Irena Knezevic (born Serbia, 1982) is an artist who works in various media, including prints, ceramics, sculpture, video, music, and architecture. Her work often addresses issues related to the political and cultural history of her native Serbia. She was a student organizer who helped organize protests against Slobodan Milosevic’s government before moving to Chicago in 2000, where she studied at Columbia College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago (MFA, 2007). Knezevic is currently an assistant professor at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis and researches at the Kemper Art Museum...
In late June 2012, Larissa Babij met with Bjorn Geldhof to talk about his work at the PinchukArtCentre; his views on Ukrainian contemporary artists and the local art audience; and the political implications of artistic practice in the current political climate.
Since he began working at the PinchukArtCentre in 2009, artistic manager and curator Bjorn Geldhof's curatorial intelligence has caught the attention of local artists and viewers. ...
Marge Monko (born 1976) is an artist living and working in Tallinn, Estonia. She studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts (MA in Photography, 2008) and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Monko's main mediums are photography and video. She has examined psychoanalysis and its impact on gender representation in visual culture. Recently she has been focusing on gendered work in the context of paradigmatic changes in labour policies.
ARTMargins Print has released its second issue, devoted to Artists' Networks in Latin America and Eastern Europe. Additional content includes an article about 1970s media art in Argentina (Karen Benezra); a review essay by Aruna D'Souza about the conference project "In the Wake of the Global Turn"; translations from Dolfi Trost's book Visible and Invisible; and an artist project by Aras Özgün. Click here for more information.