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MAC, Birmingham
Curran’s work is partly inspired by mid-nineteenth century scenic wallpapers that often revolved around the dialectic of man and nature. The work from which the exhibition takes its title is a large sheet of paper onto which small pieces of Read on…
Reviewed by: Matt Price
BLACCXN AGM, Canary Wharf, London
16 November
My invitation to take part in Alana Jelinek’s art intervention told me little. Mundane instructions such as the time and place of venue were included. The only clues to content were references to BLACCXN’s “major shareholders” Read on…
Reviewed by: Jack Hutchinson
Bloc, Sheffield
3-18 November
The simple power of a bold and pure vision. In Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Oddysey’ the monolith encountered by Dave Bowman has become a classic of contemporary iconography – a symbol for what we do not and may never know. Read on…
Reviewed by: Ron Wright
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
20-23 November 2007
Vital 07 – The Essence of Performance Chinese Arts Centre Manchester 20 and 21 November China. Chinese. Chinese Live Art. Chinese Artists. Where to begin when critiquing the work at Vital, the Manchester based International Chinese Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
20 November 2007
The gallery is darkened and a small performance space in the corner is marked by a semi-circle of chairs set at a respectful distance from a large mirror on the floor. Attractive reflections of light are cast on the walls, suggesting conventional Read on…
Reviewed by: Hazel Tsoi-Wiles
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
21 November 2007
This likeable and amusing performance is to be enjoyed with caution. For all her levity, Chang is playing dangerously with several stereotypes of Chinese femininity and though she encourages participation from the audience, this too has to be Read on…
Reviewed by: Hazel Tsoi-Wiles
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
20-21 November 2007
Vital '07 has been important for presenting not just Chinese live art but for bringing artists and audiences together to investigate the current state of live art as a genre. A showcase of non-European artists brings to our attention different Read on…
Reviewed by: Hazel Tsoi-Wiles
An Tuireann, Skye
28 September – 10 November
‘Sealladh 6 – Nexus:Communities’ explores working collaboratively with artists and organisations. As the ‘Sealladh’ series at An Tuireann focuses on working with Highland artists for 2007, the ‘Nexus’ project run Read on…
Reviewed by: Steven McKenzie
a private upper east side residence., New York
16 November 2007
Pablo Bronstein Ballet Park Avenue Presented by PERFORMA and Curated by Catherine Wood Last night I was one of the three people to be invited to a private patron's Park Avenue apartment to witness Pablo Bronstein's Ballet Park Avenue. We Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
20-21 November 2007
I attended the first day at the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester. It continues here for another day before decamping to Liverpool John Moores University for another two days. The programme is different in each city. I watched: Jason Lim Read on…
Reviewed by: Bryan Eccleshall
La Sucri're - Confluent, Lyon
19 September 2007 - 6 January 2008
There is no such thing as a passive experience. With ‘interactive art’ and the increased usage of technology by artists and in other aspects of contemporary culture this fact is often overlooked. A Read on…
Reviewed by: Micheal O'Connell
Tate Modern London, London
10 October 2007 - 20 January 2008
Louise Bourgeois A retrospectiveWhen you leave the Louise Bourgeois retrospective at the Tate Modern in London you are left feeling alone, confused and slightly disturbed. You seem to have questions which cannot be named nor Read on…
Joe's Pub, New York
10 November 2007
‘I know I’m Wow,’ said Carmelita Tropicana, an explosive Latina performer in a blue and gold jumpsuit, ‘But am I Now?’ Carmelita Tropicana was the first act in Wow and Now, a cabaret night of Feminist and Queer Read on…
Reviewed by: Mary Paterson
Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London
9 October 2007 - 6 April 2008
The intriguing thing about Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth is the question of why it doesn’t work. That is, why an artist experienced in producing arresting installations in large architectural spaces has failed to turn an exciting idea into Read on…
Reviewed by: Tom Robinson
The Church of St Paulinus, Richmond
8 November - 8 December 2007
Just past Catterick racecourse and set in acres of beautifully kept parkland with a stately home tucked away in the background, the converted church of St Paulinus is the home of art collector Greville Worthington. As if the venue weren't Read on…
Reviewed by: Justine Gaunt
Alison Jacques Gallery, London
6 September - 6 October 2007
