September/October 2022 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN’s September/October 2022 issue has a renewed international focus, which includes reviews of the Whitney Biennial (New York), Rencontres d’Arles, and Arthur Jafa at LUMA (France). Laragh Pittman outlines the participation of Art Nomads in documenta 15 in Kassel (Germany), while Ingrid Lyons reports on her residency at Est-Nord-Est in Quebec (Canada).
This issue also has a timely focus on recent art publishing, including reviews of Negative Space and England on Fire, and an interview with Gregory Sholette about his latest book, The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art.
Among columns for this issue, Iarlaith Ni Fheorais outlines the curatorial ideas underpinning ‘Speech Sounds’ at VISUAL, while Bridget O’Gorman shares her experiences of sustaining an art practice with a disability. Thaís Muniz reflects on the evolution of her career as an interdisciplinary artist for the Angelica Column series, which invites timely contributions from members of the Angelica Network who self-identify as women or minority gender from underrepresented cultural or ethnic backgrounds.
On The Cover: Kumbirai Makumbe, Pre-Intertopia, 2022, sculptural installation, ‘Speech Sounds’, VISUAL; photograph by Ros Kavanagh, courtesy the artist and VISUAL.
Columns
- Workshops and Wheelbarrows. Cornelius Browne discusses his recent painting workshop at Dublin Plein Air Festival.
Head Orientation. Thaís Muniz reflects on her practice.
- Speech Sounds. Iarlaith Ni Fheorais outlines the curatorial methods and ideas underpinning a recent show at VISUAL.
- Ghosting Contemporary Art. Bridget O’Gorman shares her experiences of sustaining an art practice with a disability.
- A Manifesto of Tiny Victories. Paul Roy uses mark-making as a metaphor for losses experienced with chronic illness.
The Art of Enactment. Day Magee considers phenomenology, performance, and the body’s experiences of chronic pain.
- Cats in the Archive. Eve Parnell discusses the Irish Exhibition of Living Art archive, which is housed in NIVAL.
Kunstverein Aughrim. Kate Strain discusses a new venture.
Exhibition Profile
- Made X NW. Phillina Sun discusses a group show at The Dock.
- Lament. Jennie Taylor reviews ‘Lament’ at Pallas Projects.
Seminar
- A Sense of Place. Marek Wolynski on ‘Art in the Landscape’.
Critique
- Sean Hillen, The Great Cliffs of Collage Green, Dublin, IRELANTIS, 1997; courtesy the artist and PhotoIreland Festival.
- PhotoIreland Festival 2022.
- ‘Beyond Drawing’at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre.
- Kevin Atherton at Butler Gallery
- Summer Show at The Engine Room Gallery.
- Patrick McAlister at Mermaid Arts Centre.
Festival / Biennial
- Many Rivers to Cross. Laragh Pittman outlines the participation of Irish group, Art Nomads, in documenta 15 this summer.
- Quiet As It’s Kept. Chris Clarke reviews the Whitney Biennial.
- Reclaiming the Contrast. Varvara Keidan Shavrova reviews works at the Rencontres d’Arles and Arthur Jafa at LUMA.
Project Profile
- In a Contrary Place. Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty discuss their new film and accompanying storytelling performance.
- Love and Odd Posters. Marie-Louise Blaney speaks to Ciara Phillips about her recent solo exhibition at The Model.
Art Publishing
- Brian Curtin reviews Negative Space.
- Sinéad Gleeson reviews England on Fire.
- The Activism of Art. Miguel Amado and Georgia Perkins interview Gregory Sholette about his latest book.
Residency
- Entre Chien et Loup. Ingrid Lyons on her recent residency.
VAI Member Profile
- Citizens. Belinda Loftus on her show in Rathfarnham Castle.