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Report from Ireland–Malani and Freud

Post by Andrea Kirsh Nalini Malani, Talking About Akka, (detail), 2007, Tryptich, 183 cm x100 cm each, overall size 185 X 300 cm, Acrylic and enamel reversepainting on acrylic sheet, Courtesy of the artist The Irish Museum of Modern Art has several interesting exhibitions at the moment and I went to see two of them: surveys of Nalini Malani and Lucian Freud. Access to IMMA’s primary galleries is via a glass staircase which opens onto what is usually a light-filled landing; but for now all that is changed and one enters a different world, a darkened space with red walls. ... More » »

Government exercise and other New York moments

The work that engaged me most in New York this past visit was work that chewed on some aspect of politics. So I found myself interested in Jane and Louise Wilson‘s five-screen video installation “Erewhon” at 303Gallery until Nov. 6, even though it is somewhat repetitive. (“Erewhon” is the title of Samuel Butler’s satirical novel of a young Brit colonial who builds a new life in the isolation of New Zealand.) The installation shows long, old-fashioned, oppressive institutional hallways; dormitory-like rooms with old bed springs; empty landscapes; and young women in a soaring modern space wearing First World War-era athletic ... More » »