The Art and Culture Magazine: Inside Issue 46
Commitment to Creativity & Experimentation
Bauhaus: Exploring the aftermath of World War I
and what became the most famous art and design school
What Happens When The YBAs Grow Up?
As the YBAs turn 50 years old, we understand why there
has not been an artistic movement with such prominence
Capturing the World
The Sony World Photography Awards exhibition offers
an extraordinary range of contemporary photography
Imaginary Realism
Roger Ballen presents his darkly playful
and psychologically intense photography
Intimate Narratives
Conceptual documentary photographer, David Creedon
depicts worlds that we otherwise might not have access to
Looking back at the 25 year success and phenomenon of the Young British Artists.
Imaginary Realism
Roger Ballen presents his psychologically intense photography.
Karl Markovics' film, Atmen, tells the story of boy threatened with a life in jail.
A New Way of Doing Things
Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe's début gained critical acclaim, we find out why.
Want to represent your country in song? You’re on thin ice. We look into popular music.
A Duo in Perfect Harmony
School of Seven Bells has shrunk from a trio to a duo, we listen to their latest album.
Acclaimed visual artist, David Shrigley, brings his characters to life in a "sort-of" opera.
A Return to Childhood
Puppet theatre is associated with children's theatre but can it connect with an adult audience?
Film of the Month
The Kiss
by Ben Hyland
3 mins, 2011
Shooting People's
film of the month
Filmmaker Mark Cousins comments:
"This film is mysterious and touching. In a few short minutes it gives the sense of how people connect together in cities. There's little synch sound and it is as pure as silent cinema."
Picks from the Blog
Image and Identity in Iran: Bi Nam at Ffotogallery, Penarth
Flights of Fancy at Tatton Park Biennial, Cheshire
The human urge to reach for the impossible and aeronautical innovation are the twin sources of inspiration behind Flights of Fancy, Tatton Park’s third biennial of contemporary art. Curators Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplan have invited artists and writers to respond to the themes in the context of Tatton Park in Cheshire. Aesthetica caught up with the curators to find out more.
Abstract Typography: Michael Dean: Government
Perhaps unexpectedly, the primary concerns of Michael Dean’s (b. 1977) Government do not include satire, contemporary politics or acerbic finger pointing and it is refreshing to encounter an exhibition with such a value-laden title that is concerned instead with the fundamental worth of the term rather than its party-political resonance.
Miró: Sculptor | Yorkshire Sculpture Park | Wakefield
The sky is wide in Wakefield, or at least it appears so. Shouldering this weight of blue, Joan Miró’s bronze sculptures trample the neat lawns of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the glossy black of polished bronze a slick upon amorphous and primal bodies.
Competitions
