Art Monthly Newsletter December-January 2009-10
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Art Monthly #332 Dec-Jan 2009-10
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Acconci Studio's amphitheatre proposal for the new Concert Hall, Stavanger
Interview Changing Spaces
Vito Acconci interviewed by Freee
Vito Acconci was a key player in New York's performance scene in the 1970s but gave up art in order to focus on architectural projects. Here the art collective Freee asks him how he intervenes within major building projects in order to question traditional assumptions about public space.
'I don't think I understand people enough unless they're individuals. That's why I hate words like "public", which gives the impression that there is one single body with a single purpose and a single motive.'
Superflex The Financial Crisis (Session I-IV) 2009
FeatureCrunch Time
Jennifer Thatcher on the convergence of artistic and entrepreneurial values
Corporate management theorists often appropriate the flexible survival strategies developed by artists, but when entrepreneurs and artists begin to share the same values, what becomes of criticality?
'The very idea of non-stop art seems to parallel too closely the ideal of 24-hour labour, with no room for slacking, which causes so much anxiety in today's economy. Neither Hans Ulrich Obrist nor Antony Gormley is really interested in the "former audience", that is, providing an opportunity for participants to alter the course of events as they are unfolding.
Grayson Perry in the window display at Liberty department store
FeatureProduct Placement
Christopher Townsend on the link between Modernism and postmodernity in design
When avant-garde artists first proposed folding art into life through the manufacture of domestic items, did they really have limited-edition luxury goods in mind?
'Grayson Perry's performance suggests that the historical responsibility of some contemporary artists is limited to enriching themselves within the so-called creative economies of the state.'
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Comment Editorial Faking It
The discovery that a painting in the Courtauld Collection, long held to be a 20th-century fake, actually dates from the 17th century has raised interesting questions about artistic value and the art market - particularly since this discovery has apparently decreased the painting's potential market value. The chequered fortunes of this work sheds an unexpected light on the contemporary art market.
'The blinding effect of money is a phenomenon that is all too familiar from recent art market excesses that have inflated prices and reputations and distorted judgement.'
Artnotes
Boris Johnson wants a big tower for the Olympic Park but gets more than he bargained for from artist Tomas Saraceno and his collaborators; almost all of Hélio Oiticica's work is lost in an uninsured storage fire; artists descend on Copenhagen alongside the UN's Climate Change Conference; Guggenheim Bilbao considers a satellite museum; UK galleries keep visitor numbers high during the recession but lose vital funding; and all the latest news on art world appointments, events, commissions and more.
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Obituary
Nancy Spero 1926-2009
Joanna Walker
Reviews
Exhibitions Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting
Hayward Gallery, London
Patricia Bickers
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures
German Historical Museum, Berlin
Sarah James
Deimantas Narkevicius
BFI Southbank Gallery
Sally O'Reilly
Eva Hesse: Studiowork
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Rosie Lesso
Sophie Calle
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Maria Walsh
Jeremy Millar
National Maritime Museum, London
Andrew Hunt
Jill Magid: Authority to Remove
Tate Modern, London
Larne Abse Gogarty
Terry Smith: The Foundling
The Foundling Museum, London
Peter Suchin
The Peckham Experiment
Camberwell Space, London
Dan Smith
Let's Take Back Our Space
Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Martin Herbert
Chen Chieh-jen
Iniva, London
Colin Perry
The Long Dark
International 3, Manchester
Martin Vincent
Reviews Artists' Books Fair Use (Notes From Spam)
Sally O'Reilly on Graham Parker's exploration of spam culture
'Just as the stagecoach was vulnerable to the highwayman of 17th-century Britain and the railroad was instrumental to the conman in 19th-century United States, so the internet is now prey to spamming - the process by which an anonymous assailant tries to separate us from our money.'
Reviews Books Beauty
Dave Beech on Roger Scruton's latest trumpeting of conservative values
'In effect, Scruton has not written a book on beauty at all, but utilised questions around beauty to argue for a revival of the concept of virtue.'
Winter Reading
David Barrett rounds up some recent releases
'Artist Henry Bond has deepened his photographic analysis of the everyday with the extraordinary Lacan at the Scene. This publication takes a studiously analytical approach to what could have been a lighthearted thought experiment: what if French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan had become a British murder detective in the 1950s?'
Report Letter from an Australian The View from Oz
John Kelly on art and censorship in the UK and Australia
'The case reached hysterical proportions when women and children were advised to avoid looking at the offensive painting, which one commentator described as an artistic Pearl Harbor.'
