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CARSTEN HÖLLER: DECISION │ Hayward, London → 6 September 2015

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“Đ oʈntc Wili Wonca v cntmprri art”

Jesc Bunyard HUNGER TV 28 June 2015
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BRIDGET RILEY – THE CURVE PAINTINGS 1961-2014 │ De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea → 6 September 2015

Reve, 1999
Reve, 1999

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“Srveyñ ɖ artist’s ys v ɖ crvṃtif in a c̣rir spanñ ovr 50 yirz”


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Maisie Skidmore IT’S NICE THAT 10 June 2015

Red With Red. Courtesy Karsten Schubert
Red With Red. Courtesy Karsten Schubert

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DAVID HOCKNEY: PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY │ Annely Juda Fine Art, London → 27 June 2015

Card Players #1 (2014). Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 183 cm
Card Players #1 (2014). Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 183 cm

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“Pêntrz hv olwz noun ɖr z smʈñ roñ wɖ pspctv.”

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SIR PETER BLAKE: EVERYBODY RAZZLE DAZZLE │ Liverpool Biennial → December 2016

Photo: Gareth Jones

“Livpul Bîeňl, 14-18 NÂ: ɖ Frst Wrldwor Sentīnri Ātcmišnz n Têt Livpul hv cmišnd wn v ɖ mêjr figrz v Britiš popāt, Sr Pītr Blêc, t dazl a Mrzi Feri in pātnršp wɖ Mrzītravl n Našnl Myziymz Livpul.

Sr Pītr’s dzîn, intîtld Evrbdi Razldazl, cuvrz ɖ Mrzi Feri Snôdrop wɖ a dstnctv patn in moṇcrom n culr, trnsfwmñ ɖ vesl intu a muvñātwrc az it cntinyz its srvis.

Ɖs z ɖ ʈrd in ɖ siriz v Dazlšip cmišnz n ɖ frst t b a wrcñvesl. It foloz Induction Chromatique à Double Fréquence pour l’Edmund Gardner Šip / Livpul. Paris 2014 bî Cālos Cruz-Diez on ɖ Livpul Wōtrfrunt, n Tbays Reħbergr’z Dazlšip Lundn on ɖ Rivr Temz.

Unlîc uɖr fwmz v caṃflāž, dazlcaflāž wrcs nt bî cnsilñ, bt bî baflñ ɖ î, mcñ it dfclt t estimet a tāgit’s renj, spīd n drẋn. Riylîzd in moṇcrom n culr, č šip’s dazlpatn wz ynīc, in ōdr t avýd mcñ clasz v šips instntli recgnîẓble t eṇmi U-bôts n ercraft.

Az wel az biyñ a muvñātwrc, vizitrz hu bwd ɖ Snôdrop cn lrn mr abt ɖ histri v dazl n ɖ rôl ɖt ɖ Mrzi Feriz tc in ɖ Frst Wrldwor in an on-bwd dsple kretd bî Mrzīsîd Maritîm Myziym n Têt Livpul. An inṭgretd edycešnprôgram undrpinz ɖ projct n includz a fri dijitl rzws fr scūlz, n onlîn cmišnz bî ātists n raitrz.

Sr Pītr Blêc (b. 1932) z a līdñ figr in ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš popāt, n hiz wrc z sinoṇms wɖ ɖ ys v imijri fṛm modn culčr, includñ comicbcs, cnsymrgdz n advrtismnts.

Jýn ɖ onlîn convsešn, yzñ #DazzleFeri, n vizit âr blog fr xclusv bhnd-ɖ-sìnz content.


Evrbdi Razldazl z cmišnd bî Livpul Bîeňl, 14-18 NÂ: ɖ Frst Wrldwor Sentīnri Ātcmišnz n Têt Livpul in pātnršp wɖ Mrzītravl n Našnl Myziymz Livpul. Ṣpwtd bî Ātscaunsl Ñgḷnd’z Xpšnl Awōdz prôgram, Našnl Lotri ʈru ɖ Heritij Lotrīfund, n ɖ Dpātmnt fr Culčr, Mīdia n Spwt.”

