Art Archives - Trebuchet Magazine

No Heroic Male Master

12/11/2019 Michael Eden

Roxana Halls: The Figure Strikes Back (read more)

Jane Bustin’s V – Tea Bowls (and Other Things) in Paris

31/10/2019 Edward Winters

The more you think about things the stranger they get; and more beautiful. (read more)

Cyril de Commarque Interview

26/10/2019 Michael Eden

Cyril de Commarque is an artist concerned with human development, hubris and potential, sharing his thoughts here with Trebuchet in lieu of his show ‘Artificialis’ at Saatchi Gallery. (read more)

Modern Panic Celebrates 10th Anniversary

25/10/2019 Naila Scargill

Modern Panic X will feature over 70 artists exploring the human psyche through pop surrealism, dark art, magic realism, and more. (read more)

Artificialis at the Saatchi Gallery

24/10/2019 Trebuchet Magazine

Artificialis at the Saatchi Gallery takes as its starting point the Anthropocene era – the period when man first had an impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems – then looks towards the future, meditating on the effect that technology and scientific advancement will have on humankind and the environment. (read more)

Mark Leckey: O’ Magic Power of Bleakness

17/10/2019 Trebuchet Magazine

Mark Leckey is an influential multimedia artist, his show at the Tate Britain ‘O’ Magic Power of Bleakness’ explores memory, identity and the uncanny aspects of British landscape. (read more)

Joker, a Film to Fall Out Over?

10/10/2019 Michael Eden

The most affecting film of 2019 has created debate and controversy, Trebuchet takes a closer look examining these and the underlying message at its core. (read more)

1-54 African Contemporary Arts Fair 2019

09/10/2019 Julio Etchart

1-54 has established itself as a leading voice in the discussion on contemporary African art, bringing together a diverse set of perspectives from around the world. (read more)

William Kentridge In Praise of Shadows

03/10/2019 Michael Eden

The pursuit of truth should not lead us to totalitarian certainty and William Kentridge proposes that art practice is the key to holding illusion and insight in balance. (read more)

Creative and Critical Curation at the Mostyn Gallery

26/09/2019 Michael Eden

Find out why the appointment of curator Juliette Desorgues is an exciting one for the Mostyn Gallery and by extension British art. (read more)

James Rosenquist: Visualising the Sixties

20/09/2019 Edward Winters

This essay looks at the work of James Rosenquist in terms of the pop art movement. Broadening its scope, we look at this artist’s work against that of Ed Kienholz and Joseph Cornell. (read more)

Van Gogh, Messiah & Madman Debunked

19/09/2019 Natalie Andrews

Reflecting on the expressionism of Van Gough and thinking about what it offers to the contemporary painter Natalie Andrews takes a critical view of the mad-messiah stereotype and reminds us whats really at stake. (read more)

Unpicking The Expressive Fallacy

12/09/2019 Natalie Andrews

Can Hal Foster laugh authenticity out of existence? Revisiting ‘The Expressive Fallacy’, a rights of passage for artists. (read more)

What is Authenticity After The Expressive Fallacy?

03/09/2019 Natalie Andrews

‘The Expressive Fallacy’ is an article from 1983 which still reverberates through the art world. (read more)

Art Money August : Banksy, Banksy, and more

28/08/2019 Adam Heardman

Love is in the Bin – Banksy. Sotheby’s claim it to be the first artwork created live during an auction. (read more)

Fighting Art Forgery With Blockchain Weaponry

19/08/2019 Trebuchet Magazine

Originally interviewed for Trebuchet’s Art and Crime issue, dealers Thomas Crown Art have created a fascinating technological solution for the ever increasing issue of forgery in the art market. (read more)

Hatice Besun: Portraits of Death [CAUTION GRAPHIC IMAGES]

16/08/2019 Trebuchet Magazine

Releasing the captured subject of death. Photographer Hatice Besun discusses the trauma and compulsion of working with tragic real events. (read more)

Colour and Structure; Delightful abstract paintings in Paris

23/07/2019 Edward Winters

These paintings show quasi-geometrical structure of colour space. Together with a sensitivity to surface texture the abstract nature serves to p[oint upa new kind of content – or one that is hidden behind the concept of representation. (read more)

Seeing is Believing

15/07/2019 Edward Winters

Looking at paintings requires an ability to place works in the historical context of the medium. Only then can we see the human significance of the work. It is no good looking inward to brain patterns. That is not where human significance is to be found.
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