Viewing articles from 2015/09

The Hepworth Wakefield, Gallery Walk, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 5AW

Magali Reus: Particle of Inch

Magali Reus, In Place Of (Sundries), 2015

For ‘Particle of Inch’, Magali Reus has made a body of work which uses the contemplative space of the gallery to exhibit a visual vocabulary we would more readily associate with being in transit. Review by Karl Musson

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New Art Projects, 6D Sheep Lane, London E8 4QS

Concrete Fictions

Installation view (from left) Pale Yellow (Observatory) (2015), Kadie Salmon, Mixed Media

Taking its cue from concrete poetry, ‘Concrete Fictions’ presents works by Kadie Salmon, Jessie Makinson, Ricardo Alcaide and Ayo & Oni Oshodi. Across four semi-discrete rooms, the exhibition seeks to uncover the ways that objects and images coalesce into structures or forms that produce narrative effects. Review by Anneka French

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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, 6 Heddon St, London W1B 4BT

Luke Diiorio: Sunset Park

Luke Diiorio, Sunset Park, 2015. Installation view, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

Works draw the viewer closer: a teaser inviting them to follow the lines with their own hand, to feel the soft fabric and caress the contours, to break the fourth wall and absorb themselves within the work. William Davie reviews the exhibition.

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Edel Assanti, 74A Newman St, London W1T 3DB

Wasters

Installation view

In thinking of the waster not as an object but instead as a process, ‘Wasters’ explores the poetic potential of the recycling of forms. The exhibition proposes the idea of a waster as the spark for the creative act, beyond its traditionally utilitarian function. Edward Ball reviews

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LisaBird Contemporary, Brucknerstrasse 8, 1040 Vienna, Austria

Markus Redl: Vogelfrei

Vogelfrei, Installation View

Markus Redl's latest solo exhibition at LisaBird Contemporary is based on the artist's intense involvement with the sculptural materials of stone, bronze and paper throughout the past ten years.

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Poole Museum, 4 High St, Poole, Dorset BH15 1BW

Ian Giles: Free Time

Original Delphis, Collection of Poole Museum, Installation Detail

Ian Giles' exhibition explores the phenomenon of 'Free Time' which was implemented at Poole Pottery in the 1960s and 70s, and showcases original ceramics as well as work created in collaboration with people living and working in Poole.

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Ingleby Gallery, 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh EH8 8DL

Charles Avery: The People And Things of Onomatopoeia

Charles Avery, Untitled (Chain, Rope, Bucket, Buoy, Eels), 2015, Iron chain, rope, bucket, buoy, glass, Dimensions vary

As life and art collide, Avery’s sculptural objects also blur the assimilation of realities. In the centre of the gallery sits a buoy, bucket and length of rusted chain. This island relic is just that, an everyday object scrounged from a fisherman on Mull and re-positioned, unchanged in the gallery as a proponent of another reality. Review by Matthew Hearn

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The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin 2

Luigi Ghirri

Luigi Ghirri, Rimini from the series Italia ailati, 1977

Ghirri’s images speak to the impassive, the thoughtful and the introvert. Off-kilter, almost (but crucially not quite) symmetrical arrangements abound, with large areas of his photographs left awkwardly empty. Review by Lizzie Lloyd

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1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Sara Ouhaddou

Sara Ouhaddou, Ceramic wall installation in nine pieces, Version 2

Bansie Vasvani reflects on Moroccan artist Sara Ouhaddou's practice during her residency placement at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York.

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Jerwood Visual Arts, Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, Bankside, London SE1 0LN

Jerwood Drawing Prize

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015, installation view

Jury members have made sure the selection is as broad and reflective of current activity as ever – from fastidious biro landscapes and carefully carved patterns to three-dimensional drawings in space and scribbled texture on the back of a frying pan. Review by Helena Haimes

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Pilar Corrias Gallery, 54 Eastcastle Street, London W1W 8EF

Ulla von Brandenburg: Objects Without Shadow

 Objects Without Shadow, installation view

Performance - its ritual, its space, the enclosure or expansion of same - is pivotal but an interiority can be overlooked when formal scenographies begin to expand. James Gormley reviews the exhibition.

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Alan Cristea Gallery, 31 & 34 Cork Street, London W1S 3NU

Gordon Cheung: Breaking Tulips

Installation view, Breaking Tulips

Comprising three distinct series, at first glance Cheung's works appear quintessentially beautiful; floral imagery, delicate ceramic work, and a saturated, acidic colour palette combine to seduce the visual senses. One is struck by the elegant precision of the show as a whole. But first impressions can be deceptive. Review by Emma Rae Warburton

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Safehouse 1, 139 Copeland Road, Peckham, London

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Safehouse 1

Ten female artists have been invited to make work in response to the domestic space ‘Safehouse 1’.

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Borusan Contemporary, Baltalimanı Hisar Cad., Perili Köşk No:5 34470, Rumeli Hisarı/Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath, Installation View

‘What Lies Beneath’ strives to capture one of the current conditions of our culture: an atmosphere of increasing alienation and decaying trust resulting from factors that often lie beneath the surface of the visible.

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