Art Monthly Newsletter November 2011
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Art Monthly November Issue  Ryan Gander Locked Room Scenario 2011 Interview Happenstance Ryan Gander interviewed by Alex Coles Currently exhibiting at the Venice Biennale, Ryan Gander studied interactive art in Manchester and his eliptical work frequently involves open-ended investigations and collaborations. Here he discusses working with designers, reimagining publications and architecture, and his recent Artangel commission Locked Room Scenario. 'The whole thing about the current design market is odd. This year I went to Design Miami/Basel. Everything there looked like art that did stuff: here's an Anish Kapoor with a light on top; there's an Antony Gormley with a rug attached to it. So strange! It's all so compromised in its integrity by needing to have a function or be shiny and unique. I thought it was awful. What did you start with that book [DesignArt] you did?!'  Phyllida Barlow untitled: columns 2010 Feature The Made v The Readymade Mark Prince on the resistance of objects In the story of recent sculpture, making has given way to assemblages and installations of known objects that carry narrative overtones – but there are artists who resist this trajectory. If the readymade reduces the object to a transferrable set of signs, how have artists such as Phyllida Barlow, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon and, more recently, Nairy Baghramian, Michael Dean and Alexander Heim short-circuited this current? 'If art is expected to function as a vehicle for a set of branded narratives that should be as summarisable as possible from a digital remove, "eliminating recognisable things" might be a form of resistance.'  Jim Lambie Boyzilian (Dancing in the Dark (Mash-up)) 2010 Feature Works in a Minor Key Marcus Verhagen discusses the politics of whimsy The whimsical is often frowned upon as lacking a political edge. But is it not the very lightness of works – by artists such as Alexandra Bircken, Gabriel Kuri and Gabriel Orozco – that engages with the coming austerity's 'liquid modern' state of precarity? 'Whimsy is an awkward category, one that could stretch to cover a vast array of different practices. It is also far from new. But whimsy today does not carry exactly the same implications as it did in the work of Joseph Cornell, for instance, or Alighiero Boetti, or even Tom Friedman.' Comment Editorial Taking Stock It is a year since the Tory-led coalition government published its Comprehensive Spending Review and adopted former BP CEO and now Tate chairman Lord Browne's suggestions for increasing student fees and eliminating funding for arts and humanities courses. At the time, the government argued that student numbers would not be affected – recent evidence shows otherwise. 'The facts bear out last year's worst predictions: figures released by UCAS show that overall admissions to university have fallen by 9%, while Goldsmiths – seen by many as the flagship of fine art education in England, especially abroad – saw a drop of 35%.' Letters Elizabeth Price responds again to Peter Suchin's article on fine art PhDs, and Peter Suchin once more argues his case. Kristin Kreider is unhappy with John Douglas Millar's article on art writing, and Millar responds. Mark McGowan rails against the art world's moral bankruptcy. Artnotes The Whitechapel Gallery becomes the test case for new endowment funding; the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board closes following its numerous legal tussles; Venice Biennale has an unwelcome new chairman foisted upon it; organisations chase diminishing funds; museums get into hot water over deaccessioning and forgeries; all the latest news on galleries, prizes, people, events and more. Submissions: Send Artnotes info to artnotes@artmonthly.co.uk  Emma Smith Playback 2011 Profile Emma Smith Colin Perry profiles the socially engaged artist Emma Smith embeds herself into specific social contexts and produces participatory performances that draw outsiders into an engagement with issues driven by local agendas. 