Rachel Withers
Monica Ross
Monica Ross on Anniversary—an act of memory
June 2013
The works of British artist Monica Ross employ drawing, performance, video, and text to address questions of memory and history. Ross’s project Anniversary—an act of memory celebrates its culminating fifth year this year, with the concluding… READ ON
500 WORDS
John Riddy
Frith Street Gallery
May 2013
John Riddy’s photographs of Palermo are the outcome of repeated visits to the Italian city over several years. This series, made over a span of three years beginning in 2011, feature superb monochrome images that possess a thrilling intensity… READ ON
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Jim Shaw
May 2013
The Jim Shaw retrospective “The Rinse Cycle” successfully represented nearly all the artist’s major projects since 1978, the year he received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. The exhibition even included the “Thrift… READ ON
IN PRINT May 2013 [TOC]
Geraldo de Barros
The Photographers' Gallery
February 2013
This exhibition of São Paulan artist Geraldo de Barros is the UK’s first, and it serves up not just a winning introduction to de Barros’s dynamic, technically brilliant collages and photomontages, but (albeit incidentally) a teaser as … READ ON
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Stefan Gec
February 2013
Despite Duchamp’s declared intentions, it took only weeks (or maybe even days) for his “indifferent” Fountain, 1917, to acquire aesthetic value, expressive content, and metaphorical significance, thereby becoming what one might label … READ ON
IN PRINT February 2013 [TOC]
Péter Nádas
December 2012
The novels of Hungarian writer and photographer Péter Nádas arouse contrary opinions. Susan Sontag rated A Book of Memories (1986) a masterpiece; Michael Hofmann said it “isn’t merely bad but rotten.” Guardian reviewer Tibor Fischer… READ ON
IN PRINT December 2012 [TOC]
“A drawing while waiting for an idea”
Large Glass
July 2012
All the artifacts in the group exhibition “A drawing while waiting for an idea,” currently on view at Large Glass, relate to the theme of the sketch, plan, or prototype. Neatly enough, that subject includes the establishment itself: … READ ON
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Paul Noble
March 2012
W E L C O M E T O N O B S O N, announce the capital letters in the fifteen-part drawing, dated 2010, that prefaced Paul Noble’s first UK solo show since the Whitechapel Gallery’s 2004 survey. But shouldn’t that have been “welcome … READ ON
IN PRINT March 2012 [TOC]
“Town-Gown Conflict”
November 2011
Lucy McKenzie must have opted to title the group show she organized “Town-Gown Conflict” well before the summer, so it would be unfair to twit her and her collaborators (or Beatrix Ruf, the exhibition’s official curator) for not predicting… READ ON
