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Jack Hutchinson

Jack Hutchinson is an artist, writer and critic. Since graduating with an AHRC funded MA in drawing from Wimbledon School of Art he has contributed regularly to a-n Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Garageland and the new bi-annual publication Twin. He is the online editor of AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation. He has exhibited nationally and his first solo exhibition in London, Brief Encounter took place at the Red Gate Gallery in 2009.

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Reviews

The changing face of journalism [29 May 2010]
 

As we move into the second decade of the new millennium, the media industry is at a critical epoch. There has been a shift away from the traditional few-to-many model to a many-to-many methodology based on two-way interaction and exchange. At the  Read on…

N/A, N/A
29 May 2010

Theo van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde [7 February 2010]
 

Theo van Doesburg was one of the leading figures in the development of geometric abstraction, founder of the De Stijl group and editor of the magazine of the same name. He developed contacts with such artists as Bart van der Leck, Anthony Kok,  Read on…

Tate Modern, London
4 February - 16 May 2010

The State of the Arts Conference - A Twitter Account [15 January 2010]
 

On 14th January I attended State of the Arts - The Conference for the Arts, hosted by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA) and held at Park Plaza Riverbank, London. The conference examined  Read on…

Twitter, London
14 January 2010

Augmented Reality - the world in subtitles [11 January 2010]
 

As we move into the second decade of the 21st century new technologies have enhanced our interaction and understanding of the world around us. History is no longer restricted to a long forgotten past – we barely have time to experience  Read on…

Global, Various
11 January 2010

The sustainability of art practice [8 November 2009]
 

During these economically uncertain times the topic of sustainability is increasingly pertinent to art practitioners. A recent survey of its members by AIR: Artists' Interaction and Representation found that levels of self-employment were higher  Read on…

Global, Global
8 November 2009

Deptford's Burgeoning Art Scene [30 October 2009]
 

Deptford has been receiving a great deal of publicity recently, with the New York Times declaring it a ‘boisterous concoction of blue-collar aesthetics and intermittent hipsterism’. The bulk of London’s art scene remains in the  Read on…

Various, London
21 October - 7 November 2009

Altermodern: Radio On [26 April 2009]
 

As part of the Nicolas Bourriaud curated Tate Triennial 2009, Altermodern, Peckham Plex Cinema presents a special screening of the little known classic Radio On. Chris Petit’s 1979 film has been described as one of the most striking feature  Read on…

Peckham Plex, London
23 April 2009

Reverberlin and The Living Room [20 January 2009]
 

 A central figure of the American avant-garde, Michael Snow is best known for the structuralist epics Wavelength and La Région Centrale. Considered one of the most influential experimental filmmakers of all time, the BFI  Read on…

BFI Southbank, London
18 January 2009

Lu Flux: Old Believer [4 November 2008]
 

Located at Austin by Artkandy on Bethnal Green Road, Lu Flux: Old Believer is an exhibition of garments constructed from salvaged, vintage, organic and new fabrics. Lu Flux, a London based clothing designer whose work won the Ocean Terminal  Read on…

Austin by ArtKandy, London
28 October - 10 November 2008

spectra [Paris] [8 October 2008]
 

Paris’ night sky is illuminated with blinding white light beamed from scores of highly powered architectural lamps in international artist Ryoji Ikeda’s major new commission, spectra [paris] for Nuit Blanche, the city’s annual  Read on…

Tour Montparnasse, Place Du Juin 1940, Paris
4 - 5 October 2008

John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize [23 September 2008]
 

Now in its 50th year, the 25th John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize presents a selection of new British painting. The prize has historically been the turning point of several highly prominent artists careers, including Peter Doig, David Hockney  Read on…

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
20 September 2008 - 4 January 2009

Chantal Akerman [31 August 2008]
 

Camden Arts Centre is the venue for Chantal Akerman’s first solo exhibition in a UK public gallery, presenting two installations alongside Hotel Monterey, a single screen film from 1972. The centre is a curious space in which to display  Read on…

Camden Arts Centre, London
11 July 2007 - 14 September 2008

Whitstable Biennale [30 June 2008]
 

 The Whitstable Biennale 2008 has grown out of the area's developing artists' community and celebrates the quiet coastal town as an increasingly important centre for artists and curators. Arriving in the ‘Pearl of Kent’ I  Read on…

Various venues across Whitstable, Whitstable
21 June - 6 July 2008

Cream Pages: The dialogues of Tania Koswycz and Richard Layzell [24 May 2008]
 

My immediate response to Cream Pages, a new publication featuring the dialogues of Tania Koswycz and Richard Layzell, was that of familiarity. Conversations of the two artists are recorded, as far back as 2002, in no particular order.  Read on…

Edited by Joshua Sofaer and designed by Phil Baines, ResCen Publications
24 May 2008

Glasgow International: Festival of Contemporary Visual Art [2 May 2008]
 

Glasgow International was founded in 2004 and this year’s incarnation offers a theme that is loosely described by director Francis McKee as ‘public and private’. The project has slowly expanded to 40 exhibitions, occupying not only  Read on…

Venues across Glasgow, Glasgow
11 - 27 April 2008

Unheimlich [2 May 2008]
 

  “Familiar space provides an environment which has unexpected edges.”   The Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time is central to Unheimlich, a group show running  Read on…

Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds
17 April - 17 May 2008

Alana Jelinek [22 November 2007]
 

My invitation to take part in Alana Jelinek’s art intervention told me little. Mundane instructions such as the time and place of venue were included. The only clues to content were references to BLACCXN’s “major shareholders”  Read on…

BLACCXN AGM, Canary Wharf, London
16 November

RSVP: Contemporary Artists at the Foundling [23 October 2007]
 

RSVP displays work by fifteen artists from the East of England, inspired by the art and social history collections at the Foundling. Curator Gill Hedley invites visitors to ‘find new ways of looking at what is around them’.The show at  Read on…

The Foundling Museum, London
28 September - 18 November 2007

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 [8 October 2007]
 

The eleventh annual Jerwood Drawing Prize aims to reward excellence and talent in contemporary drawing. In contrast to last years exhibition the work here is more diverse, encompassing works on paper, DVDs, animated drawings, projections and  Read on…

Jerwood Space, London
19 September - 18 October 2007

Implicasphere: Netting Smoke [30 August 2007]
 

The Implicasphere project aims to explode and tangle the apparent simplicity of meaning of ordinary, concrete words like 'mice' and 'string' by exploring the associations that attach to them. Implicasphere's co-editors Cathy  Read on…

Cornerhouse, Manchester
8 August 2007 to 8 August 2007