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Installation view of mounted digital prints. All prints © S. Raymond, 2013. These prints are being exhibited with ConNEcTWORK in Sept/Oct. 2014. |
UK Art picks and reviews - September 2014 (last chance to see)
BP Portrait Award
Another popular open submission prize and exhibition. Mostly representational art and I rarely agree with the first prize selection, tending to prefer the runners up but I still love to go and see what is thrown up each year. The travel prize is also always interesting.
Top tips: Admission Free, open late Thursdays and Fridays.
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE / 020 7306 0055 / Until 21 Sept.
http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/bp-portrait-award-2014/the-exhibition.php
Bristol - Jeremy Deller: English Magic
Jeremy Deller's English Magic tours to Bristol in April, for the second leg of its trip around England. This time the exhibition's local links will include include new installations and commissions made in direct response to the museum’s own collections; including paintings of the Bristol Riots of 1831 by William James Muller and a display of taxidermy, handpicked by Deller.
This was one exhibition I was very glad to visit at the William Morris Gallery, as I couldn't get to the Venice Biennale and I wanted to see English Magic in person. Jeremy Deller makes the kind of work I'd like to be making myself. I need to find my own way there, so I take work like his as an inspiration that the art world still supports artists making socially-inclusive artworks.
Top tip: See the the museum events list.
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL. / Until 21 Sept.
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/leisure-and-culture/jeremy-deller-english-magic-exhibition
Mondrian and Colour
Blurb: 'See over 50 works spanning Mondrian’s journey, many from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of Mondrian’s paintings, along with exhibits from museums and private collections in Europe and the USA.'
Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent CT9 1HG / + 44 (0) 1843 233000 / Until 21 Sept.
http://www.turnercontemporary.org/exhibitions/mondrian-and-colour
Mondrian and his Studios
The partner exhibition to Mondrian at the Turner Contemporary (above)
Blurb: 'This brand new exhibition, which commemorates the 70th anniversary of the artist’s death, provides fresh insights into Mondrian’s practice and explores his relationship with architecture and urbanism.'
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool / Until 5 October 2014
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/mondrian-and-his-studios
ConNEcTWORK
Last chance to see some of my work at a central Milton Keynes arts venue.
This open-call group show is around the theme of a 'Network', especially human networks and their cyclical nature.
Email info@artsgateway.org.uk to organise a time to come and view the work
Arts Central, 3rd Floor South Station House, 500 Elder Gate, MK9 1BB / 01908 241122
Extended until 3rd October.
http://www.connectworkexhibition.co.uk/
http://www.meetup.com/artscentral
Platform at MK Gallery
"A group exhibition of exceptional work by graduating students from around the region, selected by MK Gallery from University of Bedfordshire, Bucks New University and University of Northampton.
One Platform exhibitor will be nominated by MK Gallery for the South East regional Platform Graduate Award, for a chance of winning £2,500 and a twelve month mentoring scheme.
Now in its third year, the Platform Graduate Award 2014 profiles new talent emerging from universities and colleges in the South East region."
MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 3QA / T +44 (0)1908 676 900
Until 28 September
http://www.mkgallery.org/education/projectspace/platform/
http://frameandreference.com/platform-graduate-showcase/
More useful links
The Guardian - Art and Design http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign
The Telegraph's art exhibitions and reviews. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/10377204/best-art-exhibitions-London.html
Arts Gateway MK http://www.artsgatewaymk.org.uk
