Also at http://kimcolemanjennyhogarth.co.uk/texts/awfully_good.htm As a title for this exhibition, an oxymoron perfectly encapsulates the understated dynamics of its subject matter: light. The scene it sets is expressive rather than representative; it shape-shifts. The scene it sets is definitely possible…. Continue Reading →
Back Garden Biennale 2008 Edinburgh, Scotland Art today tends to lodge in spaces. ‘Nice space’ all intone in unison when encountering yet another opening in the great white indoors. Such spaces are significantly devoid of detail – they take little… Continue Reading →
Despite common parlance, globalisation is not a synonym for contemporary neoliberal capitalism; it is rather an historical process of cultural drift and metamorphosis. It concerns the ways in which lots of small local networks connect to form an international matrix…. Continue Reading →
Random Son of a Bitch Uh, I feel in writing mood. What else can I say? I know. I usually get up at 6.15am in the morning because I always do. I try to make it to the 7:15am bus,… Continue Reading →
Neil Mulholland on the Summer of Love Isaac Abrams All Things are One Thing 1966 © Isaac Abrams. Photo: Photograph: Alvan Meyerowitz Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era at Tate Liverpool explores the psychedelic in the 1960s. Neil… Continue Reading →
Generator in Dundee are profiling the work of dynamic duo Jason Nelson and Kevin Reid in ah-ken-ah-kin! (31st March – 29th April 2007). Recent recipient of the Scottish Arts Council’s Amsterdam Residency, Reid particularly stands out in Scotland for producing… Continue Reading →
The Edinburgh Arts Festival (EAF) www.edinburghartfestival.org (27th July- 3rd Sept) entered its third year with a packed programme of exhibitions, events, talks and walks. Although distinctly devoid of extraordinary shows, a few EAF highlights included David Batchelor at The Palm… Continue Reading →
Established in 2003, The Embassy (www.embassygallery.co.uk) incorporated the key protagonists behind two Edinburgh-based artist-initiatives of the early 00s: Win Together Lose Together Play Together Stay Together – a carnivalesque cooperative that occupied temporary spaces – and Magnifitat (www.magnifitat.net) – an… Continue Reading →
Where the Wild Things Are Dundee Contemporary Arts 10th June -13th August 2006 While crossing the border between human and animal kingdoms, DCA superficially mimics the wares of the watercolour-challenged currently emerging from hibernation to display their plumage at a… Continue Reading →
Commenticius Combibo (Lady Amherst’s Lesser Big-eared Ring-necked Semi-collared Bar-headed Pink-footed Red-Eyed Short-arsed Buff-bellied Fanny-tailed Ruddy-cheeked Needle-nobbed Trustafarian Bean Warbling Uphill Oystercatching Snipe) This seabird has flourished in the Isle of Man, Switzerland and North Korea where it has been saved… Continue Reading →
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