The Vagaries and Misconceptions of the Modern Man, Vane, Newcastle
This group show features sculptural works by Ralph Darbyshire, Richard Hollinshead and Kenneth Ross that explore the ‘fallibilities in seemingly certain masculine positions’. Manipulating and layering materials, objects and imagery, Darbyshire’s sculptures are almost overloaded with information, with the aim being to incite a feeling of ‘not knowing’ in the viewer. Meanwhile, Hollinshead references the visual language of classical Greek sculpture, and the idealised male form it promotes, to explore contemporary male identity. Finally, Ross is interested in exploring concepts of the banal.
Until 24 February 2018, www.vane.org.uk
Lisa Milroy, Parasol Unit, London
This solo exhibition brings together a selection of Canadian artist Lisa Milroy’s paintings from the past 15 years that explore her approaches to still life. Highlights include her monochromatic paintings that look at ‘presence and absence, loss, time and memory’ – all themes recurrent in Milroy’s practice. Also on show is the 20 metre-wide painting Black and White, based on the artist’s studio, and Shoes, the only work from the 1980s in the exhibition. The installation painting Party of One includes a performative component which will be presented on select dates by Amelia Barratt and Minyoung Choi.
Until 18 March 2018, www.parasol-unit.org
Aaron Angell, GoMA, Glasgow
Occupying the large ground-floor gallery space at GoMA, this show by London-based artist Aaron Angell features new works which in different ways respond to the building’s complicated history. (The original building was built in 1778 as a townhouse for a ‘tobacco lord’ whose wealth stemmed from the slave trade.) With the works arranged to resemble the interior design choices of a city-centre loft apartment, alongside new ceramic sculptures the show features a fully-planted Victorian fern case owned by Glasgow Museums and a giant Flatpol cabbage.
Until 18 March 2018, galleryofmodernart.wordpress.com
From Ear to Ear to Eye, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Subtitled ‘Sounds and Stories from Across the Arab World’, this exhibition explores sound, music and listening in its various forms. It brings together almost 20 artists and researchers who consider how recording and translation can map memories and migration, territories and conflicts. The show includes installation, sculpture, photography, video and sound by artists including: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Etel Adnan, Haig Aivazian, Mounira Al Solh, Basma Alsharif, Ziad Antar, Marwa Arsanios, Ania Dabrowska, Malak Helmy, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Hiwa K, Jumana Manna, Joe Namy, Setareh Shahbazi, Raed Yassin and Shirin Yousefi.
Until 4 March 2018, www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Here Was Elsewhere: >>FFWD, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
This bumper exhibition features 27 moving image works made between 1995 and 2016 by 24 up-and-coming and established artists in Scotland. It includes winners and nominees of the Turner Prize, Max Mara Art Prize for Women, Margaret Tait Award and the Jarman Award, exhibited over a four-week ‘film strip’. Each week explores a different aspect of moving image: the body, history, time and narrative. Previously shown at the Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, the featured artists include: Kate Davis, Allison Gibbs, Michelle Hannah, Adam Lewis Jacob, Lyndsay Mann, Corin Sworn, Tom Varley and Dominic Watson.
Until 17 February 2018, www.dundee.ac.uk
Images:
1. Ralph Darbyshire, Not Really Understanding Stuff: A Reptile Reliquary (detail), 2017
2. Lisa Milroy, Party of One, 2013. Installation painting and painting performed, 9 dress object-paintings, 1 wearable dress painting, 10 wooden stands, clay bases. Oil on unstretched canvas, 182 × 234 × 200 cm (71¾ × 92¼ × 78¾ in). Photograph by FXP Photography
3. Aaron Angell, installation view, GoMA, Glasgow. Photo: Max Slaven; Courtesy: GoMA
4. Haig Aivazian, Hastayim Yasiyorum (face), 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut & Hamburg
5. Installation view, >>FFWD: Moving Image from Scotland at Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum. Courtesy: Cooper Gallery, Dundee
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