Art Language Location, various locations, Cambridge
Returning for its fourth edition, this festival features 70 emerging and established artists from the UK and internationally. What that links them all is that they use text in their work. An added spin is visitors are invited to track down the artworks across Cambridge, and in so doing, discover fascinating and lesser-known corners of the city.
Until 1 November 2015, artlanguagelocation.org
Fiona Banner, Ikon, Birmingham
Spanning the last 25 years, this is the most comprehensive survey of Fiona Banner‘s work to date. Featuring her famous wordscapes from the 1990s – transcriptions of iconic films retold in her own words – the show also includes recent films exploring the spectacle of UK military air shows, plus presented throughout the gallery are various Full Stop sculptures.
Until 17 January 2016, ikon-gallery.org
Niamh O’Malley, The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Dublin-based artist Niamh O’Malley works across drawing, painting, print and sculpture, using reflective surfaces such as mirror and glass through which images are constructed, revealed and obscured. In addition, her videos investigate the construction of images which has recently led to her working with specific sites, such as the hewn face of a quarry and rows of greenhouses.
Until 10 January 2016, thebluecoat.org.uk
Jonas Wood, Gagosian, Britannia Street, London
This debut London show from Boston-born artist Jonas Wood features his paintings of surreal spaces and interiors. Riffing on an array of influences, from Henri Matisse and David Hockney to Chinese and Japanese still-life scenes, the results are a world reimagined as a compressed space full of figures, overlapping patterns, plants, and household objects.
Until 19 December 2015, gagosian.com
James Hugonin, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
For the past six years James Hugonin has been working on a series of paintings entitled Binary Rhythm, with seven of the nine works on show here. Each identically-sized, the abstract works explore the dualities of order and chance. Incredibly detailed, they are made up of thousands of tiny rectangular marks within a grid, applied colour by colour over many months.
Until 21 November 2015, inglebygallery.com
