The British Museum has acquired State Occasion from The Museum of Ordure (2020) by Stuart Brisley, from his show, Recent Paintings from the Museum of Ordure, at the Lungley Gallery in late 2020. It is one of two paintings of the Queen which featured in the show. In the statement from the exhibition, Brisley writes … Continued
Hamishi Farah’s new solo show, Dog Heaven 2: How sweet the wound of Jesus tastes, opens Friday 4th June at Fri Art Kunsthalle in Fribourg, Switzerland. Dog Heaven 2 : How Sweet the Wound of Jesus Tastes is Hamishi Farahʼs first institutional exhibition and a sequel to the artistʼs first solo show in Europe in … Continued
Our Book of the Month for June is David Shrigley’s Err, with 30% off direct orders until 30 June 2021. Order it now. David Shrigley, an artist based in Glasgow has achieved international recognition; the success of this book has increased as his work has reached an ever-wider audience. In 2013 he was nominated for … Continued
Also opening today is Rosa-Johan Uddoh’s solo exhibition, Practice Makes Perfect, at Focal Point Gallery in Southend. Focal Point Gallery is delighted to present the first institutional exhibition of new work by Rosa-Johan Uddoh, an interdisciplinary artist working towards radical self-love, inspired by black feminist practice and writing…‘Practice Makes Perfect’ explores the relationship of childhood … Continued
As museums and galleries begin to reopen, it’s great to see the artists we work with able to show their work again, with several exhibitions opening or reopening. Opening today for the first time at Eastside Projects in Birmingham is Harun Morrison’s new solo show, Experiments With Everyday Objects. ‘Experiments with Everyday Objects’ takes its … Continued
Auras and Levitations by Susan Hiller is our Book of the Month for May. To mark the occasion we have been looking through the Book Works archives at some of the other projects we worked on with Susan Hiller, including By Night, a special edition box of miniaturised postcards featuring images of the sea taken at night.
Praneet Soi’s new book, Anamorphosis, is reviewed in the May issues of Art Monthly and Art Asia Pacific. Ophelia Lai in Art Asia Pacific writes: Anamorphosis is simultaneously sweeping and granular, breaking up allusive collages with strips of text on the experiences of Palestinians the artist encountered. Soi never omits the particularities of his subjectivity … Continued
Auras and Levitations by Susan Hiller is our Book of the Month, with 30% off direct orders for the whole of May 2021. Order it now. Susan Hiller’s artist’s book pays homage to two images of aspiration, fantasy and sublimation: Yves Klein’s Leap Into The Void, and Marcel Duchamp’s Portrait of Dr. R. Dumouchel. Both … Continued
We were blown away by the response to the Dark Room Kickstarter campaign, which exceeded its target and raised £20,649. Thank you to everyone who backed or shared it. Design for the book is being finalised, and it will be going to press soon. Meanwhile, production of the handmade gelatin prints is under way and … Continued
In 2020 MAP commissioned The Self-Illuminating Pen – a series of letters by Sarah Tripp and specially commissioned films by Isobel Lutz-Smith, as a companion to her new book, Guitar! (Book Works 2021).