Summer Love

So I've been avoiding the word work this summer, yet have still managed to edge out a few little nods into the cultural ocean...

I interview Scorpion Dagger for Dazed (the author of the gif above which could be a portrait of me this summer....)

I did a top ten Instagram round up also for Dazed

I reviewed three shows on Monocle24 - Energy Flash at MUHKA in Antwerp, Making and Unmaking at Camden Arts Centre, London and Dada Afrika at the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin

and I'm off to DJ at the Manifesta Night in Zurich on August 26 - RSVP here

My Best of Venice 2015

These two posts went up on Dazed but i'm putting links here too for a bit of archival action. I

The top artists at this year’s Venice Biennale and Top Ten things to search out at Venice Biannale

Update Update

Lots of writing out and about at the moment (gosh whenever I write that explaining update delays it makes me cringe and think of this Cory Arcangel project!!)

So here are 10 things I have written and seen and recommend to all - aside from The Book of Hearts which has made appearance at Grand Central Station, Artwords and Scribbler (as well at the Observer magazine and Independent online)

1 I was turned on by these exhibitions: Gauguin at Ordovas, William Burroughs at Photographers Gallery, Stephen Willats at Raven Row, Cecile B Evans online AGNES piece for the Serpentine, Christian Jankowski at Lisson and the incredible Heath Bunting piece 'Skint' in the Contemporary Art Society show at Whitechapel

2 Interviews with Simon Denny and Nate Boyce respectively for Postmatter.com

3 Cover feature interview with Bjarne Melgaard about his Gavin Brown show for the Man/Boy issue of Sleek

4 The Return of Paris for Artsy

5 Top 10 Girls on Show for Dazed Digital

6 How art is getting to grips with on and offline space for Artsy

7 My Dazed Q&A with Ed Atkins now online

8 Piece on my September show at V1 Gallery included in issue 1 of Riposte

9 Issue 9 of Twin magazine on shelves with interview I did with Kerry James Marshall, pieces on Philip Lorca di Corcia, Nicola Tyson Copenhagen art scene and a curated exhibition project from Henry Kinman.

10 Interviews with Camille Henrot and Collier Schoor in the girls rule issue of Dazed

Image Tales of Paradise: Gauguin installation view, Photography by Mike Bruce at Ordovas 

Catch Up

There are few online projects that have to be seen

Legion TV x Samara Scott
Here online project is hands down one of the best pieces I have ever seen on the internet. Enable pop ups and enjoy.

Bubblebyte takeover of Spikeisland.org.uk
Enjoy the Click Me artist projects (i'm very into the song on Yves Scherer's piece)

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I've realised I've been less active with my own blog because I've been on dazeddigital/twitter more (and busy in 3D world with exhibitions and lots of print features) but here is some of the things I've thrown into the ether.

Top Ten Emerging British Artists Showing This Week
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/17129/1/top-ten-emerging-british-artists-showing-this-week

Top Ten Venice Biennale 2013
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16265/1/best-venice-biennale-2013

Bernadette Corporation feature
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/14640/1/bernadette-corporation

100 Emerging Artists from the pages of Dazed Part 1

Other the past few years I have covered and interviewed and included a hell of a lot of emerging artists in the pages of Dazed & Confused. I thought it would be nice to do a line up of 100 of them.

Adam Bartos
Adam King
Adham Farmawy
Agnieszka Kurant
Aleksandra Domanovic
Alexander Binder
Alexandra Gorczynski
Alexei Shulgin
Alison Moffett
Andre Ethier
Andrew Brandou
Andrey Bartenev
Andro Wekua
Anne de Vries
Antoine Catala




Ben Long
Ben Sansbury
Benedict Drew
Bianca Brunner
Boo Saville
Brenna Murphy
Broomberg and Chanarin
Carlos Laszlo
Caroline Achaintre
Cecile B Evans
Charlie Roberts
Dan Attoe
David Horvitz
David Ratcliff
David Raymond Conroy
Dawn Mellor 
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Dmitri Galitzine
Duncan Campbell




Eve Ackroyd
Evren Tekinoktay
Frank Haines
Graham Hudston
Gregor Wright
Hannah Perry
Hannah Starkey
Helen Marten
Ian Tweedy
James Hopkins
Jamie Shovlin
Jennifer Taylor
Jimmy Joe Roche
Joep van Liefland
Josh Brand
Joss McKinley




Images from top: David Raymond Conroy, Benedict Drew, Brenna Murphy, Frank Haines

Driven to Abstraction

Last week Dazed Digital brought together nine artists working with abstraction for an online exhibition to coincide with the big feature I wrote on abstract painting in the current March issue of Dazed. I chose all the artists involved and it was lovely to see galleries of their work. The feature got such great feedback. Blush. For those that didnt see it check out the links:

The Return of Abstract Art

Driven to Abstraction:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

NB i didnt write the text for the off shoot days but I choose all the artists involved

Image: Matt Connors, FOOD PLUS DRUG II (yellow/pink) 2012
Acrylic and coloured pencil on canvas
162 x 127 cm. Courtesy of Herald St, London)

Happy 100

The book launch at b store went brilliantly - and the small show in the window featuring Lilah Fowler and Sam Griffin will be up for a while.

You can read me talking about the book here online here:

Dazed

AnOther

Twin

images: Eli Cortinas above. Below: Andro Wekua, Gott Ist Tit Aber Das Madchen Nicht, 2008; Rashid Johnson, Cosmic Topology, 2009

Syncopated Melodies

The opening of SYCNCOPATION at Grimmuseum in Berlin was so great last night - I'm immensely happy with how it turned out. The show runs until October 31 but there are some online hints and interviews here and there for those not in Germania to get a feel of the show.

Dazed Digital did an interview with Levack and Lewandowski

It got a little mention at my other alma mater Twin..

And Whitehot magazine did a rather personal interview with me about the basis of the show with a good selection of images.