French duo Stereoptik return to bring more worlds to life in front of an eager MimeLondon crowd with Antechamber. The Return of an Old Favourite When I first came across the London International Mime Festival in 2022 (several decades behind the curve), a performance by Stereoptik was one of the events I saw. 2023 was […]
Julianknxx takes over the Barbican’s Curve space with a poetic film installation, Chorus in Rememory of Flight. A reminder of connection, tradition, and the long reach of history. Julianknxx at the Barbican Curve In today’s post we find ourselves back at one of London’s more intriguing spaces for art installations. The Barbican Curve makes use […]
The Barbican’s timely survey of Carrie Mae Weems’ work is a perfect introduction for UK audiences to Weems’ immense talent and reflections on the Black experience. Carrie Mae Weems This is the third monographic exhibition of a female artist’s work in a row for the Barbican. Late last year we had Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics, […]
RESOLVE Collective take over the Barbican Curve with them’s the breaks, a participatory installation and public programme which looks under the surface of systems and institutions. them’s the breaks There’s something very different on in the Barbican’s Curve space at the moment. Although, to be fair, the exhibitions here are always varied and challenging. But […]
A review of Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at the Barbican in London. This small exhibition in the Barbican’s Curve space is a shrine to the women of pre-Revolutionary Iran. Soheila Sokhanvari I enjoy the Barbican’s Curve space as an opportunity to discover new artists. The long, sleek, one room exhibitions are often provocative. And so […]
A review of Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics, on for a few more weeks at the Barbican. Schneemann’s politically engaged work, often focused on her body and sexuality, still appears radical to audiences decades after its creation. Female/Feminist Artists: Under The Spotlight It seems to me like female artists are undergoing something of a rebalancing at […]
A review of Shilpa Gupta: Sun at Night in the Barbican’s Curve gallery. An intriguing exhibition, but one which is a little swamped by the scale and architecture of the Curve space. Freedom Of Expression As Art Shilpa Gupta is an artist who lives and works in Mumbai. Her work is multidisciplinary, spanning – in […]
A review of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, a photography retrospective with a political and indigenous rights agenda. Beautiful and haunting, Andujar’s work is more important now than it has been in several decades. Who Are The Yanomami? “Ah yes, the Yanomami” said my other half when I came home after seeing this exhibition. “Everyone […]
My first foray into the Barbican Curve yields a resolutely futuristic ancient mythology from Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. Toyin Ojih Odutola at the Barbican Curve This exhibition is totally different than anything else I saw in 2020. Both in terms of the medium and the works themselves, but also in terms of the concept […]
In what is now an annual Salterton Arts Review tradition, we check out London architecture old and new as part of Open House 2022. Open House London 2022 Third year in a row I’ve made it to Open House London! That’s got to be a proper tradition now, right? I certainly look forward to it […]
