On the occasion of Sharjah Biennial 8, ‘Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change’, this a-n Collection focuses on creative processes at the intersections between art, radical politics and the environment.
It would seem that politics has taken centre stage in contemporary art.
“The process of social change is in desperate need of creativity and imagination, and the aesthetic process in urgent need of social engagement”
The planet’s ‘environmental emergency’ is providing inspiration for a growing movement of artists whose work focusing on habitats, social issues and survival aims to raise awareness. Anna Minton reports.
Kate Walters, I can’t hear you (detail), watercolour, gouache, oil and graphite on shellac, 2006.
Francesca Steele, Les Fleurs du Mal, still from digital video, 2005.
Gayle Chong Kwan, Republic, from the Cockaigne series, c-type print, 2004
Paul Plews & Marieta Tsenova, Beauty, photograph, 2005.
“The exhibition made me remember why I wanted to be an artist.”
In reponse to ‘Applying the age discrimination law’ by Nick Sharp, published in the March issue of a-n Magazine:
As an artist living in the north east region, I was immediately interested in the opportunity advertised on page 40 of the March issue of a-n Magazine, for a six month Residency in Berlin.
Arts Council England’s scheme to offer all interested parties the opportunity to make their views known on the issue of the public value of the arts.
The three groups brought together by Live Art UK’s ‘Writing From Live Art: An Editorial Debate’ all had the same objective: to engage in more critical debate about live art.
Michael Cousin is one of five visual artists to receive a major Creative Wales award in the 2006/7 round.
The British Council plans to redeploy a third of the currently money spent in Europe to Muslim countries in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Notions of locating Creative Scotland – the new body arising from the merger of Scottish Arts Council with Scottish Screen – outwith Edinburgh is upsetting both the city council and those arts professionals who may be looking to Creative Scotland for their future careers.
Glasgow-based Jackie Anderson is the 2007 RSA Alastair Salvesen Scholar.
Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain will represent Scotland at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art.
The Scottish Arts Council has appointed 13Strand to undertake a feasibility study to review the existing development and support structure for live art practices in Scotland.
From an application of over 115, seventeen projects will receive funding for networking programmes designed to develop future and emerging cultural leaders.
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Contents include: Coverage of Scottish Executive Culture Bill questions lack of recognition for the creative individual. In extracts from her Berlin blog C Morey de Morand writes about everyday experiences of a residency. Work by Tom Neill and Brian Catling […]
First impression of the residency: Kafkaesque. It appears as an institution, possibly a police headquarters or seminary for lay priests.
Sara Ogilvie, The Intellectuals, from a series of ten silkscreen prints called Tobacciana.
As Anne Brodie’s Big Antarctica project blog draws to a close, C Moray de Morand’s compelling account of her Berlin residency is building up steam.
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