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Archive for December 2010
back for seconds
Film is to artists, what books are to Paris Hilton: at one’s disposal, but hardly useful. Rarely is film a successful medium for artists, not because of film’s inherent limitations, but mostly from artists’ inability to produce a linear story in a time-based medium. Those that do attempt film or video demand that viewers leap… (read more)
collecting the country
If the British Art Show 7 is meant to describe the British art sensibility over the past five years, the message is clear: British-ness is about collecting many things, and sorting the pile into some sort of organisation: coherent or not. Zig zagging through the UK, BAS 7 woke up from its five-year slumber to… (read more)
turner: new irrelevancy
The Turner Prize, for those that are lucky enough not to hear the over-hype and follow-on grumble of this annual award at London’s Tate Museum, is announced this time of year. The 2010 Award is somewhat different. Not much grumbling, at least from the media, but large heaps of moaning from protesting art students lamenting… (read more)
len_lye: science guy
Len Lye is Science Guy for art of all kinds. “How to Enjoy Art Without Thinking” by Len Lye. It’s not the original name of Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery exhibit (The Body Electric) but it’s the first notion that comes to mind wandering through the roomful of audio-enhanced, kinetic sculpture from the New Zealand artist. In… (read more)