WELCOME TO QUADRICEPTICA II
by Lisa-Evelyn Radish



While much of the art world’s attention has been focused this summer on such mainstream international exhibitions as the Venice Biennale, Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany, and the decennial Münster sculpture festival (like Documenta, also from the land of Dürer and Beuys), many critics, gallerists, curators and adventuresome viewers have headed instead toward the Black Sea. Near its eastern shore, in Belikk, the principal city of the island of Rjamusz, the second edition of the quadrennial exhibition Quadriceptica II is taking place. (It opened June 30, and continues through Feb. 18, 2008, weather permitting.

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