Our top UK exhibition picks for July 2023
Our picks for the best art showing across the country this month
July 3, 2023
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
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In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
If you are in Wales, the antidote to sweltering heat will be found at the Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Cardiff): The Sea Horizon, forty icy photographs of the Severn Estuary looking towards the coastline of Wales. These profound images are identical in vantage and format, revealing the immense weather systems of the estuary, immersing viewers in a powerful meditation on the passing of time. Garry Fabian Miller took this series of pictures over a period of 18 months from his rooftop in Clevedon, Bristol fifty years ago, and yet their meaning has taken on new significance in the midst of the ongoing climate crisis. The photo series serves as a stark reminder of how landscapes change and adapt over time, particularly the Severn Estuary which has the second largest tidal range in the world.
Miller is one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography and these photographs are personally significant as his first work and the beginning of his journey of self-discovery. He described the act of looking across the expanse of water as like building a bridge that might tell him where to go next. Half a century later Miller now describes the photographs as ‘having found their home’ in Wales. Initially he was only aware of capturing the horizon, which was as much about seeing inside himself as looking out. He later realised he was photographing Wales; upon blowing up the images he could see factories and high-rises in Newport and Cardiff. The images are as much portraits of a place as they are a stimulus for contemplation.
The Sea Horizon is showing at National Museum Cardiff until 10th September.
However, if you worship the scorching sun and crave the hot burst of beating summer rays, head to Tate St Ives, Cornwall. The weather in this Cornish coastal oasis, a renowned artist colony, may not be North African but the vivid art of the Casablanca School inside comes directly from the warmer climes of Morocco in The Casablanca Art School. Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s. You will find the white walls bursting with colour in this landmark exhibition bringing together more than twenty artists. Works include abstract paintings, urban murals, craft, typology, graphics, and ceramics, alongside rarely seen print archives, vintage journals, and photographs.
The Casablanca Art School is showing at Tate St Ives until 14th January 2024
Heading back inland to rural Somerset, Hauser & Wirth are celebrating their Swiss heritage at their Bruton farm with a multidisciplinary group exhibition inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle (an exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists). The entire farmstead will play host to the work of over twenty artists showcasing art intended for a broad audience and engaging with contemporary issues such as consumerism, feminism and sustainability. The exhibition provides an evolving platform for discovery and interaction reflecting the experimental ethos of the gallery. Work will include immersive installations, solo presentations and large-scale video works extending to all five gallery spaces, as well as outdoor sculpture and a programme of events. Many of the artists featured within the exhibition, such as Martin Creed, Rashid Johnson and Pipilotti Rist, have lived and worked in Bruton as part of the gallery’s long-standing residency program, drawing inspiration from the farm, the local community and surrounding landscape.
Gruppenausstellung is showing at Hauser & Wirth Somerset until 1st January 2024
In a world saturated by images where everyone is a photographer and we are accustomed to quantity over quality, seeing a great photograph, particularly by an amateur, can be refreshing. For the first time since 2016 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is being shown at the lofty National Galleries Scotland, with its handsome ionic facade. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the yearly competition, attracting tens of thousands of entries from across the world. Photographers are encouraged to interpret portraiture in its widest sense, with a focus on the theme of ‘identity as an individual’. Last year’s competition saw winning entries which celebrated queerness, transness and the concept of a chosen family, as well as - of course - work drawing on the experience of lockdown, of which Clémentine Schneidermann was awarded first prize for the series Laundry Day.
Comprising of around sixty photographic portraits, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see the 2022 competition outside of London.
The Ikon Gallery has beautifully restored a former Victorian school whose reconstructed tower stands tall and defiant against the encroaching modern high rises in Oozells Square, Birmingham. This summer the entire galley space has been taken over by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo; one of Indonesia's most important living artists.
Passionate Pilgrim celebrates her dedication to pushing the boundaries of her own practice and building performance art networks. While living in Germany, Suryodarmo was mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović. Her performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity. Physically demanding for the artist, they can last several hours, testing the limits of the human mind and body. Her longest work, I'm A Ghost in My Own House (2012), involves the artist grinding blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin continuously for 12 hours.
The exhibition featured live performances by Suryodarmo and "delegated works" performed by over fifty activists, associated artists and communities in Birmingham. If you missed these in May, it is still well worth the opportunity to see their recordings presented at the gallery where they are contextualised by other work from Suryodarmo’s oeuvre. The dress, rolling pin and charcoal rubbings from the May performance of I’m A Ghost in My Own House at Ikon will also be displayed.
Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is showing at Ikon Gallery until 3rd September.
Read the full gowithYamo review now.
Make sure to collect your Yamos on the gowithYamo app with each exhibition you visit!
