Abstract Critical

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Nicolas de Staël at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

  Above, David Nash in conversation with Michael Peppiatt. Film courtesy of Mitchell-Innes & Nash.   In the United States, an eerie silence surrounds the …

Nicolas de Staël at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

  Above, David Nash in conversation with Michael Peppiatt. Film courtesy of Mitchell-Innes & Nash.   In the United States, an eerie silence surrounds the …

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Art as Language or Art as Trope

A recent discussion on abstract critical prompts me to go on a bit about abstraction and the uses of literary theory, for the pleasure of …

Art as Language or Art as Trope

A recent discussion on abstract critical prompts me to go on a bit about abstraction and the uses of literary theory, for the pleasure of …

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Garth Evans in conversation with Richard Deacon

At the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until the 27th of May is an exhibition of work by Garth Evans, selected by sculptor Richard Deacon. As Deacon …

Garth Evans in conversation with Richard Deacon

At the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until the 27th of May is an exhibition of work by Garth Evans, selected by sculptor Richard Deacon. As Deacon …

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Julia Farrer: Helical Links

To make a pattern, un dessein, an arrangement of shapes, is on one level a response to the fundamentals of life. The Egyptians had both …

Julia Farrer: Helical Links

To make a pattern, un dessein, an arrangement of shapes, is on one level a response to the fundamentals of life. The Egyptians had both …

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abstract critical: Articles

Julie Mehretu: Liminal Squared

Over the last decade, Julie Mehretu has become an art world star, her work shown at The Whitney and Guggenheim (New York and Berlin), purchased …
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Julie Mehretu: Liminal Squared
Over the last decade, Julie Mehretu has become an art world star, her work shown at The Whitney and Guggenheim (New York and Berlin), purchased …
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It’s Show Time! John Armleder at Dairy Art Centre

Those interested in abstract art who are after some kind of essential visual truth from  singular art works, who don’t give a flying urinal for …
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It’s Show Time! John Armleder at Dairy Art Centre
Those interested in abstract art who are after some kind of essential visual truth from  singular art works, who don’t give a flying urinal for …
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Alan Davie and Albert Irvin at Gimpel Fils

It must have seemed like a wonderful idea to put these two old boys of abstract art together; both now over ninety and both still …
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Alan Davie and Albert Irvin at Gimpel Fils
It must have seemed like a wonderful idea to put these two old boys of abstract art together; both now over ninety and both still …
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