Jareh: 'Artistes Only'
So....next few weeks
Over the next couple of weeks,
as well as going out there Artistes Only
will be running a series of Q+A's with galleries,
art collectives, artists etc.
I could not resist Obama Mania so to coincide
with Tuesday's inauguration ceremony (20 Jan 09)
I'll profile the iconoclastic Shepard Fairey posters
that has formed such a strong imagery for Barack's campaign
(there's a big exhibition coming up in ICA, Boston on Shepard Fairey as well)
I'll try and get into the nitty gritty
of artistic processes with everyone I interview
and have fun along the way.
MOOT have agreed to be first up!
I'm also looking to feature RUN Gallery, BHC Kollectiv,
Suse Webe & Galerie at Barbara Weiss, Berlin
Cathy Lomax & Transition Gallery, Sarah Doyle,
Royal Art Lodge, Rosson Crow & Shepherd Fairey
(if I ever get hold of the last two)
Previews Jan 2009
It's been a wee quiet on the p.view from
Jan, SAD and all of that but I've seen a
Few Good Shows in the last week...
Jan private view kicked off
at Cathy Lomax's Transition Gallery
with a group show title Too Much Is Not Enough.
The show focuses on people's obsession
with fame, with each artist interpreting this
through their art.
My picks are Jessica Voorsanger's Stage Struck
a set of costumes that transform the wearer into a rock star.
Sarah Doyle's animation 'The Audrey Hepburn Story'
and a series of portraits focusing on actresses
who play other actresses in biopics, the whole show
is very strong.
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Audrey Hepburn, 2008
Tammy Blanchard as Judy Garland, 2008
Sherilyn Fenn as Elizabeth Taylor, 2008
at The Russian Club Gallery in Dalston.
The show emphasise on the notion of 'Turning"
with both artist's (Stezaker uses collages, whilst
Horner tranlsate this notion through
sculptural found objects, slightly Dadaist I felt)
translating this into their artistic process.
*Images courtesy of Jennie Hancock at The Russian Club Galley
I strongly recommend seeing
Rosson Crow's Texan Crude at The White Cube.
At last night's preview (packed of course)
the surprise was really the scale of
her paintings (thought they would be quite small not murals)
as well as the aesthetically appealing
gore/Gothic scenes depicted.
It seems Rosson paid homage to her art's subject matter
as she was dressed in black silk Victorian bustle train dress
complete with a rather large grouse on her hat!
The show is beautifully wrong you have to go see it:
Texan Crude at The White Cube
Until 21st February 2009
P.s. No picture rule at White Cube therefore no images.