16 June 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Plenty of shows bring together paintings of figures and objects in unusual contexts or brought into unexpected conjunctions: the words ‘uncanny’ and ‘enigmatic’, ‘disturbing’ and ‘surreal’ are likely to be invoked. But, even if the paintings are good, you need more to turn such a display into a compelling whole. Two current exhibitions demonstrate how:
9 June 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
The first London Gallery Weekend (4-6 June) felt a very positive initiative, conveniently revealing the scale of London’s commercial art… Read More
26 May 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
I wait years for a really good dandelion painting to come along, then – on the same day – see… Read More
5 May 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
There’s a surfeit of new things to see just now, as pretty much every commercial gallery in London – and… Read More
28 April 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Skarstedt’s fascinating new exhibition Painter / Sculptor brings together a sculpture and a painting by nine artists who, says the… Read More
21 April 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
No doubt some galleries will close, but to counter that there are some new developments. Sticking with the Mayfair zone:
7 April 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
There’s something enticing about knowing what artists look like, even though it isn’t usually relevant to the work. Performance artists… Read More
31 March 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Who’s the most important Dutch photographer of the 20th century? I’m a fan of the largely street-based work of Ed van der Elsken (1925-90).
24 March 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Kim Tschang-Yeul: ‘Waterdrops’, 1979 ‘If I were called in / To construct a religion’, wrote Philip Larkin, ‘I should make… Read More
24 February 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Considering it’s fairly small (750,000) a lot of interesting work is made by artists in or from Winnipeg in Canada –
17 February 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
What is it like to be an octopus? Would that be a better model for how an AI might be regarded as ‘intelligent’ than assessing how its responses differ from the human? And what would that mean for the way people look at the world?
10 February 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Normally, I see virtually everything. Now I see everything virtually. But it’s not all bad. Not surprisingly, the big galleries have upped their game: see for example….
3 February 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
In a playful yet pointed counter to the human-centric view of the world, London-based Italian artist Ludovica Gioscia collaborates with her cat, Arturo. I was pleased to obtain an exclusive interview with him just as they opened a major show at Baert Gallery in Los Angeles.
27 January 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
The annual Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition – virtual, of course, this year – includes plenty of drawings directly referencing the locked down circumstances of their making.
20 January 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
The London Art Fair’s online edition runs 18th-31st Jan. As in the physical versions, the best material is fairly evenly split between 20th century British classics and contemporary work – so here are two picks from each category:
13 January 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
Back in the days when people asked ‘does my bum look big in this?’ rather than ‘does my bum look… Read More
30 December 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
Just how long does Christmas last? Maybe it’s because covid time passes oddly, but I’ve recently noticed some artworks which might be taken as stretching it out somewhat…
23 December 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
One characteristic of the computer is its potential to cause glitches. That’s been of interest to artists, either as a… Read More
16 December 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
Artist jewellery isn’t rare, but it is normally produced by specialists in collaboration with the artist using the artist’s motifs,… Read More
7 December 2020 • Mark Westall
Mighty Beauty, Mighty Beast is a show combined from paintings, animation and an installation. It is a depiction of contemporary beauty cannon that appears in social media and fashion magazines.
2 December 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
Plates are a rather convenient way to display art, somewhere between ceramic – for the most part, though metals are possible – and painting. Ceramics are in vogue anyway, and as functional objects go, plates are easy to display. In ascending order of price, here are three recent initiatives which have stepped up to the plate:
25 November 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
In this selection, which came out of research for the arts-meets-sciences magazine Seisma, five international artists use the theories and methods of science to generate art with distinctive shapes.
18 November 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
The Discerning Eye (19 Nov- 31 Dec) is a show – usually in the Mall Galleries, online only this year… Read More
4 November 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
I like it when you can track an artist’s development through their own account…
Clare Price hasn’t followed a conventional path:
