Tal R: armes de chine
"armes de chine refers to a classic manual about weapons from ancient China. These objects, which once had a very specific and practical purpose, now several hundred years later seem completely abstract. Like a long lost slang…" Tal R
Victoria Miro Gallery will present the latest body of work by Danish artist Tal R. From 2005 to 2008, in his dynamic studio 'Palace', Tal R extended his practice to incorporate collaborations in dance, film, theatre, cabaret, music and fashion, and it is in this period of intense experimentation that the works presented in armes de chine have their roots.
Described varyingly (and not exhaustively) as "owls, sad penises, eggs, elegant guard women with buns, lost scouts, wrong fruits, melted minimal ice cream, sad fruits, junk and bottles, tombstones, embarrassed old uncles", the objects - whether sculptures, paintings, or works on paper - are installed as a field across the floor of the main gallery space, with no work presented on the walls. The effect is almost that of a group show, where pockets of activity allow for explorations of ideas and discursive possibilities, with no fixed hierarchies of medium or modes of looking. Always pushing a concept to its most deliriously unexpected realms, Tal R continues his associative investigations of colour, form, and meaning in armes de chine by transforming each work into a kind of "long lost slang" of it's own, honing his characteristically playful marriage of abstraction and representation into a new vocabulary for artistic production.
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Tal R: The Wrong Side
January 15 2022This solo exhibition (15 January–1 May 2022) at Artipelag comprises 34 sculptures in plaster and bronze, and 100 drawings in charcoal and ink produced since...Read More -
Skye Sherwin writes about Tal R’s House Red in The Guardian
February 2 2019The Danish painter evokes a sense of loss with a colourful palette and sharp geometric lines. Home, sweet home … A staple of the American...Read More
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Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Tal R: The Men Who Fell from Earth at Espoo Museum of Modern Art
January 17 2019The exhibition (30 January–7 July 2019) features installations co-created by the three artist friends and colleagues, a video piece, as well as an overview of...Read More -
Tal R: The Minute at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
October 5 2018A major exhibition (5 October–16 November 2018) of paintings and drawings, including recent works, by the artist. Read more Image: Tal R, Red Roof ,...Read More
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Tal R: this is not Detroit at MOCA Detroit
May 11 2018The intricate, multipart installation (11 May – 29 July 2018) manifests the artist’s fantasy of Detroit. Seven large-scale paintings, rendered in a rich and moody...Read More -
Vogue writes about Tal R: this is not Detroit at MOCA Detroit
May 10 2018At the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Tal R Paints the Michigan Of His Dreams. Julia Felsenthal Detroit has always played an outsized role in...Read More
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Frieze reviews Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
November 15 2017By Harry Thorne A mint-green boy lingers on a river’s lip with a bottle of milk. A rose-pink woman bends double on a bench, her...Read More -
Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
October 14 2017Touring from Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebaek, the exhibition (14 October 2017 – 21 January 2018) features works from the mid-1990s to the present. Read...Read More
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Tal R talks to AnOther ahead of his exhibition, Sexshops
September 20 2017In his latest exhibition, Tal R celebrates the strange, seedy world of the adult entertainment By Holly Black Israeli-Danish artist Tal R first became preoccupied...Read More -
The Quietus reviews Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
June 24 2017At the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, in Copenhagen, Tal R's paintings and sculptures exhibit something of the emotive non-verbal power of late Rothko. By...Read More
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Tal R: a film by Louisiana Channel
May 23 2017In the run up to his major exhibition, Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (until 10 September 2017), the artist...Read More -
Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
May 20 2017TAL R Academy of Tal R 20.5.2017 - 10.9.2017 Over the past decade Louisiana has established a distinctive collection of works – especially paintings –...Read More
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Tal R in Luther and the Avantgarde
March 21 2017An exhibition (19 May - 17 September 2017) of international contemporary art exploring the spiritual figure of Luther and inspiring ideas of the Reformation. Read...Read More -
Tal R interviewed in Collectors Agenda
September 14 2016In the Studio Tal R Copenhagen Denmark Interview: Michael Wuerges Photos: Florian Langhammer At first glance Tal R’s exuberant colorful paintings may give the false...Read More
