Review : Richard Hamilton @ ICA & Tate Modern

The prolific career of Richard Hamilton, Britain’s pioneer of ‘pop’, is currently on show, being celebrated in style, as both the ICA and Tate Modern host exhibitions dedicated to the life, triumphs and innovations of one of the best of British art. The two collaborating exhibits coincide to form a poignant reflection of Hamilton himself;…

Review : Momentum : UVA @ The Curve, Barbican

‘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…

Everybody Street : Review

Everybody Street 7th February – 16th February 2014 £6.00 to £10.00 ICA, The Mall Street photography is impossible not to get excited about at worst, but EVERYBODY STREET, directed by the inspirational Cherly Dunn and featuring thirteen icons of the New York street photography scene that span 9 decades, is just on another level. This…

Review: This season @ The Photographer’s Gallery

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…

Review : “WITNESS MATTER” : Vitrine Gallery

“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…

Art Book Review : Nature Morte

[ 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…

“In Ethiopia”, Nikolai von Bismarck : Private View

“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…

Lady Gaga : ARTPOP : Autonomous performance artist?

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…

Re-view : Onnasch Collection : Hauser & Wirth Galleries

‘Re-View: Onnasch Collection’ Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row & Piccadilly 20 September – 14 December 2013 http://www.hauserwirth.com This autumn the Hauser & Wirth Gallery hosts the exceptionally rich private collection of Reinhard Onnasch; the German/American gallerist and collector (b. 1939 in Germany). The Review: Onnasch Collection, curated by Paul Schimmel, demonstrates the individual’s talent and passion…