Month: April 2018
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Collections of and the act of collecting TBMA
To define collecting as an activity, you may go through images in your mind of All 4’s Britain’s Biggest Hoarders on TV wherein hoarding disorder specialists are brought in to treat people on the show with the condition, and asks ‘Will intensive therapy help?’ Or perhaps articles like this one from the Telegraph in 2015 through which Gill…
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![Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [N°12]](https://ajanefrench.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/ryoji-e1522608793117.jpeg?w=875)
Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [N°12]
On the same day I visited Everything at Once at 180 The Strand, I had the opportunity to visit another exhibition on the ground floor, commissioned by Store X The Vinyl Factory. I took off my shoes as instructed and queued before entering a long rectangular room behind the reception area… Japanese artist, composer and…
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Everything at Once presented by Lisson Gallery + The Vinyl Factory, 2017
Everything at Once presented by Lisson Gallery + The Vinyl Factory, 2017 I didn’t know much about the venue, 180 The Strand, as I waited there for it to open, but couldn’t help focusing my gaze on the huge bright pink advertising board for the show Everything at Once. The show covers the ground, first…
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To write art / exhibition reviews
Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall. – John Berger It is not within my course to be instructed in arts writing. …
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