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Matt Roberts

Matt Roberts is an artist and Curator

Reviews

East International [20 August 2009]
 

'We have descended into savagedom. We have become our parents. We exploit the hope and naivety of the young.' So ends Adam Burton's series of Apocalyptic prints which serve as my introduction to East International, the biennial open submission  Read on…

Norwich University College of the Arts
11 July – 22 August

Morphic Resonance [29 June 2009]
 

What is a project space? Why is it that some organisations prefer the term over the more traditional gallery or institutional monikers? To my mind a project space can be characterised by a commitment to exhibitions and events that expand upon  Read on…

Project Space Leeds, Leeds
25 March – 27 June

Lisi Raskin: Topside [24 November 2008]
 

Whilst the majority of us rely on twenty-four-hour television news channels and the internet to gain some semblance of understanding of international politics, Lisi Raskin has embarked on a road trip across America, in order to discover nuclear test  Read on…

Gallery Milliken, Stockholm
28 August - 5 October

Transmettre/Transmit [4 June 2008]
 

As my train ambles through the verdant Kent countryside, pockets of blue give way to a sweeping cerulean sky, and I wonder if the exhibition I am about to see will be able to compete with the natural beauty and sense of history of the South East  Read on…

St Marys in Castro, Walmer Castle, Deal Castle
13 April – 1 June

Wysing Arts Centre - Re-opening [13 February 2008]
 

WYSING ARTS CENTRE – RE-OPENINGDavid Kefford’s ‘fragile’, a tumbling vortex of coathangers cascades from the ceiling, a centre-piece to the exhibition of current studio holders work, at the grand re-opening of Wysing Arts  Read on…

Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridgeshire
19 January 2008

Reactor: The Tetra Phase [31 October 2007]
 

A voice sounds over the Tannoy: “Place the hood over your head, pick up the boiler suit, and a supervisor will take you to your cell.” I stumble through a dimly lit corridor into a dusty jail cell where I remove the hood, and put on the  Read on…

The Old Fire Station, Manchester
Castlefield Gallery offsite project
6, 13, 20, 27 October

Obstacle [11 April 2007]
 

What defines current UK sculpture? Is there any characteristic, theme or methodology linking artists working across Britain today? ‘Obstacle’ curated by Dan Mort charts a range of practices and interests, its strength lying not only in  Read on…

Spectacle Gallery
3 March 2007 to 4 April 2007

The House: construction, destruction, reproduction [1 March 2007]
 

Contemporary exhibition spaces based in the houses of artists and curators are an increasingly visible phenomenon, from established spaces such as Danielle Arnaud and Trace to innovative curatorial frameworks such as My House Projects. Elastic  Read on…

Elastic, London
16 January – 18 February

EXPO 2006 [28 November 2006]
 

When evaluating the success of any contemporary art event it is necessary to remember that the effect Curators exert on the experience of an artwork is not universally felt. A Polish friend of mine explained that in her experience the idea of the  Read on…

Various sites around Nottingham
11 November 2006 to 11 November 2006