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

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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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Carol Bove, Carlo Scarpa

“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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Carol Bove: ‘Heraclitus’ (detail), 2014. Seashell, feather, found objects, steel and concrete. Courtesy of the artist and Maccarone, New York and David Zwirner, New York / London
Installation view of Gallery 2, showing: Carlo Scarpa, ‘Contafili’ (1968). Steel, precious stones, gold; Carol Bove: ‘Cretaceous’ (2014), Petrified wood, steel; Carol Bove: ‘For Asta’ (2014). Steel; Carlo Scarpa: ‘Asta’ (1968). Steel, burnished copper, bronze; Carlo Scarpa ‘Crescita’ (1968). Steel, gold leaf. Carol Bove works courtesy of the artist and Maccarone, New York and David Zwirner, New York / London. Carlo Scarpa works courtesy Museo delle Rarità Carlo Scarpa – Castello di Monselice Photo: Jerry Hardman-Jones

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OCULIST WITNESSES: ACCORDING TO DUCHAMP │ Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston → 4 July 2015

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Ruth Claxton, Postcard (St Cecilia), 2013
Sovay Berriman, Entertainment Suite, ongoing. Copyright Rob Darch. Courtesy of Exeter Phoenix
Top) Richard Hamilton, Oculist Witnesses, 1966. Image courtesy of the Whitworth.

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Sovay Berriman, Lindsey Bull, Ruth Claxton, Richard Hamilton

“Đ wrc, ẃć rzists intrpriteśn, wz left ‘dfiṇtvli unfiniśt’ bî Dśã in 1923.”

Sacha Waldron SKINNY 5 June 2015
James Schofield CORRIDOR8 19 May 2015

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LI BINYUAN: DEATHLESS LOVE │ Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art │ 14 May 2015

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Photo: Mia Forrest

“Pfwmns: Ʈrzde 14 Me 2015, 7pm

Pāt v Mančestr Aftr Aurz 2015: Wn Nît. Siti-wîd. Fri Ivnts.

Az pāt v Sošl Bhevyrz, Li Biňuan wl inact hiz grând-brêcñ pfwmns, Deʈls Luv t a lîv SFČCA ōdı̣ns az pāt v Mančestr Aftr Aurz 2015, a siti-wîd īvnñ seḷbrêšn v Mančestr’z culčr, on 14ʈ Me. Ɖs wl b a ynīc oṗtyṇti t witṇs an xîtñ wrc v lîv bhevyrl āt; wn ɖt wl inteṛget îdiyz v ātistc pṛduẋn ẇl pšñ ɖ fizicl bodi t xtrīmz v indyṛns, az Biňuan maňli smašz ovr 100 hamrz on a concrīt plinʈ.

Biňuan wl olso b involvñ ɖ winr v ɖ comṗtišn fṛm ɖ Sošl Bhevyrz xibišnlwnč in a pṛloñd hug az pāt v a ny pìs v ātwrc.

Li Biňuan’z Deʈls Luv trnsndd ɖ (pfwmnsāt) fwm. Pfwmnsāt bcem spectetrspwt az ɖ crâd čird č sxesv smaš, liftñ Li’z flagñ spirits ẇnvr h c̣lapst ontu ɖ concrīt plinʈ. (Brijit Ḍleni, Ɖ Gādı̣n, Tyzde 20 Jaňri 2015)”

Photo: Mia Forrest

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LUCY SKAER │ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow → 25 January 2015

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“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.”

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ALASDAIR GRAY: FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE UNIVERSAL │ Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow → 22 February 2015

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Edwin Morgan (1920–2010), Poet. Date painted: 2003. Pencil, pen, acrylic & oil on board, 53 x 62 cm. Collection: Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Tom Leonard (b.1944), Writer. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & pencil on paper, 30.5 x 43.1 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
James Kelman (b.1946). Date painted: 1977. Acrylic & pencil on paper on board, 30.5 x 55.9 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Alex Scott in the ‘Pewter Pot’ Pub. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic & ink on paper, 31 x 61 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
End of Arcadia Street. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic on paper, 71.5 x 103.4 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Norman Ross, Hospital Broadcaster. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & pencil on paper, 40 x 60.7 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
End of Arcadia Street (three). Date painted: 1977. Acrylic & ink on paper, 70.7 x 132.7 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Provost McCann and Family. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen, pencil & collage on board, 52.2 x 77 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Sweeney Todd Hairdressing Salon. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic on paper, 52.3 x 76.5 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Edwin Morgan (1920–2010), Writer. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic on paper, 33 x 61.6 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Graham Square Cotton Mill. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & pencil on paper, 66 x 88.4 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Fidelma Cook (b.1953), in the BBC News Gallery. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pencil & ink on paper, 52.5 x 77.4 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
Archie Hind (1928–2008), and the Dalmarnock Power Station. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pencil & ink on board, 54.5 x 89 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
End of Arcadia Street (two). Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & ink on paper, 74.3 x 168.3 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums
The Musicians. 1953, framed gouache and acrylic on paper, 56.5 x 88 cm

“Celvingrov Ātgaḷri n Myziym z dlîtd t b stêjñ ɖs mêjr retṛspctv in seḷbrešn v Alistr Gre’z 80ʈ brʈde in Dsembr. Ɖ xibišn wl fīčr arnd 100 wrcs, includñ svṛl lounz fṛm prîvt n uɖr c̣lẋnz, n cuvrz Gre’z wrc fṛm hiz stydntdez at Glazgo Scūl v Āt rît p t ɖ preznt de.

