Tag: collage
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Margaret Mellis: Modernist Constructs
In this small but inspiring exhibition of work by Margaret Mellis, an unfairly overlooked member of the St Ives group, her joy of colour shines through, whether in her small collages, her later oil paintings or her driftwood constructions
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Sarah Sze
The boundaries between painting and sculpture are blurred in Sze’s works, where pictures within pictures become portals into another world that only the viewer can enter
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Joan Eardley: Centenary
To mark the centenary of her birth, the Scottish Gallery is hosting a small but impressive exhibition of Joan Eardley, with material – new and old – on her life and practice, in Glasgow and on the coast in Catterline
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Her Dark Materials
As the inaugural exhibition on the new art collectors’ digital platform, Eye of the Huntress, Her Dark Materials, featuring works by 27 international female artists, set in a virtual rendering of the former Wolverton Railway Works, is a splendid success…
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Hormazd Narielwalla – interview: ‘True, he’s physically not here, but Bowie, the god, is still with us’
The artist talks about capturing the essence of David Bowie, through the creation of his trademark paper-pattern collages, in his most recent, limited-edition artist’s book
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Alberta Whittle – interview: ‘No one can find Barbados on a map, whereas everyone can find the UK. That level of inattention galvanises so much of my work ’
The artist talks about the erasure of black people in everyday society, and how this informs and motivates her to challenge herself, and her audience, with her filmic and performative installations
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Li Qing: East of Eden
The Chinese artist Li Qing explores the tensions between east and west through the lens of architecture and the urban environment, documenting what he calls Hangzhou’s ‘lonely house’ phenomenon
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Julie Cockburn – interview: ‘My work is about telling the truth, but in a really circuitous way’
At the opening of her latest show, Telling it Slant at Flowers Gallery, Cockburn talks about happy accidents, the labour that goes into her work and the simple joy of circles
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David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night
A comprehensive survey of the impassioned American artist and writer proves his relevance then and now, without stinting from the lows – as well as the highs – of his prodigious output
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This Is What It Is to Be Happy
What is it to be happy in an age where mental health problems are so prevalent? How can communing with nature, externalising the internal – both metaphorically and literally – help with this? This slickly curated three-person show delves deep,…
