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A double dunk in London
Taking the plunge in immersive shows at both The Barbican and Tate Modern
July 30, 2024 -
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“I’m not sure yet.”
This is an artwork I heard about, and in truth there was nothing to see. Jon Carritt and Dan Palmer, two artists who share work space had erased themselves from an Open Studio weekend at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton. They had plastered over their studio door. A few indications remained that there was once a …
June 12, 2024 -
Book review: Maylis de Kerangal, Painting Time, 2021
Listing shades of pigment is as writerly as mixing shades of pigment is painterly. Maylis de Kerangal appears to have a handle on both disciplines as she builds the tale of Paula Karst, across a number of well-set scenes in the theatrical world of tromp l’oeil art. We first meet the protagonist in Paris. We …
June 4, 2024 -
Andrew Sim, two rainbows and a forest of plants and trees (2024)
Urban nature is my favourite kind. Parks where ice cream is sold. Botanical gardens serving good coffee. Flower shows curated like art festivals. Tree lined streets leading to civic amenities. And, of course, residential gardens which allow metropolitan types to contemplate collections of plants, ready and to hand, like the contents of bookshelf. Nobody ever …
May 28, 2024 -
Tyler Green, Carleton Watkins: Making the West American (2018)
Carleton Watkins made photographs that secured business deals for industrialists. He made photographs that offered conclusive scientific proof to geologists. He made photographs that were both commodities and souvenirs. And he even made photographs in order to give evidence in corporate law. Dominated thus by clients, Watkins is presented, in Tyler Green’s 2018 biography, squarely, …
May 22, 2024 -
Interview: Paul Watson
An artist and I stand on the summit of Whitehawk Hill, atop the hidden remains of a neolithic encampment. He is dressed in black, and smokes actual cigarettes, as I might have expected. Beyond that I’ve little idea how this meeting, with one of Folklore Twitter’s dark luminaries is about to play out. The setting, …
May 16, 2024 -