'The Government Art Collection: At Work', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London:
Reviewed by Laura Cumming in the Observer -
'Sir John Sawers, currently head of MI6, previously at the UN, used to
invite hostile nations into his office to dwell upon the beautiful cobalt
ground of Claude Heath's Ben Nevis on Blue, all dots and doodles and just
shy of figuration. Which was extremely helpful during some particularly
heated negotiations on Iran, where the painting was used as a kind of
soothing time-out for eyes and mind. 'Agreement,' according to Sawers,
'was reached an hour later'.
'Drawing Projects: An Exploration of the Language of Drawing.' By Mick Maslen and Jack Southern, Black Dog Publishing 2011.
Works from the Hanck Collection, Cologne, Germany, have been gifted to the Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf. Forthcoming comprehensive catalogue of the permanent collection of Museum Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf, which will be on display in a new presentation.
Acquisition of works on paper, with funds provided by Ernst Schering Foundation, Berlin. These are to be held as part of the Berlin Museum of Prints and Drawings collection/Kupferstichkabinett.
A further selection of these works have been acquired by the European Commission, in relation to this artist residency at Museu Teleorman, Alexandria, Roumania. In association with the Departments of Archeology of Cardiff University and San Francisco State University.
Published in 'Interventions: Magura Past and Present', by Douglass Bailey.
Other publications available during 2011:
'The More I Draw - Drawing As A Concept For The World' ('Je Mehr ich Zeichne - Zeichnung als Weltenwurf')
An extensive illustrated catalogue is published to coincide with the exhibition. It will include an introductory essay by the exhibition curator Eva Schmidt and an article by Michel Sauer, along with expositions on the artists and a commentary index by Jan-Philipp Fruehsorge on exhibitions, blogs, publications, etc. that are dedicated to drawing. All texts are also translated into English. Publisher: DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne.
Works by (in chronological order): Joseph Beuys, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Cy Twombly, Gerhard Rühm, André Thomkins, Stanley Brouwn, Anna Oppermann, Hanne Darboven, Katharina Meldner, Tomas Schmit, Barbara Camilla Tucholski, Heinz Emigholz, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Nanne Meyer, Peter Radelfinger, Silvia Bächli, Harald Falkenhagen, Joseph Grigely, Alexander Roob, Raymond Pettibon, Nedko Solakov, Mark Lammert, Dan Perjovschi, Johnny Miller, Dorothea Schulz, Tracey Emin, Claude Heath, Pia Linz, Hannes Kater, Pavel Pepperstein, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, David Shrigley, Chloë Piene, Ryõko Aoki, Christelle Franc, Katrin Ströbel, Ralf Ziervogel, Constantin Luser, Dasha Shishkin, Jorinde Voigt and Mariusz Tarkawian.
'Sculpture and Touch Collection.' The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Accompanies the 'Sculpture and Touch' conference at the Institute in 2009, and associated exhibition. Illustrated, including essays by Francesca Bacci and Peter Dent.