Tag: Richard Demarco

Elaine Shemilt – interview

An artist and researcher, Elaine Shemilt is known for her pioneering work in feminist video in the 1970s. She talks about growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, using her own body in her videos and why she sees…
Andrew Marr – interview: ‘Everybody is angry and upset. We’ve messed things up – that’s what the paintings are about, which is why I called them the Brexit paintings’

The broadcaster, writer and former BBC political editor talks about how his painting and drawing practice has changed since his stroke six years ago, having two exhibitions this month – and how Brexit crept into some of his work
Tadeusz Kantor: Inbetween Structures

As two exhibitions celebrate the centenary of the birth of Polish artist and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor, Richard Demarco, who first brought him to Britain and has ensured his legacy continues, talks about his work
Tina Keane: ‘With film, you never quite know what you’re going to get’

Multimedia artist Tina Keane talks about her early work, the influences that have developed her practice, and her primary concerns as an artist making work today
Richard Demarco interview: ‘The art world, like the Edinburgh festival itself, is in danger of being identified with the world of entertainment and leisure’

Richard Demarco has organised exhibitions and theatre events for the Edinburgh festival since 1963. He talks about his memories of the very first festival in 1947, bringing Joseph Beuys to Scotland, his own work as an artist and the Demarco…
Michael Spens: obituary

The architect, writer, and former publisher/editor of Studio International, Michael Patrick Spens of Wormiston, Knight 1st Class, Order of the Lion of Finland (for services to architecture), has died aged 74.
Stay of life in Venice

Venice Biennale 1 June-24 November 2013
Joseph Beuys Lives

At this time, it is salutary to look back again at the volumes of Studio International and to be reminded of the loss of this artist. Reproduced here is the cover of the March 1986 issue (vol 199, no. 1012),…
10 Dialogues: Richard Demarco, Scotland And The European Avant Garde

Magdalena Abakanowicz (b 1930) Gunther Uecker (b 1930) Alastair Maclennan (b 1943) David Mach (b 1956) Ainslie Yule (b 1941) Marina Abramovic (b 1946) Rory McEwen (1932–1982) Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990) Paul Neagu (1938–2004)
Joseph Beuys 40th anniversary journey

No journey with Richard Demarco would be complete without reference to Joseph Beuys, an artist whose influence on him remains as vital today as his first encounter with Beuys in 1968 at Documenta 4, Kassel, when they did not speak.…