MAP #16 Winter 2008 | MAP Magazine

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Cyprien Gaillard: Recycling the Ruins

Cyprien Gaillard recently witnessed the destruction of high rise buildings in Glasgow: acute observations of this are the subject of his new work. Joanna Fiduccia talks to him about his practice and the death and decay of modernism in urban architecture

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Merlin James: Yes Yes Yes

Sherman Sam finds an uneasy longing, coupled with affirmative gesture, in the work of contemporary painter Merlin James

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Michael Fullerton: Triangulation Theory

Michael Fullerton’s oeuvre adds up to much more than the paintings so frequently associated with it. John Calcutt discovers a playfulness of thought and fascination for chemistry, and theories in general, in this strikingly inquisitive artist’s work

MAP #16 Winter 2008

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Charles Avery: Mythologies

Charles Avery’s entire practice is built on the creation of a new world, an island place where cults and gulls and islanders all play their part. Anthony Spira explores its boundaries

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Emerging: Phoebe Unwin

Rebecca Geldard discovers a savvy painter whose clever balance of good and bad taste is propelling her towards success online soon

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Emerging: Alex Gross

An element of failure is crucial to the development of this young artist’s strategy. John Calcutt gets to grips with his liberating style

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