Issues / #5 Spring 2006
Where in the world do art and science meet?
Almost 50 years after CP Snow’s famous ‘Two Cultures’ lecture, are art and science still worlds apart? Julian Kiverstein explores a question of compatability
Four Romanian Artists: Perjovschi, Nastac, Bejenaru, Nemes
Curator Jenny Brownrigg visits Romania and discovers four contemporary artists whose work maps a shift in territory and identity
A Strategic History of Art
Richard Demarco looks back at the long and inspirational road he has travelled, which has led him to operate today under the shadow of a nuclear power station
Journey Five: The Thames
On the fifth leg of his intrepid wanderings, Duncan McLaren takes two wintery voyages up the Thames, and finds the spirit of the new haunted by the remembrance of things past
Cathy Wilkes, Claire Barclay
Cathy Wilkes and Claire Barclay, both based in Scotland, both the same generation, are building international reputations around their enigmatic installation art. Jack Mottram appreciates the puzzling nature of Wilkes’ arrangements, while Fiona Bradley examines the precision and magic of Barclay’s code
Report
Tim Abrahams investigates art world activity and goes head to head with the national collectors of art
Portfolio: Florence Durante and Paul Chiappe
MAP introduces up-and-coming artists Florencia Durante and Paul Chiappe with writing by newcomer Rosamund West and assistant editor Isla Leaver-Yap
Studio: Ogilvie and Callender
Ruth Hedges and Luke Watson visit the giant studio of Elizabeth Ogilvie and Bob Callender, artists who live by the sea
Back Page: Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon, sound artist and founder member of Sonic Youth, on art and music
#5 - January 2006
Commission: Clara Ursitti
Clara Ursitti is an artist based Glasgow who has recently exhibited at Tramway, Glasgow and Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden. She has an upcoming exhibition at CB Studios, New York. (This entry will be completed online by July 2016).
End of Time: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 17 September 2005–9 January 2006
Selective Memory: Scotland and Venice, and Echo Echo
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 8 December 2005–6 March 2006 and Collective Gallery, Edinburgh 8 December 2005–29 January 2006
Alan Smith: In Perpetuity
Ikon Gallery, London, 23 November 2005–22 January 2006
Claire Barclay: Silver Gilt
Stepehn Friedman Gallery, London, 20 October–19 November 2005
Jessica Stockholder
Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense 23 September 2005–5 February 2006