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Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Artlyst: Ken Currie, Kehinde Wiley, Susie Hamilton - Three Exhibitions About Communities

My latest exhibitions review for Artlyst reflects on show by Ken Currie, Kehinde Wiley, and Susie Hamilton:

'The work of Ken Currie, Kehinde Wiley and Susie Hamilton can be seen currently in central London. Each knows the communities they paint intimately and create insightful figurative work as a result ...

Although differing considerably in application and style, these works have a common core in relation to the empathy and attention shown and paid to the communities depicted.'

Click the following links for more of my writing on Susie Hamilton, Ken Currie, and Kehinde Wiley.

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Big Star - Watch The Sunrise.
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Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Artlyst: October Art Diary

My October Art Diary for Artlyst highlights artist monographs, which increasingly appearing on the market as we approach Christmas. So I begin the October Art Diary with several, which are also linked to launch exhibitions. I also feature several exhibitions in sacred spaces before ending with some interesting thematic shows. Among the works featured you will find Leonora Carrington, Ken Currie, Tracey Emin, Susie Hamilton, Ana Maria Pacheco, Michael Petry, and Lancelot Ribeiro, among others:

'Another fascinating monograph to be published shortly is ‘Nolan’s Africa’ by Andrew Turley. In this monograph, Turley takes readers on a journey with Sidney Nolan from the United Nations Headquarters in New York to a suspected assassination on the Congo border, from the crematoria of Auschwitz to the formation of the World Wildlife Fund and on to the plains of the Serengeti. He walks in Nolan’s footsteps across Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia, seeing the world through the artist’s eyes. Written over twelve years and across three continents, this is the first book based on the newly opened Sidney Nolan Archives at the National Library of Australia, containing never-before-seen diaries, photographs and personal notes.

The result is a rich narrative that weaves together art, adventure, philosophy, global politics and world history. Artistic influences and processes, breathtaking in their scope, are laid bare as the thoughtful balance of text and images urges readers to consider the effect that the Holocaust, animal extinctions, colonial disenfranchisement and human conflict had on the artist and society. ‘Nolan’s Africa’ is a compelling picture of one of the most complex and famous painters of the twentieth century, shining new light on his examination of nature, human nature and the nature of modern civilisation.'

For more of my writing on artists included in my October Art Diary see here: Susie Hamilton; Ken Currie; Marcus Lyon; Micah Purnell; Michael Petry; Sidney Nolan; Brian Whelan; Ana Maria Pacheco; and Michael Takeo Magruder.

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Ed Kowalczyk - Angels On A Razor.
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Friday, 6 May 2016

Review - Recording Britain Now: Society

My latest review for Church Times is of “Recording Britain Now: Society”, the 2015 John Ruskin Prize exhibition:

"[John] Ruskin believed that, to achieve the highest artistic ideals, the artist must understand the God given laws of nature by paying attention to minute details as well as spectacular effects. Accordingly, [Susie] Hamilton, like others in the show, observes from the sidelines, “scrutinising tourists, shoppers, holidaymakers, diners, hen nights and other scenes of leisure”, working quickly to catch particular poses that say “something about human vulnerability and about the pathos of those who process or trudge or consume or travel in the quest for meaning or excitement”.

In this way, her paying attention to minute details results in the poetry and prophecy of which Ruskin spoke. Similarly, Simone Weil believed that to pay attention in this way was prayer. If we see clearly with these artists and this exhibition, then we will be praying, and, when we pay attention to the issue of isolation, which is what they see so clearly, we will be focusing on the very mission of God."

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Gregory Porter - Take Me To The Alley.
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Saturday, 9 January 2016

Southwell Minister: The Art of Mary


A major exhibition of new art on the theme of ‘Mary’ is to be shown at Southwell Minster during January 2016. Over 20 significant contemporary artists have made major new works specifically for an ambitious exhibition that will see art shown all over the cathedral, both inside and outside. Timed to coincide with the Patronal Festival of Candlemas at the Minster the exhibition will be supported by a programme of events and will be open to the public for free over the month.

