Marina Vaizey ARTS DESK 14 April 2015
Laura Cumming OBSERVER 12 April 2015
Ben Luke LONDON EVENING STANDARD 10 April 2015
Gabriel Coxhead TIME OUT
Continue reading Y.Z. KAMI: PAINTINGS │ Gagosian Gallery, London → May 30, 2015
WHAT THEY SAY
Ben Luke, London Evening Standard, 23 April 2015
Laura Purseglove, Artlyst, 15 April 2015
Sarah Kent, Arts Desk, 12 April 2015
Culture Whisper
Martin Coomer, Time Out
ETC.
Continue reading JO BAER: TOWARDS THE LAND OF THE GIANTS │ Camden Arts Centre, London → 21 June 2015
(Posted 13 April 2015. The text is in an older version of Ñspel.)
“Xpirı̣ns ɖ briłns n dvrṣti v ênčnt Grīc āt in ɖs mêjr xibišn foc̣sñ on ɖ hymn bodi.
Fr senčriz ɖ ênčnt Grīcs xperimentd wɖ wez v reprizntñ ɖ hymn bodi, bʈ az an objct v byti n a berr v mīnñ.
Ɖ rmāc̣bl wrcs v āt in ɖ xibišn renj fṛm abstract simpliṣti v prīhistoric fiğrīnz t breʈtêkñ riylizm in ɖ êj v Alixandr ɖ Grt. Ɖz wrcs cntinyd t inspîr ātists fr hundṛdz v yirz, gvñ fwm t ʈt n šêpñ âr ôn pspšnz v ârslvz.
Ɖ čīf fwmz v byti r ōdr, siṃtri n clir dliniešn. (Aristotl)
In pwtreyñ îdiyl tîps v byti… y brñ tgɖr fṛm mni modlz ɖ most bytifl fīčrz v č (Socṛtīz)”
“…a jý fṛm stāt t finiš (Ɖ Teḷgraf)
…ɖ Sŭrā v Susx” Lwra Cumñ (Ɖ Obzrvr)
Fṛm ɖ stāt w si an ātist fîndñ jý in ɖ unxpctd (Nansi Duṛnt, Ɖ Tîmz)
Ɖ frst mêjr xibišn t srve wōtrculrz bî seḷbretd Britiš ātist Eric Rviłs (1903–42). Wel nôn fr hiz îconic wrc fr Wejwŭd, Rviłs z wîdli cnsidrd wn v ɖ ci figrz in mid-20ʈ senčri Britiš dzîn, bt h wz olso wn v ɖ fînist wōtrcuḷrists v ɖ senčri.
Hiz astonišñli pṛlific c̣rir spand pīs n wor. Wɖ ɖ âtbrec v Wrldwor II, Rviłs wz asînd t ɖ Royl Nêvi az wn v ɖ frst Ofišl Worātists, fîndñ ny wez t capčr n prizrv ɖ flītñ recwd v pasñ tîm.
Ovr 80 wōtrculrz wl b on dsple – includñ fems wrcs lîc Trênlandscep n Westbri Hws, az wel az rerli sīn wrcs fṛm prîvt c̣lẋnz pṛvîdñ an inspîrñ lc at hiz wrc btwn ɖ mid-1920z n hiz deʈ in 1942. Sd t b inspîrd bî ɖ filmz v Alfrid Hičcoc, Rviłs’z imijz rerli cnten figrz n yt hiz šadôi intirı̣rz n strenj pspctvz ofn criet a sens v hymn prezns.
Olɖo h dîd at ɖ êj v onli 39, Rviłs wz ljli rsponsbl fr ɖ rvîvl v Ñgliš wōtrculrpêntñ. H stātd ât undr ɖ tyṭlij v Pwl Naš at ɖ Royl Colij v Āt n, olɖo h wz hyjli vrṣtîl, it wz pêntñ ɖt Rviłs sw az hiz tru vcešn; it wz ɖs wrc ɖt h xibitd, n h cerd dīpli abt its rspšn bî felo ātists lîc Mur n Jon Pîpr.
