Review : “Painting in Space” @RosenfeldPorcini
17 February 2014 • Mark Westall
Review : “Painting in Space” @RosenfeldPorcini
Tag: contemporary art
Kimberley’s Random Room Roulette # 8
5 February 2014 • Mark Westall
Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory.
Review: This Season @ The Photographers’ Gallery
31 January 2014 • Mark Westall
This season the Photographer’s Gallery hosts three outstanding exhibitions.
Review : “Time of the Empress” : Aziz + Cucher
18 January 2014 • Mark Westall
“Time of the Empress” is a tale of two halves, two series coming together as one; a notion that is seconded by Aziz + Cucher themselves.
National Gallery : Random Room Roulette # 5
2 January 2014 • Mark Westall
Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory. Her challenge = to pick a room of the National Gallery, London at random and find a painting there….
National Gallery : Random Room Roulette # 4
23 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Can she achieve a deeper level of interpretation? Or will such a random task disintegrate into nonsensical ramblings??
Art Book : Art Studio America
15 December 2013 • Mark Westall
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.
National Gallery : Random Room Roulette # 3
15 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Every week Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory. Her challenge = to pick a room of the National Gallery, London at random and find a painting there, whether it be Gothic, Renaissance, Impressionist or Medieval in style, to analyse using contemporary theory.
Review: In Ethiopia : Nikolai von Bismarck
5 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Review: In Ethiopia : Nikolai von Bismarck
National Gallery: Random Room Roulette # 1
1 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Every week Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory. Her challenge = to pick a room of the National Gallery, London at random and find a painting there, whether it be Gothic, Renaissance, Impressionist or Medieval in style, to analyse using contemporary theory.
REVIEW: Bob Dylan : MOOD SWINGS : Halcyon Gallery
21 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Has Dylan done anything new here? Anything at all transgressive? Or even relevant? Does his artwork deserve such a massive exhibition within the walls of a huge gallery space in central London?
Review: BODY LANGUAGE : Saatchi Gallery
21 November 2013 • Mark Westall
This winter, The Saatchi Gallery plays host to a vast exhibition devoted to the depiction of the human body: demonstrating the prevalence of the human form in contemporary art.
Re-view : Onnasch Collection : Hauser & Wirth Galleries
16 November 2013 • Mark Westall
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)
Lady Gaga : ARTPOP : autonomous performance artist?
15 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Has Lady Gaga used the music industry as a mere platform for her work as a performance artist?
Princess Perfect?
7 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Trumbles images of idealist females does deconstruct the Western beauty conventions, yes, but they also highlight society’s issue with stereotyping.
Review: Sarah Lucas: SITUATION
4 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Racy imagery, tongue-in-cheek euphemisms, feminist interpretations and breath-taking sexualistion of everyday objects in Lucas’ work, is all brought together in a stunning retrospective of her entire collection, enabling “Situation” to bring something to the table for every visitor.
Tonight: New Constellations on Repeat Private View at Goldsmiths College
31 May 2013 • Mark Westall
New Constellations on Repeat will be an exhibition and collectively-organized brainchild of ten masters students in the department of Visual Cultures… Read More
Don’t Miss : Sculpture Shock Subterranean Pop Up David Ogle
18 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Sculpture Shock encourages surprising site-specific spatial interventions in non-traditional spaces, outside the confines of the white cube.
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: “The Happiest Man” review
11 April 2013 • Mark Westall
“The Happiest Man” is in fact a recreation of an installation initially staged at the Jeu de Paume in Paris in 2000. It was chosen to be reinstalled in 2013 by the couple, partly due to its the turmoil the world has found itself in during recent times and partly due to its universality – the desire for a paradise or Utopia has always been a communal one.
Southern Fried: One Night Stand’s fried chicken shop
21 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Calling themselves One Night Stand, the collective’s aim is to communicate with their audience through site specific work by installing it in completely unconventional locations, challenging the way we respond to art. These interventionist exhibitions take place over twenty four hours at a time around various parts of London, contributing to the collective’s name.
Greg Miller Four Corners at SCREAM Opening Tonight Thursday 29th November
29 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Opening tonight an exhibition of new mixed media paintings by American artist Greg Miller.
Marie-Jeanne Hoffner at PayneShurvell Private view Thursday 29th November 2012
28 November 2012 • Mark Westall
This will be the first solo show in the UK by Paris-based artist Marie-Jeanne Hoffner.