HIGHLIGHTING EMERGING ARTISTS IN
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Alena Halmes Crafting a New Design Language

Alena Halmes creates objects that are based on the experiences of those living with disabilities, in order to open up new perspectives on their everyday challenges...

Challenging Hegemonies

One of our founding principles here at SuperGlue is to open up art for everybody, making art accessible and engaging to whoever chooses to enter into our site...

Lessons from Gaia: the Recognition and Hope of Nature within the Urban Setting

Eco-art, environmental art, earth art. How do we define it? Is it decolonising? Is it historical? Is it attuned to the survival of our planet and the fear of climate change?...

Sun Ho Lee; Ecology

Seoul-based artist Sun Ho Lee pays attention to new ecosystems that unexpectedly arises amid technological advances and how they interact with their environment...

Anne-Laure Franchette, Wistful Opulence, 2020

Anne-Laure Franchette on the Ecologies of Urban Spaces

In the following interview, Anne-Laure talks to us about the notion of urban nature, the way she explores the link between the living and the built, and her search for “ghostly presences” within landscapes...

Orfeo Tagiuri, Angel Falling Through the Night, 2021. Wood engraving, 121 x 10 x 81cm. Photo by Alice Lubbock, courtesy of the Sapling Gallery, London.

Existing in Balance; Testing Borderlines with Orfeo Tagiuri

Upon walking into Orfeo Tagiuri’s studio, a world of narratives unfolds unto you; excepts of his own thoughts and poems fill the wall, jostling for places with sketches, wood carvings and evidence of the post man...

Eco-Art; the Relationship Between Human and Non-Human

In this September issue, artists from London, Geneva, and Seoul, who pay attention to the unexpected relationship between humans and non-humans, will be introduced...

The Concept of Domesticity featured in Korean Contemporary Art

Domesticity is prevalent throughout society, and the contemporary art field has been trying to foster a collective consciousness from their audiences and artists, through the commonality of domesticity, which may be sympathised with or challenged...

What makes a society?

Through three specific examples from Seoul, London and Geneva, SuperGlue will investigate how art can play a role in addressing current socio-political phenomenon, and how by doing this, they bring people together and make them question what really makes their society...

HIT : a Catalyst for Encounter and Collaboration

In the following interview, Anne Minazio speaks to us about the genesis of Hit, her various publishing, ceramic and event projects and how the space is shaped by encounters and collaborations...

View of Collective Ending Exhibition HOUSE §1

Collective Space : Shaking up the Scene with London based Collective Ending

Art has moved to the fringes of the city, away from tired lights of the West End. One such space is Collective Ending HQ, based in Deptford, in South East London...

Torque1/ Gear Shift, Artist Jaegyun Lim, Jonghwan Lee, Eunbeen Jung. Cylinder, 2021

Emerging Space: Seoul Bongcheon-Dong, Cylinder

Cylinder has been exhibiting with various artists in various forms since its opening in 2020. In this article, SuperGlue would like to introduce Cylinder believing the value of these various arts...

Yann Stéphane Biscaut and Eliot Möwes as part of "Wall-to-Wall" at Limbo

Limbo Space : Creating Contexts for Geneva’s Emerging Art Scene

During the month of May, we set out to discover different independent art spaces based in Geneva, London and Seoul. Despite differences you’ll discover how these structures share a similar approach to offering alternatives to the institutional art system. First Stop: Geneva...

Mr Misang, Packed Subway, 2021, Animated version of Mr Misang's original nft
series Modern Life Is Rubbish, Courtesy of the artist and Gblsts(owner).

Digital Materiality; an Interview with Leading NFT Korean Artist, Mr. Misang

Mr. Misang is currently the highest ranked artist in the top artist category on the international NFT platform SuperRare...

Opale, Dance With Me, 2018. Infinite dimensions,

Opale's Intimate Dialogue with Materiality and Memory

While the controlled mastery of pigment, stone or clay is a goal for some, Geneva based artist Opale is interested in the unpredictable possibilities, offered by the manipulation of materials...

Disrupted Media: A Punk Photography With Mark Tamer

For London-based artist Mark Tamer, the very essence of the photographic medium is often neglected in favour of the subject within the frame. In his work, Tamer denies the photograph the safety net of a subject, and instead examines the medium at its purest...

(I)MATERIALITY

For our April issue, SuperGlue will look into artists who are pushing the boundaries of materiality. From dissecting the medium of photography, to the on-going debate about NFTs, we will discuss some of the most exciting artists in our three cities who are challenging the status quo of art...

Collaborative & Connective Grief: The Humanity of “Post from the 1st Lockdown”

The call for compassion through connection is fostered by collaborative projects within the art world...

Film Still. Zethu Maseko, Zuggans, A collaboration with Dear Ribane (2019), 2 minutes 28 seconds. Courtesy of the artist. Photo Kay Kay Ribane

The power of connection with Zethu Maseko

Both the power of collaboration and the importance of connection underpins the work of London based artist Zethu Maseko. Her focus is on healing the wounds wrought by Western imperialism, that constituted a loss of connection to her African heritage...