March Issue
Lynda Benglis 1970
photo Henry Groskinsky
Interview
Going with the Flow
Lynda Benglis interviewed by Virginia Whiles
Lynda Benglis emerged in the 1960s as part of an influential generation of process-based American sculptors. Here she discusses how to work collaboratively with traditional artisans, the sense of proprioception and its importance to sculpture, and how we all might learn to be beneficiaries of pain.
'Above all, I am interested in gravity, the sense of the body when you look up at something. I remember Clement Greenberg was said to have provoked Morris Louis with the question, "What's up or down? What's correct?" But for me there is no up or down. I depend on gravitational pull – Greenberg couldn't turn my floor pieces upside down!'
Rachel Maclean Please, Sir... 2014
Feature
Artists Must Eat
But at what price asks Lizzie Homersham
A number of post-internet artists are now embracing patrons whom other artists are choosing to boycott. Is it perhaps something about the disembodied nature of the digital sphere that makes post-internet artists take up the 'starving artist' plea?
'In two memorable tweets posted in the months before the call to boycott Zabludowicz appeared, artist Huw Lemmey quipped, "Top diet tip: I've lost 6 pounds since I started relying on arts organisations paying invoices on time in order that I can eat." And: "Nothing tastes as good as freelance feels."'
From the Back Catalogue
Just Say No James Odling-Smee on a proposal to ban corporate sponsorship of the arts
Jill Magid Failed States 2011
Feature
Write On
Gilda Williams on today's art-writing explosion and the tyranny of the artist's statement
With the current boom in art-writing being marked not only by a new breed of art criticism but also by tenaciously text-based artworks from the likes of Gerry Bibby, Jill Magid and Katrina Palmer, isn't it time to challenge the hackneyed form of the artist's statement?
'Some artists' practices deliberately eschew and resist translation into language; for these artists, writing that hateful artist's statement may represent a kind of mild punishment, a hazing ritual in the passage towards becoming fully fledged, fully exportable, fully 21st-century artists.'
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Comment
Editorial
Drip, Drip, Drip
As David Cameron, backed by culture minister Ed Vaizey, leads calls for a crackdown on public use of encryption technologies, the issue of civil liberties in this brave new world of permanent self-surveillance becomes increasingly pressing.
'In a personal manifesto, Edward Snowden has said: "I don't want to live in a world where everything I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded." In his former role as a systems administrator, he recalls seeing NSA analysts – 18 to 22-year-olds – "searching through the haystacks" of data in a culture where the passing around of nude photographs was seen as one of the "fringe benefits of a surveillance position".'
Letters
Just Go
Morgan Quaintance calls on Iniva's top brass to resign en masse.
Artnotes
Tate finally reveals how much it received from BP; the National Gallery continues on a collision course with its striking staff; the V&A security team pulls a devotional image of the Prophet Muhammad from its website; the latest news on galleries, appointments, prizes and more.
Obituaries
Katy Dove 1970-2015
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Roy Voss Miss 2015
Profile
Roy Voss
Martin Herbert on the British artist
Roy Voss, with his subtle doublings and nimble inversions, has an economical way of flip-flopping the viewer's understanding of both his artworks and the landscapes that they reference.
'Outwardly, the process Roy Voss used to make the works in his current show at Matt's Gallery, "All The World's a Sunny Day", could hardly be simpler. But then you look, and the unfolding begins.'
Reviews
Exhibitions
Adventures of the Black Square
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Mark Prince
How to Construct a Time Machine
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
Paul Carey-Kent
Sarah Sze
Victoria Miro, London
Cherry Smyth
Grace Schwindt: Only a Free Individual Can Create a Free Society
Site Gallery, Sheffield
Adam Pugh
Rachel Reupke: Letter of Complaint
Cubitt, London
Marina Vishmidt
Park Chan-kyong and Lina Selander
Iniva, London
Mark Wilsher
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou: Code Noir
Jack Bell Gallery, London
Paul Carey-Kent
London Round-up
Southard Reid • Vitrine • Bosse & Baum
Nick Warner
North-west Round-up
Harris Museum and Art Gallery • Grundy Art Gallery • Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Bob Dickinson
Dublin Round-up
Project Arts Centre • Kerlin • TBG&S
Joanne Laws
Reviews
Books
TaTa Dada: The Real Life and Celestial Adventures of Tristan Tzara
John Douglas Millar on Marius Hentea's study of the daddy of Dada
'Like Walter Benjamin, he wanted to convert the surrealist dreamer's gaze into a political stare and he became increasingly involved in politics as the war loomed.'
Report
Letter from Cardiff
New Chapter
Brychan Tudor finds cause for optimism in south Wales
'In the wake of its failed European Capital City of Culture bid in 2008, talk of culture at local government level was redirected towards historically safe and trusted traditionalisms. This short-sighted stubbornness pegged Cardiff back in terms of its cultural development as a city. While Cardiff stalled, other cities such as Glasgow and Liverpool explored the regeneration potential of visual art through dynamic public art commissions and international visual arts festivals. Even local civic rival Swansea left Cardiff behind.'
Artlaw
Public Policy
Regulating the Art Industry
Henry Lydiate on why the art industry might self-regulate
'At the World Economic Forum event at Davos in Switzerland in January 2015, the economist Nouriel Roubini made a significant public attack on the global art market: "Regulation is required in the art market because it suffers from tax evasion, money laundering, price manipulation and trading on inside information." These remarks were addressed to the most prestigious and influential annual gathering of international business and political leaders, economic academics and journalists.'
