Tracey Emin and Lucy Keany and Cathy Wilkes

by Alex Hetherington, 15 Oct 2008

Report to follow here on the Village Voice’s travelogue to Edinburgh to see the wonderful Emin show; we are pleased to announce the group, in general, were positive about Emin’s stark, confessional, generous and on occasion brutally moving installations, drawings, video and reckless abandon. My favorite included the neons and the roller-coaster. A fuller report to appear from us and the group soon. We also enjoyed the Dean and works from the Collection, including Ed Ruscha, Warhol, Beuys, Richter and much amusement/bewilderment/honor at Douglas Gordon’s List of Names,and of course finding sweet Ms Nicoll’s names among the group of memorializing/memorizing. I was also touched, radically for me from a painting, of Lucien Freud’s Two Men. Off we went to the Dean and Paulozzi, which everyone enjoyed.

Also in Edinburgh later in October is Lucy Keany’s Fools in Print, this time performance. Featuring Beagles and Ramsay, Aline Bouvy and John Gillis, Luke Collins, Shelly Nadashi, Ewan Sinclair, Matilda Tristram and video from Alex Hetherington, Alan Holligan and Catherine Street. It’s at The Collective Gallery, 30 October, selected and curated by Lucy Keany and video selections by Benjamin Fallon. I am also writing a short story for Keany’s project which commingles disco lyrics with a scene from Le Weekend, among other fibs, lies and contrivances.

See falkirkresidency.blogspot.com and www.foolsinprint.com for further information and announcements.

Thanks finally go to the group for their open-minded attitudes and our open discussions on Emin’s practice. The Village Voice #3 to be distributed imminently, and watch this space for Twins, a calendar for Callendar Park, with a dazzling array of artists and projects. To be announced soon.

Review of Cathy Wilkes’ Prices at The Modern Institute here: http://artartartgallery.com/newsitefive/home