Arts Editor (2008/09)
A year ago, I nervously stood up in front of a room full of students. I promised them I would overhaul the arts pages of Nouse, shifting the focus of coverage from our campus bubble to national culture. For better or for worse my pledge paid off and I was elected Arts Editor
Whitewashed shop windows, dilapidated signage and decaying frontages are a testament to and constant reminder of the economic turmoil we are currently living in.
Contemporary Artrillo boxes, Marilyn Monroe prints and Campbell Soup Cans. Warhol’s canonical Pop Art from the sixties is universally renowned. Firmly fixed within twentieth century dialogues of commodity and consumerism, these iconic works speak of capitalisation and reproduction in an accessible, kitsch and now cliché manner.
Once upon a time, I had a dream. My dream was to commission the first ever student organised installation of contemporary sculpture on the University of York campus.
In God’s ImageThe Christian Union has brought the latest student art exhibition to campus. The show comprises 20 eclectic works which are united by the idea that God created the world and mankind.
Sculpting the future of British ArtAntonia Shaw interviews two emerging British sculptors – Candida Powell-Williams and Saatchi Sensation Mark Davey – discussing their work and the challenges that face them
A macabre obsession with our own mortality and a general dystopian outlook are both prevalent fascinations in today’s society.
The White CrowDonald Freed’s play portrays Adolf Eichmann’s interrogation upon apprehension in Argentina.
The latest production of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan attests to our cultural infatuation with the accessible spectacular
Antony Gormley, the man who sculpted the legendary Angel of the North and 1995 Turner Prize winner, has secured the coveted Fourth Plinth commission.
Hell has frozen over. Charles Saatchi, marketing mogul and contemporary art collector, is to preside over a reality television show on BBC2, an ‘X-factor for artists’.
Antonia Shaw interviews the celebrated playwright, Richard Bean, about his tragic, political and comedic play Harvest.
One hundred million pounds is a vast amount of money by anyone’s standards. This figure is the amount the National Galleries of Scotland (the NGS) wish to raise in order to retain two of Titian’s masterpieces in their collection.
Antonia Shaw engages with the work of Steve McQueen, award-winning artist of the Iraq war.
Belt Up’s latest production, Instinct, was based upon a short story written by Director Jamie Wilkes. It was immediately apparent that this play was to be an unusual and exhilarating experience by a company renowned for their provocative staging and acting techniques.