A Horse by a Pond and Other Congruities in Medieval Iranian Ceramic Decoration: Abstract for lecture
Abstract by Dr Oya Pancaroğlu, received and published 25 November 2014, of a forthcoming lecture entitled ‘A Horse by a Pond and Other Congruities in Medieval Iranian Ceramic Decoration.’ A significant proportion of Iranian ceramics painted in the luster and mina’i techniques between the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries were decorated with figural subjects. While the majority of these can be described as...
Barbican highlights in 2015
The Barbican’s 2015 programme includes new theatre productions featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet, Juliette Binoche as Antigone and Richard Roxburgh and Hugo Weaving in Waiting for Godot. There are residencies from the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle, who present a full cycle of Sibelius’ symphonies at the Barbican and further concerts at the South Bank Centre; and Barbican International Associate the New York...
Ryo Kawada at Tokyo Bambinart
Ryo Kawada is showing recent work in a solo exhibition entitled Uroboros at Tokyo’s Bambinart Gallery. Kawada, born in Nigata Prefecture in 1988, specialises in figurative portraits and landscapes that give the impression at first glance of being realistic representations with close attention to detail. In reality the works are marked by rough touches and the dark colours imbue the paintings with an atmosphere of disquiet which...
Aboriginal art show to tour 5 US museums
No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting, a major exhibition of nine contemporary Aboriginal Australian artists will travel to five major museums around the United States in 2015–16. The artists represented in No Boundaries were inspired by their ancient cultural traditions and are credited with forging one of the most dynamic painting movements of recent times. The turn of the 21st century was a moment of...
Paradoxical Intentions
Four London-based international artists present their recent work in a short exhibition titled Paradoxical Intentions 4 November-7 November 2014. The artists say the show is intended as a response to the mass culture in which they find themselves and which they have to confront both in terms of the value systems they adhere to and the aims they wish to achieve. The artists Xin Shen, Le Guo, Haili Sun, Jeremy Lee are as much a part of...
Edge of Arabia’s Never Never Land
Edge of Arabia gallery in London will launch in late November its latest group endeavour, entitled Never Never Land, possibly the latest take on J M Barrie’s fictional works of the early 20th century. The group show at the gallery, which calls itself EOA.Projects, is to feature the work of Arwa Alneami, Abdullah al Mutairi, Monira Al Qadiri, Foundland, Ahmed Mater and Shaweesh & Neenoism. The exhibition will run from 29...