On the cover – 2007 June
Rick Schofield, photograph from the Peer series, 2007.
Rick Schofield, photograph from the Peer series, 2007.
Kate Potter, Portrait, photograph, 2006
Born in Kabul in 1973, Lida Abdul has returned to live there. Kim Dhillon looks at her practice, working accross various media, that fuses Western formalist traditions with numerous aesthetic influences.
Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää’s work confronts her viewpoint of impending ecological catastrophe through interventions and installations positing an alternative vision of existence. By Manick Govinda.
Lida Abdul, White house, Kabul, 16mm transfer to DVD, 458, 2005. Courtesy: the artist and Giorgio Persano Gallery
Gayle Chong Kwan, Republic, from the Cockaigne series, c-type print, 2004
Paul Plews & Marieta Tsenova, Beauty, photograph, 2005.
They sit in the dark and mope
[or artists take the lead]
A collaboration between Central Asia and UK, this project is dedicated to forging new links between art communities in these regions through artist residencies, cultural exchanges and exhibitions.
The Jerwood Photography Award worth £2,000 presented in December 2006 to Paul Plews has now been withdrawn following a complaint. The photographers submitted works, one of which was featured on the December issue of a-n Magazine, were taken from a […]
Northern Print, Newcastle
18 January 4 March
It is great that a-n is asking artists and organisations what they think of the recent structural changes at Arts Council England.
International video artist Chris Oakley has launched a website aiming to redefine the way video art is traded and consumed.
Debra Savage’s case study-based research into the realities of professional artistic practice.
Artists projects in progress
The five winners of this years Paul Hamlyn Awards for Visual Arts were announced last month.
Short-listed for the 2006 Jerwood Photography Awards are Zoe Hatziyannaki, Peter Oetzmann, Paul Plews, Indre Serpytyte and Paul Winch-Furness, whose work is on show at the Jerwood Space, London until 9 December prior to a national tour.
Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
16 September 19 October
I met Boubacar Keita and visual and performance collective, Art & Action on a visit to Dakar, Senegal last year.
Edith Marie Pasquier introduces her selection of Artists profiles.
Leeds City Art Gallery
28 June 27 August
The 2006 Art Forum Berlin the renowned international trade fair for contemporary art organised by Messe Berlin GmbH in cooperation with an international art gallery advisory board runs 30 September to 4 October 2006.
Caroine Wright on the exchange programme between Norwich School of Art and Design and Asagaya School of Art and Design, Tokyo.
Jane Watt outlines the core strengths of NAN and looks to the future.
An innovative and thought-provoking online photography gallery showcasing the best in regional talent, was launched in June.