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Lorna Collins

I am an arts journalist, philosopher and researching literature and culture at Cambridge University. I write to communicate what can be gained from the sensuous experience of engaging with artworks; to ask what contemporary art is for and can do - within the terrorism and virtual reality of our modern world.

lpc29@cam.ac.uk

Reviews

Animated [5 February 2009]
 

"Wear sturdy shoes," I was warned, when I rang to enquire about the obscure location of Wysing Arts Centre, which is placed in the quaint village of Bourn, in Cambridgeshire. One would not usually expect to find any radical new art, or a centre  Read on…

Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridge
18 January – 1 March

Hot off the press 7 [1 February 2007]
 

‘Hot Off The Press 7’ showcased new printmaking postgraduates who demonstrated how digital advances have infested this medium, presented in fresh dialogue with traditional techniques. This displayed a dense and distinct choice of works,  Read on…

Curwen and New Academy Gallery, London
10 January – 3 February

Blurred Certainty [29 October 2006]

'Blurred Certainty' brings together eight international photographers who experiment with photography as both a medium of image manipulation and as 'a window on reality' - thereby manipulating reality. These artists interpret the notion of certainty  Read on…

The Jerwood Space
10 October 2006 to 11 November 2006

Martin Blake: Constructed Paintings [28 September 2006]
 

BUILDING BLOCKS By Lorna Collins Martin Blake: Constructed Paintings’ consists of 29 coloured boxes hung on the walls of the Sassoon Gallery.  These ‘painted objects’ magnify the small exhibition space as geometric  Read on…

The Sassoon Gallery, Peckham, London
9 September 2006 to 10 October 2006