Category: Art

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

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Pleading in the Blood : Ron Athey [Book Review]

30/09/2013

Seventeen extensive essays from underworld luminaries of art and music attempt to nail Ron Athey’s ethos and individual practice...

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Robert Mapplethorpe : Fashion Show

26/09/2013

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”R/dropcapobert Mapplethorpe: Fashion Show Caution: Borderline NSFW image appears mid-way through text His delicate gaze saw with clarity...

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Lydia Lunch Part 2: Allies, Enemies and Joe Rogan.

23/09/2013

If you ever stick around after one of my shows the amount of hugging that goes on is insane. I’m Mother fucking India! ...

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Gromit Unleashed (RWA, Bristol)

18/09/2013

The Gromit trail acted as an excuse to explore the diverse areas of Bristol. It encouraged us to walk round the city, disguising exercise as fun entertainment. ...

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Con-artist. I have respect for that (Lydia Lunch)

16/09/2013

I do feel that it is a calling, to be a mouthpiece for some individuals that just feel they’re screaming and no sound is coming out....

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Hanging Offence : Rebecca Hossack Gallery

09/09/2013

I'm not a fan of the notion that art is some unholy nexus of the fashion/marketing/money/sex industries. Art is about Life....

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Mass Observation : This is Your Photo

03/09/2013

Spender’s camera is wielded with a candid humour and instinctive eye for capturing what Cartier Bresson refers to as ‘the moment’ of a photographic image....

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Nature Reserves at GV Art

02/09/2013

For all the apparent omnipotence of our universal scientific systems for the analysis, classification and control of nature, she still eludes our grasp...

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Sarah Sense : Weaving Water

26/08/2013

Photography in Weaving Water acts as a political statement, and stands for the social and technological integration of different cultures. ...

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George Catlin and the Indians

22/08/2013

An affecting impression of a man and the affinity which he found with his subjects, though always remaining on the outside. ...

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Amazon ’s Newest Venture: Selling Art

19/08/2013

This grouping together of 100 odd fine art galleries selling expensive artwork through one of the world’s largest corporations creates a very different experience for the buyer....

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Simon Fowler : Interview

18/08/2013

Using a style reminiscent of Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, Fowler's labour intensive work has complemented the avant garde work of Dub and Bass group The Bug, doom sonicists Sun O))), Jap-rock...

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Hanging Offence : Giulia Demichelis

12/08/2013

'I often see hesitation in trusting the professionalism of the art business.' Independent curator Giulia Demichelis answers Trebuchet's questions...

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Hanging Offence : Vitrine

05/08/2013

'maybe it is time to start thinking about new ways of talking about how art operates and how we define quality'...

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Word. Sound. Power. (Tate Britain)

29/07/2013

We are in collaboration with the artists. Where work is subtitled we begin to demand the presence of a voice and find ourselves clutching at headsets for dear life. We begin to translate our familiar...

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The Rebirth of Nature : Louise McNaught

25/07/2013

A magical world where animals are gods, magic exists, and things around us possess an ethereal, delicate yet simultaneously bold appearance. LouiseMcNaught at DegreeArt...

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An ABC of Aesthetics

15/07/2013

There is a distinction between art and entertainment, one of them being that art is meant to be hard work. ...

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Cob and Guts (and curation)

08/07/2013

Life in dreams is magnified, multiplied and recycled to form a new visual language that drifts in and out of cognitive understanding. Francesca Goodwin investigates new curatorial approaches at Cob...

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Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld

01/07/2013

Courtauld literally lived with his collections and so it was the physical composition of the work (such as Gauguin) itself wherein his main interests lay ...

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Caroline Niño [Interview]

26/06/2013

If we create a balance between all the elements in that space placing them strategically around all the space, on balance, in the space between the elements, there is harmony....

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L.S. Lowry : Tate Britain

25/06/2013

Beloved by many, but seen as a novelty act with shaky technique by others, L.S. Lowry has never quite fitted into the art establishment despite his enduring popularity....

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Hanging Offence : Proud Galleries

24/06/2013

Classic, limited edition printed photography in an age where most people have cameras in almost every electronic device they own...

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Jan Kempenaers : Breese Little Gallery

18/06/2013

Jan Kempenaers presents man-made and natural monuments; formed and found stone....

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Hanging Offence : Jerwood Charitable Foundation

10/06/2013

It’s a travesty that political society, for the most part, doesn’t value artistic thinking and exploration as it should. This civilisation will be poorer in all ways as a result....

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SUPERPAINTINGS at Transition Gallery

07/06/2013

They're laughing. Are we?...

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Restless Ribeiro : An Indian Artist in Britain

03/06/2013

A leading painter during the 60s and 70s, he was considered THE leading Indian artist resident in the UK until he was overshadowed by changing tastes and the epic rise of Anish Kapoor...

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Hanging Offence : Scream

27/05/2013

'our aesthetic is bold, bright, high impact works with an emphasis on the skill or craft of creating works of art' ...

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In Defence of Art

20/05/2013

They would then stalk, with a suitably knowing sneer creasing their upper lips, around the space and direct small troops of eager attendants to move paintings a little to the left or a little to the...

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Broad Vision: Inspired by… Images from Science

15/05/2013

So often in art/science collaborations it is clear how the process has benefited the arts practitioners; it is often more opaque what benefit the scientists have gained....

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Oliver Sin, Artist : Interview

13/05/2013

Everybody has a unique perspective to sense and communicate. Mine is mostly comes from my musical heritage. It's like improvising in music. Science and futurology are all parts of my style....

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