Art has many functions and acting as a social catalyst is one of them. Tonight at a function met a fellow country ( Welsh) woman and discovered that we had a mutual acquaintance who went to Antartica knowing that he […]
Rilke came to Berlin on 1 August 1898 and wrote in his diary: " The first thing I discovered was: Bismarck has died … The mood is Bismarck is dead-long live-Berlin." He writes sensitively about art, that the artist should […]
"Grockles at Sea" will present works which explores issues of redundancy, recycling, regeneration, failure, and desire. For this reason, Folkestone would be a perfect space in which to explore these issues. Folkestone can be perceived as a redundant town. The […]
finished kate wahoo…. helen is nearly done, a few problems need to be ironed out though. john (my tutor) thinks that her nose is slightly out of joint, and her left hand side nostril needs to move to the left […]
Manick Govinda explores a moment in time when it appeared that politics had taken centre stage in contemporary art, focusing on Sharjah Biennial 8.
Sara Raza on Grace Ndiritu, a young London based artist who is enjoying an upwards ascent with an impressive portfolio of national and international exhibitions, that present a fresh style of politics and performativity.
Born in Kabul in 1973, Lida Abdul has returned to live there. Kim Dhillon looks at her practice, working accross various media, that fuses Western formalist traditions with numerous aesthetic influences.
Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää’s work confronts her viewpoint of impending ecological catastrophe through interventions and installations positing an alternative vision of existence. By Manick Govinda.
Contents include: Should artists’ put life on hold to take up residencies abroad? Low stipends and paying the rent discussed. Advice on preparing grant applications and using The artists’ contracts toolkit online. Reviews from Jerwood Space and Elastic in London, […]
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Manick Govinda discusses the themes around Sharjah Biennial 8: Art Ecology and the Politics of Change. Includes artists’ profiles of Lida Abdul, Grace Ndiritu and Tea Makipaa plus a selection of articles drawn from across a-n’s archive and key texts […]
International Gallery
3 March 2007 to 3 March 2007
Lida Abdul, White house, Kabul, 16mm transfer to DVD, 4’58”, 2005. Courtesy: the artist and Giorgio Persano Gallery
On the occasion of Sharjah Biennial 8, ‘Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change’, this a-n Collection focuses on creative processes at the intersections between art, radical politics and the environment.
It would seem that politics has taken centre stage in contemporary art.
“The process of social change is in desperate need of creativity and imagination, and the aesthetic process in urgent need of social engagement”
The planet’s ‘environmental emergency’ is providing inspiration for a growing movement of artists whose work focusing on habitats, social issues and survival aims to raise awareness. Anna Minton reports.
Trongate
3 March 2007 to 3 March 2007
Not a moment too soon, brilliant sunshine and the arrival of the architect for a weekend visit dispelled a three-day jaded trough. About to succumb to, not SAD, seasonal Autumnal Disorder, but maybe LAL, Lack of Air and Light. I […]
After a couple weeks back at my two part-time jobs I realized that the time has come to give one up. It feels great to know that soon I'll have at least two days a week in the studio. The […]
Started on some new work today which I have been planning for a while but have just not had the opportunity to actually put into practice. It was wonderful to make a start. When I am planning work I think […]
as march is coming to an end i was supposed to eccelerate towards final confirmations and start of production. unfortunately, i hurt my back last saturday so everything was brought to a halt. well, not everything, SPACE let me know […]
We have been awarded a NAN New Collaboration bursary to support the development of Breaking Ground, our project in 2 parts. Judith and I raised a glass to this success on Monday night and are planning our next steps. We […]
Reading Rilke's Diaries resonates for me, as a temporary resident in Berlin: "most people … blindly race past a thousand unobtrusive beauties on their way to those official sights that usually only disappoint them anyway." But here even more:" Know […]
It seems odd for a blog that there are no options for user feedback – oh well, it is certainly good to be in an arts context on this blog. I am, however, interested in feedback so do send any […]
