‘Momentum” totally transforms the Curve into an other-wordly space like no other; a paradoxical passage suspended in time that is both mesmerisingly beautiful and eerily haunting. UVA present Momentum, an immersive installation that uniquely combines light, sound and movement that translates the 90m long gallery of The Curve into a three-dimensional composition with characteristic verve. 12 pendulums…
THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GALLERY The Photographer’s Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW Exhibition Admission : £4 / £2.50 concessions, FREE ENTRY on Mondays and Thursdays, free entry to under 16’s Opening Times Monday – Saturday 10:00 – 18:00, Thursdays 10:00 – 20:00, Sunday 11:30 – 18:00 David Lynch : The Factory Photographs 17th January – 30th March…
“WITNESS MATTER” – Leah Capaldi and Stephanie Saade The Vitrine Gallery, Bermondsey Street, London Wednesday 22nd January – Saturday 22nd February 2014 Wednesday – Friday 12–7pm (Saturday 12-6pm) [Leah Capaldi “Strange Parts” : Stephanie Saade “Props” ] “Witness Matter” combines works from two artists whose practices attempt to explore the performativity of both the art object and…
[ Sharon Core · 1782, from the series Flowers, 2011, Archival pigment print · 44.5 × 38.1 cm (17 1/2 × 15 in.) · edition of 7 · Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery · © Sharon Core ] Bringing the past tradition of ‘still life’ into contemporary art seems, at first thought, to be…
[All images: “© TransGlobe Publishing from Art Studio America: Contemporary Artist Spaces published by Thames & Hudson” ] Thriving, eclectic and exciting, the in-famous American dream lives on within the realm of contemporary art, a notion that is perfectly illustrated within the covers of this large-format, lavishly illustrated, high quality, new publication. Art Studio…
“In Ethiopia” 12 Francis Street, Victoria, London, SW1P 1QP 4th – 8th December 2013 Wednesday – Saturday 11:00 – 17:00 Sunday 12:00 – 4:00 [“Marching Whipper”, Nikolai von Bismarck, Hamar Tribe, Ethiopia, 2012 ] “In Ethiopia”, the first solo exhibition by Nikolai von Bismarck, displays over 20 black and white, framed images captured during his experiences as…
Jansson Stegner has a large number of canvasses on show as part of the “Body Language” exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. I caught up with him during an interview at the Private Press View earlier in November, and asked him some questions about his work. Due to my fixation with feminism, ways of looking and fetishism…
Bob Dylan ‘Mood Swings’ – Halcyon Gallery 14th November 2013 – 25th January 2014 http://www.halcyongallery.com [ Bob Dylan at his iron works studio, September 2013 © John Shearer ] The Halcyon Gallery has dedicated both its expansive gallery spaces to a major exhibition of Bob Dylan’s new works. His pieces include hilarious, huge canvases, his…
[ Chechnya, 1996 – No man’ s land between Russian army and Chechen rebels in Grozny.] “I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.” – James Nachtwey James Nachtwey is considered to be one of the greatest photo-journalists of…
Has Lady Gaga used the music industry as a mere platform for her work as a performance artist? Is her transformation from beginning as a reasonably conventional Pop artist, with the release of her debut single ‘Just Dance’ in 2008, into the most famous, controversial and visually bizarre artist of our time completely deliberate? Was this…
Say It Again. 