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Anna Barriball
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
21 January - 9 April 2012
Barriball’s is principally a drawing practice. In saying that, her modest processes teeter on the brink of sculpture and regularly tip over into wholly three-dimensional avenues. She is perhaps best known for her Read on…
Reviewed by: Stephanie Richardson »
Posted: 2012-02-10
Paul Bennett at The VZ Gallery.
VZ Gallery, London
2 - 22 December 2011
It has been a while since viewing Paul Bennett's work at The VZ Gallery near Brick Lane before Christmas; but I just can't get his awe-inspiring images out of my mind. So better late than never I'm putting pen to paper, or rather fingertip to touch Read on…
Reviewed by: Judith Jones »
Posted: 2012-02-10
In Numbers - ICA Student Forum In Conversation with Phil Aarons
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London
25 January - 25 March 2012
In Numbers: ICA Student Forum In Conversation with Phil Aarons In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955 is an exhibition that draws from Phil Aaron’s extraordinary collection of zines and Read on…
Reviewed by: Deborah Herring »
Posted: 2012-02-08
Soil
Hannah Maclure Centre, Dundee
15 June - 19 August 2011
Life in process. Three floors above ground level at the Hannah Maclure Centre, a man lays buried under a few inches of dirt. The earth that covers his chest cracks and settles rhythmically as it rises and falls with his breath, Read on…
Reviewed by: Beth Savage »
Posted: 2012-02-04
Cupar Arts Festival 2011
Various venues, Cupar
8 - 18 October 2011
This year’s Cupar Arts Festival invites artists to respond to the broad theme of ‘Drawing Attention’. It is undoubtedly a success with several very interesting works and events around the town including live music, drawing Read on…
Reviewed by: Beth Savage »
Posted: 2012-02-04
Art and Animals by Giovanni Aloi
I.B.Tauris, London
1 - 3 February 2012
In the past two decades the art world has become obsessed with animals in a way that it never had been before. Animals, both alive and dead, have been inhabiting the gallery; confronting our gaze and challenging us to reassess our relationship to Read on…
Reviewed by: Beth Savage »
Posted: 2012-02-04
Daniel Rapley: Covenant
Payne Shurvell, London
27 January - 3 March 2012
3,116,480 characters 1,189 chapters 783,137 words 31,102 verses 66 books Such is the content of the King James Bible, first printed some 400 years ago, and now the key work in Daniel Rapley’s first solo exhibition since Read on…
Reviewed by: Anna McNay »
Posted: 2012-02-02
Philippe Pasqua: Solo Exhibition
Opera Gallery, London
26 January - 15 February 2012
Often described as the French Francis Bacon, Philippe Pasqua’s canvases can hardly be called as a pretty sight. The terms ‘abject’ and ‘disturbing’ have been used far more commonly, and yet there is something Read on…
Reviewed by: Anna McNay »
Posted: 2012-02-01
The Invisible Show
Vilma Gold, London
12 January - 19 February 2012
For this exhibition Griffiths has sourced five identical metal structures, prefabricated and second-hand, as is common in his practice. Taller than the average person, they stand awkwardly in the gallery like dormant giants. They are clothed Read on…
Reviewed by: Maru Rojas Cuahonte »
Posted: 2012-02-01
Beta Version 2.0
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks
19 January - 10 March 2012
'Beta Version 2.0 looks at the contemporary art exhibition as a temporary collection, with work that addresses the transience or otherwise of current practice, and explores the relationship between collection and curation, in Read on…
Reviewed by: David Minton »
Posted: 2012-02-01
The Future 2, 3, 4
Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Allenheads, Northumberland
28 January - 25 February 2012
From the industrial revolution to dereliction and the subsequent rebuilding of the community, the remote village of Allenheads (high in the Northumbrian Pennines) has frequently been at the vanguard of social, technological and industrial Read on…
Reviewed by: Iris Priest »
Posted: 2012-01-31
Natalia Dolgova-Icons of Faith and Fate
Galley Eight, London
24 - 28 January 2012
On a rainy January day I went to Duke Street to see Natalia Dolgova’s exhibition Icons of Faith and Fate at Gallery 8 and meet the artist. Siberian born Dolgova has launched an innovative collection of works which celebrate Read on…
Reviewed by: Antonia Phillips »
Posted: 2012-01-31
Circa 1960
Guest Projects, London
27 - 29 January 2012
What is Circa 1960? Upon entering Guest Projects space you are confronted with Mark Selby's No Need to Shout, a top heavy structure with a large red PVC trumpet shape (reminiscent of Kapoor's Marsyus) leaning towards you. The main structure Read on…
Reviewed by: Martin Lang »
Posted: 2012-01-29
Come to Ours
Multiple sites, Plymouth
2 September - 2 December 2011
Come to Ours was a multi-site project conceived and delivered by an independent group of artists and curators based in the port city of Plymouth, Devon. The project ran alongside British Art Show 7’s (BAS7) residence in the city, Plymouth Read on…
Reviewed by: Sovay Berriman »
Posted: 2012-01-25
Kristeva Reframed by Estelle Barrett
I.B.Tauris, London
1 - 31 January 2012
Julia Kristeva is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers of the last 50 years. Her texts have been significant to many fields including those of literary criticism, sociology and feminism as well as artistic practice and so have helped Read on…
Reviewed by: Beth Savage »
Posted: 2012-01-18
All in order, With exceptions
Ikon gallery, birmingham
1 September - 30 November 2011
