Contemporary art is geographically radiating out of London, and, as globalisation takes a firm grip on the arts, an East Midlands’ light industrial town is creating a gallery that will play with the big boys. Nottingham Contemporary Art is due to open in Autumn 2009, and is nominated for the Conde Nast Design and Innovation [...]
June 21, 2009
Categories: Art News, Meghan Goodeve . Tags: Alex Farquharson, contemporary art, institutions, lord byron, midlands, nottingham, nottingham contemporary, That Beautiful Pale Face is my Fate . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: 2 Comments
Opposite the crumbling wreck of Brighton’s old West Pier stretch the cream alcoves of the regency squares. Once grand twenties buildings, many have since been living out their days as hotels for weekend visitors. Nestled amongst these salty B & B’s, however, a new space is coming to life. Artist Residence is a hotel and [...]
June 20, 2009
Categories: Art News, Glovebox News, Lizzie Simner . Tags: artist residence, brighton, hotel, hutch, maria slovakova, mel sheppard, regency square, west pier . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
It’s your last chance to see Mathew Weir at the Alison Jacques Gallery. Weir’s exhibition of painting and sculpture is inspired and informed by his fascination with ceramics. His work sheds new light on art history by picking out references and transforming them into something fresh. He places dioramas or ceramic figurines into landscapes constructed [...]
May 11, 2009
Categories: Art News, Ellie Rose, Morgan Quaintance . Tags: alison jacques gallery, art, ceramic, dark, london, mathew weir, may exhibitions, painting, racial stereotype, sculpture . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
A lot of people were upset when the Photographers Gallery moved from that sweet spot right next to Leicester Square tube and relocated round the back of Oxford Street, but I went there today and it’s not all that bad. The original space was a bit like a bungalow, whereas the new building is splayed [...]
May 10, 2009
Categories: Art News, Discussion, Reviews . Tags: andy warhol, Gerhard Richter, hauser and wirth, painting, photographers gallery, Wolfgang Tillmans . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
It struck me, whilst shuffling around the recent Roni Horn exhibition at Tate modern, that two identical metallic cylinders placed in adjacent rooms are sometimes just two identical metallic cylinders placed in adjacent rooms, and not a subtle sense based intervention. In all honesty much, if not all, of Roni Horns work is what it [...]
May 6, 2009
Categories: Art News, Discussion, Reviews . Tags: 2009 TURNER PRIZE, barbara kruger, Conceptual art, enrico david, lucy skaer, roger hiorns, Roni Horn, Takeshi kitano, TATE MODERN, turner prize 2009 . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
What a fuck-up; volunteers cleaning up graffiti in Glastonbury have accidentally painted over an original Banksy. The owner of the wall it was painted on, one Julian Chatt, had arranged for the work to be sold for £5,000. Hope his insurance covers it. Glastonbury county council have apologised for the mistake, which occurred during a [...]
May 1, 2009
Categories: Art News, Ellie Rose . Tags: banksy, council, glastonbury, graffiti clean up, mistake, paddington, street art, vandalism . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Applications opened today at 5pm for taking part in Antony Gormley’s high-profile project, One & Other, which will occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square from the 6th July. One & Other will see a different person take their place on the Fourth Plinth every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, and is [...]
April 21, 2009
Categories: Art News, Ellie Rose . Tags: antony gormley, contemporary art, fourth plinth, one & other, one and other, trafalgar square, volunteer . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Something tells me that soft indie-rockers The Hours have spent the last two years doing some hardcore networking. Since the release of their debut album, Naricissus Road – which sold 20,000 copies, but then seemed to disappear into the vast music industry ether without a trace – Antony Genn and Martin Slattery of The Hours [...]
April 19, 2009
Categories: Art News, Ellie Rose . Tags: ant genn, artichoke ltd, banksy for 1p, competition, damien hirst, Ellie Rose, martin slattery, miranda sawyer, narcissus road, observer music monthly, see the light, sienna miller, the hours, tony kaye . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Japanese sculptor Ujino Munetero’s curious piece of sound art makes compelling viewing at the Hayward until April 24th, so it’s your last chance to get down to South Bank and give it a once- or twice-over. Described variously as ‘elegant’ and ‘chaotic’, the main work (a project called Ugly Knitting) makes use of noisy household [...]
April 14, 2009
Categories: Art News, Ellie Rose . Tags: dj decks, free, hayward, noise, rotatorhead, second hand, sound art, south band, south london, The Rotators, ugly knitting, ujino, ujino munetero . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Rostone’s solo show at the Centre Fold Gallery in Guernsey is opening tomorrow and it’s going to be amazing! Imagine elaborately-layered, nostalgia-filled spray-painted porn and you’re quarter of the way there. I was at the Gallery two weeks ago and witnessed Rostone’s excitement at the arrival of a massive electronic organ. Apparently he’s painted it [...]
April 2, 2009
Categories: Art News, Lauren Barnes . Tags: castle cornet, centre fold gallery, contemporary art, ehquestionmark, electronic organ, guernsey, kuildoosh, porn, readerswives, readerswives collective, rostone, street art, w.s-s.k . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
