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Steffan Jones-Hughes 'At night I lie awake and listen to the birds singing'

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Oriel Wrecsam, Wrexham 30 August - 11 October 2008]
I visited Steffan Jones - Hughes' exhibition again last week, this time back in the role of one of his students, and listened to Steffan speak about his work. The design of the exhibition has a formal graphic power and elegance. The...

Tatton Park Biennial

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Tatton Park, Knutsford 3 May - 28 September 2008]
We were led straight through the orchard and various decorative gardens of the Tatton Park estate, passing by the numerous and anonymous botanical species and colourful collections of plants and flowers along the way as we headed into the...

I lie awake at night and listen to the birds sing.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Oriel Wrecsam., Wrexham. 30 August - 11 October 2008]
I lie awake at night and listen to the birds sing. In a world accustomed to irony and subversion, it is refreshing to encounter the work of Steffan Jones Hughes in this engaging solo show. Through intaglio and screen prints, delicate sculptures, and...

The Magic of a Line

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Penlee House, Penzance 20 September - 22 November 2008]
“This exhibition presents a selection of rarely seen drawings and etchings by artists from the Newlyn School including Stanhope Forbes, Walter Langley, Elizabeth Forbes, Laura Knight, Charles Napier Hemy and W.H.Y. Titcomb. From drawings and...

Dream On

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Cloud Dance Festival @ the Chisenhale Dance Space, London 26 - 28 September 2008]
There is something about the jaunty cosiness of the Chisenhale Dance Space which seemed to suit the Cloud Dance Festival just perfectly. Something perhaps in the warmth of the careworn, mismatched furniture which bedecks the lobby…and equally...

Oh God! It's the Turner Prize

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Tate Britain, London 30 September - 18 October 2008]
It is that time of year again , the hype, the glory and oh yes the art. Is it worth it? and does the Turner Prize really mean something? these are the sort of questions that arise yearly. The first thing that I encountered as I approached the Tate...

Jeanette Orrell: Delineated

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Galeri, Caernarfon 26 September - 1 November 2008]
I should start by pointing out that I am related to the artist Jeanette Orrell and so there is naturally some kind of bias to this review. I'm a fan! The work on show in the Lle Celf/Art Space at Galeri in Caernarfon spotlights two groups...

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[A-Foundation, , Liverpool. 20 September - 22 November 2008]
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008. In the centre of Liverpool, opposite the A-Foundation’s Greenland Street complex, is an ice-cream van garage. It came as some surprise that at least one of the exhibitors in 2008’s Bloomberg...

Object As Muse

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

[Winchester Discovery Centre, Winchester 8 August - 19 October 2008]
The object in question is a plain white robe made from a cotton duvet. It’s a garment – suspended mid-air on its ordinary wooden hanger – that simultaneously evokes the public presence of an intimate interior space, and...

Bad Paintings