April Issue
Clunie Reid Take No Photographs, Leave Only Ripples 2009 detail
Feature
Wage Rage
How do artists make a living asks Larne Abse Gogarty
The rise of protest groups organising on behalf of artists (Working Artists and the Greater Economy, the Precarious Workers Brigade, Artists' Union England etc) show how tenuous the artist's existence is. Yet the groups' adherence to ethics rather than politics is a troubling strategy: what we need is not professionalism but radicalism.
'That both WAGE and the PWB have faced situations where their activism is presented as consumable culture points to the ability of capitalist institutions to accommodate and defang purportedly radical politics.'
Hans van Houwelingen Casa de Cossa 1995
Feature
Globalisation
Marcus Verhagen on whether there is such a thing as global art
Can we speak cogently of 'global art'? While some dismiss the concept as a process of homogenisation, what if its true complexity is simply not recognised in places where the processes of the global art world have been thoroughly naturalised – such as in global art hubs like London and New York, and the biennales and art fairs they promote?
'Where does all this leave the notion of global art? It has some appeal – for one thing, speaking of it is one way of drawing attention to those practices not covered by it, that is to say, to the blind spots of global institutions.'
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Comment
Editorial
Springtime
A recent publicity stunt saw UKIP's spring conference out-gunned by the goose-stepping chorus line of The Producers high-kicking to 'Springtime for Hitler' as it blared from a PA system on the turret of a tank – a timely reminder that the arts have a vital role in puncturing political pomposity.
"You can't bring dictators down on a soapbox with rhetoric. But if you can make people laugh at them, you've won."
Letters
The Importance of Iniva
Despite its current crisis, founder and former director Gilane Tawadros makes the case for Iniva.
From the Back Catalogue
Changing States Eddie Chambers reviews the first decade of inIVA’s activities
Artnotes
Northern Ireland loses its Arts and Culture department in a restructuring exercise; Saudi artist Ahmed Mater claims that a Swiss watchmaker's plagiarism has put his family's life at risk; UK artists sign up to boycott Israel while German artists sign up not to; Glasgow School of Art MA students protest over studio provision; a former gallerist writes a thinly veiled slasher novel in which a 'fictional' dealer murders her 'fictional' former gallery artists; the latest news on galleries, appointments, prizes and more.
Submissions: Send news items to artnotes@artmonthly.co.uk
Bristol Bloodhound rocket installed on the Hayward Gallery as part of 'History is Now'
Exhibitions
History is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain
Hayward Gallery, London
Peter Suchin
Jason Rhoades: Four Roads
Baltic, Gateshead
Paul Usherwood
Ruth Ewan: Back to the Fields
João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva: Papagaio
Camden Arts Centre, London
David Barrett
Totaller: 15" Deep Pan Stuffed Crust Portuguese Man O' War
Paper, Manchester
Mark Adams
PS Mirabel, Manchester
Eleanor Clayton
Nil Yalter
MOT International, London
Gill Ord: A Country of Wonders
Studio 1.1, London
Cherry Smyth
Jacob Dahlgren: Third Uncle
Workplace, London
Martin Herbert
London Round-up
Ronchini Gallery • Robilant + Voena • Mazzoleni
Martin Holman
Glasgow and Edinburgh Round-up
Tramway • Kendall Koppe • Mary Mary • Collective
George Vasey
Reviews
Performance
PJ Harvey: Recording in Progress
Paul Carey-Kent sees in to the musician's recording studio
'There are plenty of precedents for rock musicians turning back to their art school roots (Ronnie Wood, Paul Simenon and Pete Doherty, to cite three with recent London exhibitions), but their approach hasn't typically been conceptual in nature.'
Reports
Film
Harun Farocki: Labour in a Single Shot
Alex Fletcher on a global cartography of labour in the 21st century
'From 2011 to 2014 Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann initiated workshops in 15 cities worldwide, where participants were asked to address the topic of labour in "a single shot" (ie no cuts allowed) lasting a maximum of two minutes.'
Reports
Conference
Transmediale 15: Capture All
Rob La Frenais tracks the digital dissidents
'As artist Jordan Crandall said at the conference: "Technologies of convenience become technologies of attack."'
