Art News: Jupiter Artland's 2014 programme unveiled, John Moore's Painting Prize longlist announced

JUPITER ARTLAND SHARE 2014 PROGRAMME
Edinburgh's Jupiter Artland, the sculpture park and gallery sited at Bonnington House on the outskirts of the city, have unveiled their 2014 programe, with some bold and ambitious new sculptural works and installations on display throughout the summer and beyond, featuring work by Nathan Coley, Anya Gallaccio, Katie Paterson, Tessa Lynch, Mick Peter, Silvy Weatherall and Jessica Harrison. Jupiter Artland have also announced the creation of a new audiovisual app, which will enhance the experience of visitors taking in the new exhibits in the lush surroundings of Bonnington House.

Anya Gallacio - STROKE (1994), on show at Jupiter Artland this year (image courtesy of the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery, London)

The first new exhibition begins on 17 May, running until 13 July, and features the work of Glasgow-based artist Nathan Coley. Taking the form of a large-scale illuminated text, his new work You Imagine What You Desire, is inspired by a quotation from the writer George Bernard Shaw, who wrote: "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will." His new work will first be presented in the Steading Gallery before being re-sited as a permanent collection in the grounds. 

This is followed by Turner-nominated artist Anya Gallacio's new work, STROKE (pictured above), which sees Gallacio painting the walls of the Goldsworthy Gallery with 40 kilograms of rich Belgian Callebrutt dark chocolate, allowing her to explore "how what is beautiful over time becomes putrid and decayed." Regular visitors to Jupiter Artland may remember Gallacio's The Light Pours Out of Me, a "contemporary folly enchanted with Amethyst stone," which is part of the permanent collection. STROKE also runs from 17 May to 13 July.

Katie Paterson - Earth-Moon-Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon) (2007). Photo © We are Tape, courtesy of Katie Paterson

The next exhibition showcases the work of Katie Paterson, whose first solo show will run at the Ingleby Gallery concurrently with the performance of her celebrated work Earth-Moon-Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon) at Jupiter Artland's Goldsworthy Gallery from 17 July to 28 September. Her part scupltural, part sonic performances demand a detailed description – here's what Jupiter Artland have to say about her work:

"Earth-Moon-Earth (E.M.E) is a form of radio transmission whereby messages are sent in Morse code from Earth, reflected from the surface of the moon, and then received back on Earth. The moon reflects only part of the information back – some is absorbed in the shadows, 'lost' amongst the surface of the moon. The resulting score plays on a self-playing piano which mimics the interrupted transmission and repeats the subtle flaws and changes absorbed in the transmission. Paterson’s capturing of these interruptions and flaws is commonly featured in her practice, which includes a multi-disciplinary and conceptually driven process often combining elements that are both romantic and scientific."

Silvy Weatherall will be at the Tin Roof Gallery from 17 May to 20 July, showcasing the art she makes from skulls, feathers and bones and other intriguing objects, adopted from her family’s game-hunting journeys. Her stunning Skull Skull is the main image for this week's Art News. 

Also featuring in Jupiter Artland's 2014 season are Glasgow School of Art graduate Tessa Lynch, whose Raising opens on 17 July; Mick Peter, whose Popcorn Plaza will be on show from 31 July; and Jessica Harrison, whose exhibition Broken runs at the Tin Roof Gallery from 31 July to 28 September, showcasing her complex ceramics, unravelling the complex relationship between the body and objects.

Jessica Harrison, Rosamund (2010), mixed media

Jupiter Artland director Nicky Wilson got in touch to tell us how excited she is by their 2014 programme. "From Gallaccio’s installation of a dark sickly sweet, fully enrobed chocolate room to the bright white lights of Coley’s text there could be no bigger contrast," she says. "The artists both play with the spaces as contexts for being engulfed either by light (Coley) or aroma (Gallaccio)."

