Author: Anna Avery

Categories
Art Culture

If The ‘Earth’ Without ‘Art’ is Just ‘Eh’ Why Don’t We Make Less ‘Eh’ Art?

The black and white earth exploding
Peter Kennard 'Code Red' at Street Level Photoworks.

In Glasgow during COP26, naturally, the central theme of exhibitions is climate change. As with most media and artworks about the climate, diagnosis of the problem is very strong, but it tends to stop there. Of course, I don’t think an artwork should offer false hope about climate change but exhibitions that are unremittingly depressing […]

Categories
Art Culture

Moyna Flannigan’s ‘Matter’

Gallery view with white wall and wooden floor. In the middle of the room on three brown plinth there are three white-ash sculptures. Hung at the walls are two big canvases

The magic of an art exhibition is that it is like a gig, only you control how long the set lasts. The artist relinquishes control once the artwork is completed, and this is where the audience gets involved: art is an offering to the viewer to be seen as long as the viewer is interested. […]