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About Artists: PETER DOIG

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

About Artists: ZADIE XA

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

About Artists: LISA MILROY

About Artists: CORIN SWORN

Clasics in Ñspel: SPELLING, by Margaret Atwood

S P E L Ñ

Marġrit Atwŭd

Mî dōtr plez on ɖ flor
wɖ plastic letrz,
red, blu n hard yelo,
lrnñ hǎ t spel,
spelñ,
hǎ t mc spelz.

I wundr hǎ mni wimin
dnaid ɖmslvz dōtrz,
clozd ɖmslvz in rūmz,
drù ɖ crtnz
so ɖe cd mênlîn wrdz.

A ćîld z nt a powm,
a powm z nt a ćîld.
Ɖr z no īɖr/or.
Hvr.

I rtrn t ɖ stori
v ɖ wmn còt in ɖ wor
n in lebr, hr ʈîz taid
tgɖr bî ɖ eṇmi
so ś cd nt gv brʈ.

Ansestris: ɖ brnñ wić,
hr mǎʈ cuvrd bî leɖr
t strangl wrdz.

A wrd aftr a wrd
aftr a wrd z pǎr.

At ɖ pônt ẃr lanḡj fōlz awe
fṛm ɖ hot bonz, at ɖ pônt
ẃr ɖ roc brecs opn n darcnis
floz ǎt v it lîc blud, at
ɖ mltñpônt v granit
ẃn ɖ bonz nǒ
ɖe r holo n ɖ wrd
splits n dublz n spīcs
ɖ truʈ n ɖ bodi
itslf bcmz a mǎʈ.

Ɖs z a meṭfr.

Hǎ d y lrn t spel?
Blud, scî n ɖ sún,
yr ǒn nem frst,
yr frst nemñ, yr frst nem,
yr frst wrd.

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

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AGNES MARTIN │ Tate Modern, London → 11 October 2015

Untitled, 1977
Untitled, 1977

GALLERYARTIST

“Wɖt awerṇs v byti, iṇsns n hapiṇs, wn cnt mc wrcs v art”

“Wrcñ wɖn ɖ tîtli priscrîbd limits ś impozd on hr ôn practis, Martin cntinyd t mc xtrordnri, viźnri pêntñz, fr ovr ʈri decedz untl hr deʈ in 2004”

Ashton Chandler Guyatt AESTHETICA 29 July 2015
Rebecca Bengal VOGUE 28 July 2015
Jessica Furseth APOLLO 8 July 2015
Janet McKenzie STUDIO INTERNATIONAL 18 June 2015
Rachel Cooke OBSERVER 7 June 2015
Tabish Khan LONDONIST 4 June 2015
ECONOMIST 3 June 2015
Victoria Sadler HUFFINGTON POST 3 June 2015
Arne Glimcher PHAIDON 2 June 2015
Adrian Searle GUARDIAN 1 June 2015
Zoe Pilger INDEPENDENT 1 June 2015
Alastair Sooke TELEGRAPH 1 June 2015
Martin Coomer TIME OUT 28 May 2015
Olivia Laing GUARDIAN 22 May 2015
“Yes, Mātin wz ɖ mistṛs v sreṇti n contmplešn – bt ɖ tranqiḷti v hr āt repṛznts ɖ cām folowñ a stwm”

Continue reading AGNES MARTIN │ Tate Modern, London → 11 October 2015

STAN DOUGLAS: MISE EN SCÈNE │ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin → 20 September 2015

Stan Douglas, Hastings Park, 16 July 1955, 2008, Digital C-print mounted on Dibond aluminum, 59 1/2 x 88 3/4 inches, 151.1 x 225.4 cm,
Stan Douglas, Hastings Park, 16 July 1955, 2008, Digital C-print mounted on Dibond aluminum, 59 1/2 x 88 3/4 inches, 151.1 x 225.4 cm

GALLERYARTIST

“An artist huz invstigeśnz intu mstecn îdntti n unstebl memri, rīcnstruẋn, riinvnśn n ɖ loñ śadoz ɖ past casts intu ɖ preznt, mc hm wn v ɖ most intrestñ n importnt artists v âr tîm”

“Đr cn b multipl storiz in wn frem”

Peter Crawley IRISH TIMES 29 July 2015

“Unḍlayñ hiz intîr aproć z a cnviẋn ɖt a fôtgrafic imij z, lîc eni rpṛzenteśn, a construct”

Continue reading STAN DOUGLAS: MISE EN SCÈNE │ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin → 20 September 2015

AA BRONSON: HEXENMEISTER │ Maureen Paley, London → 31 May 2015

AA Bronson & Ryan Brewer: Red, 2011
AA Bronson & Ryan Brewer: Red, 2011

GALLERY WEBSITE • ARTIST’S WEBSITE
 Lewis Church EAST END REVIEW 14 May 2015
Francesco Dama HYPERALLERGIC 4 May 2015
CURA.

Continue reading AA BRONSON: HEXENMEISTER │ Maureen Paley, London → 31 May 2015

THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS │ Home, Manchester → 26 July 2015

Doug Coupland: Slogans for the 21st Century (2011-14)

GALLERY WEBSITE


 ARTISTS’ WEBSITES

Jeremy Bailey • Declan Clarke • Basim Magdy • Gemma Parker • Douglas Coupland • Ragnar Kjartansson • Flaka Haliti • Irina Gheorghe • Zina Saro-Wiwa • Wu-Tsang • Alexandro Segade


WHAT THEY SAY

Sarah Walters, Manchester Evening News, 20 May 2015
Aesthetica Magazine, 15 April 2015


ETC.

