You can always bank on the Turner Prize to think of something different when it comes to selecting a winner. So, this year's winner once again provides a stark contrast to some of his more controversial predecessors: Richard Wright (49) is a painter, whose wall paintings are always temporary, skillfully done but most of all things of pure beauty. The video above is an interview (by Tate Channel) with Wright on the occasion of his nomination for the Turner Prize. Read the Guardian report here.
reviews 30.05.09 Karien van Assendelft
London
'Talk Show', ICA
06/05/09 - 31/05/09
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London is filled with voices. Headphones whisper for attention, opera singers rehearse screams from horror movies and in the bookshop someone makes the most incredible sounds, whilst reading from a book on postmodernism. The corridor behind the entrance is taken over by conversation pieces in sound, text and image that merge with the voices of visitors walking past.
The Middle East unveiled
reviews 12.03.09 Erik van Tuijn
London
Saatchi Gallery: Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East
30/01/09 - 09/05/09
An Archipelago of Local Responses Nicolas Bourriaud on the Altermodern
10/03/09 Christophe Gallois
The Tate Triennial is opening in London this spring, put together this time by the French curator Nicolas Bourrioud who became renowned for conceiving the term 'relational aesthetics'. He has seized the exhibition as an opportunity to further explore his newest art historical concept: altermodernity.
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History is evident in London-based Italian artist Enrico David's work, which recently was on view in the Van Abbemuseum. Yet he himself is not concerned with the past. He approaches his work without prejudice, and with a great love for detail. Alexis Vaillant travelled to London to find out what motivates him.
