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November 2000
Anya Gallaccio on site-specificity and sensuality, painter Deidre King on getting started, Roy Exley on paint, process and colour. Mark Beasley considers temporary and permanent public commissions. Artists' books and textiles reviewed; Grayson Perry and the art of protest; Alison Wilding's floating sculpture casts off.
Commentaries
Sanctuary
I was recently commissioned by Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Centre (TCAC) in North Uist, Western Isles, to undertake a community sculpture project in Locheport. The commission was part of TCAC's ongoing 'Roadend Projects' to celebrate the unique… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Parallel Objects
'Parallel Objects' is the inaugural show of my fellowship at Kettle's Yard and New Hall in Cambridge. It brings together work from the last five years, during which time I have worked on three main series of drawings and paintings on both paper and… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Mosaic Commission
I recently completed a mosaic commission on the island of Skyros in Greece, for Skyros Holistic holidays. I was able to choose any site that appealed to me within the holiday complex (within reason). I chose a pear-shaped seating area near the… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Loom House
I created Loom House (pictured) while I was working as artist-in-residence at Oriel 31 in Newtown, Powys during June. The ty-gwydd (loom house) was historically an outhouse in which a couple of looms were kept when weaving was still a cottage… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Land Art at Court Yard Farm
One of the benefits of working on land art projects is the beautiful locations. The commission I have recently completed at Court Yard Farm was no exception. The working farm is just inland from Hunstanton on the North Norfolk coast. Visitors are… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Evidence
'Evidence' is the title of the new works which I produced while on an eight-week Year of the Artist residency at Killhope Lead Mining Centre in County Durham. Five pieces were sited in the woodland which surrounds the mine. The first sculpture was a… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Certain Welsh Artists
The dual meaning of this Marxist supposition informs my current body of work, in which the purposeful activity of a nation has defined the external/internal caricature of its people. Heritage parks, the spirit of 'retro' and UK Gold are the norm.… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Calum F Kerr – 'Aldgate and other atrocities'
St Chad's Church a red-brick Victorian building in Hackney recently hosted 'Aldgate and other Astrocities' a solo exhibition of my photographs and objects. The Church is a meeting place for FLOM (First London Outsider Movement) a collective of… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Brighton Isis
As part of a major extension to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, a programme of new building led to the creation of an enclosed courtyard. As part of the 'Percent for Art scheme', Brighton Health Care held a public art competition to… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine November 2000
Reviews
STRIP – MA Book Arts Degree Show 2000
Camberwell College of Arts, London Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine November 2000
Protest & Survive
In today's climate of political apathy, it sometimes appears that people have become wary of expressing an opinion without irony. Not so the artists showing in 'Protest and Survive'. I can't remember having walked around whole roomfuls of… Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine November 2000
Perspective 2000
Selected from open submission by Lynne Cooke, senior curator at Dia Center for the Arts, New York, twenty-nine artists took part in the third annual 'Perspective' exhibition at Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. This year's £6000 prize was split… Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine November 2000