Art Monthly Newsletter May 2013
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Art Monthly May Issue  protest during Parliament's vote to increase university tuition fees December 2010 Feature Cuts Dave Beech on the neoliberal agenda behind the cuts in arts education The sustained attack on funding for the arts and art education is not the unfortunate by-product of wider austerity measures, but rather the culmination of a long-term economic plan. Is not the only effective response, therefore, a critique of the very ideology driving this plan? 'Recent campaigns against the cuts and concomitant changes in the economics of art's public sector appear, unfortunately, to have failed to recognise the fact that the agenda has changed.'  Ian Breakwell The Institution 1977-79 Feature The Art Project Sophie J Williamson on the value of projects with uncertain outcomes If current art-funding models are increasingly risk-averse, what is the likelihood of open-ended projects, like Ian Breakwell's pioneering work with the DHSS for the Artist Placement Group, being commissioned in the future? 'In order to secure funding it has become increasingly necessary to satisfy the demands for tangible or quantifiable – and therefore "successful" – outcomes at the proposal stage.'  Allan Sekula School is a Factory 1978-80 Feature Creativity v Education Felicity Allen on the role of the sketchbook in the construction of the artist's 'self' The formation of an expressive identity is key within art education, but recent trends actively block such organic development. With studies indicating a long-term decrease in student creativity, isn't it time to rethink our micromanagement of learning? 'Our managerialist assessment culture in education, which is promoted as giving access, consumer choice and fairness, in fact acts as a formidable form of surveillance and regulation. It is repressive and it keeps people in their place.' Comment Editorial DIY Art Education Since the neoliberal agenda for transforming art education into a free market has now reached completion, is this not an opportunity – just as the workshop became the academy, which became the art school, which became the university – for a grassroots reformulation of art education? 'Some 600 years ago, when Leon Battista Alberti fought for the recognition of art as a subject worthy of academic status on the basis of its theoretical and intellectual sophistication, he can hardly have intended this bureaucratic model of the academy.' Artnotes A new report examines the state of 'professional practice' provision within art education; the Treasury signals that more cuts are in the pipeline; austerity measures provoke an artistic response through the Museum of Creative Cuts; Picture This ceases to exist as an independent commissioning agency; galleries open and close; the latest news on commissions, appointments, prizes and more. Submissions: Send Artnotes info to artnotes@artmonthly.co.uk  Lucy Clout Shrugging Offing 2013 Profile Lucy Clout Nick Warner on the video performance artist Lucy Clout negotiates the sticky discourse surrounding performance art and its documentation, producing works that both hark back to performance art history while also alluding to the amateur instructional videos currently trending on YouTube. 'Clout seems equally concerned with this critical interchange between the primary experience of the live event and the secondary experience of the recorded event. However, she does not value live over playback, but instead takes as a prominent focus the notion of the act of documenting as medium in itself.' Reviews Exhibitions Nasrin Tabatabai & Babak Afrassiabi: Seep Chisenhale Gallery, London Colin Perry Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography various venues Omar Kholeif Kenneth Anger: Icons Sprüth Magers, London Christopher Townsend Glam! The Performance of Style Tate Liverpool Bob Dickinson Navid Nuur: Phantom Fuel Parasol unit, London Paul Carey-Kent Edinburgh & Glasgow Round-up Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art • GoMA • The Modern Institute • Summerhall Rosie Lesso London Round-up British Museum • Wellcome Collection • Whitechapel Gallery • Cafe Oto • Space David Morris Reviews Artists' Books Laure Prouvost: The Artist Book Adam Pugh considers the filmmaker's excursion into print 'If the book is a portrait of a real artist, whose name might be Laure Prouvost, then it is a portrait summoned almost entirely by that which it omits. And if that is the case, then it adroitly and sensibly evades the critics and curators again, which it seems is exactly the right – indeed possibly the only – way to preserve a space in which formlessness activates meaning.' Reviews Books Utilitarianism and the Art School in 19th Century Britain Dave Beech on Malcolm Quinn's recuperation of radical Benthamism 'Since Jeremy Bentham and Benthamism were probably the original referent of the adjective 'radical', Malcolm Quinn's primary aim – to reclaim the art school as a radical institution – has more merit than the history of institutional critique and the neoliberal attack on art education might suggest.' It's the Political Economy, Stupid: The Global Financial Crisis in Art and Theory Martin Patrick on Gregory Sholette and Oliver Ressler's anthology 'John Roberts outlines the context of the recent "social turn" in art practice and how increasingly "relational" approaches paralleled a decline in opportunities for artists in terms of exhibitions and teaching, and their corresponding enlistment into the workforce as "cognitive creative/technicians".' Reviews Sound Lundahl & Seitl: The Memory of WT Stead Christopher Townsend experiences a performance in a piano showroom 'The real or yearned-for plenitude of early modern culture included a very clear sense that everything was materially perishable, and that everything, however infinitesimally slowly and faintly, faded to nothing.' Opinion Polemic Disrupting Art Education David Barrett on the future of the art education market 'The traditional pyramid structure of education, with a vast swathe of foundation students filtering through to ever-narrowing groupings of BA, MA and PhD students, is being turned on its head. Over-delivering towards the top end while under-serving at the base – surely that is not sustainable in business terms?' Reports Letter from Delhi Rediscovering Ourselves Virginia Whiles witnesses attempts to develop Indian art discourse 'The gap between making art and discursive practice is as fragile in India as anywhere. One potential solution, suggested by the remarkable pedagogy at the SN School of Arts in Hyderabad University as an alternative to western-based critical theory, is to listen to the stories of the students who come from highly diverse ethnic, cultural and class backgrounds.' Reports Radio Open Air Andrew J Stooke tunes in to Radio 4's Artangel commissions 'Open Air is a series of broadcast radio interventions commissioned by Artangel with Radio 4. They were softly wedged into the schedule, freely exposed to Radio 4's potential ten million listeners. This was a departure for Artangel. Previous productions, in far out venues, have required audience commitment verging on pilgrimage. This motif of dedication was not entirely lost, however, as the pieces were played throughout Christian Holy Week, calling the devoted to the radio at an appointed time.' Artlaw Copyright Renting Art: Borrowers and Lenders Beware Henry Lydiate sees a problem for the new art-rental companies 'Economic times are tough in the public sector, and drives for income generation by museum and gallery institutions often include lending works on a commercial basis. The private sector has seen a steady increase in the commercial lending of works, often arranged via online browsing, selection and payment, plus swiftly couriered dispatch to the borrower: renting.' 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 hosts a talk show, presented by Matt Hale, to discuss the current issue on Resonance 104.4 FM. Tune in at 8pm on the second Monday of each month.