'The time Smith spends among communities and in a specific place is one of the fundamental aspects of her practice. It runs counter to the idea of art as a form of transient tourism, in which the specialist artist is parachuted into a location to engender some form of social betterment.' Reviews Exhibitions Arte Povera 1968 MAMbo, Bologna Martin Holman Barry Flanagan: Early Works 1965-1982 Tate Britain Mark Prince Richard Tuttle: Light & Colour Modern Art, London Mark Prince Emma Hart: TO DO Matt's Gallery, London Larne Abse Gogarty Josephine Meckseper Timothy Taylor Gallery, London Alison Green 3D-2D-3D-2D Camberwell Space, London Eliza Williams Roy Ascott: The Syncretic Sense Space, London Omar Kholeif Anri Sala Serpentine Gallery, London David Ryan Between Heaven and Earth: Contemporary Art from the Centre of Asia Calvert 22, London Stephen Lee Camulodunum Firstsite, Colchester Martin Herbert New Contemporaries 2011 Site Gallery & S1 Artspace, Sheffield Pryle Behrman Report Education Paradox – Fine Art European Forum Maria Walsh on the European art education conference 'Contrary to Bologna's treaty that change should come from bottom up and that institutions should be autonomous, the changing face of fine art education is felt by those at the bottom as stemming from a super-structural level that relates to but is also eerily separate from the experience of working as a lecturer in art education.' Salerooms London Italy v the World Colin Gleadell on the Frieze-week sales 'Last month's Frieze-week auctions were up against an escalating international debt crisis and looked to be weighed down by it.' Artlaw Contracts Editions v Series: Picking up the Pieces Henry Lydiate on selling off dismembered artworks 'The court agreed, stopped the sale of the single-panel painting and ordered that the work must not be taken apart – not only when publicly exhibited, but also privately.' Listings Exhibitions Exhibition listings Art Monthly's exhibition listings can also be viewed online. Submissions: Send Listings info to listings@artmonthly.co.uk Art Monthly audio Art Monthly on the radio Art Monthly has its own show on Resonance 104.4 FM. Tune in at 5pm on the second Friday of each month to hear news and views from Art Monthly contributors.
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Royal College of Art, London | 8 Nov
www.rca.ac.uk advertisement | Senior Exhibitions Manager National Portrait Gallery, London | 7 Nov
www.npg.org.uk Senior Lecturer in Curating Goldsmiths, London | 17 Nov
www.jobs.goldsmiths.ac.uk Professor of Fine Art Goldsmiths, London | 17 Nov
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jobs.arts.ac.uk Gallery Manager MOT International, Brussels, Belgium | 6 Nov
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vacancies.nms.ac.uk Interim Assistant Director Camden Arts Centre, London | 15 Nov
www.camdenartscentre.org Head of Exhibitions Serpentine Gallery, London | 20 Nov
www.serpentinegallery.org Competitions/Commissions The Burlington Magazine Contemporary Art Writing Prize The prize includes £1,000 & the opportunity to be published.
The Burlington Magazine | 31 Jan
www.burlington.org.uk advertisement | Jerwood Makers Open 2012 Jerwood Visual Arts, London | 7 Nov
www.jerwoodvisualarts.org Various Awards Epic Awards, UK & Ireland | 11 Nov
www.epicawards.co.uk Arte Laguna Prize Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy | 11 Nov
www.artelagunaprize.com The Jack Goldhill Painting Prize Jewish Care, London | 14 Nov
www.jewishcare.org First Bites Commmissions Ovalhouse, London | 21 Nov
www.ovalhouse.com Residencies/Fellowships Escalator Retreat - Free Association Call out for retreat participants. For 10 artists and curators in England interested in experimenting with alternative processes and media. Free to attend.
Wysing Arts Centre | 14 Nov
www.wysingartscentre.org advertisement | Residency & Solo Exhibition CoExist Gallery, Southend-on-Sea | 30 Nov
www.coexist.org.uk Junior Research Fellowships Christ's College, Cambridge | 10 Nov
www.christs.cam.ac.uk Peripatetic Artist in Residence Squid & Tabernacle, United Kingdom | 30 Nov
www.squidandtabernacle.com Arts Research Residencies ISIS Arts, Newcastle | 28 Nov
www.isisarts.org.uk Badgast Residency Satelliet Groep, The Hague, The Netherlands | 1 Dec
www.satellietgroep.nl Curatorial Fellowship Watts Gallery, Compton | 21 Nov
www.le.ac.uk Residency Exchange Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland | 1 Dec
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workingat.tate.org.uk The Jean-Claude Reynal Scholarship The Foundation of France, International | 15 Nov
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www.artsadmin.co.uk Exhibiting The London Open Whitechapel Gallery, London | 25 Nov
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www.wilsonwilliamsgallery.com Nomadic Village UK ISIS Arts, Newcastle | 28 Nov
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