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The phenomenon of the archaeological expedition represents a working metaphor for this month’s selection of exhibitions, talks and events.
In his 1962 book The Shape of Time art historian George Kubler envisaged a future with limited room for changes, and these of types to which the past already yields the key. The artist-explorer is the pioneer of a spatialised relationship to time, utilising the present en route to the past, in search of its history and discovering new territories. The scars of colonialism, partition and subsequent post-colonialist ventures of improvement are found at Karen Mirza and Brad Butler's 'The Museum of Non Participation' (Yaseen Hairdressers, London, to 25 October). Similarly, Carlos Noronha Feio's 'AA and Away' engages with the points at which geography and migration meet, where differing cultures collide, interfere and impose their imperatives on each other (Transition Gallery, London, 2-25 October). He represents these concerns from the personal perspective of his own Portuguese nationality. www.artangel.org.uk www.transitiongallery.co.uk The social and political conditions of our material culture are explored in Walead Beshty's sharp and laconic photograms (Thomas Dane Gallery, London, 13 October – 14 November). Cutting across different media, his powerful aesthetic...
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