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CATHY WILKES │ Tate Liverpool → 31 May 2015
Alastair Sooke TELEGRAPH 14 April 2015
(plus Leonora Carrington exhibition:)
Continue reading CATHY WILKES │ Tate Liverpool → 31 May 2015
NICOLAS PARTY: BOYS AND PASTEL │ Inverleith House, Edinburgh → 21 June 2015
“Invli Hâs z dlîtd t priznt Nicḷs Pāti, Býz n Pastl, ɖ frst mêjr sôlo xbišn in a YC public gaḷri bî ɖ Swis ātist (b.1980, Lôzan. Livz n wrcs in Bruslz, Beljm).
Fr Býz n Pastl, Nicḷs Pāti hz trnsfwmd ɖ fwml Jwjn intirı̣r v Invli Hâs intu a cntmprri gesamtkunstwerk wɖ ɖ most xpansv insṭlešn v hiz decṛtv wōlpêntñz n čācoldrōñz t dêt. Spanñ evri inč v ɖ sevn gaḷrīspêsz, ɖz patnd myṛlz act az a fremñdvîs n wundṛs stêjset fr a ny siriz v pastlcomṗzišnz. Runñ cncuṛntli in ɖ lowr grândflor gaḷri z a prôgram v Pāti’z rerli sīn šwt filmz, ẇč pṛvîd frɖr insît intu ɖ ātist’s ynīc isʈetc lanĝj.
Ʈru Pāti’z gṛgerı̣s, dstñtv n stîlistcli dxtṛs pêntñz n drōñz, ɖ tôtl invîrnmnt crietd bî Býz n Pastl drctli rspondz t ɖ intirı̣r ācitcčr n mirrz ɖ srândñ btanicl contxt v Invli Hâs, ušrñ in eḷmnts v ɖ Gādn t animet ɖ stilṇs v ɖ gaḷrīspês. Č rūm têcs on its ôn ʈimatc discws, lîc čaptrz in an absrdist naṛtv hol. In rūm wn, ʈic swêɖz v solid, flat culr priznt prîml, roci landsceps, sjstñ arid, scwčt ŕʈ; ẇlst in ɖ folowñ gaḷri trītruncs, bilowñ îscrīm dwbz n clašñ šêdz adwn ɖ wōlz. In uɖr rūmz, dsmmbrd fngrz swîp culr acrs ɖ wōlz az f inṭractñ wɖ oṿsîzd tučscrīnz; n elsẇr, dens čarcol forists n vîbṛnt līvz v culr ivoc bycolic sìnz. Ɖz invîrnmnts r intgretd wɖ anʈṛṗmwfic frūts n triz, fantastcl tânsceps, n wn v Pāti’z sigṇčrṃtīfs – ɖ cofīpot. Ɖe r olso popyletd bî a cast v strenj n wočfl caṛctrz ɖt cnfrunt ɖ vywr wɖ a dsāmñ fixt gêz – ɖ býz n pastl.
Ẇɖr fl, imrsv tabloz or idiosincratc rpitñ dzînz, Pāti’z stîlistc vrṣtiḷti xpresz a complx n on-gwñ invstigešn intu culr, jesčr n mīdia. Ɖz arstñ invîrnmnts hold a vižl imījsi ɖt cnt help bt ilisit a visṛl rspons.
Hvr enjetc n untrubld bî ɖ añzaytiz v pêntñ ɖz tabloz me frst apir, ɖe nnɖls ḅlî Pāti’z cntinys meṭinvstigešn intu ɖ vri nêčr v pêntñ itslf; its cnvnšnz, tṛdišnz, veild hîrāciz, prejdisz n intirı̣r clasificešnsistmz. Pāti’z wrc cn b réd az a rič c̣lāž v refṛnts n signifîrz cerfli aproprietd fṛm ɖ histri v āt, dzîn n craft. Borowñ fṛm cnonicl āthistoricl subjcts sč az pwtričr, stiļîf n landscep, Pāti ṣlcts n riimajinz fmiłr, īvn hacnid mtīfs – frūṭrenjmnts, pastṛl sìnz, ɖ cofīpot – ryzñ ɖm in hiz wrc in a ṗrodic n irevṛnt we.
It z ʈru ɖ apropriešn v srtn ʈīmz n jesčrz ɖt brwd inflụnsz cn b îdentifîd, wɖ landsceps ḍrîvñ fṛm Dêvid Hocni, culrpaḷts borod fṛm ɖ Fôvz – or phps Pier Bonar – n pêntd c̣lāž refṛnsñ Mtīs’z cutâts. Pāti’z wrc z ɖrfr at wns homij, qtešn n rı̣propriešn, demnstretñ a dīp rspct fr, bt olso a critcl atityd t ɖ histri v āt.