She continues: "Jupiter this year draws on the ability to commission works that are not able to be fulfilled in normal gallery contexts: with Raising by Tessa Lynch where the lighting of the hearth will signal the culmination of the project; or with the designing of bespoke wallpaper for Silvy Weatherall’s The Body of Parts. Katie Paterson brings her observations on time and distance, and the moon and the mundanities of technology and their charming limitations. It’s a busy year at Jupiter." Full details of the 2014 programme at Jupiter Artland will be available soon on their website.

JOHN MOORE'S UNIVERSITY PAINTING PRIZE: LONGLIST ANNOUNCED
The longlist for the 2014 John Moore's University Painting Prize have been announced – 52 artists have been selected from the more than 2,500 who applied, with the shortlist of artists to be finalised on on 5 July 2014 at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery, with the ultimate first prize of £25,000, sponsored by David M. Robinson, being awarded in September.

Judges Tim Marlow, director of artistic programmes at the Royal Academy, and artists Tom Benson, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Beijing's Zeng Fanzhi and Chantal Joffe helped select the 52 longlisted works. "We spent a long time looking at and arguing about all of the entries," commented Turner-nominated artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, speaking to the Liverpool Echo. "It was far more complex than talking in basic terms of likes and dislikes but about attempting to understand what painters are actually trying to achieve in their work." 

The work of the 52 longlisted artists will be displayed at the Walker Art Gallery from 5 July, as part of the Liverpool Biennial. The longlisted artists will be hoping to join previous winners such as David Hockney, Mary Martin, Peter Doig and Sarah Pickstone. The full longlist can be found here.

EXHIBITION: LE SWIMMING @ GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL, UNTIL 21 APRIL
Occupying a disused car park in the centre of Glasgow, and running until 21 April as part of Glasgow International, the exhibition Le Swimming features new work by Alys Owen, Sukaina Kubba, Beth Shapeero, Philippe Murphy, Jenny Lewis and Nadege Druzkowski. The underground car park at Fleming House on Renfrew Street is reimagined as a swimming pool from an alternate world, exploring the idea of "other spaces."

Inspired in part by a quotation from experimental writer J.G. Ballard's Cocaine Nights, the organisers say "the abandoned Car Park highlights the abandonment of otherwise profitable urban spaces due to the current economic conditions; while the fictional pool is both a comment on the lack of non-commercial public spaces in the City Centre, and the dissolution of the follies of modernist housing."

Flamingo Folly (2014), by Alys Owen. Photo by Alan McAteer, courtesy of Glasgow International

Here's the Ballard quotation: "The apparent absence of a social structure; the timelessness of a world beyond boredom, with no past, no future and a diminishing present. Perhaps this was what a leisure-dominated future would resemble? Nothing could ever happen in this affectless realm, where entropic drift calmed the surfaces of a thousand swimming pools."

You can check out our photographic coverage of Glasgow International here, with examples of work from artists such as Ann Collier, Michael Stumpf, Jessie Wine and others. We also interviewed Festival Director Sarah McCrory about this year's programme – read that here – artist Bedwyr Williams here and Michael Stumpf here. We also looked at some of the art available at GI under the Own Art scheme – read that piece here. Our first look at the GI programme can be found here. Look out for reviews and coverage of Glasgow International 2014 in The Skinny's Art section in weeks to come.

LEITHLATE ANNOUNCED, NEW MURAL INSPIRED BY EDUARDO PAOLOZZI UNVEILED
Nestled in Edinburgh's east end, the community of Leith has always had its own thriving art scene, and the LeithLate festival was created to celebrate its diversity, invention and ambition. An annual multi-arts event with art openings, live music, spoken word and film, it has become a shining beacon of quality in Edinburgh's already-packed pantheon of festivals and events.

As they prepare to reveal their programme for 2014, the LeithLate team this week unveiled a new mural by Fife artist Russell Ian Dempster, taking the form of a tribute to the great Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi, one of the leaders of the Pop Art movement in the UK, and at one time, a resident of Leith.

