Viewing articles from 2015/10

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre, Lochmaddy, Isle of North, Uist, Outer Hebrides HS6 5AA

Niall Macdonald: untitled fragments in acid green | Bobby Niven: Proceedings Of The Society

Niall Macdonald, ‘untitled fragments in acid green’, 2015

Niven and Macdonald have responded to two distinct archeological sites - Rubh an Dunain on the Isle of Skye and The Udal on Uist. In negotiating these sites both artists seem to approach the same question albeit in different ways - that is to ask how we might talk about the contemporary? Or perhaps more poetically, to try and describe what it feels like to look out on the world from a particular moment in time. Review by Alexander Storey Gordon

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Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA

Richard Long: Time and Space

Installation view of TIME AND SPACE by Richard Long, 31 July – 15 November, Arnolfini, Bristol

Long has made both an art and a science out of walking, and it is this tension between qualitative and quantitative modes of experiencing, measuring and representing the natural environment that is evident throughout the exhibition. Review by Joseph Constable

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Ocean Studios, Unit 12, Residence Two, Royal William Yard, Plymouth PL1 3RP

A Taste of Things to Come

Richard Deacon, Bronze Skin

‘A Taste of Things to Come’, Ocean Studios’ inaugural exhibition, guarantees a future for Plymouth as a formidable force for arts and culture. Review by Eva Szwarc

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SE8 Gallery, 171 Deptford High Street, London SE8 3NU

Tamarin Norwood: what the point is : the end of the line

Installation view

The works take on a role somewhere between experiments, demonstrations, performances, drawings and statements, and are largely affectless. The text of this review begins in this way, logically but obscurely, in the spirit of the show. David Price reviews Tamarin Norwood

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Limoncello, 340-344 Kingsland Road, London E8 4DA

Bedwyr Williams: Writ Stink

Installation View, Bedwyr Williams, Writ Stink, 2015, Limoncello, London

This is no twee, feel-good surreality: characterisations bite, unexpected turns of events provoke a wince, and Williams’ delivery is invariably wry and self-reflexive. Isabella Smith reviews.

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La Loge, Kluisstraat - Rue de l’Ermitage 86, B-1050, Brussels

Arvo Leo: Fish Plane, Heart Clock

Fish Plane, Heart Clock, Installation View at La Loge, Brussels

La Loge presents Arvo Leo's feature-length film 'Fish Plane, Heart Clock' which celebrates and responds to the work of the Inuit hunter-turned-artist Pudlo Pudlat, alongside original drawings from Pudlo - many of which have never previously been exhibited.

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Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024

UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015

UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, Installation View at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

'UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015' is the most comprehensive midcareer survey of the work of the Los Angeles–based artist and writer to date, featuring 125 drawings, collages, paintings, and video installations.

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DanceXchange, Thorp St, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 4TB

Fierce Festival, Simone Aughterlony, Antonija Livingstone and Hahn Rowe: Supernatural

Supernatural

There is a power struggle between us, the audience, trying to fix our own meaning onto these multiplicitous bodies, and these bodies constantly tricking us, evading us, sending us on a wild goose-chase. The show teases us, castigating us lightly for trying to force the violence of our own perception and interpretation on these bodies. Louise Orwin responds to Supernatural.

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mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

Atom Egoyan: Steenbeckett

Atom Egoyan, Steenbeckett, installation view at mac birmingham, 2015

Atom Egoyan, a Canadian film director renowned for his movies concerning themes of displacement and mechanisms of time and memory, has always been fascinated by Beckett and his pursuit to tackle the inexplicable within the brackets of language. Review by Dominika Mackiewicz

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