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Anneka French
Anneka French is a curator and writer currently based in Birmingham.
Reviews
Eyeball Massage [22 December 2011]
A miniature bedroom inside a packing crate; a disembodied eye within a conch shell; a huge super-saturated landscape where warthogs snaffle apples and earthworms decorate naked bodies. This is the unsettling and kaleidoscopic world of Pipilotti Read on…
Hayward Gallery, London
28 September 2011 - 8 January 2012
Stirring the Swarm [1 November 2011]
Stirring the Swarm was a large scale installation sited in the imposing south stairwell of Nottingham Castle. This was the first solo exhibition by Anna Collette Hunt, who was awarded the 2010 Nottingham Open grand prize. Stumbling across the Read on…
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
8 October 2011 - 29 January 2012
Au & Ag [11 February 2011]
TROVE recently invited artists Justine Moss and Vicky Cull, to exhibit work on the themes of gold and silver respectively for Au & Ag. The premise of this exhibition was derived partially from the concerns and interests of the two artists, as Read on…
TROVE, Birmingham
16 - 22 December 2010
Grand Organ by Danica Dakić [4 December 2010]
I recently spent a very long day walking the length and breadth of Liverpool. My aim was to see as much of the Biennial as possible. Despite being disappointed by much of what I saw, the notable exception for me was 'Grand Organ' by Sarajevo-born Read on…
Liverpool Biennial - Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool
18 September - 28 November 2010
Profusion [9 July 2010]
Profusion is curated by John Plowman and Sotiris Kyriacou for Beacon Art Project, an organisation that seeks to site contemporary art in rural spaces. This project is comprised of an exhibition and programme of events produced in collaboration with Read on…
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
19 June - 11 July 2010
Art Detection Services Ltd. [23 June 2010]
Curatorial development organisation Arc run by Laura Coult and Shamrez Marawat was established to facilitate and support the work of curators based in the West Midlands region through the presentation of monthly exhibitions and events. With Read on…
Arc, The Vaults, Birmingham
24 May 2010
Karla Black [21 November 2009]
Robert Clark, on Karla Black's recent exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, commented, “Plastic sheeting might be cheap, throwaway... yet it can also be stretched across a room to form a curtain of beautiful evanescence.” Black's Read on…
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
30 September - 29 November 2009
Platitudes about Contemporary Art – Popular and Provocative, but True? [22 October 2009]
This, the first talk at Frieze 2009 aimed to provide discussion addressing, “three of the most common criticisms and truisms leveled at contemporary art: that it is elitist, confusing and irrelevant; that it is peddled by unskilled charlatans Read on…
Frieze Art Fair, London
15 October 2009
Seizure [6 September 2009]
Artangel commission 'Seizure' was initially open in Elephant and Castle in South London between September and November 2008. Having missed it the first time around, I was delighted when I heard the announcement that it was to reopen in July 2009. Read on…
151-189 Harper Road, London
23 July - 18 October 2009
Telling Tales [11 August 2009]
Following on from Stephen Jones' visually stunning 'Hats- An Anthology,' 'Telling Tales' at the V&A again creates a space for pure aesthetic indulgence. The exhibition is comprised of three clearly defined environments that showcase examples of Read on…
V&A, London
14 July - 18 October 2009
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