Reviews
William Tillyer: The Golden Striker – Esk Paintings – Edward Lucie-Smith
The William Tillyer show at Bernard Jacobson is an example of what I’m starting to think of as the current ‘golden oldie’ phenomenon in London...
Michelangelo Pistoletto A Reflective Life – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Last Wednesday, before the Frieze frenzy, I attended the opening of the Michelangelo Pistoletto exhibition, “Origins and Consequences” at the...
Sean Scully: Architecture Of The Sublime – Edward Lucie-Smith
Sean Scully is extremely widely known as a painter. Indeed, I might go so far as to say that he is as widely known as any contemporary painter now...
Boris Nzebo: Vicious Human On Human Encounters Exhibited At Jack Bell
Right by White Cube in Mason's Yard is the ancient green door, with the brass plate Jack Bell Gallery. Buzz, and the stale smelling but plush...
Defining Structure The Cello Factory – A Challenging And Enriching World
Structure tends to call to mind notions of order, stability and efficiency. It should perhaps come as no surprise that the artists featured in this...
Ugo Rondinone: Sublime Spiritual Images Of Prodigious Silence – Ilka Scobie
“These landscapes are the foundation of my work.” Ugo Rondinone explains as the last minute details of his current show are being attended to. “ I...
Fifties Boys Club To Angel Hiding In Plain Sight – Amar Gallery – Zoltan Alexander
I had the privilege to have a private tour and a passionate talk with gallery owner, Amar Singh a few days before he opened “Hiding In Plain Sight”,...
Oceania Royal Academy A Lasting Air Of Strangeness – Edward Lucie-Smith
Oceania, Royal Academy: To some extent, our ideas about what we call ‘primitive’ or ‘tribal’ art are still formed by what we have learned, during...
Space Shifters Hayward Gallery An Object Lesson In Contemporary Disorientation – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Space Shifters show at the Hayward lives up to its title, often in ways you don’t quite expect. This, in spite of the fact that it isn’t...
Turner Prize Smug-Fest Crashes And Bores – Edward Lucie-Smith
Before I go any further, let me note that, on the very day this iteration of the annual Turner Prize exhibition was revealed to the press, a review...
Kimatica Studio – Transcendence A multi-sensory journey through the subconscious – Simon Tarrant
My first experience of performance artists Kimatica was when they won the 2014 Winter Pride Performance Art Awards, for a mesmerising dance and...
Chok Yue Zan Explores Mnemosyne The Goddess Of Memory – Eva Wong Nava
Chok Yue Zan's latest series of works capture the environmental and familial fragmentation that he has come to be so familiar with. There is a...