Jane and Louise Wilson: False Positives and False Negatives, Paradise Row, London
The act of surveillance and its form and presence in spaces burdened by potent histories is the theme of Jane and Louise Wilson’s latest film, video and installation work, which re-examines past events, including a town decimated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In Facescripting: What Did the Building See?, a two-part film installation explores the 2010 assassination of a Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel room, constructed using the artists’ own film and CCTV footage compiled and then released on YouTube by the UAE’s state police.
Until 26 October, paradiserow.com
Leonora Carrington, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Also prompting another reassessment of historical readings is Leonora Carrington at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Overshadowed by her partner and surrealist heavyweight Max Ernst in her lifetime, this show is a timely reminder of her unique paintings, tapestries and manuscripts.
Until 26 January 2014, www.imma.ie
Cao Fei: Haze and Fog, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
Halloween may still be over a month away but get in the mood with Chinese artist Cao Fei’s new exhibition at Eastside Projects. Zombies take centre stage in work that explores how the collective consciousness of people living in the time of what the artist calls ‘magical metropolises’ emerges from seemingly tedious, mundane, day-to-day life.
Until 16 November, eastsideprojects.org
Jade Montserrat: Market Prices, Crescent Arts, Scarborough
Exploring our need to make links in order to understand art history, Market Prices features a collection of boxes, each containing objects collated by the artist Jade Montserrat. These codified repositories, akin to drawers, are stacked, creating a monument to the artist’s narrative within an art-historical, cultural and socio-political context. As more and more boxes arrive and fill up the space, objects will become hidden; as with our reading of history in general, more evidence does not necessarily mean a clearer understanding of the past.
Until 26 October, www.crescentarts.co.uk
Simon Foxall and Paul Kindersley, C4RD, London
This exhibition at the Centre for Recent Drawing explores the lines between fantasy and reality, escapism and camp through the themes of pop culture and homosexuality. The exhibition examines what is described as ‘art’s facility to challenge and activate, particularly in an art industry that is still nervous of taking queer art seriously.’
Until 19 October, www.c4rd.org.uk
Selection compiled by Jack Hutchinson
