Exhibitionist: The week’s art shows in pictures on the Guardian Guide
Exhibitionist: The week’s art shows in pictures
From Fernando García-Dory and Radovan Kraguly’s study of dairy farming in Llandudno to existential photography in London, Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark find out what’s happening in art around the country.
Fernando García-Dory And Radovan Kraguly, Llandudno
It’s about time the 76-year-old Yugoslavia-born Radovan Kraguly’s aesthetically subtle and thematically powerful art gained wider recognition, and these two shows might just do the job. Kraguly’s The Milky Way (starts 20 Oct) is an installation that tackles ecological concerns by focusing on dairy farming. Kraguly intensifies the focus to such an extent that the theme seems as vital and primal as humankind’s dysfunctional relationship with all of nature. In tribute, Fernando García-Dory, who is less than half Kraguly’s age, has built a dairy museum scaled-up from the master’s drawing and members of the local young farmers clubs have been invited to contribute their experiences.
Oriel Mostyn, to 6 Jan
RC
A Dairy Museum, by Fernando Garcia-Dory
Jo Longhurst’s Other Spaces 10-page special in The Gymnast
Other Spaces’ 10 page review in The Gymnast (p43-52)
by Tim Peake
Bedwyr William: Dear Both & Wales In Venice 2013
BEDWYR WILLIAMS: DEAR BOTH
8 OCTOBER – 3 NOVEMBER , CERI HAND GALLERY
As recently posted it by Margaret_ London, who have been appointed to run the PR campaign for Wales in Venice / Cymru yn Fenis at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, the very excellent Bedwyr Williams will be representing Wales in 2013, curated by MOSTYN and Orield Davies Gallery.
Things kick-off next week with the opening of his exhibition Dear Both, at Ceri Hand Gallery in Covent Garden, coinciding with Frieze London.
Dear Both includes new sculpture, film, drawings and photographs by the artist, and follows his recent show at IKON Gallery in Birmingham. It’s a great opportunity to see his work and join his ever-growing fanbase, before the big Venice show next year. Drawing on his own experiences, Williams uses humour to reveal both his and our own complex neurosis and idiosyncrasies, with this show offering an investigation into individual and cultural mythology and identity.
Giant Step 2 Conference, talk by Alfredo Cramerotti: Expanding (Almost) Everything
Giant Step 2 (The Centre of the Periphery & The Periphery of the Centre)
21-23 September 2012
Hosted by MOSTYN, this conference looks at the role of institutions within contemporary culture. We bring together artists, curators, creative practitioners and others to discuss and debate how institutions or individuals stimulate and encourage the cultural dynamics of a location or society, particularly in areas with a less prominent critical audience.
more info here
Expanding (Almost) Everything
Alfredo Cramerotti
Saturday 22 September 4pm
Alfredo Cramerotti provides an overview of issues and matters encountered at MOSTYN, linking to his previous curatorial experience and artistic/media practice.
Questions chaired by Emrys Williams, visual artist and lecturer based in Conwy.
Liverpool Biennial 2012, City States / Copenhagen: Alfredo Cramerotti in Conversation
Copenhagen: Alfredo Cramerotti in Conversation – Liverpool Biennial
15 September 2012
2PM – 3PM
LJMU Copperas Hill Building, Liverpool
liverpoolbiennial.co.uk
Alfredo Cramerotti has been invited to give his perspective on the different aspects of the journey and its importance within contemporary art practice.
The questions that we have asked him to reflect upon are:
– How do you define the journey as a concept?
– What is the importance of journeying within the contemporary art in an increasing globalized world?
– How has travelling effected your work as a curator? – and was it a journey?
The talk will be followed by an open discussion.
Exhibiting artists and the curators were present.
Organized by Helene Lundbye Petersen and Tijana Miskovic,
Related to the Liverpool Biennial, 2012 City States exhibition Approaching Journey presenting works by Jens Haaning, Yvette Brackman, Jen Jin Kaisen, Ismar Cirkinagic.
