Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London
Morality, the history of art, and consumer culture loom large in Jake and Dinos Chapman’s new show Come and See, at the Zaha Hadid-designed Serpentine Sackler Gallery. Featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and music, the exhibition showcases the Chapmans’ provocative and deliberately confrontational output.
Until 9 February 2014, www.serpentinegalleries.org
Photorealism, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
This exhibition features the work of key photorealist artists from the 1960s to the present day. Including paintings by John Salt and Ben Johnson, the show explores the questions and debates raised by the movement, such as what makes an authentic image and how we perceive the world around us.
Until 30 March 2014, www.bmag.org.uk
All-in-One, BALTIC, Gateshead
German artist Thomas Bayrle was a pioneer of Pop, seriality and Media Art and his work has featured at Documenta, Kassel on three occasions (1964, 1977 and 2012). This exhibition, organised by WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, spans the artist’s entire 50-year career, from his first painted kinetic machines to his most recent engine installations.
Until 23 February 2014, www.balticmill.com
A New Reality, The Tetley, Leeds
Launching Leeds’ latest art space, A New Reality invites audiences to join artists in unraveling the history and future use of the former Tetley Brewery headquarters through a series of artist projects, exhibitions, events and residencies. Part one of this nine-month programme features projects and exhibitions from artists Emma Rushton & Derek Tyman, James Clarkson, Simon Lewandowski & Sam Belinfante and Rehana Zaman.
Until 28 February 2014, thetetley.org
Albert Adams, Gallery Oldham, Oldham
South African artist Albert Adams’ work explored the trauma of Apartheid and also broader issues of abuse of power, justice and personal expression through art. This show of work by Adams, who died in 2006, features paintings, drawings and prints, plus Indian embroidered textiles and wood carvings from Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Until 19 April 2014, www.galleryoldham.org.uk
Selections chosen by Jack Hutchinson