Optimistic Stories 2009, The work I have chosen to look at is a series or 123 drawings created in sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper displayed in a clinical and regimented manner, this part of the work really interests me because the Read on…
Reviewed by: rebecca chetter »
Posted: 2012-01-16
Artquest 10 Year Anniversary Party
The Showroom, London
13 January 2012
Artquest is a London based agency which aims to "encourage critical engagement and provide practical support to visual artists at any stage in their careers" and it has been doing so for ten years now. It was conceived in 2001 as a project of Read on…
Reviewed by: Martin Lang »
Posted: 2012-01-14
RASHID RANA 'Everything happens at once'
New Art Exchange, Nottingham
14 January - 31 March 2012
The problem with so much digitally generated art is that its technological ‘cleverness’ can dominate and eclipse the poetic potential and artistry of the artist. By this I mean the means of production should always be a contributory Read on…
Reviewed by: Tom Hackett »
Posted: 2012-01-14
All I Can See is the Management
Gasworks, London
7 October - 11 December 2011
“Our schools are factories in which the raw materials are to be snapped & fashioned into products to meet the demands of life” Ellwood Cubberly, Public School Administrator, 1916 (taken from Allan Sekula’s School is a Read on…
Reviewed by: Maru Rojas Cuahonte »
Posted: 2012-01-12
Nathalie Djurberg with music by Hans Berg: A World Of Glass
Camden Arts Centre, London
7 October 2011 - 8 January 2012
My interest in the relationship between sound and visual imagery was stimulated after viewing an exhibition at Camden Arts Centre in London. A World of Glass is an immersive video installation by Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg and the musician Read on…
Reviewed by: Ruth Catriona Williamson »
Posted: 2012-01-10
Bani Abidi: Section Yellow
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
11 November 2011 - 12 February 2012
Bani Abidi’s Pakistani roots are inextricable from the art that she creates. The sensibilities of the nation in which she was born have always inspired her practice and her first UK solo show, Section Yellow, currently at Baltic Centre for Read on…
Reviewed by: Rebecca Travis »
Posted: 2012-01-10
Imaginary Menagerie
So Far The Future Gallery, Holborn
20 October - 19 November 2011
The gallery curates collaborative text-based projects in the heart of Holborn, generally concerned with the visual relationship between the visual arts and text; through the use of typography and language as a vehicle of creation. The current Read on…
Reviewed by: Joanna Trippett »
Posted: 2012-01-09
The Organ Grinder’s Monkey
White Cube, Bermondsey, London
11 October - 12 November 2011
Having turned up at the White Cube, Bermondsey ten minutes before opening, I see staff arriving to begin a day’s work. Art is hauled in like daily stock Read on…
Reviewed by: Becca Chadwick »
Posted: 2012-01-09
Leo Asemota: The Ens Project's First Principles
New Art Exchange, Nottingham
16 September - 26 November 2011
Review by Charlotte A Morgan. Nigerian born artist Leo Asemota’s The Ens Project is a body of work informed by three key historical and critical influences; the industrial revolution and British Empire under Victorian rule, the practice of Read on…
Reviewed by: Critical Writing Collective (C.A.Morgan) »
Posted: 2012-01-05
Why George Shaw should have won the Turner Prize
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
21 October 2011 - 8 January 2012
I always take an interest in art’s biggest bauble, the Turner Prize, and usually have my favourite entrants, but for once, in 2011, I was actually excited about a nominee. It was through the prize I learned about the work of George Shaw, Read on…
Reviewed by: Kenn Taylor »
Posted: 2012-01-05
Hilary Lloyd
Sadie Coles, London
16 November - 21 December 2011
Hilary Lloyd's Striped Man rewards a patient gaze. Five large-scale projections – arranged in a diptych on one basement wall and in a U-shaped trio on another – evolve slowly to reveal greyscale photographs of a suited figure. Cropped, Read on…
Reviewed by: Michaela Nettell »
Posted: 2012-01-03
Contemporary Art in Majorca ain't as bad as what it oughta (be).
CCA Andratx (Majorca), Andratx
29 September 2011 - 4 March 2012
Having lived in Spain I already knew that Madrid and Barcelona had a lot to offer in terms of contemporary art. Three years ago I visited family in Palma de Mallorca and was surprised to find a whole host of contemporary galleries showing Read on…
Reviewed by: Martin Lang »
Posted: 2011-12-31
BB Archive: Shiraz Bayjoo Whitechapel gallery artist in residence 2010/11
Whitechapel Gallery, London
16 December 2011 - 26 February 2012
'BB-Archive' Extended text by Jessica Harrington For the past few years, Shiraz Bayjooʼs work has been exploring collective identities and the symbols, flags and emblems that groups use to represent themselves. This ongoing exploration has Read on…
Reviewed by: Shiraz Bayjoo »
Posted: 2011-12-31
Mind Over Matter
Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London
12 - 24 October 2011
“My biggest fear is losing my mind” – Polish-born Ania Dabrowska delivers a delectable insight into the thoughts and feelings of participants intending to donate their brains to science. Using a plethora of media Read on…
Reviewed by: Lauren Halford »
Posted: 2011-12-28
Dara Birnbaum
South London Gallery, London
9 December 2011 - 12 February 2012
Dara Birnbaum’s current exhibition at the South London Gallery centres on her most recent work, Arabesque. However, the work is not shown alongside Birnbaum’s other current projects, but juxtaposed against her earliest video and Read on…
Reviewed by: Travis Riley »
Posted: 2011-12-26