Reports
Letter from New York
Independents and the City
Niki Russell on the migration of artist-run galleries
'Located in Manhattan, they are a historical/geographic reminder of a time when this was a completely viable option for non-profit spaces.'
Reports
Letter from Rotterdam
Art Week
Sophie J Williamson finds local enthusiasm for challenging art
'Making my way round the peaceful – if unsettlingly silent – industrial streets, I never fail to be surprised when I encounter the numerous art institutions pocketed across the city.'
Reports
Letter from Lahore
Neighbours
Virginia Whiles on cross-border cultural relations
'The diploma show at the principal college, NCA (National College of Arts), had been deferred due to the new state rulings on security for all schools since the tragedy in Peshawar. This decrees that every pedagogical building, from primary to postgraduate, must raise surrounding barbed-wire and brick walls to a minimum height of 12ft.'
Artlaw
Copyright
Merchandising Rights Time Bomb
Henry Lydiate on forthcoming changes to merchandising rights
'When an artwork is mass-produced in three dimensions by or with the artist's permission, UK law substantially reduces the artist's copyright protection in the future. This rule is a time-bomb: it operates only 25 years from the end of the year in which such merchandise is first marketed.'
Listings
Events
London Art Calendar
This month's highlights include:
- Lucy Clout & Marianna Simnett in conversation with Esther Leslie Jerwood Space 6.30pm Mon 20 Apr
- Michael Taussig in conversation with David Toop ICA 2pm Wed 22 Apr
- Theaster Gates talk Tate Modern 6.30pm Mon 27 Apr
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Exhibition Listings
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Opportunities
Opportunities
Jobs
Communications & Marketing Manager
Applications are now open for Communications & Marketing Manager at Peacock Visual Arts.
Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen | 6 Apr
www.peacockvisualarts.com
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Director
Iniva, London | 13 Apr
www.iniva.org
Printmaking Artist in Residence
South Hill Park Arts Centre, London | 6 Apr
www.southhillpark.org.uk
Director
Kingsgate Workshops, London | 29 March
www.kingsgateworkshops.org.uk
Communications Assistant
The Arts Catalyst, London | 7 Apr
www.artscatalyst.org
Lecturer in Art Museum and Gallery Studies
School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester | 1 Apr
www2.le.ac.uk
Interim Director
Grand Union, Birmingham | 10 Apr
http://grand-union.org.uk
ESP & Public Programmer
Eastside Projects, Birmingham | 10 Apr
http://eastsideprojects.org
Research Curator
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester | 29 Mar
www.cfcca.org.uk
Head of Resources & Enterprise
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford | 24 Apr
www.modernartoxford.org.uk
Friday Late Programme Co-ordinator
V&A, London | 7 Apr
www.vam.ac.uk
Young People’s Programme Coordinator
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London | 17 Apr
www.courtauld.ac.uk
Coordinator
Artangel Collection, London | 13 Apr
www.artangel.org.uk
Ceramics Assistant
Dalston, London | 15 Apr
www.malenehartmannrasmussen.com
Head of Programme
Arnolfini, Bristol | 7 Apr
www.arnolfini.org.uk
Gallery Assistant
Grand Union, Birmingham | 10 Apr
http://grand-union.org.uk
Front of House/Gallery Assistant
Flowers Gallery, London | 31 May
www.flowersgallery.com
Shadow Curator Traineeship
Africa in Motion Film Festival, Glasgow | 20 Apr
www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
Programme Assistant
Mostyn, Llandudno | 30 Mar
www.mostyn.org/jobs
Competitions/Commissions
British Art Exhibition & Auction Mexico 2015
Arte Mexico invites British and UK based artists to submit up to 3 works for show and auction at Morton Casa de Subastas in Mexico City.
