David Blandy, The Exchange, Penzance
This exhibition features two linked installations that explore global and personal archives. First up, Blandy’s Hercules: Rough Cut is a hypnotically rotating, mutating installation formed of hundreds of video clips drawn from global financial news footage from Bloomberg, the business and financial information news provider. Secondly, Fortress of Solitude is made up of Blandy’s personal archive of popular cultural artefacts, records, videogames, and pulp novels.
Until 16 April 2016. www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
Recording Britain, Towner, Eastbourne
At the outbreak of the second world war an ambitious scheme was set up to employ artists on the home front to record the changing landscape of Britain. The result was a collection of more than 1500 watercolours, 49 of which are on display here, including work by John Piper, Kenneth Rowntree and Barbara Jones. Also featured is a selection of contemporary paintings and photographs by Conrad Atkinson, Richard Long, David Nash and Laura Oldfield Ford.
Until 2 May 2016. www.townereastbourne.org.uk
KAWS, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
New York-based artist and designer KAWS‘ wide ranging practice includes painting, sculpture, graphic design, toys and prints. There’s a lot to see in his first UK museum show, including a series of monumental and imposing sculptures dotted around the park, while Longside Gallery features the artist’s large, bright, graphic canvases immaculately rendered in acrylic paint.
Until 12 June 2016. www.ysp.co.uk
Jonny Lyons, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Glasgow-based artist Jonny Lyons’ photography and films explore the fragility of friendship and adventure. Packed with wit and melancholy, they bring to mind the physical humour of early silent cinema. Somewhat mischievous objects are also presented as relics of the documented event, together with the photographic evidence.
Until 26 March 2016. www.inglebygallery.com
Rana Hamadeh: The Sleepwalkers, The Showroom, London
The first UK solo exhibition from Lebanese artist Rana Hamadeh is a non-linear film-play telling the story of Egyptian sister serial killers, Raya and Sakina, who in 1921 became the first women to be executed by a legal court in the history of modern Egypt. Co-commissioned with Nottingham Contemporary and the Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, this abstract and theatrical piece unearths complex colonial histories with a contemporary resonance.
Until 19 March 2016. www.theshowroom.org
