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The idea of 'Boys who sew' immediately raises issues of gender, sexuality and identity. Textiles is such a traditionally female medium that an exhibition of textile works made only by men inevitably creates sexual and political tensions. Work by Read on…
Crafts Council Gallery, London
5 February – 4 April
The cover of Lost Properties shows items seized by Customs at Heathrow Airport – metal shelves holding objects made from animal skins, among them stuffed crocodiles and cowboy boots. The incongruity of these objects, like a collection of Read on…
Lost Properties
Published by England & Co
The word 'collective' brings to the fore the idea of working under one name, in a community, or as a group. As part of Deptford X Contemporary Arts Festival, nine artists have eschewed the authorship, commercial values and individual acclaim or Read on…
Bearspace, Deptford
5 June – 19 July
When presented with a group of sculptures associated by their relationships to architecture, it would be easy to expect works on a grandiose scale. Instead, 'EU2', an exhibition of sculpture by ten European artists, looks at the unexpected Read on…
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 14 September – 19 October
At the Applied Arts Agency, a newly-established gallery and shop in Clerkenwell, London, artists/designers Kate Maestri, Andie Scott and Andrew Stafford had been asked to respond to the concept of 'Thirtysomething'. 'Thirtysomething' is the prime of Read on…
The Applied Arts Agency, London 8 February – 5 May
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