Viewing articles from 2015/08

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 152 North Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012

From the archive: William Pope.L: Trinket

Installation view of William Pope.L: Trinket, March 20–June 28, 2015 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Through Pope.L’s intervention, the trinket is situated as what is shared among us—clumsy or privileged, embodied or discarded; trinkets bind us together. Review by Rusty Van Riper

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Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012

From the archive: Amie Siegel: The Architects

Amie Siegel, The Architects, 2014 HD video, color, sound. Installation view, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, 2015

A cinematographic journey across architectural offices in New York City, from Fifth Avenue’s corporate bureaus to Downtown and Brooklyn’s lofts and warehouses, 'The Architects' investigates the cultural outcomes of economical models and labour in relation to the field of architecture. Review by Laura Herman

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA

From the archive: Jason Rhoades: Four Roads

Jason Rhoades, The Grand Machine, installation view at BALTIC, 2015

American consumer, pop and car culture collide in cacophonous excess in the sprawling, disordered installations painstakingly recreated for BALTIC’s formidable spaces. Review by Rowan Lear

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David Roberts Art Foundation, Symes Mews, London NW1 7JE

From the archive: The Violet Crab

Carter Mull, Disney / Warm Flame / Cool Flame, 2015 (courtesy the artist and Lindon Gallery); John Cecil Stephenson, Sketch For Solar House, 1955 (David Roberts Collection); Luiz Roque, Alvorada [ Dawn ], 2014 (courtesy the artist); Francois-Xavier

Gallery spaces are transformed into a cloakroom, backstage, main stage, lounge and shadow theatre through the elaborate staging of The Violet Crab at David Roberts Art Foundation. Jaime Marie Davis reviews

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Rowing, 3 Leighton Place, London NW5 2QL

From the archive: M’m! M’m! Good!

Mm! Mm! Good!, 2015, installation view. Rowing, London.

Art has a longstanding relationship with food and consumer culture. ‘M’m! M’m! Good!’ explores alternative ideas of sustenance, interrogating contemporary culture’s relationship with food and food production. Phoebe V. Bradford reviews

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Fundación Botín C/ Pedrueca, 1 - 39003 Santander, Spain

Sol LeWitt: 17 Wall Drawings. 1970 - 2015

Wall Drawing 280: A six-inch (15cm) grid covering a yellow wall. Blue lines from the four corners, red lines from the midpoints of the four sides, white lines from the centre to points on the grid.

'17 Wall Drawings: 1970-2015' is one of Europe’s most significant exhibitions to date devoted entirely to the Wall Drawings of American artist Sol LeWitt. An excellent presentation of LeWitt's theoretical ethos, the show demonstrates that although the work is rooted in 1970s Conceptualism, its perpetual re-birth means it will always feel contemporary. Review by Kathryn Lloyd.

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Special Project selected for Edinburgh Art Festival - Performance finishing at Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL

songs for someone who isn’t there

songs for someone who isn't there, Performance still, 1st August 2015

'songs for someone who isn't there' is an Edinburgh Art Festival Special Project which took place on 1st August 2015 around the streets of the city, presenting artists and poets who work with the voice and language.

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g39, Oxford St, Cardiff CF24 3DT

Island | Adaptation I & II

Mark Titchner, Rose, (2014)

In its current arrangement ‘Island’ is ambitious, inviting visitors to retreat to an archipelago of solipsism and unruly escapism. Review by Rowan Lear

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Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Rd, London NW3 6DG

Hannah Collins

Installation view

Following abandoned, marginal and unidentifiable places throughout her career, Collins collects hollow shells of human habitation that bare traces of the living, with haptic surfaces more alive than their departed ghosts. Review by Andrea Williamson

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