Arte Mexico | 31 May
www.artemexico.org
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Billboard Commission
Bloc Projects | 29 Apr
www.blocprojects.co.uk
Embassy of Brazil Visual Arts Award
Embassy of Brazil, London | 17 Apr
https://embassyofbrazillondon.files.wordpress.com
Call for Participants
HOME, Manchester & Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival, Florence | 7 Apr
www.featureexpanded.com
Call for Applications
neo:art prize, Bolton | 18 May
www.neoartists.co.uk
Public Art Commission
The OPW & Cork County Council | 6 Apr
http://nationalsculpturefactory.com
Open Call for Curators – Travel Award for Central America & the Caribbean
CPPC & ICI | 1 Apr
http://curatorsintl.org
Public Sculpture Commission
Vitrine, London | 31 Mar
www.vitrinegallery.co.uk
Art Language Location
Art Language Location Festival, Cambridge | 5 Apr
www.artlanguagelocation.org
Playable City Award 2015
Watershed, Bristol | 7 Apr
www.watershed.co.uk
Plymouth Contemporary Open
Peninsula Arts, Plymouth | 2 Apr
www.plymouth.ac.uk
Artist Commission Opportunity
Thame, Oxfordshire | 8 Apr
www.stoford.com
DIY 12: Call for proposals
Live Art Development Agency, UK | 9 Apr
www.thisisliveart.co.uk
Hoe Garden Public Art Commission
Plymouth City Council, Plymouth | 6 Apr
www.plymouth.gov.uk
Community art prize
Peoples Art Prize, UK | 20 May
www.peoples-art-prize.co.uk
Open Call for Artist Commissions
Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, Newcastle | 10 Apr
www.newcastlegateshead.net
Residencies/Fellowships
Call for Applications for UNIDEE – University of Ideas Residential Modules 2015
Weekly residential modules investigating art & public realm through a multidisciplinary study on participation, temporality, responsibility.
UNIDEE – Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy | 4 Apr & 23 Oct
http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activities.html
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Art Critic Residency in Vienna
International Art Critics Association, Austria | 16 May
www.aica.at
Careers in the Visual Arts Course
Whitechapel Gallery | 20 Apr
www.whitechapelgallery.org
Call for Applications
Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam | 1 Apr
http://sandberg.nl
Kooshk Residency Award
Tehran, Iran | 15 Apr
http://kooshkresidency.com
SOMA Summer 2015
SOMA , Mexico City | 15 Apr
http://somamexico.org
International Fellowships: Portugal, Bangladesh & China
Gasworks International Fellowships | 30 Mar
www.gasworks.org.uk
Residency Opportunity
Westbury Arts Centre, Milton Keynes | 17 Apr
www.westburyartscentre.co.uk
Silence Awareness Existence Residency
Arteles Creative Center, Finland | 15 Apr
www.arteles.org
Residency in Austria
VSL, Austria | 31 Mar
www.vsl.or.at
Curatorial Fellowship
Cubitt Gallery, London | 14 Apr
www.cubittartists.org.uk
Near Now Fellowship
Near Now, Nottingham | 10 Apr
http://nearnow.org.uk
Residency in Marseille
Logirem Corporate Foundation, Marseille, France | 17 Apr
www.sextantetplus.org
Georgia Fee Artist / Writer Residency
Artslant, Paris | 3 Apr
www.artslant.com
Scholarships/Grants
Graduate Studio Award Scheme
Lewisham Arthouse | 10 Apr
www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk
Exhibiting
Call for Applications
Catalyst Arts Members Show, Belfast | 7 Apr
www.catalystarts.org.uk
Call for Live Art Submissions
Drodesera Festival of Performing Arts, Italy | 12 May
www.centralefies.it
Curatorial Opportunity
The New Art Center, USA | 6 Apr
www.newartcenter.org
Call for Submissions
The Moving Image Review & Art Journal | 17 Apr
www.intellectbooks.co.uk
Members Open Call
Catalyst Arts, Belfast & 126 Gallery, Galway | 1 Apr
www.catalystarts.org.uk
CoLAB Open Call
SPACE, London | 7 Apr
www.artandtechnologyspace.com
Open Call – Member's Exhibition
Bloc Projects, Sheffield | 12 Apr
www.blocprojects.co.uk
Call for Projects
Sound Development City, Zurich | 19 Apr
http://sound-development-city.com
Griffin Gallery Open
Griffin Gallery, London | 25 May
www.griffingallery.co.uk
Submissions: Send opportunities to opportunities@artmonthly.co.uk
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