Thirty-year-old Polish painter Jakub Julian Ziolkowski has been turning heads ever since he arrived on the international art scene five years ago. Coveted by mega-collectors François Pinault and Dakis Joannou, and first exhibited in New York in the New Museum’s Younger Than Jesus show last year, Ziolkowski recently made his NYC solo debut with Timothy Galoty & The Dead Brains at Hauser & Wirth. Billed as the alter ego work of a fictional band, Ziolkowski constructs a strange, phantasmagorical world.
ArtInfo, reporting from the tents of Frieze Art Fair in London, delivers the news that blue chip gallery Hauser & Wirth is offering up a curious piece of artwork by the irreverent Christoph Büchel. Yes, dear reader, those are socks. Black athletic socks worn by the artist himself, to be specific. Taking Duchamp’s urinal down an even more lowbrow path, the Büchel is more likely an exercise in conceptualism than a serious contender for Best in Show. Anyone have €20,000 lying around? Read More »
