(L to R) Future Walls 2015-16; Chorus, 2016
[M Boncza]
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon
Whitechapel Gallery
CLAY SERMON is what it says it is – a measured, uplifting visual oration on the constructive companionship humans and clay have had in the last century or so.
In the wide open square spaces of the Whitechapel gallery two dozen or so works illustrate Theaster Gates’ spiritual and utilitarian creative range.
Humans and clay got truly acquainted in the Neolithic period –about 13,000 years ago – which is often referred to as the Age of Clay. Rather surprisingly this coming together manifested itself almost simultaneously across the entire globe and, with very few technological adjustments, has served us well until the present.
SUE TURNER is appalled by the story of the only original colonising family to still own a plantation in the West Indies
ROGER McKENZIE explains how Ibrahim Traore has sparked the flames of hope across Africa, while the Western powers seek to extinguish all attempts to build true sovereignty in the long-exploited continent
