets visitors entering the main exhibition room, seems to infinitely extend the space. The diminutive bronze ventriloquist figure seated on a ledge affixed to the wall in The Wasteland, 1986, stares across the floor’s dizzyingly linear expanse at his double in The Waste Land, 1986, perched atop a small white wall. Muñoz’s doubling effects and optical tricks are only … Continue reading Juan Muñoz

This interview appeared in the Agenda section of Mousse magazine: Nicholas Mangan, Ancient Lights (2015); courtesy the artist Agnieszka Gratza: For your upcoming solo exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery, “Ancient Lights”, you will be using solar panels to power a film projection. Could you start by explaining how that’s going to work? Nicholas Mangan: It works in the way that an off-grid system works: the solar panels are exposed to direct sunlight, which is transferred into the batteries that store and provide energy for the equipment and the projectors. It’s an autonomous system, detached from the grid and completely reliant on … Continue reading Nicholas Mangan: Ancient Lights