Viewing articles from 2016/02

Lisson Gallery, 27 & 52 Bell Street, London NW1 5BU

Line

Taking a Line for a Walk

Laura Purseglove reviews an exhibition exploring the subject of 'line' via three seminal pieces, more recent works and new commissions that serve to demonstrate how much artists today owe to the radical departures made by previous generations.

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Lisson Gallery, 27 Bell Street, London, NW1 5BU

John Akomfrah

Installation view of 'Tropikos'

'I’m a born bricoleur. I love the way that things that are otherwise discrete and self- contained start to suggest things once they are forced into a dialogue with something else.' - John Akomfrah

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Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, 10–12 Artillery St, Derry~Londonderry BT48 6RG, Northern Ireland

Ciara Phillips: What we recognise in others

Ciara Phillips: What we recognise in others, installation view 2016

The first impression is of a sort of constructivist parade: bright abstract forms, black and white photographic reproductions, and the joyous extension of the work over the walls of the gallery. Closer inspection reveals a more composed, less univocal arrangement. Review by Nathan O’Donnell

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Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki, Warehouse B1, Port P.O.Box 10759, Thessaloniki

Flying over the Abyss

 Installation view of Flying over the Abyss, 2016

‘Flying over the Abyss’ is the title, as well as the transcendent subject, of this group exhibition developed by NEON Organisation for Culture and Development in collaboration with the Thessaloniki Centre of Contemporary Art. Review by Ioanna Maneta

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LADA

LADA Screens: Marcia Farquhar and Reynir Hutber

Marcia-and-reynir web

To accompany the screening of 'And I’ at the White Building in London on 24th February, Reynir Hutber has edited a short film derived from the photographs, rehearsal footage and other documentation of this unique work of endurance which was made in collaboration with Marcia Farquhar. Online 24 February - 9 March 2016

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Skarstedt, 20 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075

Condo, Gonzalez-Torres, Kelley, Prince, Salle, Sherman, Trockel, Wool

Condo, Gonzalez-Torres, Kelley, Prince, Salle, Sherman, Trockel, Wool, installation view at Skarstedt, New York

Skarstedt is known for presenting wide-ranging exhibitions that often develop discussion between different generations of prominent American artists, and the distinctly rich display of late Twentieth-Century works recently shown at their Upper East Side space was no exception. Review by Phoebe V. Bradford

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

Fiona Banner: Study #13. Every Word Unmade

Installation view of 'Study #13. Every Word Unmade, Fiona Banner' at DRAF, 2016.

Fiona Banner’s latest exhibition is punctuated by the small markings, lines, curves and scribbles that make up language. Neon commas and beanbag full stops pepper the space, between which spoken words and illuminated letters inject meaning to join up the dots. Review by Phoebe Cripps

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Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG

Florian Roithmayr: with, and, with, out

with, and, or, without, installation view

The process-oriented concerns of the ‘post-minimalist’ generation seem to haunt this body of work. This is not to say Roithmayr simply rehashes their strategies - instead he complicates and elaborates the way process is understood. Review by Luke Naessens

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l'étrangère, 44a Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PD

Marie Jeschke: Can’t Remember Always Always

Marie Jeschke, Can’t Remember Always Always, 2016. Installation view.

From participant to observer to collector, the tripartite objects suggest we have shifted how we view our personal and cultural histories. If the first space signifies a certain alienation, then the works in the second attempt to reclaim ownership of the past. Betsy Porritt reviews

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TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HH

Patrick Procktor: The Last Romantic

The Last Romantic, Installation View

Curated by Art Historian Dr. Ian Massey, this major exhibition of Patrick Procktor's paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints traces the prolific artist’s career over the course of four decades.

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General Prim 30, Colonia Juarez & Casa Pedregal, Avenida de Las Fuentes 180, Jardines del Pedregal, Mexico City

Yves Scherer: Snow White and the Huntsman

Snow White and the Huntsman, Installation View

'Snow White and the Huntsman' takes its title from the 2012 motion picture starring Kristen Stewart as Snow White and Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman; a movie which was met with little interest at the box office, but has made headlines for what happened behind the scenes.

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Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA

John Akomfrah: Vertigo Sea

John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea, 2015, installation view at Arnolfini

'Vertigo Sea’ functions as an expanded visual essay. The brutal plurality of content within it, whaling; polar bear hunting; nuclear tests; slavery; migration; drowned boats, all converge into violent and unflinching images. Review by Philomena Epps

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