Author: Jack
Commission: Shapes of Water, Sounds of Hope
- By Jack
I’ve been commissioned by Super Slow Way to respond to Suzanne Lacy’s major project Shapes of Water, Sounds of Hope in Brierfield. The result of the project will be the creation of […]
Writing: London round-up
- By Jack
London – One Day Round Up Last week my burning desire to visit the new Tate Modern extension was, finally, indulged by a flash Virgin Trains seat sale. Since opening […]
Field Trip: Art Basel & Documenta
- By Jack
Field Trip: ‘What have great bales of poo, a “pavilion of reflections”, banks of iPhone chargers and glossy sculpture halls got in common? Switzerland during art fair season, finds Jack Welsh…’ […]
Interview: Hannah Leighton-Boyce
- By Jack
I interviewed Hannah Leighton-Boyce in response to her recent exhibition ‘Instruments of Industry’ at Touchstones Rochdale. Read the full interview on a-n Reviews. Image courtesy of Simon Liddiard.
Feature: Class of 2016
- By Jack
Class of 2016: The North-West’s Top Fine Art Graduates Revealed Up and down the land, Fine Art students are preparing their final, graduate exhibitions. But who really stands out across […]
Publication: On Being Curious
- By Jack
I’m delighted to have been published in ‘On Being Curious’, a new book from The Double Negative to mark the Contemporary Visual Arts Network North-West (CVAN NW), Arts Council England-funded Critical […]
Feature: Biennial Associate Artists
- By Jack
“Completely committed to the development of young talent”: Introducing Liverpool Biennial’s Associate Artists Programme In offering international travel expenses, curatorial mentorships and commissions, Liverpool Biennial is giving artists based in […]
Review: The Necropolitan Line
- By Jack
I’ve written a review of Katrina Palmer’s solo exhibition The Necropolitan Line at Henry Moore Institute for The Double Negative. Read it here: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2016/01/katrina-palmers-the-necropolitan-line-reviewed/
Feature: An Imagined Museum
- By Jack
Within Tate Liverpool’s new exhibition An Imagined Museum hangs Martin Kippenberger’s large oil painting The Modern House of Believing or Not (1985). Kippenberger’s anarchic sense of humour and irony are […]
Review: Glasshouse
- By Jack
The camera silently glides across a row of glass panes. Piercing sunlight dances across these surfaces, accentuating layers of dirt and the passage of time. Glimpses of an overgrowing garden […]