The exhibition was planned by the cathedral art group, and Fr Matthew Askey says: “The Art of Mary is a rare opportunity for us to see a large collection of brand new art from many of the most significant artists working with Christian themes in Britain today. It is of national importance and is a once in a generation snapshot of these artist’s views of ideas and stories associated with Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is one of the most significant, but neglected, figures in our shared cultural story. Mary was remarkable for the time and she has many things to show us and inspire us with today. She was an unmarried teenage mother, on the run, a refugee really, and at the same time through both her vulnerability and her determined strength she embodies so many positive characteristics of motherhood and what it means to be a woman today. Mary ultimately said ‘yes!’ to life, and gave herself into the hands of God’s love, and this is something that resulted in the life of the most inspiring person who has ever lived, Jesus, and then the birth of the world-wide Church that followed. The Church has 2 billion members today world-wide, is still growing, and about 32% of the world’s population are involved in some way with its acts of charity and life-transforming message of forgiveness and love for all people. Mary is right at the root and start of this movement of love.”

Some of the artists showing new artworks at the Art of Mary exhibition include: Mark Cazalet, Chris Gollon, Susie Hamilton, Sophie Hacker, Iain McKillop, Nicholas Mynheer, Celia Paul, Anna Sikorski, Roger Wagner and many others.

The Art of Mary is at Southwell Minster from Sat 9th Jan – Fri 5th Feb 2016, admission is free. A full colour illustrated exhibition guide is available.

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Shirlie Roden and Adrian Snell - Look At Us Now.
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Highlights & new works for the Methodist Collection of Art

Wallspace is about to embark on their fourth year of operation with an exciting world premier of new painting for what has been described as “the best denominational collection of modern art outside the Vatican.”

The Collection: Highlights and new works for the Methodist collection of modern and contemporary art

23 June – 16 July 2010. Wallspace, All Hallows on the Wall, 83 London Wall, EC2M 5ND
Tuesday - Friday 12am – 6pm. Saturday 11am – 4pm. Nearest tube Liverpool Street or Moorgate. For directions go to www.wallspace.org.uk. Admission free.

Wallspace is delighted to host some great paintings from this remarkable collection. It is part of their vision to bring significant works of contemporary art to the City of London – and the fact that this exhibition will form part of the City of London Festival’s annual celebration of the arts is a real bonus.


This exhibition is the first opportunity to see significant new acquisitions and loans from major artists such as Craigie Aitchison, Susie Hamilton, Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Peter Howson, David Jones, John Muafangejo, He Qi, Sadao Watanabe and Roger Wagner.


Methodist Publishing and the Collection trustees will also take this opportunity to launch the new Guide to the Collection with an introduction by art critic and former Turner Prize judge Richard Cork.


During The Collection Wallspace will be hosting a number of special events. Here are just some of them:
  • Artists' evening - Thursday 24 June, 7 – 9pm. Sold your Soul? Artists and collectors discuss their different perspectives on acquiring, or being acquired for, a collection. Open to all artists.

  • Bible Society Reception and Tour of the Exhibition - 29 June, 7 – 9pm. An opportunity to view this unique collection of modern and contemporary art on the life of Christ, in the company of Luke Walton, Culture Programme Manager, Bible Society and Meryl Doney, exhibition curator and Director of Wallspace.

  • Friends of the Methodist Art Collection - Thursday 1 July, 6.30 for 7 – 9pm. Reception and special viewing of the exhibition with an opportunity to meet some of the artists with works in the Collection. All welcome.

  • Methodist Churches Late Opening - Tuesday 6 July, 6 – 8pm. Late night opening and tour of the exhibition, for members of all London Methodist churches.

  • Moot Community Visit - Wednesday 7 July, 7.35 – 8.30. Late night opening for members of Moot Community, St Edmund the King & St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street EC3V 9EA.

Part of the City of London Festival programme 21 June – 9 July 2010. See http://irun.yourcrm.co.uk/app/e/l/289292/13105/367/22886.aspx for details.

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Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration.

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