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Continue reading SIR PETER BLAKE: EVERYBODY RAZZLE DAZZLE │ Liverpool Biennial → December 2016

LYNDA BENGLIS │ Hepworth Wakefield → 1 July 2015

Raptor, 1995-96 Stainless steel, wire mesh, silicone and bronze
Raptor, 1995-96. Stainless steel, wire mesh, silicone and bronze

Hr retṛspctv at ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld z a revlešn. **** – Êdrı̣n Srl, Ɖ Gādı̣n

Nʈñ z evr riyli az it sīmz: fand metl sīmz weitls n frajîl: inwms bilowñ pîlz v led sīm cinetc; n ɖ ātist hrslf sīmz t b constntli čalinjñ s t criet âr ôn mīnñz rgādñ abstract fwmz.It’s Nîs Ɖt

Lynda Benglish 1970, originally published in Life. Feb. 1970. Photo by Henry Groskinsky. © Life Inc.
Lynda Benglish 1970, originally published in Life. Feb. 1970. Photo by Henry Groskinsky. © Life Inc.

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Ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld priznts ɖ YC’s frst myziymsrve v wrc bî Grīc-Americn ātist n feminist îcon Linda Benglis. Ɖs hîli antisipetd xibišn wl b ɖ ljst prezntešn v Benglis’ wrc in ɖ YC, fīčrñ aproxiṃtli 50 wrcs ɖt wl span ɖ intîṛti v hr pṛlific c̣rir t dêt.

Êjd 73, Benglis z wn v America’z most significnt livñ ātists. Born in 1941 in Luīziana, YSA, š wz heṛldd az ɖ ér t Poḷc bî Lîf maġzīn in 1970, n imrjd az pāt v a jeṇrešn v ātists fwjñ ny apročz t sculpčr n pêntñ in ɖ wêc v Abstract Xprešnizm, Miniṃlizm n Popāt.

Cântñ Andi Wōhol, Sol LeWit n Bānit Nymn amñ hr frendz n pirz, Benglis istablišt hr c̣rir wɖn a mêl-dominetd āt wrld n bcem fems nt onli fr hr radicl riinvižnñ v sculpčr n pêntñ ʈru hr ŕli wrcs yzñ wax n pord lêtx, bt olso fr hr wrcs dīlñ wɖ feminist poḷtcs n slfimij.

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Born in Lêc Čālz, Luīziana in 1941, Linda Benglis muvd t Ny Ywc Siti in ɖ lêt 1960z.  Š nâ rzîdz in Ny Ywc n Santa Fe, Mexico, n z ɖ rsipı̣nt v a Ggnhîm Felôšp n tu Našnl Indâmnt fr ɖ Āts grants, amñ uɖr comndešnz. Hr wrc z held in impwtnt public c̣lẋnz n hz bn xibitd at Têt Modn, Ɖ Myziym v Modn Āt n ɖ Ẇitni Myziym.

Benglis wz ɖ subjct v a 2010–11 inṭnašnl retṛspctv ɖt travld t Ɖ Îriš Myziym v Modn Āt, Dublin; Ɖ Von Aḅmŭzeum, Indôvn; L’Conswsium, Dīžõ; Ny Myziym, Ny Ywc; n ɖ Myziym v Cntmprri Āt, Los Anjlīz. Most rīsntli, in ŕli 2014, Benglis šôcêst a siriz v ny sramic wrcs in a sôlo xibišn at Čîm n Rīd, Ny Ywc, n Toms Dên Gaḷri, Lundn.”

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Continue reading LYNDA BENGLIS │ Hepworth Wakefield → 1 July 2015

GUY BOURDIN: IMAGE MAKER │ Somerset House, London — 15 March 2015

Vogue Paris, May 1970
Vogue Paris, May 1970

“Ɖ YC’z ljst evr xibišn v ɖ influenšl n enigmatc fašnftogṛfr Gi Bŭrdĩ, fīčrñ ovr 100 wrcs n prīvı̣sli unsin mtirı̣l fṛm ɖ ftogṛfr’z istet, fṛm 1955 t 1987.  Ɖs mêjr šo čāts Bŭrdĩ’z dstnĝšt 40-yir c̣rir, fṛm Man Re’z proṭže t ftogṛfīreṿlušnri in hiz ôn rît, n xplorz hiz psyt v pfẋn. Ɖ xibitd wrcs xmplifî ɖ craftsmnšp bhnd hiz imijz, fṛm pṛduẋn t publicešn, n ɖer indyrñ qoḷti az a consiqns.

