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CAROL BOVE / CARLO SCARPA │ Henry Moore Institute, Leeds → 12 July 2015

Carol Bove 'Hysteron Proteron', 2014. Brass, concrete. Courtesy of the artist and Maccarone, New York and David Zwirner, New York/London
Carol Bove
‘Hysteron Proteron’,
2014. Brass, concrete. Courtesy of the artist and Maccarone, New York and David Zwirner, New York/London

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“Đ elimnts r so nītli wovn tgɖr ɖt it bcmz olmst impsbl t tel ẃr wn artist’s wrc endz n ɖ uɖr’z bginz.” Holi Grenj, Đ Scini

Rich Jevons NORTHERN SOUL 16 May 2015
Holly Grange SKINNY 30 April 2015
Nicola Cappleman STATE OF THE ARTS 26 April 2015
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Continue reading CAROL BOVE / CARLO SCARPA │ Henry Moore Institute, Leeds → 12 July 2015

LEONORA CARRINGTON │ Tate Liverpool → 31 May 2015

1964 mural, The Magical World of the Mayas
1964 mural, The Magical World of the Mayas

Lı̣nwra Carñtn invîts y t dscuvr ɖ fntastcl criešnz v ɖ pṛlific pêntr n inṭnašnli seḷbretd membr v ɖ sriylist muvmnt, Lı̣nwra Carñtn (1917-2011).

Ɖ xibišn xplorz Carñtn’z dvrs crietv practis, têcñ a ṣlẋn v ci pêntñz md ʈrt hr c̣rir az its stātñpýnt. A pṛlific pêntr, ɖ xibišn xplorz hâ Carñtn istablišt hr dstnctv têc on sriylizm. Wrcñ alñsd uɖr ci membrz v ɖ muvmnt, sč az Salvdor Dali n Max Ŕnst, hr pêntñz, fild wɖ xntric caṛctrz ẇč šift btwn plant, animl, hymn, objcts n evrʈñ in btwn, wl rmînd vizitrz unfmiłr wɖ hr wrc v hr btr nôn pirz.

Āğbli mr fems fr hr prsnl lîf ɖn hr āt, hr bîogṛfi z olmst az unyžl az hr māvḷs criešnz. Ɖ dwtr v a welʈi Britiš industrı̣list, in 1935 š trnd hr bac on hr upr-clas upbrññ in nwɖn Ñgḷnd aftr imbācñ upn a complicetd rlešnšp wɖ Ŕnst, n via sriylist srclz in Frans n Ny Ywc, istablišt a ynīc výs wɖn ɖ vîbṛnt crietv culčr v Mexico in 1941.

It wz in Mexico ɖt Carñtn’z practis bgan t xpand n ivolv. Š fild plez, šwt stwriz n txtîlz wɖ hr xtrōdnri wrldz, imbresñ set n costym dzîn fr pṛduẋns includñ hr ôn, Pneḷpi. Lı̣nwra Carñtn wl šôcês hr wrc in pêntñ alñsd xamplz v powtri, sculpčr, taṗstri n dzîn fr ʈiytr n film.

Rfyzñ t b cnstrend or rstrictd bî cnvenšnl limitešnz, Carñtn’z xpandd practis hz md hr an inspirešn t mni cntmprri artists wrcñ acrs crietv čanlz n platfwmz. Hr pêtṛn Edwd Jêmz comntd in 1975 ɖt š hz nvr rlnqišt hr luv v xperimentešn, ɖ rzult biyñ ɖt š hz bn ebl t dvrsifî n xplor a hundṛd or mr tecnīcs fr ɖ xprešn v hr crietv pârz.”

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Continue reading LEONORA CARRINGTON │ Tate Liverpool → 31 May 2015

ONLY IN ENGLAND: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TONY RAY-JONES AND MARTIN PARR │ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool → 7 June 2015

Blackpool, c.1968 by Tony Ray-Jones
Blackpool, c.1968 by Tony Ray-Jones

Onli in Ñgḷnd xplorz ɖ lastñ inflụns v ɖ Britiš ftogṛfr Tôni Re-Jônz on ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš ftogṛfi fṛm ɖ 1970z t ɖ preznt de.

Ɖs xibišn v mr ɖn 100 hymṛs yt meḷncolic imijz olso includz ny prints ṣlctd bî istimd ftogṛfr Mātin Par. Ɖ dsple rflcts Ñgliš custmz n îdntti az wel az Re-Jônz’ iṇṿtv aproč.

D’nt têc borñ picčrz wz a slfimpozd rūl Tôni Re-Jônz livd bî ʈrt hiz ol tù šwt c̣rir. Dokmentñ ōdnri Ñgliš lîf, hiz imijz wr a stātlñ dpāčr fṛm enʈñ els biyñ pṛdyst at ɖ tîm.

Ɖe qcli atractd ɖ atnšn v ɖ Instityt v Cntemprri Āts (ICA), Lundn, ẇr ɖe wr xibitd in 1969. Trajcli, in 1972, Re-Jônz dîd fṛm lcīmia êjd jst 30.