Listings
Events
London Art Calendar
This month's highlights include:
- Symposium on Hans Haacke ICA 11.30am Sat 7 Mar
- Re-Materialising Feminism book launch with performances Unit 21 7pm Sat 7 Mar
- Amalia Pica performance Whitechapel Gallery 7pm Thu 19 Mar
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Exhibitions
Exhibition Listings
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Opportunities
Opportunities
Jobs
Artist Programme Manager
Space Studios, London | 2 Mar
www.spacestudios.org.uk
International Residencies Programme Administrator
Acme Studios, London | 27 Mar
www.acme.org.uk
Curator
Bluecoat, Liverpool | 16 March
www.thebluecoat.org.uk
Office Manager
Iniva, London | 9 Mar
www.iniva.org
Administrator
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh | 6 Mar
http://fruitmarket.co.uk
Festival Director
Doc/Fest, Sheffield | 6 Mar
https://sheffdocfest.com
Senior Technician
Battersea Art Centre, London | 2 Mar
www.bac.org.uk
Assistant Director
Kunstraum, London | 1 Mar
http://kunstraum.org.uk
Deputy Director
Centre Pompidou, France | 8 Mar
www.centrepompidou.fr
Arts Fundraising Fellowships
London & Regional positions | 27 Mar
http://artsfundraising.org.uk
Duty Manager
South London Gallery, London | 9 Mar
www.southlondongallery.org
Development Manager
Artes Mundi | 16 Mar
www.artesmundi.org
Youth Arts Facilitator
Gulbenkian, Kent | 2 Mar
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Digital, Film and Video Technician
CCA, Glasgow | 3 Mar
www.cca-glasgow.com
Programme Director
Creative Youth Network, Bristol | 9 Mar
www.creativeyouthnetwork.org.uk
Director of Development & Communication
The Hepworth, Wakefield | 16 Mar
www.hepworthwakefield.org
Front of House / Administration Manager
The Model, Sligo | 6 Mar
www.themodel.ie
Advertising Representative
Frieze Publishing, London | 16 Mar
http://careers.frieze.com
Competitions/Commissions
East London Painting Prize 2015
Last chance to win £10K + solo show! Open to artists living/working in Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest.
Created by The Legacy List & Bow Arts, London | 8 Mar
www.bowarts.org/elpp
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Billboard Commission
Bloc Projects | 29 Apr
www.blocprojects.co.uk
Call for Exhibition Proposals
Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark | 1 Mar
www.callforcurators.com
Artist Commission
Social Housing Arts Network, Sheffield | 5 Mar
Apply here
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
Jerwood / Film & Video Umbrella Award
Jerwood, London | 27 Mar
www.jerwoodfvuawards.com
Short Story Prize
The White Review | 1 Mar
http://thewhitereview.org
Plymouth Contemporary Open
Peninsula Arts, Plymouth | 2 Apr
www.plymouth.ac.uk
Colourful Crossings Public Commission
Better Bankside, London | 6 Mar
www.betterbankside.co.uk
Residencies/Fellowships
DEGREE SHOW RESIDENCY
Project proposals are invited from practitioners to actively engage with, re-evaluate or interpret the undergraduate Degree Show as a critical moment.
Hardwick Gallery | 13 Mar
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Painting Fellowship 2016
Jerwood Visual Arts | 2 Mar
http://jerwoodvisualarts.org
HIT Residency
Galeria HIT, Prague | 23 Mar
www.hitresidency.org
Kooshk Residency Award
Tehran, Iran | 15 Apr
http://kooshkresidency.com
SOMA Summer 2015
SOMA, Mexico City | 15 Apr
http://somamexico.org
Residency in Zurich
TGleis70, Switzerland | 20 Mar
www.gastateliergleis70.ch
Residency Open Call
In-Situ, Pendel | 2 Mar
www.in-situ.org.uk
Residency in Norway
AiR Bergen, Norway | 1 Mar
http://airbergen.no
Residency in Austria
VSL, Austria | 31 Mar
www.vsl.or.at
Summer Residency for Arts and Culture
The Bau Institute, Italy | 15 Mar
www.bauinstitute.org
Time & Space Residencies
Liverpool, Southend & Peterborough | 15 Mar
www.metalculture.com
Residency in Lisbon
Roundabout.LX, Portugal | 1 Mar
https://roundaboutlx.wordpress.com
Scholarships/Grants
Arts Scholarship
Sky Academy in partnership with IdeasTap | 5 Mar
www.sky.com
Fellowship in Contemporary Art
British School of Rome, Italy | 12 Mar
www.bsr.ac.uk
Exhibiting
Smiths Row Open
Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds | 6 Mar
www.smithsrow.org
Emerging Curator Program
NARS Foundation, USA | 3 Mar
www.narsfoundation.org/programs.php
Photography Open Call
Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast | 6 Mar
www.belfastphotofestival.com
Call for Entries
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece | 4 Mar
www.adaf.gr
Call for Submissions
Intermedia Gallery, CCA Glasgow | 10 Mar
www.cca-glasgow.com
Curatorial Opportunity
The New Art Center, USA | 6 Apr
www.newartcenter.org
Call for Moving Image Submissions
artvideoKOELN International, Germany | 2 Mar
www.nmartproject.net
Open call for Video Art
THE Video Community, Poland | 1 Mar
www.thevideocommunity.com
Open Call – Member's Exhibition
Bloc Projects, Sheffield | 12 Apr
www.blocprojects.co.uk
Submissions: Send opportunities to opportunities@artmonthly.co.uk
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