Alistr Gre wz born in Dsmbr 1934, so wl seḷebret hiz 80ʈ brʈde jrñ ɖ run v hiz retṛspctv xibišn Fṛm ɖ Prsnl t ɖ Ynivrsl at Celvñgrov Ātgaḷri n Myziym.

Alistr Gre z a pṛlific polīmaʈ, inṭnašnli acnolijd az a mêjr Scotiš raitr. Hiz ritn ŕvra z ynīc acrs ol žãṛz – fiẋn, powtri, plez, critcl esez n rvyz: it z rnând, bt hiz vižl wrc hz bn ls wîdli acnolijd dy t it nvr biyñ ʈuṛli ācîvd n xibitd.

Born in Ridri, h atndd a lôcl scūl untl ɖ âtbrêc v WW2, ẇn h wz ivaketd t Prʈšr, ɖen muvd ontu Stônhâs in Laṇcšr. In 1944, h muvd bac t Glazgo, ẇr h atndd Ẇîthil Secndri, n on Saṭde mwnñz h cem t āṭprīšiešn clasz at Celvñgrov Ātgaḷri. In 1954, h bgan t atnd ɖ prestijs Glazgo Scūl v Āt, ẇr h bgan raitñ sẋnz v ẇt wd lêtr bcm Laṇc, ẇč wz publišt in 1981. Most v hiz lîf at Ātscūl n čîldhd cn b sīn in ɖ Ʈw sẋn v Laṇc, az it z ljli ōṭbạgraficl.

H bgan wrcñ wɖ myṛlcmišnz in ɖ mid-1950z, n in 1960 bgan hiz loñ asošiešn wɖ ɖ Campen fr Nyclir Dsāmmnt, ẇč h stl vigṛsli ṣpwts, biyñ arstd in 2001 at a demnstrešn at Fazlen.

Glazgo Myziymz hz prīvı̣sli xibitd hiz wrcs in ɖ Ppl’z Paḷs in 1978, in an xibišn intîtld Ɖ Cntinys Glazgo Šo. H wz ɖ ofišl ātistricwdr fr arnd 10 munʈs, cmplitñ arnd 30 wrcs fr ɖ myziym jrñ ɖs tîm. Ɖe iḷstretd ɖ cmyṇti​, sošl lîf n lôcl caṛctrz. Aftr ɖs tîm, hiz wrcs Coṃdi v ɖ Ẇît Dog (1979) n Laṇc (1981) wr publišt n it​ wz arnd ɖs tîm h bgan wrcñ wɖ Celmn, Loched n Leṇd on litrri projcts n ʈiytr. H hz wun ɖ Gādı̣n Prîz fr Fiẋn n ɖ Costa Novḷwōdz fr hiz ritn wrc.

Ɖs xibišn wl brñ tgɖr fr ɖ frst tîm prīvı̣sli unsin wrcs bî Gre n wl seḷbret ɖ ynīc bredʈ v hiz vižl practis, ẇč spanz six decedz n multipl mīdı̣mz: fṛm hiz čîldhd yirz, tîm spent at Glazgo Scūl v Āt t pwtrits v famli n frendz, landsceps, cmišnz n myṛlz. Fṛm Ɖ Prsnl t ɖ Ynivrsl z a seḷbrešn v a ynīc n vižnri crietv.

Ɖ Alistr Gre Sīzn seḷbrets Gre at êti yirz old. Ɖs xibišn z pāt v a sīzn fôc̣sñ on hiz vižl wrc, wɖ xibišnz n ivnts acrs venyz includñ Ɖ Glazgo Scūl v Āt, GOMA, Kelvñgrov Myziym n Glazgo Printstydio.”

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

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Toṃs Aḷm│SWÊNSN BIRLI COTNMIL NIR PRESTN, LANC̣ŠR│1834│Pensl, pen, sīpia n woš│Saynsmyziym
Jêmz Šāplz│Đ FWJ│1847│Ŷl on canvs│89 x 129 sm│Blacbrn Myziym n Ātgaḷri
(Atribytd t) Jon Mātin│Đ DSTRUCŠN V SODM N GMORA│Ŷl on canvs│119 x 170 sm│Scābra Myziymz n Gaḷri
(Atribytd t) Wiłm Jônz Čapmn│DÊVID DÊVIZ, SINDRFILR, HIRWŌN│c. 1835-40│36.3 x 25.6 sm │Našnl Myziym, Wêlz
W. Clêtn│AYNWRCRZ, TRIDĪGR, WÊLZ│1865│Fôto ensl, pen, sīpia n woš│Saynsmyziym
Denis Hučinsn│ÊDRỊN STRĪT N HIZ FAĐR│1973│Fôto
Ben Robts│AṂZN UNPACT│Fôtoz

“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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