The Asian photography of Robert Ramser

…deal: all the black and white photographs are developed by hand from medium-format film. I am overawed by the accomplishment and overdose on photographic beautiful stuff. I have difficulty finding questions that are not banal. Rice fields, Yunnan, 2002 I have the privilege of meeting photographer Robert Ramser at his house in rural France. He is a calm, elegant man. The domestic atmosphere is unhurried and orderly. All around is beautiful stuff th… Continue reading

A Piece of Cake – 14

…artin Denton – known to the friends he once had as ‘Dent’ – threw his iCare-Companion, Buddy, into his weed-ridden back yard. He then unloaded both barrels of his twelve gauge shotgun into the device scattering fragments of black plastic, lenses and chips of micro chips over a wide area. After shooting Buddy, Dent sat down and wept and wept. Dent was 58 years old. His life was a downward spiral of anger, self-pity, beer and delivery pizzas. He was… Continue reading

Celebrating the 2016 Rio Olympics with “naïve” Brazilian paintings

…scinating and can’t help smiling and swinging along with Gerson’s two happy-cool-clown-trapeze artists. As an Olympic celebration, the exhibition is set to travel this year to other Swiss destinations with close collaboration between Espace L and the Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf do Brasil (MIAN) in Rio, the Basel-based foundation Brasilea and the Consulate General of Brazil in Geneva. Magda Mittakis, Untitled, Acrylic on multiple boards, 24cm… Continue reading