BMW Art Journey 2018
Congratulations to Ali Kazim who has been shortlisted for the BMW Art Journey 2018. The shortlisted artists are invited to develop a proposal for their ideal journey, with the winner to be announced in the early summer of 2018. See .
Journeys with 'The Waste Land' - Turner Contemporary
Current lecturers Benedict Drew (in collaboration with alumnus Nicholas Brooks) and Carey Young, and alumni past and present: Tacita Dean, Winifred Knights, Percy Wyndham Lewis, Paul Nash, Eduardo Paolozzi, Paula Rego, Walter Sickert, John Stezaker and William Turnbull, are showing in Journeys with 'The Waste Land' at Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate, Kent CT9 1H, from 3 February - 7 May 2018. See .
Luke McCreadie - Touching Words
Luke McCreadie: Touching Words is showing at Lungley, The Haggerston, 438 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AA, from 6 - 22 April 2018. See .
Actions. The image of the world can be different - Kettle's Yard
Rana Begum is showing in Actions. The image of the world can be different, at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ, from 10 February - 6 May 2018. See .
Destiny Bomb - Coleman Project Space
Brighid Lowe has a solo show, Destiny Bomb, at the Coleman Project Space, 94 Webster Road, London SE16 4DF, from 14 April - 6 May 2018. See .
Tacita Dean: Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
Tacita Dean: Portrait is showing at the National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE, from 15 March - 28 May 2018. See .
Bernard Cohen - Tate Britain
Emeritus Professor Bernard Cohen has 55 of his works on show at Tate Britain, Milbank, London SW1P 4RG from 4 December 2017 - 3 June 2018. See .
Private Choices - Centrale for Contemporary Art
Elisabeth C. Clark and Simon Faithfull are showing in Private Choices at Centrale for Contemporary Art, Place Sainte-Catherine 44 Sint-Katelijneplein, Brussels 1000, from 9 November 2017 - 27 May 2018. See .
John Stezaker - The Whitworth
John Stezaker has a solo show at The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER, from 1 December 2017 - June 2018. See .
Handmade: Paintings by Lisa Milroy - Oneoff Contemporary, Nairobi
Handmade: Paintings by Lisa Milroy is showing at Oneoff Contemporary, #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree, Nairobi, Kenya, from 7 - 29 April 2018. See .
Livings - Sutherland Square
Yarli Alison, Sam Derounian, Kyung Heo, Ismene King, Sandra Lane, Hyojoo Lee, Hattie Moore, Jocelyn McGregor, Giota Papakyriakou, Anna Reading, Lotte Scott and Lanu Vavaro are showing in Livings at 28 Sutherland Square, London SE17 3EQ, from 12 May, 12noon - 6pm, and 13 May 2018 (12noon - 4.30pm).
Sara Naim: Reactions - Parafin
Sara Naim: Reactions is showing at Parafin, 18 Woodstock Street, London W1C 2AL, from 11 April - 19 May 2018. See .
Battery Horizons: The Red Mansion Art Prize Exhibition 2018
Congratulations to current student Rosa Johan Uddoh who is one of seven winners of The Red Mansion Art Prize 2018. An exhibition of the winners, Battery Horizons, is showing at the Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU, from 23 - 28 March 2018, from 2pm – 7pm. See .
Happy International Colour Day & World Poetry Day!
To celebrate, here is a poem by Sharon Morris, which we included in the 2017 Slade exhibition ‘Blue From Iron’ by Scientist in Residence David Dobson.
Sharon Morris
The purpose of blue
But it’s the colours I miss, don’t you see?
the lapis sky and fair cerulean blue
of ocean, the precise shivering hue
of your laugh on a bright day, so clear.
Whatever the light, lavender appears
to shave blue from grey, the way I knew you.
I’m dead-heading the daisy - though it’s futile -
sweeping leaves and weeding ‘volunteers’.
My eyes close - the way whales slip from view
between the waves -Â I have to let you go.
I still wear that specific shade of turquoise -
you looking out at the Pacific Ocean -
the way blue sky screens emptiness, its purpose
forgetting or holding on. Is this beauty?
Sharon Morris is Deputy Director (Research) and Head of the PhD programme at the Slade.
Slow Fade - Gossamerfog
Lea Collet and collaborator Marios Stamatis have are presenting Slow Fade, curated by Sayori Radda and Felice Moramarco at Gossamerfog , BST 186a Deptford High Street, London, SE8 3PR, from 23 March - 8 April 2018. See and
Here Today Gone Tomorrow - The Cello Factory
Naomi Siderfin and Erika Winstone are showing in Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, curated by Erika Winstone, at The Cello Factory, 33 - 34 Cornwall Road, London SE1 8TJ, from 2 - 6pm, 19 - 22 April 2018.
Out of Nothing
Out of Nothing, a graphic novel by Daniel Locke with Slade alumnus David Blandy is published by Nobrow, ISBN: 9781910620281. See .
Seek-Pray-Advance - The Gallery
Megan Broadmeadow is showing Seek-Pray-Advance, Episode 1: Eyes Only at CGP London, Gallery by the Pool, 1 Park Approach, Southwark Park, London SE16 2UA, 21 March - 29 April 2018. See .
The work will unfold as an episodic sequence during 2018-19 across the UK. The show at CGP marks the departure point for the work, travelling onto for Episode 2 (August 2018) then will culminate with Episode 3 at QUAD, Derby in Autumn 2019. An EP collecting soundscapes created for the exhibition will be released by in 2019.
Artists' Residencies - Hong Kong Baptist University
Congratulations to Rodrigo Arteaga, Charlie Barlow, Ellie MacGarry and Feiyi Wen who have been awarded artist-in-residencies at Hong Kong Baptist University. See .
Gilchrist-Fisher Award 2018
Kim Harvey and Minyoung Choi have been shortlisted for the Gilchrist-Fisher Award 2018. The exhibition of shortlisted artists is showing at Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 2A Conway Street, London W1T 6BA, from 16 - 25 March 2018. The winner will be announced on 15 March. See .