Next broadcast: 8pm Monday 13 May Art Monthly on iTunes The Art Monthly Talk Show is available as a free podcast on iTunes – subscribe for free automatic downloads. Art Monthly audio online Audio recordings of many of Art Monthly's events are available free in the Events section of the Art Monthly website. Recent additions: Listen now: www.artmonthly.co.uk/events | Opportunities Jobs Bookshop Manager Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh | 5 May
www.fruitmarket.co.uk Director of Collection Care Tate Britain, London | 7 May
http://workingat.tate.org.uk Project Director Shape Arts, London | 7 May
www.shapearts.org.uk Curator International Art Tate Modern, London | 12 May
http://workingat.tate.org.uk Associate Dean – College of Art Nottingham Trent University | 12 May
https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk Exhibitions & Events Manager Iniva, London | 13 May
www.iniva.org Programme Co-ordinator Turner Contemporary, Margate | 13 May
www.turnercontemporary.org Research Manager Tate Britain, London | 15 May
http://workingat.tate.org.uk Professor & Deputy Dean Middlesex University, Hendon, London | 15 May
www.mdx.ac.uk CIRCUIT Youth Arts Programme Manager Wysing Arts Centre & Kettle's Yard, Cambridge | 20 May
www.wysingartscentre.org Competitions/Commissions Call for entries – New Lights Exhibition & Prizes 2013 Submissions are invited from emerging artists aged between 25 and 35 years old. Awards include £10,000 & £2,500 and a high profile exhibition at Mercer Gallery, Harrogate.
New Lights | 31 May
www.newlights.org.uk/prize advertisement | Open – Initiative for Site-specific Commissions Artangel | 29 Apr
www.artangel.org.uk Hostings Commissions A Million Minutes, London | 6 May
www.amillionminutes.org Sexy Peat Commission Highland Print Studio, Inverness | 6 May
www.highlandprintstudio.co.uk The FloatArt Award FloatArt, London | 18 May
www.floatart.co.uk Jerwood Open Forest – Open Call Jerwood Visual Arts | 28 May
www.jerwoodopenforest.org Short Film Award Edinburgh Printmakers | 28 May
www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk Residencies/Fellowships Three Curatorial Fellowships The Contemporary Art Society & Whitechapel Gallery, UK | 3 May
www.contemporaryartsociety.org The Mellon Fellowship Programme LSE, London | 19 May
https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk ARTFarm Residency 126, Newbridge, Ireland | 10 May
www.126.ie International Artist-in-Residency Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 13 May
www.casino-luxembourg.lu Triangle Residency Triangle Arts, New York, USA | 25 May
www.triangleworkshop.org Fifty Residencies in Vienna BMUKK, Vienna, Austria | 31 May
www.bmukk-kunst-kultur.at International Residencies The Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada | 1 Jun
www.fonderiedarling.org Scholarships/Grants The Stephen Cripps Studio Award (2013-14) Award for artists working in sculpture embracing light, movement, machinery, sound or performance. £10,000 bursary.
£10,000 project costs. Rent-free studio.
Acme Studios at High House Production Park, Thurrock | 7 Jun
www.acme.org.uk/residencies/stephencripps advertisement | Postgraduate Research Studentships Loughborough University | 13 May
www.lboro.ac.uk MIRIAD Studentships in Art & Design Manchester Metropolitan University | 31 May
www2.mmu.ac.uk Exhibiting Franchise Programme Apexart | 3 May
www.apexart.org Call for Artists Charlie Dutton Gallery, London | 6 May
www.charlieduttongallery.com Call for Artists & Curators TAP, Southend-on-Sea | 10 May
www.t-a-p.org.uk Call for Applications – Art Licks Weekend Art Licks, London | 31 May
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