Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
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‘Forms of Action’ presents the work of seven artists whose actions in society are the core of their practice. Each with rich cultural, historical and political backdrops, this assembly of artists is, in itself, a timely form of action. Review by Kate Self.
Plymouth University, Roland Levinsky Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA & Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe St, Plymouth PL4 0EB
Both a prolific and experimental artist, Malcolm Le Grice has amassed an innovative body of work throughout his career. Now considered a pioneer of British Expanded Cinema, the Plymouth-born artist has explored diverse territory over the years, the results of which have been brought together in a new exhibition, ‘Present Moments and Passing Time’. Review by Eva Szwarc.
South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Rd, London SE5 8UH
Siegel probes ideas of value, wealth, attraction and symbolism through her work, presenting a layering of geological and allegorical strata which gives the exhibition its title. Review by Jillian Knipe
J Hammond Projects, Unit 2B2 Bomb Factory, Boothby Road, London N19 4AJ
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The objects we choose to accumulate and surround ourselves with represent a manicured veneer, and what we throw away is more revealing. Isn’t it more exciting to think about how someone would rather not be perceived? Liam Hess considers group exhibition 'Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)?'
Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid, Spain
Baumgarten’s works have long been concerned with ethnography, anthropology and the corruptions of colonialism. ‘The ship is going under, the ice is breaking through’ continues a body of research on nature begun during the 1960s. Review by Anneka French
Modern Art, 4-8 Helmet Row, London EC1V 3QJ
The works focus on paintings, drawings and prints from a pivotal period in his career, 1982-1987. It is during this period that Halley began developing a striking signature visual language that he has refined and expanded on over the last four decades. It is comprised of textured and flat geometric elements that he refers to as prisons, cells and conduits. These seemingly abstract compositions were reflections of the increasing geometric divisions of the social and domestic spaces Halley saw people inhabiting. Review by William Davie
SpazioA, Via Amati, 13 Pistoia 51100 Italy
For her first solo show Belgian artist Ode de Kort presents a new body of work comprising photographic, typographic and choreographic objects, exploring tensions between stasis and movement, and challenging the boundaries between media and disciplines.
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0NL
Visitors to 'Brave New World,' the culmination of Djordje Ozbolt's residency at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, are greeted by a procession of garden gnomes traipsing through the courtyard and into the Threshing Barn. These brightly-coloured statues, which Ozbolt rescued from his home country of Serbia and re-cast in resin, are described by the artist as ‘unwelcome guests, cultural refugees’. Review by Bob Gelsthorpe.
The Edge, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY
At the far end of the gallery, a long articulated steel arm, wound round with thick coils of hydraulic hose, perches vulture-like upon two tonnes of concrete. Though it rests dormant now, its plinth wears the scars of previous savagery. Earlier, the artist James Capper had taken to the controls of ‘Atlas Prototype’ and directed the arm, equipped with a menacing mace-like mill, against the base on which it stands. Review by Kit Webb.
Breese Little, Unit 1, 249 - 253 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 6JY
‘Parallax scrolling’ is an exhibition that proposes a series of visual tactics by artists Nicholas Hatfull, Lauren Keeley and Jackson Sprague. These invite viewers to engage with perception and perspective by utilising simple optical devices, drawing our attention to the process of representation. Review by Cristina Ramos González
Tenderpixel, 8 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE
In the hot, damp climate of the rainforest, no sooner than an animal or plant dies, it begins to decay, feeding the maggots and soil from which new life grows. The tropics are an uncompromisingly ugly environment. The notion of nature’s immutable beauty is a human construction; one, as Tenderpixel’s group show ‘Tropical Hangover’ reveals, perpetuated by art. Henry Broome reviews
The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PQ
Her omnipresence comes from a series of movements through the landscape as a squatter and activist. It is through Oldfield Ford’s political ideologies that the thematic of resistance in her work surfaces. Review by Sophie Risner
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1NB
Focal Point Gallery present ‘On Peacock Island’, the first major solo exhibition of the German artist Volker Eichelmann. The exhibition features a series of new work by the artist, incorporating an arrangement of drawings by Stephen Tennant.
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf
For his first institutional exhibition in Germany and Europe, Samson Young presents sound works, installations, performances, drawings, sound walks, and films. Making concrete historical and social references, the work addresses the political qualities of sound in relation to war and conflict.
