Ida Appleboorg Review
When asked to write a review of an exhibition, the critic is asked to look into their pool of knowledge on a particular subject and, taking an impartial view (if this is ever possible), write an informative text. They are asked to examine the works on show and decide whether objectively the show or the...
Dieter Roth Reykjavik Slides Review
Talk about an Archival Impulse. Although Hal Foster didn’t write about this contemporary obsession with archives until 2004, Dieter Roth has been creating archives in all shapes and forms since the late 60s, Every View of a City being perhaps his most comprehensive to date...
Morgan Fisher Films and Paintings and In Between and Nearby Review
Google “Morgan Fisher” and you’ll find a jewellery designer and an English keyboard player before you stumble across the underrated video artist that features in Raven Row’s latest show...
Damián Ortega: The Independent Review
Former political cartoonist turned artist, Damian Ortega is currently presenting an exhibition at Barbican’s The Curve. For 30 days Ortega set himself the challenge of creating a new piece in response to a newspaper story, photograph or image from that day. For those who know Ortega’s previous works this exhibition will most likely come as...
Francesc Ruiz, Gasworks Yaoi Review
Do not be surprised if, on entering the gallery, you mistake it for an underground Soho-style soft-porn library – this is exactly what the artist had in mind. It is an interesting response to the psychology of the area. The title, Yaoi (from the Japanese meaning “boys love”) is the name of a manga genre...
Sally Mann The Family and The Land
For those of us who are unfamiliar with Mann's work, or haven't had the chance to see it other than in books, this exhibition will come as a pleasant surprise. The Family and the Land: Sally Mann at The Photographer's Gallery is an edited version of a retrospective that has already toured Europe, and the...
Camden Arts Centre
An easy to reach location, spacious galleries, a lovely café and intelligible exhibitions...
