“A foṭgrafic portrit n arcîv abt evrde lîf in ɖ Blac Cuntri”
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“Wɖ its feṃs industrịl past, ɖr wz gwñ t b an inevitbl sns v dclîn in ɖ eria, bt ẃt I hd nt cǎntd on wz ɖ rvîṭlîześn ɖt ɖ mni imigṛntgrūps hd bròt t ɖ eria.”
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Vaisakhi, Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick
Norman Soper (Best Pot Leek) Sandwell Show
St George’s Day at the Brook Street Community Centre, Bilston, 2010
Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick, 2010
Daniel Horton with his dogs on a St George’s Day parade, West Bromwich, 2010
Royal Breakfast Special at Ginghams Cafe, Bilston, 2011
Decision Corridors, 2015. Photograph by Delvendahl Martin Architects
Flying Mushrooms. Photo: Linda Nylind/Observer
Photo: Linda Nylind
“Searle almost does himself a mischief during an encounter with a giant dice. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian”
“Searle contemplates the red and white capsules that rain, one every three seconds, from the ceiling. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian”
“Adrian Searle tries in vain to get some sleep in Carsten Höller’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian”
“Fândd in 1994, ɖ Zablŭdovič C̣lẋn hz rapidli groun t bcm wn v ɖ wrld’z līdñ indipndnt cntmprri ātc̣lẋnz. It nâ cntenz ovr 3000 wrcs bî ovr 500 ātists, n cntinyz t gro n ivolv. Ɖs ny xbišn gvz an insît intu ɖ dveḷpmnt v a histri stl in ɖ prôses v biyñ ritn.
Significnt n rerli sīn wrcs bî ovr 30 līdñ ātists wl b dspled ʈrt ɖ gaḷriz. Ɖ rūts v ɖ C̣lẋn in 1990z Lundn wl b ɖ fôc̣s v wn sẋn, fīčrñ ɖ ātists hu trnsfwmd ɖ landscep v cntmprri āt in ɖ siti n ɖ YC, sč az Dêmı̣n Hrst, Rêčl Ẇîtrīd n Mātin Crīd. Pạnirñ inṭnašnl ātists hu hv inflụnst ɖ fwmz n prôsesz v cntmprri āt wl olso fīčr, sč az Sigmar Polca, Īza Genscn n Crisṭfr Wŭl.
Hîlîtñ ɖ Zablŭdovič C̣lẋn’z on-gwñ cmitmnt t ṣpwtñ ātists ŕli in ɖer c̣rirz, imrsv mixt-mīdia insṭlešnz bî Americn ātist Ṣmara Goldn, n a c̣laḅrešn btwn YC ātists Lwra Bucli, Hrūn Mirza n Dev Mclīn wl b riimajind. Ɖr wl olso b dṛmatc inṭvnšns ɖt trnsfwm ɖ čaṗlācitecčr, sč az Jim Lambi’z brîtli culrd florwrc Zobop (Fḷresnt), 2006.
Ɖ xbišn wl b acumṗnid bî an ivntsprôgram, ẇč includz a simpozı̣m in Me in pātnršp wɖ Ynivrsti Colij Lundn Āt Myziym. Bʈ instityšnz hv ātc̣lẋnz ɖt spotlît imrjñ ātpractis; têcñ ɖs šerd intṛst az a stātñpýnt, līdñ ac̣demics, kretrz, c̣lctrz n ātists wl xamin išuz arnd c̣lctñ ny n xperimntl āt.”
Alexandre da Cunha, Velour Series, 2005-06. Installation view, Revolution des Altäglichen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Sarah Lucas, Spamaggedon, 2014, installation view, Zabludowicz Collection: 20 Years, 2015 at Zabludowicz Collection, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
Julia Wachtel, Untitled (Body Builder), 1989. Courtesy the artist, Zabludowicz Collection, and Vilma Gold, London
Elizabeth Price, USER GROUP DISCO (video still), 2009 HD video installation, 15 min. Courtesy the artist and MOT International, London & Brussels
Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 2003. Gouache on paper. Courtesy Zabludowicz Collection, and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 2003. Gouache on paper. Courtesy Zabludowicz Collection, and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Samara Golden: Bad Brains
Jim Lambie: Zobop. Photo: Tim Bowditch
‘Coconut Lamps,’ GuytonWalker, Coconuts, electric wiring, lightbulbs, 2005
(Posted 9 May 2015. The text is in an older version of Ñspel.)
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“Venis-bêst siblñz Lâra de Santiyana n Aleșandro Diaz de Santiyana r inṭnašnli rnând ātists n dsndnts v ɖ Venīni glaswér diṇsti, istablišt bî Pâlo Venini on ɖ îḷnd v Murano in 1921. In Me 2015, ɖe brñ ɖer eḷgnt sculpčṛl fwmz n culrfl glas pêntñz t YSP’z rfrbišt 18ʈ senčri čapl in ɖer frst evr YC xibišn.
