Grand Union, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley St, Birmingham B5 5RS
Kate Self reflects on research into Birmingham's canal networks and communities undertaken by artists Moschopedis and Rushton as part of their residency at Grand Union.
Various venues, North East England
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Most striking across the breadth of the AV Festival programme is the strong sense of participation felt within a wide range of the shows, a sense very much fitting to the idea of a unified socialist ideal. Review by Michaela Hall
The Hepworth Wakefield, Gallery Walk, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 5AW
Taking as its starting point the nearby countryside between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell, which is famous for producing early-forced rhubarb, this commission forms the nexus out of which a retrospective gesture emerges throughout the galleries. Review by Joseph Constable
Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ
Thomas Ellmer responds to an exhibition space dedicated to explorations of psychedelic and institutionalised medical treatments.
Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ
McArthur exposes every component in this show to be examined, explored and scrutinised – we are afforded the ability to wonder and wander amongst this wasteland of human necessity. Review by Sophie Risner
VITRINE Bermondsey Square, 15 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN
The piece makes potent reference to ‘the theatre of the absurd’, intelligently interweaving outrageous comedy with political metaphor and symbols of Western power hierarchies. Review by Emma Rae Warburton
Institute of Contemporary Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street, Singapore 187940
'Practising habits of the day' is a group exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore which investigates the choreography of repetitive movements that underlie our day, patterns and gestures and language routines.
Bosse & Baum, Copeland Estate, 133 Copeland Road, London, SE15 3SN
Through its combination of installation and performance, 'Lupercalia' institutes a narrative matrix, which in sculptural objects become sacred instruments, tools and vestments. The resulting works push towards imaginative slippages in which objects and bodies meld, generating hybrid forms that are simultaneously alarming and seductive.
Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st Street NY, NY 10011
Matias Faldbakken’s current solo exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery, titled ‘EUROPE IS BALDING,’ finds him persistently unearthing and baring the raw, liminal spaces of meaning as aggressively as ever. Review by Arthur Bravo
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0NL
In the heart of the Somerset countryside a familiar, yet alien, object has appeared. ‘Specimen No. 108’ (2015), a life-sized stainless steel model of a Banyan tree, is the spectacular outdoor introduction to this collection of sculptures and installations created over the last six years by New Delhi-based artist Subodh Gupta. Review by Trevor H. Smith
Focal Point Gallery, The Forum, Elmer Square, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 1NB
Rather than simply describing intellectual inability or lack of understanding, the show’s curators demonstrate that stupidity can be used as a constructive mode of critique employed to reveal, reframe or subvert standard modes of thinking. Review by Laura Mansfield
North East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN)
Having been working together since 2012, in January 2015 artists Toby Lloyd and Andrew Wilson re-located from Newcastle upon Tyne to be the first occupants of Artist House 45, a long-term live/work artist residency developed by East Street Arts in a traditional two-bedroom, back-to-back home in the residential area of Beeston, South Leeds.
