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Viewing A tribute to the radical sculptures of Anu Põder

The Wick - Image courtesy of Muzeum Susch Art Stations Foundation, photography, by Federico Sette

Above Image courtesy of Muzeum Susch Art Stations Foundation, photography, by Federico Sette

The Wick - Image courtesy of Muzeum Susch Art Stations Foundation, photo by Federico Sette

Above Image courtesy of Muzeum Susch Art Stations Foundation, photo by Federico Sette

The Wick - Anu Põder, Red, Blue- Blue, Red

Above Anu Põder, Red, Blue- Blue, Red

The Wick - Anu Põder, With a Trumpet from Lasnamae (Pink Bird)

Above Anu Põder, With a Trumpet from Lasnamae (Pink Bird)

Above Image courtesy of Muzeum Susch Art Stations Foundation, photography, by Federico Sette

Above Image courtesy of Muzeum Susch Art Stations Foundation, photo by Federico Sette

Above Anu Põder, Red, Blue- Blue, Red

Above Anu Põder, With a Trumpet from Lasnamae (Pink Bird)

Anu Põder: Space for My Body
Muzeum Susch

3 January – 30 June 2024

On your way up the mountain, be sure to stop off at Muzeum Susch in the Lower Engadin valley to see the radical assemblages of Estonian artist Anu Põder (1947-2013), curated by Cecilia Alemani. The exhibition reflects the museum’s founding mission to champion avant-garde women artists who have been overlooked by the international art world.

Põder was a sculptor who charted her own path. While her counterparts were using precious materials like bronze and granite to portray the Soviet society’s ideals and icons, Põder employed textiles, wax, plaster, soap, plastic and wood to create sculptures that depicted the human form from within. Poignant, sensual and sometimes violent, her tangles of limbs and body parts highlight the transience of life and the frailty of the body. Take heed before you tear down the pistes.

Viewing Antony Gormley’s search for inner peace

The Wick - Installation of Antony Gormley: Body Politic at White Cube Bermondsey. © Antony Gormley. Photo: White Cube, Theo Christelis

Above Installation of Antony Gormley: Body Politic at White Cube Bermondsey. © Antony Gormley. Photo: White Cube, Theo Christelis

Antony Gormley: Body Politic
White Cube Bermondsey, Bermondsey Street, SE1

22 November 2023 – 28 January 2024

Early January is your chance to catch the best of the autumn shows before they close. Among those not to miss is Antony Gormley’s Body Politic at White Cube Bermondsey. Visitors have to navigate their way through a cast of concrete, clay and metal figures that populate the galleries, evoking a sense of sanctuary and control, freedom and discipline.

In the concrete figures that make up Retreat – each made to the scale of the artist’s body – small, square orifices allow you to peer into the void within. As Gormley puts it, “The only place where we can find true freedom is within the infinite darkness of the body available to us once the body is still.” It seems like a good motto for the year ahead. Let’s all look for inner peace and freedom this year…

Viewing Nicole Eisenman’s riotous retrospective

The Wick - Nicole Eisenmann, Morning Studio,
2016. The Hort Family Collection.
Image courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Above Nicole Eisenmann, Morning Studio, 2016. The Hort Family Collection. Image courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York

The Wick - Nicole Eisenman, Fishing, 2000. Collection Craig Robins, Miami. Image courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art. Photo: Bryan Conley

Above Nicole Eisenman, Fishing, 2000. Collection Craig Robins, Miami. Image courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art. Photo: Bryan Conley

The Wick - Installation view, Nicole Eisenman: What happened, at Whitechapel Gallery

Above Installation view, Nicole Eisenman: What happened, at Whitechapel Gallery

The Wick - Nicole Eisenman, The Triumph of Poverty, 2009. From the Collection of Bobbi and Stephen Rosenthal, New York City. Image courtesy Leo Koenig Inc, New York

Above Nicole Eisenman, The Triumph of Poverty, 2009. From the Collection of Bobbi and Stephen Rosenthal, New York City. Image courtesy Leo Koenig Inc, New York

Above Nicole Eisenmann, Morning Studio, 2016. The Hort Family Collection. Image courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Above Nicole Eisenman, Fishing, 2000. Collection Craig Robins, Miami. Image courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art. Photo: Bryan Conley

Above Installation view, Nicole Eisenman: What happened, at Whitechapel Gallery

Above Nicole Eisenman, The Triumph of Poverty, 2009. From the Collection of Bobbi and Stephen Rosenthal, New York City. Image courtesy Leo Koenig Inc, New York

Nicole Eisenman: What happened
Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, E1

11 Oct 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

Nicole Eisenman’s retrospective at Whitechapel is a riotous ride through her extraordinarily wide range of work – from monumental paintings and monoprints to sculptures, animations and drawings – as well the socio-political issues of the day.

Along the way you’ll find a hilarious video of snatches of art world conversation, a tangle of urinating women, and a mother giving birth while being hanged. Violent, witty, carnal, queer and packing an almighty punch, the American artist’s electrifying show keeps you transfixed at every turn.