On Being Curious (2016) // Paperback // £5
On Being Curious: New Critical Writing on Contemporary Art From the North-West of England
Edited by Laura Robertson
ISBN 978-1-5262-0237-6
Paperback, 68 pages, illustrated, A4 portrait, uncoated paper, dust jacket by G. F. Smith Papers
Price: £5. We’ll deliver to anywhere in the world.
Published in May 2016 by The Double Negative on behalf of Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West (CVAN NW): a network creating opportunities for artists, organisations and professionals to develop their practice, share ideas, knowledge & resources, and cultivate relationships. Read more about their work here. With thanks to funders Arts Council England, Lancashire County Council, Manchester School of Art, and University of Salford
On Being Curious is also available in print at a selection of public and university libraries across the North-West and the UK, including at the British Library, and as a downloadable e-book
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Turner Prize winners, super slow canal culture, DIY art schools… On Being Curious is an essential snapshot of British contemporary art and art criticism outside of London.
Unique to the North-West region yet contributing to national and international debates around visual art, the award-winning artists, projects, exhibitions, art schools, agencies and artist-led venues featured in this book provide a peek into the art scene across Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, over a prolific eighteen month period.
Read ten essays by ten North-Wes-based writers, about thirty years of Manchester’s Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA); Turner Prize winners Assemble and the Granby Four Streets; Super Slow Way culture along the Leeds-Liverpool canal; trials and triumphs at The Royal Standard studios; what artists need at Islington Mill Art Academy; and much more.
Featuring writers (from the Critical Writing Bursary & Workshop Programme, 2014-16) Liz Mitchell, Amelia Crouch, Katrina Houghton, Laura Harris, Jack Welsh, Sara Jaspan, Lara Eggleton, Lauren Velvick, C. James Fagan, and Sue Flowers.
“This book provides ten smacks in the face to the idea that art criticism is dead.” – Oliver Basciano, International Editor, ArtReview
“The confident, clearly expressed articles in this collection provide an insight into contemporary art in the North-West, while also charting the development of new writing talent as it finds its voice.” – Chris Sharratt, Editor, a-n art news
“This is a book that encourages and celebrates new writing, contemporary art and curiosity, and as such, I applaud it.” – Jennifer Higgie, Editorial Director, Frieze magazine
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