Exhibition Review: Another Spring

Exhibition Review of Another Spring in RAZZ by Luanna De Abreu Coelho

24 May 2018

At the heart of Exeter, almost hidden down Gandy Street, is Exeter Phoenix. Apart from being the home to various ‘Showcase’ events, Phoenix has plenty to offer. It’s an exciting, high-caliber arts venue that is famous for its cinema, theatre, radio station, art workshops and art galleries. From the 4th of May, it is home to Another Spring, an exhibition that showcases the work of several internationally renowned artists on the topic of citizenship and politics in Western society. Curated by art historian and critic Dr. Jean Wainwright, Another Spring brings together the work of Andreas Angelidakis, Forensic Architecture, David Birkin, Layla Curtis, kennardphillipps and Steffi Klenz. In their pieces, the artists reflect current trends of changing notions of citizenship, concerns over nationality, and the ever-present ‘problem’ of our borders. Strolling through the gallery made me question my Britishness, my connection to Europe, and the actions of our politicians during this very significant period in our country’s political reality. And that’s exactly what art should make you do – it should make you think, make you feel, and most importantly, make you question the world you live in. Another Spring does all that.

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Jean Wainwright presents, Sea Trading, in the Age of Simulacra, at The Association for Art History 2021 Conference

The Association for Art History Conference 2021

Wednesday 14 – Saturday 17 April 2021

Sea Trading, in the Age of Simulacra

Jean Wainwright (University for the Creative Arts)

In our age of simulacra, the physical power of the sea to inspire artists remains undiminished; its trade routes, edges and invisible geographical boundaries exciting myriad artistic responses in many different media. This paper juxtaposes the voices of artists interviewed by Jean Wainwright linking disparate contemporary art practices together in a hybrid dialogue of sea ‘trading’.

Isaac Julian speaks about his film The Leopard (Western Union: small boats) (2007) and his images evoking the journey of migrants traversing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya, to escape war and famine. His voice is juxtaposed with Langlands & Bell discussing their multi-channel digital animation, Into the Blue (2014), with its focus on the structures that we inhabit and the networks that permeate and connect them. They reflect on how ships and their registered names become encoded as social, political and economic phenomena, and how these become entwined in their installation with the complex networks that link liners, cargo ships and trade routes. Finally, I discuss Forensic Architecture’s Liquid Traces – The Left-To-Die Boat Case (2014) and its hybrid mapping. Seventy-two migrants were left to drift for 14 days in NATO’s maritime surveillance area in 2011 during the war on Libya, resulting in the evasion of responsibility, allowed by complex and overlapping jurisdictions.

As the words and images unfold, my paper reminds us how the sea is a vast territory, that both has the power to entice us and destroy us with its seductive vitality.

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Noé Sendas: Vanishing Acts – with interview by Jean Wainwright

Noé Sendas: Vanishing Acts – with interview by Jean Wainwright

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Noé Sendas: Vanishing Acts
Edited by João Silverio with an interview by Jean Wainwright (pg 26-34) and a text by Stephan Klee

 A comprehensive edition of the artist’s work of the last ten years, with a special focus on assemblage works, namely the Crystal Girls series. 

Noé Sendas is a multidisciplinary creative mind working with photography, collage, video, sculpture. His very unique style creates a mystical aura in which one, the spectator, has the freedom to interpret. 

João Silverio, writer and curator, holds a Master’s Degree in Curatorial Studies from the Fine Arts Faculty of Universidade de Lisbon. Jean Wainwright is an art historian, critic, curator and Andy Warhol scholar. Stephan Klee is an art curator and manager for art associations. 

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