Archive for August, 2007

Ulyana Gumeniuk In Conversation With Laura K Jones

Paula Rego and Keith Coventry have already spotted the talents of Ulyana Gumeniuk, a Ukrainian artist whose paintings take on big issues of modern life – the neuroses of the family and marriage, conservative rituals and ‘corrupt’ regimes. Her work, inspired by Francis Bacon and Velazquez, is in two exhibitions this month, in Bath, UK, and Abele/Watou, Belgium. ulyana2NewGenerationUkrainians2002TINY.jpg

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Debut: Karin Kihlberg And Reuben Henry At Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Karin Kihlberg and Reuben Henry, 'The Waiting Room', 2006 Birmingham-based duo Karin Kihlberg and Reuben Henry have been working collaboratively together since 2004, in which time they have complemented...

Last Chance: Adam Ekberg, Chicago

Adam Ekberg, A disco ball on the mountaintop, 2005 Inkjet Print, 30 x 40 If you happen to be in Chicago don't miss the chance to see Adam Ekberg's video...

Contemporary Art At Lismore, Sudeley And Kelburn

Three of this summer's most vibrant exhibitions are united by idyllic rural settings: 'Reconstruction #2', an exhibition of site-specific sculptures, takes place at Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds,...

The Best Summer Shows Chosen By Artists, Curators And Critics

GEOFF DYER writer of many books, most recently The Ongoing Moment, which won the 2006 Infinity Award for the Best Writing on Photography from the International Center...

April Elizabeth Lamm's Latest Diary: New York Will Soon Be As Irrelevant As St Tropez

"New York will soon be as irrelevant as St. Tropez." This was the sentence I had put through a test-wash. It kept coming back to me in the form...

Andy Warhol At National Galleries Of Scotland, Edinburgh

Portrait of Joseph Beuys, 1980 The largest collection of Andy Warhol work ever exhibited in Scotland is currently on view at the National Gallery in Edinburgh, as part of...

'poetical Political' At Simon Lee, London

Olaf Nicolai, 'Vogue mirror'. Claire Fontaine, 'Untitled'. Kate Davis. Once proposed by the 1960s feminist movement as a revolutionary slogan, what does proclaiming that 'the personal is political' mean today? A...

Sh Contemporary, Shanghai

Song Dong, 'Printing on Water', performance in the Lhasa River, Tibet, 1996 The first international contemporary art fair in Asia opens on 7 September in Shanghai. SH Contemporary will...

Derek Buckner On His New Show At George Billis Gallery, La

Derek Buckner, 'UFO sightings #3', gouache on paper, 9 x 6", 2007 American Perspectives To a certain degree painting is the desire and attempt to control our surroundings. Paradoxically, for...