Ɖ xibišn z kretd bî Jêmz Rusl, a līdñ spešlist on Eric Rviłs, huz bcs on ɖ ātist includ ɖ popylr siriz Rviłs in Picčrs (2009-12).”
Continue reading RAVILIOUS │ Dulwich Picture Gallery, London → 31 August 2015
“Jon Sñr Sājnt (1856-1925) wz ɖ grtst pwtritpêntr v hiz jeṇrešn. Aclemd on bʈ sîdz v ɖ Atlantc, h wz clôsli cnctd t mni v ɖ uɖr līdñ ātists, raitrz, actrz n myzišnz v ɖ tîm. Hiz pwtrits v ɖz frendz n cntmprriz, includñ Ōgūst Rodĩ, Clwd Mone n Robt Lui Stīvnsn, wr rerli cmišnd n alaud hm t criet mr intiṃt n xperimntl wrcs ɖn wz psbl in hiz fwml pwtričr.
Ɖs mêjr xibišn v ovr sevnti pwtrits spanz Sājnt’s tîm in Lundn, Paris, Bostn n Ny Ywc az wel az hiz travlz in ɖ Itałn n Ñgliš cuntrīsîd. Impwtnt lounz fṛm gaḷriz n prîvt c̣lẋnz in Yṛp n America mc ɖs an unmiṣbl oṗtyṇti t dscuvr ɖ ātist’s most dẹrñ, prsnl n dstnctv pwtrits.
PARIS, 1874-1885
Born in Floṛns in 1856 t an xpatrı̣t Americn cupl, Jon Sñr Sājnt spent hiz fwṃtv yirz turñ Yṛpiyn sitiz n rzwts. On dsîdñ t studi pêntñ in Paris, h inrold at ɖ École des Beaux Arts in 1874 ẇl simlteňsli dveḷpñ hiz briłnt gifts az a pêntr undr ɖ tīčñ v Carolūs-Dŭrã, a fašṇbl Frenč pwtritist.
Sājnt wz at īz in ɖ wrld v Paris stydioz n fwmd frendšps wɖ a wîd renj v Frenč ātists n felo xpatrı̣ts. Wn v hiz clôsist frendz wz Pwl Êlu, ɖ eḷgnt pêntr n ečr v ɖ bômõd. H sōt ât Clwd Mone, hu wd rmen a lîfloñ frend v bʈ men, n Ōgūst Rodĩ, a tîtn v ɖ Frenč ātwrld. Sājnt wz xpšnli wîdli réd, ispešli in ɖ Frenč clasics, bt olso in cntmprri litṛčr.
An ŕli pêtṛn, ɖ Frenč plêrît Edwād Pîerõ, cmišnd pwtrits v hmslf, hiz wîf n hiz čildṛn, fr ẇč Sājnt wz cmperd t Von Dêc. Ɖ ātist wz a giftd piynist n a pašṇt myzicoḷjist. Hiz moḍnist cridnšlz wr demnstretd bî hiz admirešn fr ɖ myzic v Ričd Vāgṇr, n olso bî hiz inʈyziastc rspons t Spaniš myzic n dans, ẇč inspîrd fḷmnco picčrz n pwtrits.
BRWDWE, 1885-1889
Sājnt’s mastrpìs, Cānešn, Lili, Lili, Rôz, wz pêntd ẇn h wz btwn lîf in Paris n Lundn (1885-6). Ɖ ātist’s dsižn t muv rezidns fṛm wn t ɖ uɖr cem at a tîm v crîsis, ẇn hiz c̣rir wz in jeṗdi aftr hiz pṛvoc̣tv pwtrit v Madam X (Madam Pier Gôtro) cōzd a scandl at ɖ Paris Ṣlon in 1884. H fând solis in ɖ Anglo-Americn coḷni v ātists n raitrz in ɖ Cotswold vilij v Brwdwe, ẇč includd ɖ Americn ātists Franc Milit n Edwin Ostin Abi, ɖ Ñgliš iḷstretr Fred Bānād, n ɖ raitrz Henri Jêmz n Edṃnd Gos. Hir h pêntd hiz fems gādnpicčr, a cnstructd sìn yzñ ɖ Bānād dwtrz az modlz, n pwtrits v uɖr membrz v ɖ cmyṇti, includñ Lili Milit n Alis Bānād.