Salerooms London Smaller but Better
Colin Gleadell on the autumn sales
'The London contemporary art sales held to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair brought in a total of £47.4m (including separate 20th-century Italian art sales), just above the pre-sale estimate of £45.5m. Although this was a 53% fall on last year's total for comparative sales, there were a great deal fewer lots on offer and a much higher percentage of sold against unsold lots was achieved - which all goes to demonstrate that the market has stabilised.'
Artlaw Artlaw Online Artquest's Artlaw Services
Henry Lydiate on the newly reorganised Artlaw online archive
'In November 2009 Artquest's online practical information, advice and support service for visual artists and craftspeople was overhauled and improved. It included a major restructuring of the Artlaw Archive of articles published in Art Monthly from its first issue in October 1976.'
Listings Exhibitions Exhibition listings
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Events
Kimsooja A Needle Woman, Tokyo 1999
Talking Art Kimsooja interviewed by Maxa Zoller
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
Saturday 20 February 2pm
Born in South Korea, New York-based artist Kimsooja is renowned for her performative video works and sculptural installations. Meditating on the crossover between cultural, social and personal identity, her work has previously been selected for the Venice Biennale - 2001, 2005 and 2007 - as well as the Whitney Biennial and the Yokohama Triennial. She currently has a solo exhibition at the Baltic in Gateshead.
Prices: £9 (£5 concessions), booking recommended
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Opportunities Jobs Exhibition Co-ordinator
The Barbican, London | 11 Dec
www.barbican.org.uk
Project Co-ordinator - My East End Project
Four Corners, London | 11 Dec
www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk
Director
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeenshire | 4 Dec
www.ssw.org.uk
Grants/Scholarships Grants for artists
The Elephant Trust, London | 11 Jan
www.elephanttrust.org.uk
Competitions/Commissions
North Downs Way Commission
Artist commission to develop a marker for the finish of the North Downs Way National Trail on Dover's Sea Front. The trail is one of the premier walking routes in the South East. The work will be integrated in the new Tonkin Liu design for Dover's Esplanade.
Dover Arts Development | Deadline: 18 January | Budget: £15,000
For further details email: info@dadonline.eu
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Temporary art commission
Big Things on the Beach, Edinburgh | 13 Jan
www.bigthingsonthebeach.org.uk
Proposals to develop Sutton Scarsdale Hall
The Centre of Attention | 1 Jan
www.thecentreofattention.org
Franchise Two - $10,000 funding for international exhibition
Apexart, New York | 15 Dec
www.apexart.org/exhibitions/franchisetwo.htm
Belfast Harbour Public Art Commission - £100,000 budget
University of Ulster, Belfast | 11 Jan
www.belfastharbourart.com
Residencies/Fellowships Research Fellowship
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds | 11 Jan
www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk/hmi
Artist's Residency Programme
Aberystwyth Arts Centre | Late 2009
www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
The Rea Garden Residency Programme
Behind Closed Doors, Birmingham | 17 Dec
www.behindcloseddoors.org.uk
New media artist research residency
Kitchen Budapest, Budapest | 15 Dec
www.kitchenbudapest.hu/residency-calls
Exchange residency at CALQ, Canada
Creative Lab, CCA Glasgow | 14 Dec
www.cca-glasgow.com
Live art space available for research
Creative Lab, CCA Glasgow | 14 Dec
www.cca-glasgow.com
Courses
artschool uk - call for applications
Applications are invited for this unique project which will explore the work of 21 individuals selected to participate in daily seminars, workshops, tutorials, presentations and reading groups. The project will culminate in a publication and related events. For its launch year, 2010, artschool uk are working in collaboration with Cell Project Space.
artschool uk | Deadline: 1 February
www.artschooluk.org
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Exhibiting
Curate This! 2010
The BECA Foundation, Denver | 4 Feb
www.thebecafoundation.org
Moves 10: Framing Motion screen-based art exhibiton
The Bluecoat, Liverpool | 13 Dec
www.movementonscreen.org.uk
Occupy My Time: Police and Thieves
The Old Police Station, London | 7 Dec
www.occupymytime.co.uk
Heart, Head & Hands - Sculpture in the Garden
The Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester University | 8 Jan
www.le.ac.uk/racentre
Solo exhibition
Center for Contemporary Art Celje, Slovenia | 31 Dec
www.celeia.info/csu_razpisi
Publications
Live Art Almanac 2 - call for submissions
Live Art Development Agency, London | 31 Dec
www.thisisliveart.co.uk
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