A mid-review-writing review.
On my first venture into Newcastle (outside of BALTIC), I was lucky enough to recieve the Interface Bursary to review Matt Calderwood: Paper Over The Cracks at BALTIC39, which I have been currently writing. While I was in toon I went to go see an exhibition called Uncle Vern’s Dog at Gallery North, a great little show with a very refreshing aesthetic and ethic, so I decided to write a small review to break up writing about Matt’s work: which is just beautiful, I am very much looking forward to my second visit in June. Modular sculpture, large scale prints, exterior installations and a grand projection. Very rewarding.
I think another really interesting factor in the visit was to see the Curatorial element of things, with the nature of Matt’s show there are a lot of decisions left open ended, which is quite enjoyable, you get to create your own sort of ficticious past & present decisions. But I’ll talk more about that soon. Highly recommended show for anyone specifically interested in Hans Georg-Gadamer’s texts on play, or modular sculpture.
Uncle Vern’s Dog: Gallery North – http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/3211866