In Bwnṃʈ, at ɖs sem pirı̣d, h capčrd ɖ wîri frem n nrvs eṇji v ɖ raitr Robt Lui Stīvnsn in tu intns caṛcṭrîzešnz. Sājnt wz xperimentñ wɖ an Impreṣ̌nist paḷt, pêntñ vivid scečz v felo ātists at wrc ât-v-dorz, includñ Clwd Mone n Pwl Êlu, n landscêps az avãgād az eni biyñ pṛdyst in Ñgḷnd at ɖ tîm.
BOSTN n NY YWC, 1888-1912
Sājnt nvr gev p hiz Americn sitiznšp. H wz at hom in Bostn n Ny Ywc, ẇr h hd mni frendz n pêtṛnz n a brjnñ repytešn. In ɖ fwmr siti h carid ʈru hiz tu grt myṛl scīmz v dec̣rešn, in ɖ Bostn Public Lîbrri n ɖ Myziym v Fîn Āts.
In 1890, Sājnt hd ɖ oṗtyṇti v pêntñ sm v ɖ grt Americn actrz v ɖ êj fr ɖ Pleyrz Club in Ny Ywc, includñ Edwin Buɖ n Loṛns Baṛt. A fy yirz lêtr h pêntd ɖ Šêxpirı̣n actṛs Êda Riyn, n dru Mẹri Anḍsn. 1890 wz ɖ yir in ẇč Sājnt pêntd ɖ flamboynt Spaniš dansr Cāmenʈita, hu intranst Ny Ywc ōdı̣nsz wɖ hr fḷmnco dansñ.
Myzic wz a bond wɖ Iẓbela Stywt Gādnr, wn v Bostn’z culčṛl līdrz, t hūm h gev ɖ pwtrit v ɖ cmpozr Čālz Mātin Lrfḷr az a brʈdêgift.
LUNDN, 1889-1913
Sājnt wz imrst in ɖ vîbṛnt culčṛl lîf v Lundn, n a frend t mni ātists, raitrz n myzišnz. In ɖ 1890z, h wz imrjñ az ɖ līdñ Anglo-Americn pwtritpêntr v hiz jeṇrešn, n mcñ hiz māc az a myṛlist wɖ hiz cmišn, Ɖ Trîumf v Rlijn, fr ɖ Bostn Public Librri.
In 1894 Sājnt pêntd ɖ êjñ Ñgliš powt Covntri Patmor n, bî contrast, ɖ raitr n iḷstretr W. Greym Robtsn, ɖ ipiṭmi v yʈ n isʈetc rfînmnt. Ɖ noṿlist Jwj Meṛdiʈ n ɖ powt Wiłm Butḷr Yêts bʈ sat t Sājnt fr čācoldrōñz, n in 1913 ɖ ātist’s intiṃt frend Henri Jêmz, fr a pêntñ t seḷbret hiz 70ʈ brʈde.
Sājnt wz xtrimli influenšl on ɖ Lundn myzicl sìn, pṛmotñ ɖ c̣rirz v mni myzišnz, amñ ɖm ɖ Frenč cmpozr Gabriel Fore. Ɖ Lundn ʈiytr z reprizntd bî ɖ ṣprb pwtrit v Eḷn Teri az Lêdi Mcbeʈ, a ʈiatricl n ātistc turd’fws; bî ɖ enigmatc Itałn actṛs Elionora Dūse, in a strenj n mstirı̣s imij, n bî ɖ plêrît n actrmaṇjr Hāli Granvil-Bācr, hu revluṣ̌nîzd ʈiatricl pṛduẋnz.
YṚP, 1899-1914
In ɖ pirı̣d aftr 1900, Sājnt agn trnd t landscêp az a rlif fṛm pwtritcmišnz, travlñ č sumr n ōtm t ɖ Alps, Venis n suɖn Yṛp. H wz inverı̣bli acumṗnid bî frendz, hu, f nt olwz in ɖ top flît v ātists, wr sbstanšl n taḷntd ppl. H md a pýnt v pêntñ ɖm az ɖe scečt, pirñ az it wr ovr ɖer šoldrz t si ẇt ɖe r dwñ.
