Reviews
The latest exhibitions, festivals and art shows reviewed by The Skinny’s art writers. You’ll find reviews of art exhibitions, analysis of artist and curators' choices, and expert insight on Scotland's best art exhibitions.
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ReviewsLee Kit: You (you). @ Hong Kong pavilion, Venice Biennale
Hong Kong's participation in this year's plethora of shows is certainly not as spectacular as some other exhibitions at the Venice Biennale. Instead, Lee... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
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Scotland + Venice @ Venice Biennale
One of the most intellectual shows this year at this year’s Venice Biennale, the Scottish Pavilion requires no small investment of your time. Corin Sw... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
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Johanna Basford @ DCA
The latest offering from Dundee Contemporary Arts showcases the work of one of the city's very own art graduates, artist and illustrator Johanna Basford. Gra... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsAntti Laitinen @ Finnish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
It might be easy to dismiss the series of reconstructed birch trees outside Finland’s pavilion at the Giardini as yet another tree-centric piece of env... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
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Maurice Carlin: Performance Publishing @ Regent Trading Estate, until 20 Jul
Over several months, Maurice Carlin has been producing variations on his Corrupted Images, whereby he takes a printed reading from a surface, publishing it s... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsProcessing @ The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool, until 29 Sep
Curated by Jack Welsh, Processing forms a dialogue between artist, writer and exhibition guest, aiding the parallel programme for LOOK/13 (the Liverpool Inte... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013
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David Batchelor: Flatlands @ Fruitmarket
Conventionally marginalised or removed from fine art, colour is tacky, tasteless; a distraction from the purity of intellect of serious artistic endeavour ev... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
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Zoe Williams @ SWG3, until 6 Jul
The atmosphere’s heavy with incense, there’s an altar and the sound piece is paced at the rate of meditative breathing. Some controversial cultic... Read more »| 20 Jun 2013 -
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Jeremy Deller @ The Venice Biennale
The notion that the work presented by each country at the Venice Biennale is somehow a reflection of its national identity is these days pretty defunct. But ... Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
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Andrea Cotton and Naomi Lethbridge @ Paper Gallery, Manchester, until 15 Jun
For the sixth show at Manchester's Paper Gallery, Andrea Cotton exhibits alongside Naomi Lethbridge. Both artists are represented by the gallery, and have a ... Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
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Carol Bove @ The Common Guild, until 29 Jun
Carol Bove’s show The Foamy Saliva of a Horse seems in many ways typical of Common Guild fare. The installation takes various small-scale objects, made... Read more »| 04 Jun 2013 -
ReviewsRealism: An Exhibition @ The Gallery, Liverpool, until 28 Jun
Realism as an artistic movement is, by its nature, accessible, and free of artifice and romanticism. Featuring several contemporary British artists working w... Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
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Stephen Sutcliffe @ Tramway, until 30 Jun
Stephen Sutcliffe’s video installation Outworks is difficult to assess. It gives rise to myriad seemingly contradictory adjectives – at once humo... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
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85A: Chernozem and Renegade Maskerrade
Just as smells have the power to thrust you back into a place you haven’t been for years, so certain sounds can arouse instant, primal emotion. The wor... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
ReviewsMichael Landy: Four Walls @ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until 16 Jun
Michael Landy's Four Walls brings together a handful of 2004 works paying homage to the artist's father, Read more »| 01 May 2013