October 2012
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Art of Change - New Directions from China
Whilst attending Art of Change at the Hayward I had a minor celebrity moment: Luc Tuymans stamping around the exhibition with a small entourage in tow. It was difficult to gauge his reaction to the works on display, especially as I was doing my damnedest to look like I didn’t know who he was, but for someone who has a reputation for being somewhat cantankerous he seemed faintly bemused.
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May 2012
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Plog Magazine (May 2012) →
David Shrigley review I’ve written for Plog Magazine. The second of an indefinite number of monthly contributions.
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March 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
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Art and Language
Bloated Verbosity
Ok, so I pick up the November/December issue of Frieze from my bedroom floor and turn to a random article. Quickly scanning through the first couple of paragraphs I pick out these words: “reticent”, “symposia”, “codify”, “veracity”, “truncated”, “anachronistic”, “redolent”, “crenulated”, “rapacious” and “inchoate”. Most of them I at least vaguely recognise but I know the...
December 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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CATSHOP Collective volume. 1
The first CATSHOP collective exhibition is now confirmed for the 15th -20th of December 2011 at the Gallery on the Corner, 155 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BU.
Tentatively titled “BIGCATSHOP” The featured artists will allegedly be Tarnia Gracie, Edward Lawrenson, Nick Reading, Natalie Rose Hutton, Ben Carrick, Martin McNally and Sam Good. Amid the current scenes of...
July 2011
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February 2011
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June 2010
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February 2010
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