Ɖz picčrz mt b cnstrud az a fwm v slfpwtričr, ɖ ātist myzñ on hiz ôn rôl in rcwdñ ɖ načṛl wrld ẇl wočñ uɖrz at wrc. W r preznt az āt z biyñ md, bt âr intrpṛtr z Sājnt n it z sīn ʈru hiz îz. Amñ ɖ mastrpìsz in ɖs žãra r An Ātist in hiz Stydio, dpictñ ɖ Itałn pêntr Ambrojo Raf̦ele; Ɖ Fânṭn, a picčr v Jên d’Glên scečñ wočt bî hr huzbnd Wilfrid, n Villa Torre Galli: Ɖ Lôja, ẇr Sr Wiłm Blêc Ričmnd n Wilfrid d’Glên cnfrunt wn anɖr fṛm oṗzit cwnrz v ɖ spês.”
“Mālen Dūmā z wn v ɖ most prominnt pêntrz wrcñ tde. Hr intns, sîc̣lojicli čājd wrcs xplor ʈīmz v seẋuaḷti, luv, deʈ n šem, ofn refṛnsñ arthistri, popylr culčr n cuṛnt aferz.
Secndhand imijz, š hz sd, cn jeṇret frsthand imošnz. Dūmā nvr pênts drctli fṛm lîf, yt lîf in ol its cmplx̣ti z rît ɖr on ɖ canvs. Hr subjcts r drwn fṛm bʈ public n prsnl refṛnsz n includ hr dwtr n hrslf, az wel az recgnîẓbl fêsz sč az Êmi Wînhâs, Neymi Cambl, Prinses Dîana, īvn Osama bin Lādn. Ɖ rzults r ofn intiṃt n at tîmz contṛvršl, ẇr poḷtcs bcm irotc n pwtrits bcm ṗlitcl. Š plez wɖ ɖ imajinešn v hr vywrz, ɖer prīcnspšnz n firz.
Born in 1953 in Cêptân, Sâʈ Africa, Dūmā muvd t ɖ Neɖrḷndz in 1976, ẇr š cem t prominns in ɖ mid-1980z. Ɖs lj-scêl srve z ɖ most significnt xibišn v hr wrc evr t b held in Yṛp, čātñ hr c̣rir fṛm ŕli wrcs, ʈru seminl pêntñz t ny wrcs on pêpr.
Ɖ tîtl v ɖ xibišn z têcn fṛm Ɖ Imij az Brdn 1993, a sml pêntñ dpictñ wn figr cariyñ anɖr. Az wɖ mni v Dūmā’z wrcs, hr čýs v tîtl dīpli afcts âr intrpṛtešn v ɖ wrc. It hints at ɖ sens v rsponṣbiḷti fêst bî ɖ artist in čuzñ t criet an imij ɖt cn trnzlet îdiyz abt pêntñ n ɖ pzišn v ɖ artist. Fr Dūmā it z impwtnt t gv mr atnšn t ẇt ɖ pêntñ dz t ɖ imij, nt onli t ẇt ɖ imij dz t ɖ pêntñ.
In an êj dominetd bî ɖ dijitl imij n masmīdia, Dūmā čerišz ɖ fizicaḷti v ɖ hymn tuč, wɖ wrc ɖt z a tesṭmnt t ɖ mīnñ n pôtnsi v pêntñ.”
Continue reading MARLENE DUMAS: THE IMAGE AS BURDEN │ Tate Modern, London → 10 May 2015
“Ovr ɖ ōtumnl munʈs, Camdn Ātșentr priznts Glen Lîgon: Cwl n Rspons, ɖ frst xibišn in a YC public gaḷri fr ɖ seḷbretd Americn ātist.
