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Snapshot
Colette Meacher with highlights of what’s on in February around the UK.
February is fleeting so get out there and make the most of a month marked by the first unfurlings of spring and its prompts to love. Be fleet of foot and beat the crunch - be that the unrelenting media gloom about sluggish financial recovery after a pinched winter, or the happier meeting of numb toes on ice and frost as you beat a retreat into the still-cold outside world for a sharp intake of baited breath. What lies in store? The dependable pick-you-up of art-making which flourishes unchecked by auction house pessimism and spiritual despair elsewhere. DIY, grassroots, free, nourishing; what more do you want? Get out there. Go to the outer limits in your search for meaning, whether your nearest pole be Leeds or East London. 195 miles is a measurement between two sites, explored by eight artists brought together by the Whitechapel Art Gallery and PSL, joined in collaboration over three months and resulting in four artworks to be showcased at PSL this month (until 28 February). Do the figures add up? Discover your own inner Cilla and find out the results of these blind dates as the artists engage in a playful tussle with value, meaning, spatial dynamics and found objects. What...
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