and per se and Part XII, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
For Edinburgh Art Festival 2017, Ingleby Gallery reaches the half way point of its 12-month sequential exhibition and per se and, which pairs the work of one artist with that of another for a period of two weeks. Part XII features still lives by the late Italian painter Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964), shown alongside a six-hour film of a rock band playing the same song over and over, by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson. The setup brings together two otherwise disparate practices to reveal their unmistakable connection, through the spirit of repetition.
Until 19 August 2017. www.inglebygallery.com
Jerwood Makers Open, Jerwood Space, London
A group exhibition bringing together work by the five artists selected for the sixth edition in the Jerwood Makers Open series: Sam Bakewell, Juli Bolaños-Durman, Jessica Harrison, Marcin Rusak and Laura Youngson Coll. Each of the artists was awarded £7,500 to realise the exhibited works, which range from large-scale glass installations and porcelain objects, to artworks made from types of vellum.
Until 27 August 2017. www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Nina Chua, CBS Gallery & Studios, Liverpool
Entitled ‘11:17’, this is the first solo exhibition by Manchester-based artist Nina Chua’s work. Two works are on show; one freshly framed for the first time, the other at the end of its life, on its final public outing. Together they mark the passage of time, obsolescence and slow decay. 11:17 is organised by director and contributing editor of Corridor8 Lauren Velvick, who talks of also exploring the synaesthetic quality of Chua’s practice.
Open by appointment until the 27 of August. www.cbsgallery.co.uk
Tessa Lynch, Spike Island, Bristol
The Glasgow-based artist has created a sculptural installation that formally recalls the experience of walking through and exploring a city. Taking its title from Lynne Reid Banks‘ 1960 book, The L-Shaped Room, the artist has also invited writers Lucy Biddle, Louise Briggs, Jenny Richards and Rhona Warwick-Paterson to produce texts that interpret a multiplicity of shared source material including photographs, anecdotes and quotes.
Until 17 September 2017. www.spikeisland.org.uk
Wyndham Lewis: Life, Art, War, Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
Comprising more than 160 artworks, books, journals and pamphlets, this exhibition marks the 60th anniversary of the controversial and contrary painter and writer’s death as well as the centenary of his commission as an official war artist in 1917. As the leading figure in the short-lived Vorticist art movement, Lewis leaves a contentious legacy with the works featured here spanning from the first world war to the 1950s.
Until 1 January 2018. www.iwm.org.uk
Images:
1. Ragnar Kjartansson, A Lot of Sorrow, single-channel video (6 hours and 9.35 minutes), 2013. Performance by The National of their song Sorrow at the VW Dome, MoMA PS1, New York. Installation view at Ingleby, Edinburgh (18 August – 2 September 2017) Photo; John McKenzie; Courtesy: the Artist and Ingleby, Edinburgh
2. Laura Youngson Coll, Angiogenesis, 2017. Photo; Anna Arca; Courtey: artist
3. Nina Chua, 11:17, 2017. Courtesy: CBS
4. Tessa Lynch, Thinking sink (remembered) 2/2, fibreglass, steel, 2017. Photo: Stuart Whipps; Courtesy; Artist and Spike Island
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