Xperimentešn, risc-têcñ n iṇvešn drîv ɖ de Santiyaṇz’ wrc, fed bî wîdspred travl n c̣laḅrešnz wɖ glasmêcñ xprts acrs ɖ wrld. Aleșandro’z inspirešn z wōtr, ẇč trnzlets t ɖ incredbl trītmnt v ɖ srfis in hiz wrcs, mni v ẇč hv a stroñ, pêntrli qoḷti. Ɖ YSP xibišn includz a siriz v wōl n flor wrcs bî ɖ ātist, wɖ a complex, dāc blac yt mirrd patina, rcwlñ ɖ sens v lcñ intu dīp, rflctñ pūlz.
Crušñ ɖ tipicl blôn silindr, foldñ it in on itslf, z a tecnīc ofn implýd bî Lâra de Santiyana t pṛdys slab-lîc fwmz ɖt r, in a sens, envlops f̣rvr sìld bî ɖ mcñ-prôses. Ɖ ātist rfŕz t ɖm az glasbcs, n ɖe rten a pârfl sens v sīmñ t cnten nolij held in sspenšn. In ɖ čapl, ɖ ātist šoz a lîbrri v ɖz fwmz, t ẇč š rtrnz hbičli, in spešli md bcšelvz.”
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HS-YSP, 2011-15
N5, 2013
Untitled, 2015
Left: Nero CM Liquid Black (Purple), 2009. Right: Alabaster d, 2013
Laura de Santillana: Light Blue, (2013). 104.5 x 117 x 7cm. Photo Fabio Zonta
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N22 (2014). 102 x 115.5 x 8.5cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N33 (2014). 106.5 x 119.5 x 6.7cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N34 (2014). 104.5 x 117 x 7cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: S1, (2013). Photo: Fabio Zonta
Alabaster D, 2014. Photo: Jonty Wilde
“Kate Robertson looks at glass work by renowned Venetian artist Laura de Santillana.” Photo: Tony Johnson
“Kate Robertson looks at glass work by renowned Venetian artist Laura de Santillana.” Photo: Tony Johnson
“Soñ fr Col z bytifl, plêfl n enigmatc. Evri tîm I si it I fînd smʈñ ny ɖt I hd’nt īvn nôtist ɖ last tîm. Pāt c̣lîḍscôp, pāt cʈīdṛl rôzwindo, wɖ vôcl myzic ɖt z bʈ reẓlutli seklr n krı̣sli spiričl. Vri prâd t hír ɖ gwjs výsz v ɖ Cwrs v Opra Nwʈ in ɖs pìs.
Dominic Gre, Projcts Drectr at Opra Nwʈ.
Ɖs hîli ivoc̣tv c̣lîḍscopic wrc, instwld in ɖ bytifl n cntmpḷtv 18ʈ senčri čapl, xplorz ɖ fizicl n culčṛl proprtiz v col ʈru rič imijri n soñ.
Soñ fr Col têcs a fwm bêst on ɖ flamboynt trêsri v ɖ apoc̣liptc rôzwindo v Sainte Chapelle, Paris. Brôcn dân intu 152 sepṛt panlz, č sẋn v ɖ rôz hôsts indivijl filmz ɖt três col fṛm ɖ cāḅnifṛs t ɖ pôstindustrı̣l.
Ɖ hymn výs z a sentṛl n pârfl eḷmnt in ɖ comṗzišn v ɖs wrc. Wrcñ wɖ Opra Nwʈ, Cro n Rwlinsn hv crietd a plênsoñ, bêst on Ɖ Colcaṭcizm (1898) bî Wiłm Jaspr Niclz.
Ɖ ātists hv wrct wɖ ɖ c̣lẋn v ɖ Našnl Colmainñ Myziym n Drax Pârstêšn, bʈ wɖn a fy mîlz v YSP, in filmñ sẋnz v ɖ wrc. Ɖe hv olso implýd ɖ rer practis v canlcol carvñ t criet objcts n fiğrīnz ẇč wr lêtr brnd in frunt v ɖ camra.
Nic Cro n Iyn Rwlinsn wrc c̣labṛtvli btwn stydioz in Brlin n Mančestr. Ɖer wrc z primṛli cnsrnd wɖ ɖ lanĝj v pâr, wɖ its gramr n wɖ its reṭric. Ɖer projcts adres qesčnz arnd fêʈ, poḷtcs, našnl îdntti n ɖ invîrnmnt. Rīsnt projcts includ xibišnz at Nwɖn Gaḷri v Cntmprri Āt, Sunḍḷnd, n VlpsVlps, Lundn, n a cmišn fr Ɖ Ẇitẉʈ Ātgaḷri, Mančestr. Ɖ ātists wr ṣlctd fr ɖ Nwɖn Ātprîz in 2009.”
