Miroslaw Balka: Topography

New Statesman“These are complex, multilayered works...” The repeated swish of the belt suggests not only brutal torture but also Christian flagellation, with motifs of guilt, redemption and reparation. There is something painterly about the way the soft, blue-and-yellow light flits across the surface...

The Observer“This art is haunted by history...” This is harsher and less elegiac work than one has come to expect and some of it, without knowledge of the historic references, may remain beyond reach. (The catalogue is excellent.) But the best of it stops just short of that edge...

The Independent“This is Holocaust art quite overtly. The question is: but seriously?...” Nothing exactly connects or disconnects. Nothing is exactly about anything. Everything is generally bad, and the more you mess it up – this seems to be the idea – the more powerfully bad it will feel. Not so...

Guardian“Bałka is the real deal...” Morbidity, violence and a kind of humour permeate Bałka's videos. His placement of the videos in the gallery also keeps us circulating, going back and forth. There are jokes, too, especially in his remake of Bruce Nauman's Mapping the Studio...

The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“Not yet reviewed”

The Times“Not yet reviewed”

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

Art Review“Not yet reviewed”