Saatchi Gallery’s 100 Curators Collection: Alfredo Cramerotti
100 Curators Collection – Guest Curator:
Alfredo Cramerotti
Director, MOSTYN
Artists featured:
Elisa Magnini Milan, Italy / London, United Kingdom
Marine Nyiri and Audrey Anastasy Paris, France / London, United Kingdom
Stuart Robinson Penzance, United Kingdom
Tom Pope London, United Kingdom
Iavor Lubomirov London, United Kingdom
Inger Kolff Amsterdam, Netherlands
Patrick Mifsud London, United Kingdom
Candice Jacobs Nottingham, United Kingdom Seoul, South Korea
Seyoung Yoon Seoul, South Korea
Edgar Martins London, United Kingdom
100 Curators 100 Days’ is a major initiative that recognizes talented emerging artists from around the world. It was developed by Rebecca Wilson, Director of the Saatchi Gallery, London and is the inaugural exhibit under the helm of Saatchi Online’s new CEO, Margo Spiritus. Each day for 100 days, work selected by curators from the world’s most prestigious museums and galleries will be revealed.
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Alfredo Cramerotti is a writer, curator, editor and artist working across a variety of media such as TV, radio, publishing, internet, media festivals, photography, writing and exhibition curating. He directs MOSTYN, Wales’ leading contemporary art centre, co-directs AGM Culture, roaming curatorial agency and CPS Chamber of Public Secrets, media & art production unit (co-curator of Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Region of Murcia, Spain, 2010).
He is Research Scholar at the European Centre for Photography Research, University of Wales, Newport, Visiting Lecturer in various European Universities, among others NTU Nottingham Trent University, University of Westminster, HEAD Geneva and DAI Dutch Arts Institute, and Editor of the Critical Photography book series by Intellect Books. His own publications include the book Aesthetic Journalism: How to inform without informing (2009) and Unmapping the City: Perspectives of Flatness (2010).
Art Fund: Top ten coastal galleries and museums
Art Fund Newsletter
29 June 2011
This summer, why not beat the beach crowds and visit some of our favourite cultural attractions on the coast? From dazzling modern architecture and world-class contemporary art collections to captivating maritime history and a fantasy castle packed to the brim with spellbinding objects, using your National Art Pass has never been so inspired:
Mostyn Gallery, Wales
(free to all)
You may not expect to find Wales’ leading contemporary museum in the beautiful seaside town of Llandudno in Wales, nor may you expect to find the stunning new architecture that lay behind the gallery’s impressive 1901 terracotta façade. Wales’s leading contemporary museum is set in the beautiful seaside town of Llandudno: a striking gallery set in a striking landscape, where old and new buildings have been merged into one harmonious design by architect Dominic Williams.
Don’t miss it! Although Mostyn does not have a permanent collection, the venue’s five galleries aim to showcase the best contemporary art produced in Wales and in turn bring to Wales some of the most exciting international art. Exhibitions change every couple of months and vary from large-scale shows to small projects and video projections.
Visitor information
MOSTYN Café ramps up the offering with a sea-view and light installation by Gavin Fraser of the noted lighting architects foto-ma. The licensed café offers dishes based on locally-sourced produce including home-made cakes. No modern gallery would be complete without a shop, and MOSTYN displays contemporary craft from around the United Kingdom, as well as books and cards. Don’t forget to explore the superb seaside town of Landudno and the famous Great Orme Tramway which takes you to the top of the Great Orme and dates right back to 1902.
Entry details
Free to all
Open daily, 10.30am – 5pm
Other Spaces: Jo Longhurst’s stunning shots of gymnasts are a joy to behold
Published on
by James Cartwright, Monday 23 July 2012
jo longhurst’s hero
Jo Longhurst has a CV longer than my arm (which is long) that includes seemingly hundreds of group and solo shows across the world, reproductions in numerous books and even a cheeky PhD from the Royal College of Art. All of which leads us to believe she’s an incredibly talented woman and this suspicion is confirmed by the sheer beauty of her work and the meticulous attitude she takes towards her practice.