Wn v America’z most dstnĝšt cntmprri ātists, Lîgon (b.1960) hz bn dīpli ingejd wɖ ɖ riten wrd ʈrt hiz c̣rir. Drōñ atnšn t ɖ probḷmz v lanĝj n repṛzentešn, h adresz presñ n čaḷnjñ topics v rês, lanĝj n seẋuaḷti. Hiz wrcs rīcnsidr n rīpriznt Americn histri, ispešli naṛtvz v slevri n sivl rîts, wɖn a cntmprri contxt. Bst nôn fr hiz stenṣld txtbêst pêntñz, h wīvz tgɖr wîdrenjñ inflụnsz fṛm litṛčr, vižl āts n popylr culčr. Ovr ɖ past 10 yirz, Lîgon hz olso bn dedicetd t inteṛgetñ ɖz ʈīmz ʈru hiz pṛlific n astyt raitñ n inṭvyz.
Fr hiz xibišn at Camdn Ātșentr, Lîgon priznts a ny siriz v lj pêntñz bêst on ɖ 1966 seminl têpt-spīč wrc, Cm Ât, bî Miniṃlist cmpozr Stīv Rîš. Cm Ât z drwn fṛm ɖ testiṃni v six blac yɖz arstd fr cmitñ a mrdr jrñ ɖ Hāḷm Rêsrayt v 1964. Nôn az ɖ Hāḷm Six, ɖ cês galṿnîzd sivlrîts activists fr a jeṇrešn, brññ t atnšn ṗlīsbrūtaḷti agnst blac sitiznz. Ecowñ Rîš’z ovrlapñ reṗtišn v wrdz n frezz, Lîgon’z silcscrīn pêntñz ovrle ɖ wrdz t criet slôli šiftñ n riɖmic ifects.
Lîgon z crietñ a ny nionwrc, ẇč drwz on ɖ wrdz v Daňl Ham, wn v ɖ Hāḷm Six, dscrîbñ ɖ ṗlīsbītñz. Nionletrz, sspndd fr vizitrz t wōc amñst, blnc on n of in a sîcl rflctñ Rîš’z wrc. Lîgon’z nionwrcs cntiny hiz intrest in pšñ txt n spīč t ɖ pýnt v abstraẋn. Az wɖ hiz pêntñz, ɖe incurij ɖ vywr t oṣlet btwn rīdñ n lcñ.
A ny multīscrīn vidio wrc yzz fŭtij v cmīdịn Ričd Prayr’z 1982 stand-p pfwmns, Lîv on Sunset Strip. Lîgon hz riōġnîzd n rīfilmd ɖ rcwdd mtirı̣l t emf̣sîz Prayr’z imfatc bodīlanĝj, muvmnt n xprešnz, rmuvñ ātikletd wrdz t fôc̣s on bodīlanĝj n ɖ pfwṃtv dlivri v spīč.”
Continue reading GLENN LIGON: CALL AND RESPONSE │ Camden Arts Centre, London → 11 January 2015
“Fṛm ɖ secndz aftr a bom z deṭnetd t a fwmr sìn v batl yirz aftr a wor hz endd, ɖs muvñ xibišn fôc̣sz on ɖ pasñ v tîm, trêsñ a dvrs n pýňnt jrni ʈru ovr 150 yirz v conflict arnd ɖ wrld, sns ɖ invnšn v ftogṛfi.
In an iṇṿtv mūv, ɖ wrcs r ōdrd acwdñ t hâ loñ aftr ɖ ivnt ɖe wr crietd fṛm mmnts, dez n wīcs t decedz lêtr. Fôṭgrafs têcn sevn munʈs aftr ɖ fîrbomñ v Drezdn r šôn alñsd ɖoz têcn sevn munʈs aftr ɖ end v ɖ Frst Gulfwor. Imijz md in Vietnam 25 yirz aftr ɖ fwl v Sîgon r šôn alñsd ɖoz md in Naġsaci 25 yirz aftr ɖ atomic bom. Ɖ rzult z ɖ čans t mc nvr-bfr-md cnẋnz ẇl vywñ ɖ leġsi v wor az ātists n ftogṛfrz hv capčrd it in retṛspect.
Ɖ imījt trwma v wor cn b sīn in ɖ îz v Don MCuḷn’z Šelšoct YS Mrīn 1968, ẇl ɖ dstruẋn v bildñz n landsceps r dokmentd bî Sîmn Nwf̣c’s Afganistan: Cronotopia 2001.
