contemporary art Archives

Show Me Yours…(The Politics of Aesthetics)

Bringing together a small group of artists whose work shows rather than tells and whose work is an exercise in the politics of aesthetics.

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in late September

Facebook, bones, snooker tables, Patrick Stewart and online art.

Kieran Flynn’s Jungles at Gage Gallery, Sheffield

Sheffield-based artist Kieran Flynn’s paintings are on display at his first solo exhibition at Gage Gallery in Kelham Island, Sheffield, running until 22nd August.

EXHIBITIONS

The Top 5 Art Books to read in Lockdown

5 art books to get you through lockdown

10 Questions from Isolation… with Sara Piccinini from Collezione Maramotti

Today we hear from Sara Piccinini, the senior coordinator of Collezione Maramotti. She reflects on the present (and future) of the Collection amidst these particular times, as well as talking about all the different projects the public collection has put in place to support its artists.

NEWS

10 Questions from Isolation… with Huma Kabakci

10 Questions from Isolation- This week’s guest is Huma Kabakci, independent Curator and Founding Director of Open Space. Kabakci completed an MA in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, as well as a curatorial fellowship at the 2018 Liverpool Biennial

Hard Simplicity: Méïr Srebriansky ‘Age of Resin’ at 81 Leonard Gallery

The lastest online exhibition at the artist-run gallery, 81 Leonard Gallery features new works by Méïr Srebriansky. ‘Age of Resin’ is a survey of the artist’s work in a new medium.

What’s the afterlife of performed artworks? ‘Forum: Bread and games’ investigates

How do we perceive objects when they become “activated” by a performer? Can there be, thereafter, a neutral spectatorship? ‘Forum: Bread and Games’, curated by Natalija Pauni for Open Space Contemporary, reflects on these questions, considering the precariousness of authors’ ideas and authorship.

Yulia Iosilzon Interview – “I can’t fully describe how I feel when I enter the transparent painting. It feels very different from painting on canvas. There’s always a way back.”

Israeli born, London based artist Yulia Iosilzon recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss how her sculptural background influences her paintings, her exploration of colour and narrative, and her current exhibition Paradeisos at Carvalho Park in New York

Practice in Action: A Review of Theaster Gates at Richard Gray Gallery

What results from urban planning, social practice, and a hunger for change? Theaster Gates at Richard Gray may be it. The latest exhibition from the Chicago based artist emphasised the intersection of fine art and social progression.

Art Night Putting Walthamstow’s Art and Culture on the London Map

Art Night returns this year for it’s fourth run in Walthamstow and King’s Cross. This year differs to the last in that Walthamstow was awarded the first London Borough of Culture. The festival shall run on Saturday 22nd of June, starting around 7pm and finishing around 3am.

How does art taste? How does it feel to eat it, touch it, sit on it? Find out at AMP gallery as it becomes an artist-led cafe

How does art taste? How does it feel to eat it, touch it, sit on it? AMP gallery have turned into an artist-run-cafe to investigate. 12 artists will deliver holistic edible experiences, designing everything from furniture to butter.

ASC Gallery and Recreational Grounds present the works from PADA’s residency

PADA studios presents two new London exhibitions, at ASC Gallery and Recreational Grounds. The shows gather together the work of 12 artists in total, resulting from their residency in PADA’s industrial park in Portugal.

Emma Fineman’s Surreal comeback is even more intriguing than its precedent

Emma Fineman solo show, REALMS OF THE (UN) REAL, to open at PUBLIC Gallery, 6th March. The exhibition explores the many facets of our ontological space, imagining them within an absence of temporal constraints.

Abuse II, The Uncanny. Alessio Bolzoni’s continuing (disturbing, positive!) project

Alessio Bolzoni is publishing the second part of his photographic project exploring abuse. Abuse II, The Uncanny which transforms dance and flexibility into a fierce critique of physical abuse.

Rammellzee: A Roll of Dice

There are very few artists that could claim to be truly original and even fewer that could prove it, but no truer a word could be said than when referring to Rammellzee.

Lot 5 Collective present Face Value at the Royal Opera Arcade Gallery

Lot 5 Collective’s fourth exhibition, Face Value, will be staged at the Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Mayfair from 8-17 November.

ART PROOF podcast episode 1: John Costi

Art Proof is a new art podcast conceived and hosted by arts journalist Eric Thorp, creative project coordinator Nicholas Stavri and painter Rowan Newton.

Skarstedt’s Summer Group Exhibition

Skarstedt’s Summer Group Exhibition includes artwork from the likes of George Condo, Cindy Sherman and David Salle and KAWS

FUGITIVE FEMINISM

The Institute of Contemporary Arts presents a five-day convening of artists, academics and activists focused on contemporary Black feminist politics, examining the impossibility of Black women’s claims to womanhood and the new spaces that are created by a politics of refusal. Generating conversations across the diaspora and across generations, a range of thinkers and practitioners present a series of talks, workshops, film screenings and performance.

Miriam Austin: Gimmel

Gimmel will be Miriam Austin’s second solo exhibition at Bosse & Baum. Based in London, New Zealand-born Austin has a rich multidisciplinary practice that explores the relationship between ritual, myth, ecological fragility, and the politics of the body

Contemporary Art vs Pop Art

If art is all about movements, then there aren’t many bigger than Contemporary and Pop Art. The early 20^th century provided us with some truly iconic pieces, and many of them were associated with some of the most prolific artists in history that could be placed under the Contemporary and Pop Art umbrellas.