Gi Bŭrdĩ’z editwrı̣l n advtîzñ imijri repriznt a hîpýnt in lêt twentiiʈ senčri fašnftogṛfi. Hiz wrc tc ɖ bêsic funẋn v ɖ fašnfôṭgraf – t sel cloɖñ, byti n axeṣriz – n md it intu smʈñ rič n strenj. Bŭrdĩ dd ɖs wɖt rzwtñ t xotisizm; instd, h istablišt ɖ îdīa ɖt ɖ product z secndri t ɖ imij. Fṛm hiz pṛfešnl dêby fr Paris Vôg in ɖ 1950z, Bŭrdĩ dveḷpt a dstnctv stîl v vižl stwrītelñ, ẇč cntinyz t srv az a sws v inspirešn t cntmprri fašnftogṛfrz fṛm Tim Wōcr t Nic Nait.

Kretd bî Alister O’Nīl wɖ Šeli Vertīm, ɖ xibišn includz ovr 100 culr xibišnprints v Bŭrdĩ’z most significnt wrcs, az wel az ŕli n lêt wrcs in blac n ẇît ɖt srv t čalinj Bŭrdĩ’z repytešn az a culrftogṛfr. Ɖs z complimentd bî a renj v uɖr fôṭgrafic mtirı̣lz: ynīc Pôḷrýd testšots, dubl-pêj spred lêâts, contactšīts n trnspaṛnsiz māct fr comṗzišn ɖt xplor Bŭrdĩ’z craftsmnšp az an imijmêcr n ɖ prôsesz involvd in pṛdysñ stātlñ n pṛvoc̣tv imijri in a prīdijitl êj. It olso hîlîts Bŭrdĩ az a paynir v fašnfilm, šôcêsñ a renj v Sūpr-8 filmz h md at ɖ sem tîm az hiz on-lcešn fôtôšūts.

Ɖ xibišn olso fīčrz a ṣlẋn v pêntñz, wrcñdrōñz, scečz n nôtbcs, nt sīn in ɖ YC bfr, ẇč infwm hiz aproč az a comṗzišnl imijmêcr n mtikḷs draftsmn. A hîlît z ɖ Wōcñlegz siriz – a campen cmišnd bî Šāl Žŭrdã in 1979 xibitd in its intîṛti fr ɖ frst tîm wɖ a yt unsin acumṗniyñ fašnfilm.”

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Continue reading GUY BOURDIN: IMAGE MAKER │ Somerset House, London — 15 March 2015

LOVE IS ENOUGH: WILLIAM MORRIS AND ANDY WARHOL │ Modern Art Oxford → 8 March 2015

Luv z Inuf drwz tgɖr îconic n rerli sīn wrcs bî tu jaynts v ɖ 19ʈ n 20ʈ senčriz. Ɖs uncnvenšnl combinešn v ātists’ wrc z kretd bî Trnr Prîz-winñ ātist Jeṛmi Delr, hu sáits Moris n Wōhol az hiz tu grtst ātistc inflụnsz.

Delr drwz mni ṣprîzñ cnẋnz btwn ɖz tu ātists, hu left an indeḷbl māc on ɖer jeṇrešnz n āğbli ɖoz ɖt folod. Moris n Wōhol bʈ istablišt printmêcñ biznisz n dstribytd ɖer wrc ʈru ny fwmz v maspṛduẋn. Bʈ wr načṛl c̣laḅretrz hu wrct wɖ ɖ prominnt ātists v ɖer tîm t dveḷp wrcñmeʈdz ɖt dd mč t rīdifîn ɖ ātist’s rlešnšp t ɖ stydio n factri. Moris ačivd ɖs ʈru hiz mastrñ v crafțecnīcs n hiz rjẋn v industrı̣l prôsesz, n Wōhol ʈru ɖ actiṿtiz v ɖ Factri, ẇč ofn paṛdid ɖ industrı̣l culčr v ɖ mid-lêt 20ʈ senčri.

Wrcs swst fṛm public n prîvt c̣lẋnz acrs ɖ YC n ɖ YSA includ a paṇl fṛm ɖ epic n rerli sīn Hóuli Grêl taṗstrīsiriz cmplitd bî Wiłm Moris in 1896. Alñsd wl b šôn a ṣlẋn v Wōhol’z îconic silcscrīnz n ācîvl mtirı̣l fṛm ɖ trežrtrov ɖt z ɖ Wōhol Myziym in Pitsbrg, includñ a sînd fôṭgraf v Šrli Templ pôstd t a ʈrtīnyirold Andi fṛm ɖ actṛs in 1941.


