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Dan Green
Brighton based artist, curator and writer. Member of Sixes & Sevens.
dan.green27@googlemail.com | www.dan-green.co.uk
Reviews
Simon Fujiwara, Since 1982 [16 May 2012]
'Bit penisy' is what my first thoughts were, something echoed by the (tactful) guide; 'do you think these are a bit phallic? I think Simon might be a little obsessed, don't you?' Yes. Four giant, cartoon-like sculptures of lighthouses Read on…
Tate St Ives, St Ives
18 January - 7 May 2012
RAW [13 September 2010]
Conceptual art can, by definition, confound the viewer by presenting a visual language that needs to be translated by the viewer. Cues are presented through knowingly hinting at historical works and narratives, but also through theoretical Read on…
Backlit, Nottingham
12 March - 3 April 2010
Dirt [13 September 2010]
Box creates a new style of space within Nottingham, a 12 foot square box intended to host 12 shows, each opening on the 12th of the month for a short period of time, over the course of one year. A roughly hewn box capped with tarpaulin sits Read on…
Box, Nottingham
12 January 2010
Meteor [21 April 2010]
The notion of working biographically, of delving into the annals of history, re-emerging with a new artefact that communicates something of a person's life and creating a fresh perspective on a historical narrative is intriguing. For 'Meteor', (a Read on…
20 February – 2 April Gallery No 1 and New Court Gallery, Repton
Liquid Modernity (Grid and Greed) [23 December 2009]
As we watch the capitalist world implode within the current economic crisis and a time of war in distant countries, oil remains the most precious commodity, fuelling our need for power both in the electrical and political sense; without oil our Read on…
Oriel Arts, London
22 April - 12 June 2009
Fine Art, Fine Art and History of Art, Textiles [20 August 2009]
This time last year I wrote of the problems set before the visitor to a degree show; the pitfalls of trying to piece together a show where the work is connected on the shoestring that is the nature of a graduating cohort. This was in reference Read on…
Goldsmiths, London
18 - 22 June 2009
In hindsight, it was a small piece of me. [19 August 2009]
I will admit that I began the Degrees Unedited blog in a bought of self promotion. The idea was to place my name on a website with some pedigree within the incomprehensibly gargantuan cyber world. This, I considered, was an unmissable Read on…
Nottingham Trent, Nottingham
18 - 19 August 2009
'Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids)' at Snow Show [25 March 2009]
‘Solar breath’ is a 60-minute projection of a curtain blowing in the wind. Captured at the artists retreat in Newfoundland, it depicts an idyllic scene of a peaceful hideaway, the feeling of isolation exacerbated by the fleeting Read on…
BFI Southbank, London
5 December 2008 - 1 February 2009
Fictions - Essential Preconception [17 March 2009]
The act of looking is multi-faceted. There is always a temptation to ask what was, especially if there is a historical or life context for what is seen, or if the setting provides sufficient stimuli for the inquisitive mind to wonder Read on…
Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
19 March - 8 April 2009
Vorspannkino [10 March 2009]
Ticket bought, stub removed by usher.Walk into the room and find your allotted seat. Fold down the chair, remove your coat, turn of your phone and relax.Fix your eyes on the screen and your ears on the sonic landscape, let yourself be absorbed Read on…
Kunstwerke Berlin, Berlin
8 February - 19 April 2009
The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim: - The Search For Mingering Mike [12 November 2008]
The idea of self-discovery, of an internal search for yourself is age old. The path of the artist seeking truth or solidarity within themselves and within a culture is age old, a well trodden route. The path to abstraction paved by Read on…
Liverpool Biennial 2008, The Bluecoat, Liverpool
20 September - 30 November 2008
Miranda Donovan - Lost World of Innocence [15 June 2008]
It seems that more recently the city has been the centre of the art world’s attention. A fascination with social breakdowns and the interaction between the citizens and their habitat, a ‘canvas’ in itself on which to work, or Read on…
Lazarides - Greek Street, London
9 - 30 May 2008
Fine art [14 June 2008]
A first contact with artwork always raises several questions. Before any deeper consideration is given to criticality or meaning, the viewer is asked to question what it is he or she is observing. These initial answers will lead the Read on…
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
6 - 12 June 2008
Objectivity in a white cube - Nottingham Trent Degree show 2008 [13 June 2008]
A first contact with artwork always raises several questions. Before any deeper consideration is given to criticality or meaning, the viewer is asked to question what it is he or she is observing. These initial answers will lead the Read on…
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
6 - 12 June 2008
Kris Martin - Whats The Time? [11 April 2008]
The incessancy of time is one that looms over our modern society. The pressure to always be somewhere, the thought that I might be late or could be using time more wisely is both blessing and curse. The opportunity to take time to stop Read on…
White Cube, Hoxton Sq, London
29 February - 29 March 2008
Apeiron [21 March 2008]
Apeiron: The unlimited, the boundless; the raw stuff out of which all things arise and into which they dissolve again.The purpose of science in explaining how and bringing to light new phenomena has lead not only to the stripping down and condensing Read on…
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
3 - 4 March 2008
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