Disease, as we imagine it, creeps slowly inside a subject, infecting with blackened fingers, and it is difficult to approach Hannah Wilke's work without feeling that the cold breath of infection is prowling close by. The artist famously depicted Read on…
Reviewed by: Laura Mclean-Ferris
Standing Room, Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, Derbyshire
26-28 October 2007
Entering Harrington Mill Studios in Long Eaton last weekend, the rumble and hubbub grew to a busy din. Climbing its spiral stair-tower up to the first floor I half expected to walk in on a factory full of lace makers leaned over bobbing and wheeling Read on…
Reviewed by: Jos Smith
Arnolfini, Bristol
11 November 2007
'Come dressed for the red carpet', said the text in the publicity material. The red carpet was laid out at the door of the Arnolfini in Bristol on a Saturday night and the show was a sell-out. There were different interpretations of 'dressed for the Read on…
Reviewed by: Theo Wood
The Artist's House, New York
3 November 2007
Christian Jankowski Rooftop RoutinePresented By PERFORMA It’s 10am on November 3rd and a small, tired looking crowd stand on the rooftop of Ming Tower on Division Street, Chinatown. We have been invited here, to the roof of the artist Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
2 in 1 Hair Salon, New York
3 November 2007
‘Haircuts by Children’ by Darren O’DonnellProduced with children studying at MS131, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Middle School in Chinatown by Art In General for PERFORMA07 Hair is not as external, shallow or simple as it may seem. Since Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
Washington Square Park, New York
9 November 2007
Mahjong, 2007 by artist He Yun Chang Presented by Chambers Fine Art for PERFORMA07. I went to Judson Church on Washington South yesterday to meet He Yun Chang whilst he prepared for his performance of Mahjong, 2007. Mahjong is a traditional Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
Japan Society Lobby , New York
2 November 2007
BYOF (Bring Your Own Flowers) by Ei Arakawa and Amy Sillman Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging, or Kadō (the ‘way of flowers’), the traditional practise of which involves great skill and accomplished Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
Artists Space, New York
2 November 2007
TM Sisters Things Will End Before They Start at Artists Space Two women in matching retro dresses fly through the air. They soar through a pale blue sky, arms straight out in front of them, their gaze fixed intently elsewhere: somewhere Read on…
Reviewed by: Rachel Lois Clapham
Trinity Church, Inverness
1-6 October 2007
Situated in the interior of Trinity Church, Inverness System is a contemplative and expansive work by Glasgow based artist Del Whitticase. The culmination of a three month residency as part of the 'Other Side of Air - Arts and Spirituality' series Read on…
Reviewed by: Georgina Coburn
Studio Voltaire, London
29 September - 28 October 2007
Upon entering Studio Voltaire's gothic gallery space I'm confronted by a wall of celebrity. For a moment it's as if I've been transported into the magazine department of WHSmith's, browsing the gossip weeklies in search of a deliciously scandalous Read on…
Reviewed by: Martyn Cross
Tribeca Grand Hotel Screening Room, New York
4-19 November 2007
The title of Harpstrings and Lava, the new film by the American artist Daria Martin, is taken from a nightmare that a friend of Martin’s had as a child. The nightmarish element is the conjunction of two seemingly impossible things – the Read on…
Reviewed by: Mary Paterson
The Gallery at Sketch, London
15 September - 3 November 2007
In addition to his work as artistic director of performance company Forced Entertainment, now in its twenty-third year, Tim Etchells has begun to exhibit visual and gallery-based work over the past few years and will have a novel (The Broken Read on…
Reviewed by: Theron Schmidt
Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent
3-24 November 2007
With a confusing premise 'The Parallax View' seems distorted in both its aims and execution. A large installation by Mozal and Joaquim greets the visitor to the gallery, huge orange weather balloons, cement mixers and umbrellas rest on Read on…
Reviewed by: Helen Thompstone
Artist's apartment, New York
3 November 2007
10 am on a chilly Saturday morning, and thirty or forty people are gathered at the top of a building on the Lower East side. We rub our hands together and pull our scarves round our necks to keep ourselves warm. All at once it starts Read on…
Reviewed by: Mary Paterson
Stephan Weiss Studio, New York
1 November 2007
The lights go low. Conversations peter out. A single, clear, female voice resonates around Stephan Weiss studio. She is singing a Duke Ellington song and her lone voice – disembodied and unaccompanied – fills the hall and demands Read on…
Reviewed by: Mary Paterson