Dfṛnt conflicts wl olso rı̣pir fṛm multipl pýnts in tîm ʈrt ɖ xibišn. Ɖ Secnd Wrldwor fr xampl z adrest in Yerži Levčinsci’z 1960 fôṭgrafs v ɖ Wlf’s Ler / Adolf Hitlr’z Wor Hedqwtrz, Šôme Tmatsu’z imijz v objcts fând in Naġsaci, Cicŭji Cawada’z epic projct Ɖ Map md in Hirošima in ɖ 1960z, Mîcl Šmit’s Brlin strītsceps fṛm 1980 n Nic Woplñtn’z 1993 clôsups v sélwōlz fṛm a Priznr v Wor camp in Wêlz.
Ɖ xibišn z stêjd t côinsîd wɖ ɖ 2014 sentīnri n cncludz wɖ ny n rīsnt projcts bî Britiš, Jrṃn, Pôliš n Sirı̣n ftogṛfrz ẇč rflect on ɖ Frst Wrldwor a senčri aftr it bgan.”
Continue reading CONFLICT, TIME, PHOTOGRAPHY │ Tate Modern, London → 15 March 2015
“Jvani Bațista Moroni wz wn v ɖ grtst pwtritists v 16ʈ senčri Iṭli. Femd fr hiz gift fr capčrñ ɖ xct lîcṇs v hiz sitrz, h crietd pwtrits ɖt r az peṇtretñ n pârfl nâ az ɖe wr mr ɖn 400 yirz ago. Y wl b trnsfixt bî ɖer sîc̣lojicl depʈ n imījsi.
Ɖs z ɖ frst comprihnsv xibišn v ɖ ātist’s wrc in ɖ YC. W hv ṣlctd nt onli hiz rmāc̣bl pwtrits bt olso hiz lsr-nôn rlijs wrcs, ẇč wl b šôn sîd bî sîd. Amñ ɖm wl b nvr-bfr xibitd ōltrpìsz fṛm ɖ črčz v Berġmo n pêntñz md fr prîvt dvošn ɖt rflct ɖ ny rlijs îdiylz v hiz tîm.
Moroni’z pwtrits dpict ɖ ppl v ɖ wrld n tîm in ẇč h livd, fṛm elignt men n wimin v hî ssayti šôn in glitrñ dres t membrz v ɖ midl clas ingejd in ɖer trêd. Wn sč wrc z Ɖ Têlr, az hîli prezd in its tîm az it z nâ (reṿlušnri – Joṇʈn Jônz, Ɖ Gādịn). Ẇt ol v hiz wrcs šer z a stātlñ načṛlizm n vîtaḷti, rerli mačt bî uɖr ātists v ɖ pirı̣d n antisipetñ ɖ riylistc stîl v Caṛvajio n, lêtr, Mane.
Incumṗsñ hiz intîr c̣rir, ɖs xibišn z a loñ ovrdy seḷbrešn v an ātist ahd v hiz tîm n rîp fr rīdiscuvri.”
Continue reading GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI │ Royal Academy of Arts, London → 25 January 2015
(Posted 15 October 2014. The text is in an older version of Ñspel.)
“Rembrant’s lêtr yirz wr trbylnt n māct wɖ cntrovsi, bt ɖe olso pṛdyst sm v hiz most soulfl, dīpli mūvñ n strîcñli modn wrcs.
Hvñ olrdi sufrd ɖ ŕli los v hiz wîf n ʈri v ɖer čildṛn, Rembrant’s lêtr yirz wr brdnd wɖ bancrupsi, acrimoňs līgl pṛsidñz wɖ a fwmr luvr, n ɖ los v hiz comnlw wîf n onli rmenñ son. Hvr, far fṛm diminišñ az h êjd, Rembrant’s crı̣tiṿti gaɖrd ny eṇji.
Fṛm ɖ 1650z untl hiz deʈ in 1669, Rembrant psyd an ātistc stîl ɖt wz xpresv n radicl. Hiz bold mnipylešn v printñ n pêntñ tecnīcs n pṛgresv intrpṛtešnz v tṛdišnl subjcts inspîrd jeṇrešnz v ātists, ŕnñ hm a repytešn az ɖ grtst mastr v ɖ Duč Goldn Êj.
