Olga Jevrić, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Intrumental in the development of abstract sculpture in Yugoslavia in the second half of the 20th century, Olga Jevrić (1922-2014) explored mass, volume and texture, investigating the relationship between solid matter and empty space. This is her first solo show since her death and provides an overview of her varied output, including a number of models for memorials and other small sculptures.
Until 17 April 2016. www.henry-moore.org
Florian Roithmayr, Camden Arts Centre, London
London-based artist Florian Roithmayr‘s sculptures explore the material transformations in the processes of making. This ethos is continued right through to the exhibition’s curation, with the gallery’s front of house team changing the work’s configuration in the space on a daily basis.
Until 6 March 2016. www.camdenartscentre.org
Eric Bainbridge, Northern Gallery For Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Spanning over 30 years of Eric Bainbridge’s work, this collection of drawings and sketches provides a fascinating insight into the artist’s working processes. By embracing the irregular, the absurd, and the cute as aesthetic strategies he unsettles the sometimes macho aspects of modernist sculpture.
Until 2 April 2016. www.ngca.co.uk
In Return, Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery, Sheffield
This show features work by a group of artist researchers from Sheffield Hallam University and Nottingham Trent University who have been exploring the legacy of post-industrial landscapes and production. It includes large-scale wall drawings, sculpture, video, sound, photography and, somewhat intriguingly, practices of walking. Artists exhibiting are: Chloe Brown, Andrew Brown, Joanne Lee, Danica Maier, Christine Stevens and Debra Swann.
Until 21 February 2016. www.shu.ac.uk
Rose Wylie, Turner Contemporary, Margate
There has been much interest in Rose Wylie’s work in recent years, with museum shows in the USA and Europe as well as her winning the John Moores Painting Prize in 2014. Here the Kent-based artist, now in her eighties, presents bold and large-scale paintings that take inspiration from a number of sources including early Renaissance paintings, contemporary Egyptian Hajj paintings, as well as from imperfectly remembered scenes from movies.
Until 13 March 2016. www.turnercontemporary.org
