What's New in the Art World? 5 Stories to Read

The Latest Articles from Aesthetica Online I     The subjects of this week's articles span from poignant natural landscapes – as captured by Richard Mosse – to major retrospectives, including that of legendary portraitist Samuel Fosso.     Transforming the Studio   “I did not know I was making art photography. What I did know was that I was transforming myself into what I wanted to become. I was living out a series of ideas about myself.” A 50-year retrospective of Samuel Fosso's approach to self-transformation – and engagement with historical legacies – is set to inspire audiences globally.   Read more » Organic Connections   In Australian artist Tamara Dean’s exquisitely performative images, humans are not simply living in harmony with the environment, but seamlessly become part of it. Here, a woman hangs upside down acrobatically from a tree. Her body contorts to extend the twisting trunk, filling in the blank space like a new branch.     Read more » Creating New Realities   New York-based artist KangHee Kim produces images that help us imagine brighter possibilities – away from internet rabbit holes and unrelenting live updates. The exhibition, which follows Kim's monograph, Dreamer, is a surreal and escapist dreamworld: a space to breathe. It’s a place where palms emerge above the clouds, stairways spiral into the evening sky and billboards tell us that hope is just half a mile away.   Read more » A Tribute to Devotion   What constitutes a photograph? Is it the moment the image is captured? Or all of the interactions that informed the final still? Elle Pérez focuses on the space in between shots, mindfully reflecting on the action of making images. By “establishing intimacy” with subjects, their practice is rooted in a deeper understanding – and appreciation – of the full complexity of human connections and emotions.   Read more » Witnessing Deforestation Irish artist Richard Mosse is known for exploring major global issues: conflict, migration and now, ecocide. His latest moving image work, Broken Spectre, uses satellite imagery and a custom-made multispectral video camera to record stark footage of dieback in the Amazon. A false tonal palette turns tropical skies black whilst trees glow like embers.      Read more »

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