Arnd 50 v Mātin Par’z rerli sīn ŕli blacnẇît fôtgṛafs fṛm Ɖ Noncnfwmists siriz fwm pāt v ɖ xibišn n rvil hâ an ŕli intṛduẋn t Re-Jônz’ wrc afctd Par’z imrjñ stîl.”

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Continue reading ONLY IN ENGLAND: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TONY RAY-JONES AND MARTIN PARR │ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool → 7 June 2015

PICTURING SHEFFIELD │ Millennium Gallery, Sheffield → 12 April 2015

(Posted 5 February 2015. The text is in an older version of Ñspel.)

“Az y mt hv gést, hir at Âr Fevrit Plêsz w’r priti cīn on Šefīld n ḅliv it t hv a ynīc n inʈrwlñ caṛctr. Bt asc smwn t picčr Šefīld n ẇt wd ɖe si? An industrı̣l wêstḷnd? Ɖ YC’z grīnist siti? Ñgḷnd’z bgst vilij? Ɖ gêtwe t ɖ Pīc District? Myziymz Šefīld’z lêtist xibišn at ɖ Mileňm Gaḷri têcs a tur ʈru Šefīld’z past n preznt t iluminet ɖ mni fasits v ɖ plês ʈru landscep āt n ŕbn ftogṛfi.

Ɖ xibišn stāts wɖ a Šefīld qt dfṛnt t ɖ ŕbn sprwl w nâ nô. Nîntīnʈ senčri pêntñz šo a fy dwelñz n črčspîrz set amñst grīn fīldz az vyd fṛm Šaro Mur (uņôn ātist, c.1838), Hilzbra (Toms Crezic, c.19ʈ senčri) n Wōdzend (Wiłm Jon Stīvnsn, 1875), ɖo Šefīld’z dstnctv šêp, nesld in ɖ valiz v ɖ Rivr Don, rmenz recgnîẓbl. Prīdêtñ ɖz z a pêntñ fṛm wn v ɖ bg nemz v ɖ xibišn, JMW Trnr’z Vy v Šefīld fṛm Dābišrlên (1797), ẇč šoz ɖ modist sitīscêp mirrñ ɖ šêp v ɖ inveḷpñ hilz abv it.

Ɖz bycolic sìnz wr v cws sn t b čôct wɖ ɖ smog v ɖ industrı̣l reṿlušn in ẇč Šefīld md its fwtyn, n ɖr r mni xamplz v bʈ industrı̣l šīc n industrı̣l blīc in ɖ xibišn. Deric Grīvz’z Šefīld šoz ɖ pīcs v ɖ srândñ hilz âtstript bî čimnīstacs ẇl a grt dfunct factri glârz ovr ɖ sìn lîc a ruind cʈīdṛl. In ɖ secnd wrldwor Šefīld’z industrı̣l prâis bcem its peṛl ẇn bomñrêdz rzultd in sìnz lîc Henri Rušbi’z Snig Hil fṛm Enjlstrīt (1941) in ẇč blits-deṿstetd strīts apir lîc roz v brôcn tīʈ. Bî contrast Jac Cetl’z Rībildñ a Blastfrnis (1964-65) wɖ its vibṛnt culrpaḷt n hraldc feznt sīmz t revl in ɖ fîr v ɖ frnis, seḷbretñ Šefīld’z crietv spāc.

Ɖr’z a bitrswīt tug v nstalja ʈrt ɖ xibišn az Victorı̣n ečñz v bytifl myṇsipl bildñz ber witṇs t sitīgôsts loñ sns dmolišt. Or fr mr rīsnt losz, ɖr’z tribyts fṛm Pīt Mci n uɖrz t Ɖ Houl in ɖ Rôd, ẇl Joṇʈn Wilcinsn’z mtikḷs lîndrōñ v Ɖ Egbox rmîndz s v a tîm ẇn tânplanñ wz bold rɖr ɖn bnal – wl Ɖ Čīzgrêtr evr b imwṭlîzd in ɖs we? Mandi Pein’z pêntñ Paṛdîs Lost berz witṇs t anɖr monymnt t ācitecčṛl xybṛns: Pāc Hil – wns a drīm v modn livñ inspîrd bî La Cwbūzie, it lêtr bcem rivn wɖ sošl probḷmz n z nâ sīcñ t riinvnt itslf az a bastı̣n v ŕbn cūl.

Amñst ɖ 90 imijz in ɖ xibišn y r šr t fînd a glimps v yr Šefīld or īvn lrn smʈñ ny abt ɖ siti y cwl hom. I, fr xampl, nvr ň ɖr wz wns a Nwf̣c Pāc Picčrpaḷs nt fîv minits wōc fṛm mî hâs. Hâ I wš ɖr wz stl a siṇma so lôcl I cd pop rnd in mî pjaṃz…

Sẹra Côbrn”

ÂR FEVRIT PLÊSZ – ŠEFĪLD CULČRGÎD
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Dêmn Fercluf, NWĐN SOUL, 8 Dsmbr 2014


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ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR │ Curated by Jeremy Deller │ Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne → 26 October 2014

“Jeṛmi Delr, hu reprizntd Britn in last yir’z Venis Bienāle, yzz cntmprri myzic, film n ftogṛfi alñsd a vast renj v 19ʈ senčri imijz n objcts t têc a prsnl lc at ɖ impact v ɖ Industrı̣l Revlušn on Britiš popylr culčr. Delr apročz ɖs welʈ v mtirı̣l lîc a sošl cātogṛfr, rvilñ ɖ leilînz v culčṛl histri.

