A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings, Modern Art Oxford and Drawing Room, London
This joint exhibition is split between Modern Art Oxford and Drawing Room, London. It brings together a selection of 40 recent or newly commissioned works by 14 international artists, all linked by a desire to celebrate the ‘sustained power of drawing in the digital age’. Artists include: Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Nidhal Chamekh, Milano Chow, Kate Davis, Karl Haendel, David Haines, Ian Kiaer, Ciprian Mureşan, David Musgrave, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Kathy Prendergast, Massinissa Selmani, Lucy Skaer, and Barbara Walker.
Until 9 September (Modern Art Oxford) and 5 August (Drawing Room). www.modernartoxford.org.uk
Ed Ruscha, National Gallery, London
Renowned for his ability to capture urban America, Ed Ruscha’s series Course of Empire, which was originally created for the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, focuses on the industrial buildings of Los Angeles. The works are presented alongside 19th century English-born American painter Thomas Cole’s series of the same name, which offers an intriguing contrast. Unlike Cole’s grandiose paintings, Ruscha’s work is more simple, with his box-like structures offering a kind of strange, cold beauty.
Until 7 October 2018. www.nationalgallery.org.uk
Double Fantasy – John & Yoko, Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool
38 years after he was murdered, this exhibition explores John Lennon’s relationship with Yoko Ono. Featuring art, music and film produced by both of them, the exhibition is drawn from Ono’s own private collection, some of which has never been displayed publicly before. Highlights include Ono’s Ceiling Painting/Yes Painting and Painting to Hammer a Nail, plus a hand-made book by Lennon from his childhood and numerous examples of his line drawings.
Until 22 April 2019. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Osman Yousefzada: Being Somewhere Else, Ikon, Birmingham
Birmingham-born fashion designer Osman Yousefzada’s multi-disciplinary design practice mixes art and fashion, with his show at Ikon featuring various installations that use imported garments made by low-wage workers for ‘fast fashion in the West’. The results offers a form of social commentary that is inspired by his Afghan/Pakistani family’s experiences.
Until 29 June 2018. www.ikon-gallery.org
Janet Cardiff, Richmond Chapel, Penzance
Richmond Chapel is host to Newlyn Art Gallery’s off-site exhibition by Janet Cardiff. The former Wesleyan chapel and Grade II listed building, which is usually closed to the public, is the perfect setting for the artist’s sound installation Forty Part Motet, which is a reworking of 16th-century composer Thomas Tallis’s choral piece ‘Spem in alium nunquam habui’ and is presented here as part of the Groundwork season. Cardiff made recordings of 40 individual male voices from the Salisbury Cathedral Choir, with her installation featuring the voices played individually through a set of speakers. The result is a intriguingly intimate experience.
Until 27 August 2018. www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
Images:
1. Ciprian Muresan, Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky, sec. 21-30, 2017. Courtesy: the artist and Plan B Cluj, Berlin. Photo: Mathias Schormann
2. Ed Ruscha, The Old Tech-Chem Building, 2003. © Ed Ruscha. Photography: Paul Ruscha
3. Osman Yousefzada, Being Somewhere Else, installation Ikon Gallery, 2018. Courtesy Ikon Gallery. Photo: Handover Agency
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