Ɖs prôses v apropriešn olso pýnts t cntmprri añzaytiz rgādñ oʈntiṣti, imijrīpṛduẋn n a culčr mīdietd ʈru ɖ cmpytrscrīn. Ɖs z md xplisit in ɖ rcŕñ mācs in Pāti’z wrc, ẇč ôvrtli emylet ɖ dijitl brušstrôcs v crietv cmpytrprôgramz sč az Fôtošop n MS Pênt. In dlibṛtli crietñ anğlr šêps n ātifišl-lcñ lînz, Pāti pýnts twdz ɖ prezns v cmpyṭrêjnsi in oʈrñ ɖ wrc. Ɖs sutl cnvnšn šifts ɖ fôc̣s fṛm ɖ act v pêntñ itslf t ɖ tūlz v cntmprri ātistc pṛduẋn, trnsfwmñ ɖ wōl intu a substityt fr ɖ depʈls srfis v ɖ cmpytrscrīn – a coment on ɖ wrc v āt in ɖ dijitl êj.
Býz n Pastl xists wɖn a liminl spês smẇr btwn āthistri n ɖ dijitl scrīn. Wɖ ɖs xbišn, Pāti hz capčrd ɖ cntmprri zîtgîst, bt olso delvz mč dīpr ɖn ɖt, sjstñ a fyčr fr pêntñ ɖt cnflets ɖ fizicl n iṃtirı̣l wrld.
Nicḷs Pāti (b. 1980, Lôzan, Switṣḷnd) livz n wrcs in Bruslz, Beljm. Pāti studid at ɖ Lôzan Scūl v Āt (2001-2004) n at ɖ Glazgo Scūl v Āt (2007-2009).
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Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Photo: Michael Wolchover
Continue reading NICOLAS PARTY: BOYS AND PASTEL │ Inverleith House, Edinburgh → 21 June 2015
TONY SWAIN: UNDETAILED PROGRESS │ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead → 12 July 2015
“At a tîm ẇn w hv bcm dsnṣtîzd t an imij-sačretd wrld, Tôni Swên (born Nwɖn Îrḷnd, 1967) yzz fmiłr sẋnz v nyzpêpr ɖt r pìst tgɖr az a ṣpwt fr pêntñz v fragmntd landsceps n abstract patnz. Yzñ acrilic pênts, h fixz ɖz wrcs on pêpr drctli t ɖ gaḷrīwōlz, emfsîzñ ɖ evrde n temprri fīl v nyzprint. Ẇl ocežnl dītelz v ɖ nyzprint n imijz svîv, most r trnsfwmd bî ɖer inclužn wɖn Swên’z pêntd wrld.
Fr hiz xibišn at BWLTC, Swên priznts a siriz v ny n rīsnt pìst pêntñz ɖt cntiny hiz xpḷrešnz v ɖ repṛzentešn v landscep.”
Untitled 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 46.5 x 30 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
Untitled 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 46.5 x 30 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
The named because 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 47 x 31.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
Untitled 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 41.7 x 47.1 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
KARLA BLACK │ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin → 26 July 2015
“Cāla Blac z rgādd az wn v ɖ pạniyrñ cntmprri ātists v hr jeṇrešn. A Trnr Prîz nominī in 2011, š practisz a cnd v liricl ōtoṇms sculpčr, inflụnst bî sîcownaḷsis, feminizm n its impact on vižl āt. Blac’s wrc drwz fṛm a mulṭplisti v ātistc tṛdišnz, fṛm xprešnist pêntñ, landāt n pfwmns, t fwṃlizm. Blac qesčnz ɖ rigrz v sculpčṛl fwm, n hr lj-scêl sculpčrz incwṗret modist evrde substnsz, alñ wɖ vri tṛdišnl āt-mcñ mtirı̣lz, t criet abstract fwmešnz.
