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One of many exhibitions that I have attended in the last few weeks that really stands out for me was For the blind man in a dark room looking for the black cat that isn't there at the ICA. The title is derived from a quote attributed to Darwin Read on…
ICA, London
3 December 2009 - 31 January 2010
Reviewed by: Christopher Collier »
Sarah Turner "Perestroika" / Rosalind Nashashibi solo show The juncture of a screening of Sarah Turner's new feature film Perestroika, and the tail end of Rosalind Nashashibi's exhibition of film based art, came together briefly at the Read on…
ICA, London
21 October 2009
Reviewed by: Gillian McIver »
'True Riches' is an exciting and ambitious programme of live art events inhabiting every space of the ICA throughout 2009. Twenty-five artists were invited to take part, and across the works proposed there are exhibitions, lectures, discussions and Read on…
True Riches
www.ica-liveart.org.uk
Reviewed by: Mary Paterson »
The mediascape is a peculiarly experiential way of exploring a given space. The way it works is that you walk around the place, in this case St James’s Park, unlocking snippets of media (videos of that part of the park) as you pass previously Read on…
ICA and internet, London
7 March - 30 June 2009
Reviewed by: Alexander Starritt »
‘Dispersion’ presented the work of seven international contemporary artists. The work on display consisted of photography, video, film and performance, all incorporating different aspects of contemporary society such as the role of Read on…
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
3 December 2008 - 1 February 2009
Reviewed by: Jennifer Burns »
The Dispersion art exhibition at the ICA has met with a very mixed review, from the very bad in the daily papers; "the performance is flaccid and there is no obvious outcome" (Charles Darwent The Independent) to the very good in the Read on…
ICA Upper and Lower Galleries, London
3 December 2008 - 2 January 2009
Reviewed by: Gabrielle Flexer »
Performance, spectacle, the interactive event: all common features of conceptual and contemporary art, from the transient Happenings of the 1960s and 1970s, to the more recent experimental participatory ‘laboratories' such as Utopia Read on…
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
14 February - 6 April 2008
Reviewed by: Sarah Davies »
Christmas is a perfect time for Alien Read on…
ICA, London
11 November 2006 to 1 January 2007
Reviewed by: Laura McLean-Ferris »
The winds of social activism have blown over this year's nominees for 'Beck's Futures'. Adopting an idiosyncratic attitude, the artists have taken a historical perspective to bypass the art of their immediate predecessors. Humorous references such Read on…
ICA, London
4 April 18 May
Reviewed by: Stephanie Delcroix »