Abt ɖ Kretr

Jeṛmi Delr studid Āthistri at ɖ Cwtold Instityt n at Susx Ynivrṣti. Aftr mītñ Andi Wōhol in 1986, h spent tu wīcs at ɖ Factri in Ny Ywc. H bgan mcñ ātwrcs in ɖ ŕli 1990z, ofn šowñ ɖm âtsd v cnvnšnl gaḷriz. In 1993, ẇl hiz pẹrnts wr on hoḷde, h sīcṛtli yzd ɖ famlīhom fr an xibišn tîtld Ôpn Bedrūm.

For yirz lêtr h pṛdyst ɖ myzicl pfwmns Asidbras wɖ ɖ Wiłmz-Fẹri Band, n bgan mcñ āt in c̣laḅrešn wɖ uɖr ppl.

Delr stêjd Ɖ Batl v Ōgrīv in 2001, cmišnd bî Ātenjl n Čanl 4, drctd bî Mîc Figis, a riinactmnt ẇč brwt tgɖr arnd 1000 vetṛn mainrz n membrz v historicl ssaytiz t rīstej ɖ 1984 claš btwn mainrz n ṗlīs at Ōgrīv, Ywcšr.

In 2004, Delr wun ɖ Trnr Prîz fr Memrībucit (2003), a dokmntri abt Txs.

H hz sns md a nmbr v dokmntriz on subjcts renjñ fṛm xotc reslr Êdrı̣n Strīt t dîhād inṭnašnl fanz v ɖ band Dpeš Môd.

In 2009 Delr undrtc a rôdtrip acrs ɖ YS fṛm Ny Ywc t Los Anjlīz alñ wɖ an Iraci sitizn n a YS worvetṛn, towñ a car dstrýd in a boṃtac in Bagdad. Ɖ projct, It Z Ẇt It Z, wz prizntd at ɖ Ny Myziym, Ny Ywc; ɖ car z nâ pāt v ɖ Impirı̣l Wormyziym’z C̣lẋn. In ɖ sem yir, h stêjd Pṛsešn in Mančestr, involvñ ptisipnts, cmišnd flôts, corı̣graft myzic n pfwmnsz, crietñ an od n seḷbreṭri spectcl.”

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Continue reading LOVE IS ENOUGH: WILLIAM MORRIS AND ANDY WARHOL │ Modern Art Oxford → 8 March 2015

DAVID LYNCH NAMING │ Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art → 26 March 2015

“Dêvid Linč – prbbli bst nôn az a film n teḷvižn drctr – orijinli studid pêntñ at ɖ Bostn Myziym Scūl n Penslvêňa Acaḍmi v ɖ Fîn Āts. H hz xibitd wîdli inṭnašnli at mni prestijs gaḷriz, n z aclemd in pêntñ, ftogṛfi, printmêcñ n drōñ. Linč’z film n teḷvižn wrc – sč az Irezrhed, Ɖ Eḷfntman, Blu Velvit, Mulhoḷnḑrîv n ɖ îconic Twin Pīcs – z nôn fr biyñ vižli strîcñ, sriyl, drīmlîc, dstrbñ n bytifl: mni v ɖz qoḷtiz cn b sīn in hiz fîn āt.

Ɖ xibišn trêsz hâ Linč yzz nemñ in film, ftogṛfi, drōñz, wōtrculrz, pêntñ n prints fṛm 1968 t ɖ preznt. Ɖ complx rlešnšp btwn objcts n ɖer nemz hz bn a pýnt v dpāčr in hiz wrc sns Ɖ Alf̣bet, ɖ secnd šwt film h md az a stydnt in 1968 n šôn az pāt v ɖ xibišn. Fr Linč, ɖ act v nemñ smʈñ z nvr simpl: nemz r nt olwz dscriptv v objcts in Linč’z ynivrs. Hiz imijz n txt, wrcñ tgɖr in unyžl wez, criet ny mīnñz n a dīpr undrstandñ v hâ langwj oṗrets.

mima z dlîtd t b ɖ frst YC veny t priznt ɖ xibišn Dêvid Linč Nemñ, orijinli šôn in Los Anjlīz, Caḷfwňa. It wz orijinli kretd fr Cên Grifin Cwcṛn in Los Anjlīz, bî Bret Litmn, Xektv Drctr v Ɖ Drōñsentr in Ny Ywc.

Woč Bret Litmn dscus ɖ xibišn hir in ɖs vidio:

Credit: Bret Litmn, Kretr v Nemñ, Xektv Drctr v ɖ Drōñsentr, Ny Ywc. Cên Grifin Cwcṛn, Los Anjlīz. Mîcl Greġri (Film̦ecr).”

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Continue reading DAVID LYNCH NAMING │ Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art → 26 March 2015