Delr xplorz hâ ɖ trwma v ɖ Industrı̣l Revlušn n ceotc ŕḅnîzešn afctd Britiš ssayti, fôc̣sñ on embḷmatc figrz includñ Êdrı̣n Strīt. Born intu a Welš mînñfamli, Strīt rjctd a lîf in ɖ mainz t bcm a flamboynt androjiṇs inṭnašnl reslr. Olso fīčrd z Jêmz Šāplz, a 19ʈ senčri blacsmiʈ n slf-twt pêntr fṛm Blacbrn, fems fr hiz mč-rīpṛdyst imij, Ɖ Fwj; n myzic fṛm industrı̣l tânz huz rūts cn b trêst bac ʈru jeṇrešnz v wrcrz in factriz n milz.

Ɖ radicl trnsfmešn v ɖ landscep in ɖ ŕli industrı̣l iyra z pârfli ivoct in Victorı̣n imijz v factriz ablez at nît, šôn alñsd ɖ Lêñ’z ôn 19ʈ senčri apoc̣liptc pêntñ, Ɖ Dstruẋn v Sodm n Gmora bî Jon Mātin.

Industrı̣l fôcmyzic, ɖ insesnt riɖmz n racit v ɖ factrīflor, hevīmetl n glamroc, prmiet ɖ xibišn in sândinsṭlešnz n film.

A Hêẉd Turñexibišn. Fri entri.”

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Continue reading ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR │ Curated by Jeremy Deller │ Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne → 26 October 2014

FRANZ WEST: WHERE IS MY EIGHT? │ The Hepworth Wakefield → 14 September 2014

“Ɖ fôc̣s v ɖs lūsli croṇlojicl xibišn z West’s combinešnpìsz, in ẇč ɖ ātist cmbînd verı̣s indivijl pìsz n subsiqntli rīcmbînd ɖm in dfṛnt cnfiğrešnz. Dy t ɖs combinešn n rīcombinešn v dfṛnt cndz v wrc includñ Adaptvz, frničr, sculpčr, vidioz n wrcs on pêpr fṛm dfṛnt pirı̣dz, ɖ xibišn pṛvîdz a mč nīdd n hîli antisipetd mêjr YC šowñ v West’s vẹrid, influenšl n pṛlific practis.

Hir at Ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld ɖ xibišn olso investigets ɖ cnẋnz n paṛlelz btwn ɖ wrc v Franz West n Bābra Hepẉʈ. Wɖ a plêfl yt strîcñ intvnšn intu Ɖ Hepẉʈ Famli Giftgaḷri, ɖs xibišn wl plês bʈ artists’ wrc in convsešn: ɖ ys v ɖ deṃcratc mtirı̣l v plastr; ɖ significns v ɖ stydioinvîrnmnt; n ɖ rpitd rtrn t rīcnfiğrñ n adaptñ prīvı̣s wrc.

Franz West’s practis z funḍmentli ptisiṗtri n sīcs daylog wɖ ɖ vywr.  Hiz wrc ofrz verı̣s psbltiz fr xpirı̣nsñ ɖ wrld wɖ evrčenjñ rzults ɖt dpnd on rsipı̣nt n contxt. Ɖs ingejmnt cn têc plês on a fizicl levl—az in ɖ cês v ɖ Adaptvz, ẇč r ment t adapt t ɖ bodi—bt olso on a mentl or inṭlcčl levl, az z ɖ cês wɖ hiz insṭlešnz or wrcs on pêpr. West’s wrc z unpritnšs, lîtfŭtd, n hymṛs, bt fândd on an intns ingejmnt wɖ fiḷsoficl ʈt, an ŕli cnsrn ẇč intnsifîd ʈrt ɖ ātist’s lîf.

Ẇr z mî Êt? wz inišietd n côdiveḷpt wɖ ɖ Myziym v Modn Āt, Viena, n bî Franz West wɖ grt inʈyziazm bfr hiz deʈ n pṛvîdz insît intu West’s complx n mni-leyrd ātpractis.

Franz West: Ẇr z mî Êt? z ṣpwtd bî ɖ Henri Mor Fândešn, Crân Fîn Āt n ɖ Ostrı̣n Culčṛl Fwṛm, Lundn.”

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Continue reading FRANZ WEST: WHERE IS MY EIGHT? │ The Hepworth Wakefield → 14 September 2014

RYAN GANDER: MAKE EVERY SHOW LIKE IT’S YOUR LAST │ Manchester Art Gallery → 14 September 2014

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.”

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Continue reading RYAN GANDER: MAKE EVERY SHOW LIKE IT’S YOUR LAST │ Manchester Art Gallery → 14 September 2014