Ɖ sait-sṗsific xibišn at IMMA wl priznt Cāla Blac’s xtrōdnri crietv âtpt, rvilñ ɖ ātist’s constnt čaḷnjz t privelñ consepts v sculpčr. Hr intrest in prôses hz led hr t xpand ɖ psbltiz v ẇčvr mtirı̣l š implýz; fṛm plastr, poḷʈīn, čwcdust n pâdr t îšado, nêlvāniš, fêc tan or tuʈpêst. Blac čuzz hr mīdia fr ɖer tactîl isʈetc apīl: ɖ fmiliaṛti v ɖ txčr v seḷfen or ɖ sént v czmetcs brijz ɖ xpirı̣ns v tanjbl matr wɖ ɖ intiṃsi v memri v ɖ sbconšs. Blac’s wrcñ prôses z intnsli fizicl n ɖs eṇji z cnved ʈru wrcs ɖt emfsîz hr fri, xperimntl wrcñ meʈd, cmbînd wɖ ɖ editñ, mytñ n rėnñ in v cerfl isʈetc jujmnt. Č eḷmnt in hr asmbḷjz inṭcncts fizicl, sîc̣lojicl, n ʈı̣reticl stimylî ẇč r bʈ slfref̣rnšl n rlet t āt az a wîdr-wrld xpirı̣ns.
Xperimentñ wɖ wez t flôt mtirı̣l, fwm n culr at îlevl rmenz a constnt priokpešn in Blac’s wrc, n ɖs priokpešn rmenz az a ʈred in ɖ xibišn at IMMA, ẇč wl priznt Blac’s xtrōdnri crietv âtpt ʈru a siriz v ny wrcs têlrd fr ɖ spêsz at IMMA.
Cāla Blac hz stêtd in rlešn t hr xibišn at IMMA I am priokpîd wɖ trayñ t fînd wez t flôt mtirı̣l, fwm n culr at îlevl. Ovr ɖ yirz, I hv dscuvrd mc-šift sculpčṛl ṣlušnz ɖt alâ ɖs t hapn, ẇl actvli avýdñ ɖ obvı̣s tṛdišnl trôps – pêntñ a canvs n putñ it on a wōl, plêsñ an objct on a plinʈ or šelf ets. Ɖs priokpešn rmenz az I dveḷp xperimentešn fr ɖ IMMA šo.
Blac hz sd prīvı̣sli v hr wrc: Ẇl ɖr r îdiyz abt sîc̣lojicl n imošnl dveḷpmntl prôsesz held wɖn ɖ sculpčrz I mc, ɖ ʈñz ɖmslvz r acčl fizicl xpḷrešns intu ʈncñ, fīlñ, cmynicetñ n rletñ.
Abt ɖ Ātist
Cāla Blac (b. 1972 Alixandria, Scotḷnd) livz n wrcs in Glazgo. Š atndd Ɖ Glazgo Scūl v Āt (1995–2000 n 2002–04), cmplitñ BA (Hons), MPhil (Āt in Ōgnîzešnl Contxts), n MFA dgriz. In 2011, Blac reprizntd Scotḷnd at ɖ 54ʈ Venis Bienāle (Cāla Blac. Scotḷnd n Venis) n wz nominetd fr ɖ Trnr Prîz. Cāla Blac hz rīsntli md sôlo xibišnz at instityšnz includñ Kestnergesellschaft, Haṇvr, Jrṃni (2014); Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Fiḷdelfia, FA, YSA, n Gemeentemuseum, Ɖ Hêg, Neɖrḷndz (bʈ 2013); Daḷs Myziym v Āt, Daḷs, TX, YSA; Schinkel Pavillon, Brlin, Jrṃni, n Gaḷri v Modn Āt, Glazgo (ol 2012); Kunsthalle Nurnbrg, Nyṛmbrg, Jrṃni (2010); Modn Āt Oxfd, Oxfd; Kunstverein Hambrg, Hambrg, Jrṃni n Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zŭrih, Switsḷnd (2009), amñ uɖrz. Hr wrcs r held wɖn mni prestijs c̣lẋns wrldwîd, includñ ɖ Scotiš Našnl Gaḷri v Modn Āt, Edinbra; Ɖ Hamr Myziym, LA; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zŭrih; n Têt Gaḷri, Lundn.
Ātiststêtmnt
Ɖ sculpčrz I mc r îɖr olmst objcts or onli jst objcts. I scrt in btwn mīdı̣mz, n ɖ wrcs r ofn nirli pêntñz, nirli insṭlešnz, nirli pfwmnsāt bt olwz, in ɖ end, vri defiṇtli sculpčrz.
Sculpčr z most xîtñ t m ẇn it stez clôs t ɖ fizicl truʈ ɖt ɖ objct z a faḷsi. I lîc t ʈnc abt hâ evrʈñ in ɖ fizicl wrld z îɖr flayñ tgɖr or flayñ apāt, az in mas bcmz eṇji bcmz mas bcmz eṇji agn. Fṛm âr limitd, hymn psepšn v tîm w cn’t acčli si ɖt hapnñ bt ɖt dz’nt čenj ɖ fact ɖt it z hapnñ. I lîc t rtād ɖ ptnšl v ɖ mtirı̣l wɖn ɖ sculpčr, so ɖt it rtenz its eṇji n its cpasti fr trnsfmešn.