Her most recent body of photographs Other Spaces focusses its lens on the Heathrow Gymnastic Club and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, admiringly documenting the toned physiques and aerial prowess of the young gymnasts on display in an effort to “…explore the physical and emotional experiences of elite gymnasts through classic portraiture, appropriated photographs, performance and installation.” The resulting body of work is incredibly striking and delicately highlights the mental and physical conditioning experienced by these young athletes with incredible finesse.
Other Spaces is now open at MOSTYN, Llandudno, and runs till 30 September.
MOSTYN OPEN 18: Last 5 days to register!
MOSTYN OPEN 18: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON 30TH JULY
MOSTYN 18 logo
SELECTING JURY for £10,000 PRIZE: Maria Lind, Director of Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; Ryan Gander, Artist; Adam Carr, Curator of MOSTYN; Alfredo Cramerotti, Director of MOSTYN.
SELECTING JURY FOR THE £1,000 PRIZE: You, MOSTYN visiting audience for the ‘People’s Choice’.
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KEY DATES AND SUBMISSION PROCESS:
30th July 2012 – Deadline for payment of £25 entry fee and receipt of completed registration form.
6th August 2012 – Closing date for submission form together with images of artwork by email.
Exhibition dates: 18th January – 14th April 2013
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Download PDF information here: MOSTYN OPEN 18
Please visit www.mostyn.org for full details and terms and conditions.
Please email your completed Registration Form to open@mostyn.org
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Since its inception in 1989, the Open has functioned as a call-out to artists of any age, geographical background and residing place to enter, with an exhibition of the selected artworks taking place at MOSTYN, and a prize of £10,000 awarded to a single artist or collective. While continuing in this tradition, the 18th edition will also bring a fundamental addition. A prize of £1000 will be given to the ‘People’s Choice’, which will be determined by the artist or collective who receives the most votes from the visiting public during the exhibition’s run. In doing so, the questions that will be raised, and central to this renewed edition, are: How do we examine and judge works of art? What criteria do we bring to perceiving, interpreting and understanding artwork? What really makes our favourite?
FIRST FIVE website playlist: Alfredo Cramerotti
First Five asks artists, academics and theorists the first five websites that they visit each day. Do the websites we read shape, describe and identify who we are? How do we choose to visit these sites?
First Five is not a musical playlist, but a website playlist. It asks various thinkers, creative types, culturally important people, academics, and even Open CuRate It’s Boo Chapple to list their top browsing habits. It’s an interesting reflection of our changing culture, and a great place to find fantastic websites.
Alfredo Cramerotti is a writer, curator, editor and artist working across a variety of media such as TV, radio, publishing, internet, media festivals, photography, writing and exhibition curating. He directs Mostyn, Wales’ largest and leading contemporary art centre, co-directs AGM Culture, roaming curatorial agency and CPS Chamber of Public Secrets, media & art production unit (co-curator of Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Region of Murcia, Spain, 2010). He is Research Scholar at the European Centre for Photography Research, University of Wales, Newport, Visiting Lecturer in various European Universities among others NTU Nottingham Trent University, University of Westminster, HEAD Geneva and DAI Dutch Arts Institute, and Editor of the Critical Photography book series by Intellect Books. His own publications include the book Aesthetic Journalism: How to inform without informing (2009) and Unmapping the City: Perspectives of Flatness (2010).
Here are Alfredo’s first five…
“Visually relevant”
“Critically valuable”
3. http://www.foam.org/whatsnext
“Theoretically challenging”
4. http://alcramer.tumblr.com/
“Curatorially intriguing (there are a number of people contributing to the blog, not only me)”
“Relationally oblique”
P.S. You can click on the images to go to the site…
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