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In early summer, Paul Hutchinson, an emerging German-Irish photographer, received some well-deserved attention for his poetic images that explore issues of urban life and social mobility. Last month, Hutchinson\u2019s work was featured at Art Basel at two galleries: Sies + H\u00f6ke (whose booth was one of Artsy\u2019s 10 favorites) and Knust Kunz Gallery Editions. This high-profile moment came on the heels of a solo show at Galerie Russi Klenner in Berlin and the publication of a sold-out monograph. <\/p>\n
Hutchinson’s frequent subjects include strangers, street trash and flotsam, and architectural details from her travels. Schmetterlinge, yellow background<\/em> (2019), the artist memorializes a butterfly hovering on a tripod\u2014highlighting his keen eye for beauty in unusual places. Swinging between solemnity and hopefulness, Hutchinson\u2019s photographs reflect the influence of German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, to whom Hutchinson worked for many years as an assistant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n
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Hutchinson holds an MA in Photography from Central Saint Martins and a BA in Communication from the University of Fine Arts Berlin. In 2015 he was awarded the IBB Photography Award. <\/p>\n
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Born in Chrzanov, Poland in 1988. Lives and works in Gdynia, Poland.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Through Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette<\/em> Katy Perry’s cover Young Dream <\/em>Add a dash of Slavic folklore to the mix, and you get close to the alluring, ultra-feminine aesthetic of Monika Marchewka. The Polish artist\u2019s paintings are filled with cotton-candy clouds, pearlescent shells, and shimmering bodies of water\u2014the stuff of girlhood daydreams. <\/p>\nDespite the beautiful setting, Marchewka\u2019s female characters seem unsettled, caught in surreal moments of transition or uncertainty. Mirror <\/em>(2023) For example, a naked blue-haired woman gazes at her own reflection, only to find a void where her body should be. Marchewka\u2019s women often cry, their tears adorning their faces like jewels. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n
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Marchewka\u2019s paintings often use the same subject matter, acting as storyboards\u2014an approach that\u2019s unsurprising given the artist\u2019s background in film. She graduated from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krak\u00f3w and has worked as an animator on projects including the 2017 feature film Love Van Gogh<\/em>and then began painting full-time. This summer, her work was shown in a solo exhibition “In Between” at Monti8 in Latina, Italy, and in a group exhibition at LAMB in London. She has previously shown at galleries such as Tchotchke Gallery in New York and Artistellar in London.<\/p>\n\u2014Olivia Horne<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Agnes Questionmark reveals the boundaries of identity, surveillance and the body in her various practices. In a corner of the main exhibition area of \u200b\u200bthis year’s Venice Biennale, she pulled the audience into a theatrical operating room where the boundaries between public and private became blurred. Cyber \u200b\u200bteratology action <\/em>(2024), depicts a pregnant transgender body adorned with alien-like tentacles under the harsh light of a surgical lamp. Its visceral setting highlights the invasive nature of medical and digital observation and critiques the scrutiny transgender people face.<\/p>\nQuestionmark\u2019s recent solo exhibition, \u201cUnborn Patients,\u201d at Berlin\u2019s K\u00d6NIG GALERIE explored similar themes of surveillance and control of non-normative bodies. In performances, silicone sculptures, and drawings of dragon-like beasts, the artist explored models of fluidity in the face of what she calls \u201cfailed biological paradigms.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Questionmark, who graduated from Pratt Institute\u2019s MFA program in 2024, has exhibited her work at the Centre d\u2019Art Contemporain in Geneva, the MAXXI Museum in Rome, and the Gwangju Biennale. In addition to institutions, she has staged ongoing performance projects in locations such as Milan train stations and abandoned entertainment centers in London.<\/p>\n
\u2014Maxwell Raab<\/p>\n<\/div>\n