I prîoṛtîz mtirı̣l xpirı̣ns ovr lanĝj az a we t lrn abt n undrstand ɖ wrld. T m, fr ol its obvı̣s acumplišmnts, lanĝj z an inadiqt n primitv tool.
Cāla Blac, 2015”
Continue reading KARLA BLACK │ Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin → 26 July 2015
LUCY SKAER │ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow → 25 January 2015
“Ɖs xibišn fīčrz a grūp v piṿtl wrcs bî Trnr Prîz nomini Lūsi Scer. Scer implýz a vrayti v mīdia, includñ drōñ, sculpčr, film n insṭlešn. Š criets wrc ɖt z bʈ vižli cmpelñ n ilusv; cntinysli qesčnñ ɖ rlešnšp btwn repṛzentešn n riaḷti.
Lūsi Scer includz ɖ insṭlešn v for ci pìsz, a drōñ, a 16mm film, n tu wŭdn sculpčrz – inspîrd bî ɖ sriylist ātist Lı̣nora Carñtn, hūm Scer vizitd in 2006, wntñ t btr undrstand ɖ dạlectcs v hr ôn practis. Ɖz wr frst šôn undr ɖ tîtl Lı̣nora in Bāzl, 2006, n subṣqntli at ɖ Venis Bienāle in 2007. Lîc mč v Scer’z practis, ɖz wrcs dscrîb nt ɖ riaḷti v ɖ incântr, bt rɖr its ifct on ɖ ātist’s inṭlect n imošnz.
Ɖ prôgram acumṗniyñ ɖ xibišn includz scrīnñz v svṛl 16mm filmz ẇč Scer md in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Bec’s Fyčrz Prîzwinr Roẓlind Našibi.
Lūsi Scer z pāt v JEṆREŠN – a landmāc siriz v xibišnz trêsñ ɖ rmāc̣bl dveḷpmnt v cntmprri āt in Scotḷnd ovr ɖ last 25 yirz. It brñz an ambišs n xtnsv prôgram v wrcs v āt bî ovr 100 ātists t ovr 60 gaḷriz, xibišnspêsz n venyz ɖ leñʈ n bredʈ v ɖ nêšn btwn Māč – Nvmbr 2014, wɖ ɖ mjoṛti v xibišnz têcñ plês ovr ɖ sumr v 2014, az pāt v ɖ Glazgo 2014 Culčṛl Prôgram.”
Continue reading LUCY SKAER │ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow → 25 January 2015
GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland │ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh → 25 January 2015
DRTI BRNÑ, Victwria Mwtn
QODLIBET XXXV, Lūsi McCenzi
UNTÎTLD, Joṇʈn Own
RIYĻÎF ROCI MÂNTIN, Ros Sincler
“Ɖ hol v Modn Wn z gvn ovr t JEṆREŠN. An xtnsv renj v wrc bî ātists sč az Čālz Êvri, Cêt Dêvis, Joṇʈn Munc, Lūsi MCenzi, Victoria Mwtn, Joṇʈn Own, Jūli Roḅts n Alisn Wot demnstrets ɖ cntinywñ vîtalti v pêntñ n drōñ in Scotḷnd n šoz hâ ātists frīqntli yz dfṛnt mīdia in ɖer practis. Az wel az rūmsîzd insṭlešnz bî Ros Sincler (Riyļîf Roci Mântin), Greym Fêgn (Pīċjobi), Twstn Lâšmn (At ɖ Hāt v Evrʈñ A Ro v Houlz) n Sîmn Stālñ (Brntîm), a nmbr v nyli cmišnd insṭlešnz hv bn crietd ispešli fr ɖ xibišn bî Cler Bācli, Tôbi Paṭsn, Cira Filips n Alix Dwdý, ol md in rspons t ɖ ācitecčr v ɖ rūmz in ẇč ɖe r šôn.
Ɖ ys v muvñ imij hz bn a significnt aspect v ɖ vižl āts in Scotḷnd ovr ɖ last 25 yirz, n at Modn Wn, amñst ɖ filmz n vidiowrcs on šo r Dugḷs Gwdn’z seḷbretd 24 Aur Sîco, Henri Cūmz’ Ɖ Bedf̣dz, Smiʈ/Stywt’s Briɖñ Spês n Rodric Bycann’z Sôḍstrīm.
Cīp p t dêt on ol ɖ lêtist JEṆREŠN xibišn n ivnts nyz at generationartscotland.org.”
Cler Bācli:
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Greym Fêgn:
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