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Interview with Jack Addis: digital artist hailing from Bristol.
November 13, 2011 by Lowenna WatersWe live in a visual reality saturated by the digital. Increasingly, we play out our social lives and construct our own identities through the mediated forum of a plasma screen. It is easy to see how this can promote an… Continue reading →
Richard Bellia: Un Oeil sur la Musique
July 5, 2011 by Lowenna WatersI met Richard Bellia whilst he was installing his recent exhibition at The Norman Rea Gallery, “Un oeil sur la Musique.’’ He is a legendary music photojournalist who has dexterously captured some of the most iconic moments within Rock n’… Continue reading →
Interview: Laura Turner on her curation of David Hockney’s Bigger trees near Warter.
April 9, 2011 by Lowenna WatersThroughout 2011, the scheme Art In Yorkshire is taking place. The idea, conceived and directed by Janet Barnes, the Chief executive of the York Museums trust, is a simple one; it aims to encourage people to explore the large numbers… Continue reading →
Interview: Hacktivism
February 21, 2011 by Maksymilian Fus MickiewiczA few Months ago, Iran’s nuclear facility was invaded, credit card company services were disrupted. and Gene Simmons of rock band Kiss threatened ‘popcorn farts’ with the prospect of jail. Welcome to World War Three. A bizarre digital reality where… Continue reading →
Art of the Dive
February 21, 2011 by Lev HarrisDumpster diving. Whatever the reason behind it, there is undoubtedly a strong cultural and environmental aesthetic that runs through its veins. Often there is unopened food from supermarkets, brand new clothes and working household appliances that are strewn in dumpsters,… Continue reading →
Hockney returns home: Sian Welch discusses the arrival of ‘Bigger Trees near Water’ to York Art Gallery
February 21, 2011 by HausDigitalIn the main hall of York Art Gallery this week, a huge painting 40 feet wide by 15 feet high, more an installation than a single artwork, is dominating the exhibition space. The piece, ‘Bigger Trees near Warter’ is by… Continue reading →
Adeline de Monseignat, Reveal the Tension at The Norman Rea Gallery.
February 1, 2011 by Lowenna WatersI met Adeline on a crisp sunny day to discuss her second ever solo show, Reveal the Tension, showing at The Norman Rea Gallery in Langwith College and curated by the galleries director, Samia Calbayrac. I would describe her work… Continue reading →
Keiichi Tanaami: Blow Up
January 30, 2011 by Lowenna WatersOriginally from Tokyo, Keiichi Tanaami has become one of the most influential artists hailing from Japan this century, amalgamating 60’s psychedelic with a Warholian Pop aesthetic to create a colourful explosion of hallucinogenic, surreal dreamscape works. Using a psychotherapeutic approach,… Continue reading →
According to McGee: New art gallery replaces The Art Space in York.
December 30, 2010 by Georgina CarterThe ArtSpace is no more. After five years and numerous successful exhibitions, it’s been consigned to dust and out of it rises a new art gallery – According to McGee. The new name, according to owners Greg and Ails McGee,… Continue reading →
Manfredi Beninati: Dicembre 2039
November 30, 2010 by Lowenna WatersTime, memory, the landscape of the mind, resurgence and collapse, manifestation and metamorphosis, dichotomy, childhood and the crisp crust of Sicilian pasty: all elements of the paintings, drawings, installations and sculptures made by the artist Manfredi Beninati. Having been a… Continue reading →