Continue reading THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS │ Home, Manchester → 26 July 2015

FROM THE FOREST TO THE SEA: EMILY CARR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA │ Dulwich Picture Gallery, London → 8 March 2015

Emili Car wl b a revlešn t vizitrz (Nansi Duṛnt, Ɖ Tîmz)

Ɖr’z an oṗṇs t hr pêntñz ɖt rmîndz m v Vinsnt van Goh (Pītr Dýg)

Ɖ frst YC xibišn dedicetd t Emili Car – wn v Caṇda’z most ḅluvd n istimd ātists, vrčli uņôn âtsd Caṇda. Ɖ xibišn wl três a dṛmatc tṛjctri fṛm dācṇs t lît. Vizitrz wl frst incântr Car’z brūdñ, ofn clwstṛfobic, foristsìnz n ɖ šo wl culminet in a dsple v Car’z lêtr yforic skîpêntñz, riɖmic lîtfild bīčsìnz n clircut landsceps.

Lncñ ɖz tu dsplez wl b an intiṃt lc at Car’z xpḷrešnz v ɖ aḅrijinl côstl cmyṇtiz, brññ tgɖr a cerfli ṣlctd samplñ v hr scečbcs, raitñz, smlr wōtrculrz n drōñz, az wel az rletd ācîvl ftogṛfi. In ɖs trnzišn fṛm dācṇs t lît, w wl dscuvr Car ɖ inqiẓtv dokmenterı̣n, incântrñ a culčr n a landscep ɖt čalinjd hr we v siyñ n undrstandñ ɖ wrld.

Ɖ xibišn z kretd bî Cnedı̣n Ātcritc n Jrṇlist Sẹra Milrý n Dulij Picčrgaḷri Saclr Drctr Iyn AC Džādĩ wɖ ɖ asistns v Jêmz Hāt, a Hîda hreditri čīf n mastrcāvr.

Fṛm ɖ Forist t ɖ Sì: Emili Car in Britiš C̣lumbia hz bn ōġnîzd bî Dulij Picčrgaḷri n ɖ Ātgaḷri v Onterio wɖ ɖ jenṛs c̣laḅrešn v ɖ Našnl Gaḷri v Caṇda, Vancūvr Ātgaḷri n ɖ Royl BC Myziym, BC Ācîvz.”

GAḶRI WEBSAIT

Continue reading FROM THE FOREST TO THE SEA: EMILY CARR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA │ Dulwich Picture Gallery, London → 8 March 2015

WALK ON: FROM RICHARD LONG TO JANET CARDIFF – 40 YEARS OF ART WALKING │ Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery (and three other venues) → 13 December 2014

Ɖs xibišn z biyñ brwt t Pliṃʈ ʈancs t a pātnršp btwn Pninsyla Āts, Pliṃʈ Ynivrsti, Pliṃʈ Ātșentr, Pliṃʈ Siti Myziym n Ātgari n Ɖ Gari at Pliṃʈ Colij v Āt.

Xibišn kretd bî Sinʈia Morisn-Bel n Mîc Cołr in c̣larešn wɖ Aster Robinsn n Janit Ros 

Wōc On: Fṛm Ričd Loñ t Janit Cādif – 40 Yirz v Ātwōcñ gvz an insît intu ɖ rīsnt ātpractis v nirli 40 ātists. Svṛl r inṭnašṇli aclemd, uɖrz r brît ny taḷnts.

Sm v ɖ fīčrd ātists hv crost cuntriz n continnts, līvñ trêsz v ɖer muvmnts upn ɖ land, or hv md epc jrniz alñ historic saits. Uɖrz hv xplord ɖ psbltiz v wōcñ n hâ ɖ we w wōc šoz ɖ wrld hu w r. Fr sm, ɖ wōc itslf z ɖ ātwrc.

Enʈñ els z simpli evidns or dokmntešn capčrd in ɖ fôṭgrafs, objcts or txts fṛm ɖer jrniz.

Rgādls v ɖ landscep or lcešn, jrñ ɖ last for decedz ɖz xplorrz hv md ɖer māc. Wōc On šoz ɖt fṛm landāt t cnspčl āt n fṛm strītftogṛfi t film, mč v ɖ impwtnt āt v âr tîm hz bn crietd ʈru an act v wōcñ.

Xibitñ Ātists

Mrīna Abraṃvič, Fransīs Alīs, Tim Brenn, Atŭl Bāla, Janit Cādif, Sôfi Cal, Rêčl Clūlo, Mîc Cołr, Sẹra Culn, Bradli Dêviz, Cris Druwri, Hêmiš Fltn, Alic Finle, Trêsi Hana, Dan Holdswrʈ, Jêmz Hyġnin, Tim Nôlz, Ričd Loñ, Meḷni Mančo, Pat Naldi n Wendi Crkup, Brūs Nwmn, Jūłn Ôpi, Ñgrid Polād, Sîmn Pôp, plan b, Tim Robinsn, Brindīs Snabynzdotir n Māc Wilsn, Jem Sâɖm, Brendn Stywt Brnz, Brayn Tómsn, Rêčl Rrpca, Ričd Wentwrʈ, Jeṛmi Wŭd, Rîts n Saits, wōcwōcwōc, Caʈrin Yas, Cẹri Yuñ.”

Jūłn Ôpi │ SUMR │ 2012
Fransīs Alīs │ GĀDZ │ 2005

GAḶRI WEBSAIT

Continue reading WALK ON: FROM RICHARD LONG TO JANET CARDIFF – 40 YEARS OF ART WALKING │ Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery (and three other venues) → 13 December 2014