Mousse Contemporary Art Magazine

1. Jessi Reaves “process invented the mirror” at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

   Jessi Reaves (b. 1986; Portland, OR) makes sculptures that confront the assumptions and values embedded in objects of daily life. Early works incorporate severed limbs of mid-century furniture in crude constructions that humorously question the elevation of clean lines and rational forms to universal good taste. Recent sculptures have become visually dense, using handiwork and

2. “something that flees the hands” at Museum Kurhaus Kleve

   The Museum Kurhaus Kleve (MKK) and Residence NRW+ present the exhibition something that flees the hands. Works by seven international artists dialogue with parts of the museum’s current collection display. In doing so, the exhibition inscribes itself into the existing conventions of presentation and mediation at MKK, while simultaneously taking these as the subject of its own

3. Roberto Casti “A melody from the outside” at Simóndi Gallery, Turin

   Galleria Simóndi is pleased to present A Melody from the Outside, the first solo exhibition at the gallery by Roberto Casti (Iglesias, 1992), artist and musician who lives and works between Milan and Iglesias. A key concept in his practice is interdependence, which inextricably links the individual to the community, the human being to the planet

4. Gilles Jacot “Homeworks” at Café des Glaces, Tonnerre

   “If no one gives us space, we create our own”. This central thesis of DIY is itself a reissue of an older idea and has, since at least the 1970s, been continually aestheticized, commodified, and simulated. But let’s take a step back; behind the brickstone UFOs built for crypto companies and beneath the loosely carpentered side