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While humdrum artists peddle clichés, artists like Peter Liversidge reinvent them. With ‘Proposals for Cardiff’, showing at Chapter until the 11th of July, the Lincoln-born, London-based artist gives new meaning to the old notion that creativity (or success, or genius) ...
David Solomons: Up West
Cardiff's newest gallery in the heart of Cardiff Bay announces a new exhibition by photographer David Solomons.
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Cardiff’s city centre...
19 Feb - 03 April 2010
Morgan Arcade, Cardiff
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So whats your first impressions of the show?
Which stuff floats your boat and which leaves you cold?
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Well no responses....that was interesting, was do with think of Artes Mundi? The 'winner' is announced soon...19th May. Should there be a winner? What is it with art and competition I mean its not sport is it?
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meant to reply to this ages ago...
probably the least inspiring AM yet to my eyes. I guess if i had to pick, then Yael Bartana.
New Broom needed
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Ok I havent actually see it yet - so this is probably way of the mark. I will go and see it. I have just been very busy building a nest for our first baby.
But I think it is beginning to strike me that the politics, funding and existence of Artes Mundi, the compromise, what it says about different peoples conceptions of art in Wales today and the national and international aspirations of Wales, are always going to outweigh the art that features in the exhibition?
When I have visited in the past, it has always been difficult to see the art without being blinded or side tracked by the context in which it is being presented. Particularly, if the work itself is political in nature - which it often is.
Maybe this is just me being a bit grumpy? Maybe it is because it is held in a museum? Maybe it is the staggering size of the prize, for such a marginal location in the arts world? (is the rest of world really gonna take this seriously?) Or is it the slightly cumbersome criteria for the prize? Or the fact that they only use one guest curator to select for a prize that is supposed to be internationally representative? Or it could be the way that the prize justifies the art by force feeding us interpretations of the work, taking the creativity out of appreciating the art?
Overall, I think it is worth emphasising that there have been a number of positives from the prize and overall Im glad it is here. It raises the profile and visibility of the arts in Wales. However, if I was showing in the prize (not ever likely) I know that I would be concerned that people were coming to the work through this, quire frankly, fascinating and bizarre filter. (Unless the context of the prize was a part of the work...)
White cube spaces were used to show art because they were supposedly less burdened with distracting context. So, OK this wasnt and isnt the case, but surely art prizes risk taking things to the other extreme. Where there is so much context that work itself becomes less relevant?
Is this always the case in arts prizes?
Anyway - who won?
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