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Mark Sheerin

Mark Sheerin is an art writer from the UK. He also contributes to Culture24 and Frame & Reference, together with his own blog Criticismism. In 2012 he appeared in Nature, a volume in the series Documents of Contemporary Art from Whitechapel/MIT.

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A Symposium for Sea Kelp

by Mark Sheerin October 3, 2019October 8, 2019

At Norway’s Lofoten International Art Festival, seaweed took center stage as subject and material for artists and researchers as part of their “Kelp Congress.” 

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A New Film Offers Us a Group Portrait of Sex Workers

by Mark Sheerin December 24, 2018January 11, 2019

Petra Bauer’s new film Workers! documents an occupation by sex workers, a group in a marginal profession that Trade Unions rarely stand up for and which the public hardly ever sees at work.

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Photographers Examine What It Means to Be English in Europe Today

by Mark Sheerin October 16, 2018March 12, 2019

This year’s Brighton Photo Biennial searches for a “new Europe,” while expressing sympathy for migrants.

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A Quiet, Painful Meditation on Human Illness Through VR

by Mark Sheerin November 2, 2017

In this surprising use of VR, the camera never leaves the bedroom, as we watch an artist’s mother wake up, check her online dating app, and take medication from a carrier bag full of pills.

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Sculptor Camille Claudel Finally Gets Her Own Museum

by Mark Sheerin April 25, 2017April 26, 2017

In the French town of Nogent-sur-Seine, the Musée Camille Claudel opened last month with 43 of the artist’s sculptures, the largest collection anywhere in the world.

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The Enduring Glow of Neon Art

by Mark Sheerin November 28, 2016

An exhibition at the Grundy Art Gallery looks at how artists have used neon and elements on the periodic table for the past 50 years.

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In a Postindustrial Ruin, Suzanne Lacy Inspires a Captive Audience to Chant and Eat Together

by Mark Sheerin November 23, 2016November 22, 2016

“For me to be really interested in a work of social practice, it has to have political implications that have meaning for that community.”

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From Unreadable Books to a Font Called “Font,” Fiona Banner’s Text-periments

by Mark Sheerin November 3, 2016November 11, 2016

If you ever get joy from the written word, you might not like “Buoys Boys,” Fiona Banner’s pun-themed exhibition by the sea.

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Jamming in Traffic and Other Orchestrated Scenarios

by Mark Sheerin August 25, 2016August 25, 2016

BRIGHTON, UK — Johanna Billing is an artist who orchestrates and films idealistic group activities which involve the viewer, but only up to a bittersweet point.

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An Artist’s Fixation on Felix the Cat

by Mark Sheerin August 1, 2016August 1, 2016

BLACKPOOL, UK — While obsessed with Felix the Cat, Mark Leckey has his own highly sensitive pair of whiskers.

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An Artist Brings a Gallery to His Hometown, the “Worst Place in the UK”

by Mark Sheerin May 25, 2016May 25, 2016

LONDON — Whether or not they have ever been to Luton, people who know of the place feel they need little introduction.

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Within Gallery Walls, an Artist Channels the Ghosts of Marginalized Women

by Mark Sheerin April 11, 2016April 12, 2016

LONDON — It’s hard to fit the afterlife within a white cube.

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