Russell Ian Dempster with his Paolozzi-inspired mural (photo by Eoin Carey)

Expanded to a two-day festival, LeithLate 2014 will run from 21 June to 22 June, and will this year expand to cover a series of pop-up venues along Leith Walk, Junction Street and beyond, with exhibitions, stalls, bespoke gigs and a myriad of other events. Previous years have seen new work on show by artists such as Kevin Harman, Katie Orton, Omar Zingaro Bhatia and Ross Fraser McLean, and bespoke gigs from bands such as John Knox Sex Club, Remember Remember and Sparrow and the Workshop.

In 2012, LeithLate won the Creative Edinburgh award for Outstanding Creative Contribution by a Creative Organisation. Also returning this year is LeithLate's Shutter Project, which sees local artists adorning the shutters of local businesses with new art. Keep your eye on The Skinny's Art News coverage, and the LeithLate site, for information about the programme as it is announced. The next artist to take on a shutter is Fraser Colquhoun Douglas, who starts work on the front of Blue Tiger Tattoo next week. 

GET INVOLVED: STUDIO JAMMING @ COOPER GALLERY
Dundee's Cooper Gallery have announced a thrilling new programme of summer events under the banner of Studio Jamming: Artist's collaborations in Scotland. Running from 30 June-2 August, with a special preview on 28 June, the project is inspired by "the live improvised excitement of musical jamming."

As part of the project's Group Critical Writing Residency, a 12-hour Jamming Symposium on 25 July will welcome artists groups, collaborations and collectives to present their Declarations, explaining the philosophy and process behind their work; and readings from selected writers who have applied to take part, expressing their views on collaboration. For details of how to get involved, either as a writer or an art collective, visit the Studio Jamming site and download the call-outs – submissions from writers are due by 31 May, while collectives have until 30 June. Find out more, and download the briefs, here.

The Studio Jamming events series will feature works from artists’ collaborative groups including Graham Eatough & Graham Fagen, Full Eye, Ganghut and Henry VIII’s Wives. For full details, and to find out about events, times and prices, visit the Cooper Gallery's site.

EVENT: SCREENPLAY WITH MASTERS OF LETTERS 13 | 14 @SWG3, 16 APRIL
Tonight in Glasgow, art collective Masters of Letters 13 | 14 present "a night of audiovisual spectacle" at SWG3 Glasgow. Showcasing work by twelve artists from Glasgow School of Art's MLitt Fine Art Practice programme, the show will create "an immersive environment of projected video and audio," with music by David George. According to the organisers, "These practitioners seek to question the audiovisual in contemporary culture, through a synthesis of medium specific approaches." 

The exhibiting artists are Jennifer Wicks, Ruth Switalski, Cate Smith, Dico Kruijsse, Amaury Daurel, Belinda Scott, Liam Allan, Cristina Garriga, Edwina Bracken, Paula Petroll, Jasper Coppes, and Carolin Lange. The event costs £5, and begins at 7.30pm – tickets are available from the Art School Bar, or via this page. 

EXHIBITION: JONZO @ BALTIC CREATIVE
JONZO, Liverpool's first Risograph print and design studio, is launching this month with a special one-off event on 25 April, taking place at Liverpool's Baltic Creative. Founded by designer Lottie Brzozowski and illustrator Rachel Davey, JONZO will provide a unique print, design and illustration service for creative freelancers, studios and independent businesses.

"The exhibition will comprise of prints from a mixture of designers and illustrators from up and down the country, and will demonstrate just what we and our Risograph can do," say Brzozowski and Davey. "The prints in the exhibition have been specially created to celebrate the unique quirks, processes and characteristics of the machine whilst all having a personal stamp by each designer or illustrator, showing just how versatile/varied the machine can be." The launch event kicks off at 6pm, and is free to attend. Keep an eye on next month's Skinny Showcase for more from the pair.