Ʈru fems mastrpìsz n rer drōñz n prints, Ɖ Lêt Wrcs xaminz ɖ ʈīmz ɖt priokpîd Rembrant az h gru oldr: selfscrūṭni, xperimentešn, lît, obẓvešn v evrīde lîf n īvn uʈr ātists’ wrcs; az wel az xprešnz v intiṃsi, contmplešn, conflict n recnsiliešn.
Īvn ʈri-n-a-hāf senčriz aftr hiz deʈ, Rembrant cntinyz t astoniš n amez. Hiz tecnicl invnšnz, n hiz pṛfând insît intu hymn imošnz, r az freš n reḷvnt tde az ɖe wr in ɖ 17ʈ senčri.
Rembrant: Ɖ Lêt Wrcs, ōġnîzd bî ɖ Našnl Gaḷri, Lundn, n ɖ Rîcsṃseum, Amsṭdam, ofrz y an oṗtyṇti t xpirı̣ns ɖ pašn, imošn n iṇvešn v ɖ grt mastr.”
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“Mc evri šo lîc it’s yr last, z a mêjr xibišn v wrc bî rnând Britiš cnspčl ātist, Rayn Gandr. Đs šo z pāt v an inṭnašnl turprôgram, bt wl têc on a spešl ny fwm ẇn it z stêjd in Mančestr, prizntñ ny wrc n wrc prīvı̣sli unsin in ɖ YC.
Gandr studid in Mančestr fr hiz undrgrajt dgri n wl b iḷstretñ hiz clôs cnẋn t ɖ siti ʈru ny wrc crietd xclusvli fr s. Đ xibišn wl xplor tu rīsnt ʈīmz in Gandr’z wrc; Imajinirñ n Culčrfīld. Brññ tgɖr verı̣s mīdia t hîlît ɖ ātist’s plêfl wit, ɖ ātwrcs in ɖs xibišn wl xplor ɖ rlešnšps btwn ōʈr, wrc n vywr ẇr ɖ rūlz r constntli rīdifînd.”
“Cazimir Małevič, an ātist az influenšl az h wz radicl, cast a loñ šado ovr ɖ histri v modn āt. Ɖs, hiz frst retṛspctv in ʈrti yirz n ɖ frst evr in ɖ YC, ynîts wrcs fṛm c̣lẋnz in Ruša, ɖ YS n Yṛp t tel a fasinetñ stwri v revlušnri îdiylz n ɖ pâr v āt itslf.
Małevič (1879–1935) livd n wrct ʈru wn v ɖ most trbyḷnt pirı̣dz in twentiiʈ-senčri histri. Hvñ cm v êj in Zarist Ruša, Małevič witṇst ɖ Frst Wrldwor n ɖ Octobr Revlušn frst-hand.
Hiz ŕli xperimnts az a pêntr led hm twdz ɖ invnšn v sūpreṃtizm, a bold vižl lanĝj v abstract jı̣mtric šêps n stāc culrz, ipiṭmîzd bî ɖ Blac Sqr. Wn v ɖ dfînñ wrcs v Moḍnizm, ɖ pêntñ wz rvild t ɖ wrld aftr munʈs v sīcṛsi n wz hidn agn fr olmst hāf a senčri aftr its crietr’z deʈ. It sits on a par wɖ Dūšã’z redi-md az a gemčenjñ mmnt in twentiiʈ-senčri āt n cntinyz t inspîr n cnfând vywrz t ɖs de.
Stātñ fṛm hiz ŕli pêntñz v Rušn landsceps, agriculčṛl wrcrz n rlijs sìnz, ɖ xibišn foloz Małevič’z jrni twdz abstract pêntñ n hiz sūpreṃtist mastrpìsz, hiz temprri abandnmnt v pêntñ in fevr v tīčñ n raitñ, n hiz mučdbetd rtrn t fiğṛtv pêntñ in lêtr lîf.
Brññ tgɖr pêntñz, sculpčrz, ʈiytr n an unpreṣdentd c̣lẋn v drōñz it ofrz a cmplit vy v hiz c̣rir, seḷbretñ sm v ɖ most pṛgresv āt evr md.”
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