jess’ blog

The Edge of Collapse No. 138, 2012, Giclee print

A Conversation with Suzanne Mooney: The Edge of Collapse, Spike Island

This short review is the result of attending a conversation held at Spike Island between Suzanne Mooney and Dr. Mick Wilson, elucidating the distant yet familiar qualities of the works displayed in Spike Island’s current exhibition ‘The Edge of Collapse’

And Tell Him Of My Pain, 2007

Let the countdown begin.

Some of my thoughts on the Artes Mundi Shortlist. Email jess.mathews@artesmundi.org to share your thoughts!!

An example of Lothar Götz's work. Photo: M Franke. Courtesy Chapter Gallery.

Lothar Götz: Wait Until Dark

A small review of Chapter Gallery’s new exhibition Lothar Gotz: Wait Until Dark.

Museum of Non-Participation Karen Mirza & Brad Butler Installation shot, Arnolfini 2011

The Museum of Non-Participation, Museum Show Part 2 at The Arnolfini, Bristol

The Museum of Non-Participation – Some thoughts on a conversation with artists Karen Mirza and Brad Butler; artist/architectural collaboration Pavilion which is Sophie Yetton and Gabriel Birch; and Arnolfini curator Nav Haq.

Anselm Kiefer, Installation view at White Cube, Bermondsey

Reading the Critics at The Arnolfini, Bristol

This Reading the Critics event at Arnolfini took place on February 9th, here are my thoughts on two of the texts and the discussion that took place.

Anri Sala '3-2-1' 2011, performance view, Serpentine Gallery, London© 2011 Sylvain Deleu.

Anri Sala at the Serpentine Gallery, London.

On my last trip to London I visited the Serpentine Gallery, the exhibition by Anri Sala transformed the space, not physically, but through a cycle of works (objects, video) and the interaction of sound, I found myself utterly mesmerized!

Joseph Beuys, '7000 Oaks' 1982

Retracing the Spiral with Joseph Beuys

Notes on ‘Retracing the Spiral’ – Panel Discussion held at the National Museum Wales.

Fat Battery, 1963

Artist Rooms – Joseph Beuys returns to Wales!

The National Museum Wales’ Joseph Beuys Exhibition warms the soul, despite the “wilting and withering, burdensome, sad, even depressive feelings” of November!!

Portrait of Curatorial Intern Jess Mathews
Jess Mathews
Having recently graduated from the BA (Hons) Art Practice at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, Jess joins the Artes Mundi team whilst undertaking her MA in Curatorial Practice at Bath Spa University. Her ongoing interests lie within the domestic sphere, objects of attachment and memory, material processes that deconstruct and reconstruct associations and our sense of self.
Watch this space as Jess begins her blogging about contemporary visual art and all things curatorial!

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January 26th 2012


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October 6th 2012


Artes Mundi is an internationally focused arts organisation that identifies, recognises and supports contemporary visual artists who engage with social reality and lived experience.
Artes Mundi is a research process that begins with an open call to nominate artists from anywhere in the world, leading to a biennial exhibition and prize selected from the nominations, concluding with commissions that arise from that process. The exhibition brings together a group of artists whose work stimulates debate about social and political themes.
In 2010 Yael Bartana was the recipient of the £40,000 prize awarded during Artes Mundi 4.

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