Author: Jack
Article: Asia Triennial Manchester 2014
- By Jack
When the inaugural Asia Triennial Manchester launched in 2008, global interest in Asian art had hit unprecedented levels. An increasing awareness of the exciting work being made across the vast […]
Article: Class Of 2014
- By Jack
Class Of 2014: The North-West’s Top Emerging Artists Unveiled As the degree show season descends, Jack Welsh asks universities across the North-West to nominate their best visual art graduates… For […]
Preview: A New Reality Part 2
- By Jack
Two new exhibitions and a series of artist residencies feature in the second phase of The Tetley’s relaunch: A New Reality Part 2. Launching a major new contemporary arts space […]
Tate Britain: Phyllida Barlow
- By Jack
Tate Britain Commission 2014: Phyllida Barlow The vast, neoclassical Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain aren’t traditionally associated with anarchic, sculptural chaos. Yet septuagenarian British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has managed to […]
Essay: A Sense of Place
- By Jack
On a mild Friday evening in mid-October, a week or so before the clocks went back, the third Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival (WCAF) launched. For the majority of the evening, […]
Interview: Mark Boulos
- By Jack
Jack Welsh speaks to Mark Boulos about his new video installation, Echo, and the other works on display as part of his current solo show at FACT. Jack Welsh: Your documentary films critically engage […]
Schauen: the work of Liz West
- By Jack
Colour, as Josef Albers astutely observed, ‘deceives continually.’[i] As I write this text on a laborious train journey, the seat before me, I would argue, is a faded medium vermillion red, in […]
Interview: Mark Devereux
- By Jack
I met up with Mark Devereux, curator and founder of Mark Devereux Projects, a new artist production-development organisation, to discuss his new venture: JW: Why did you set up Mark Devereux […]
Interview: James McLardy
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Jack Welsh talks to Glasgow based sculptor James McLardy about his current solo exhibition White Teeth in the Planetarium at The Royal Standard, Liverpool. Jack Welsh: What inspired the title of your exhibition at The Royal […]
Platforms: Portfolio NW and its relationship to arts criticism.
- By Jack
If you trawl through the abundance of press releases, organisational remits and artistic opportunities available online, you will likely notice a recurring word. The core meanings of this simple noun […]