Monday 16 December 2013

Georgina Starr, Before Le Cerveau Affamé, Cooper Gallery, 2013.


Georgina Starr's Cooper Gallery exhibition, Before Le Cerveau Affaméreceived substantial press coverage including reviews, features and interviews, we've included some links below. To find out more about the exhibition, see more documentation and event information please visit the website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/exhibitions/exhibitions/georgina-starr-before-le-cerveau-affame/

Before Le Cerveau Affamé, 2013, Georgina Starr.
Moira Jeffrey gave the exhibition a 4-star review in The Scotsman. 
Jeffrey acknowledged: “But it’s not just a pastiche of avant-garde seriousness; it’s a kind of aesthetic revenge... It’s ridiculous stuff like this that makes me so glad that art schools are still around.”
Available: http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/visual-arts/exhibition-reviews-georgina-starr-hiraki-sawa-1-3149129

Alex Hetherington reviewed the exhibition for Aesthetica. 
Available online: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/blog/georgina-starr-before-le-cerveau-affame-at-cooper-gallery-dundee/

Art Info announced the exhibition in early September on their website, image below.

Art in Scotland (formerly Summerhall TV) filmed an interview with Georgina Starr in Cooper Gallery. 
Now available here: http://www.artinscotland.tv/2013/georgina-starr-before-le-cerveau-affame/
Art in Scotland also filmed A Salon of The Voice and The History of Sculpture Book Launch, footage is available online: 
http://www.artinscotland.tv/2013/ella-finer-and-alex-hetherington-a-salon-of-the-voice/ 
http://www.artinscotland.tv/2013/georgina-starr-the-history-of-sculpture/

Local radio stations Wave 102 and Tay FM, took phone interviews with Georgina Starr and Sophia Hao.

The Courier, sent a photographer to the Preview for their news story the day following and have published event information throughout the exhibition programme.

Mousse online magazine posted numerous photographs and information about the exhibition: http://moussemagazine.it/georgina-starr-coopergallery/

Women in the Arts highlighted the exhibition and events here: http://www.women-in-the-arts-uk.org/event/georgina-starr-cooper-gallery/

Dazed and Confused online magazine included the exhibition in their list of the best new female fronted shows:  http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18013/1/the-best-new-female-fronted-shows?utm_source=Link&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=RSSFeed&utm_term=the-best-new-female-fronted-shows

Art Mag featured the exhibition before it opened and sent a writer to the Preview in preparation for an article to be published in November.

STV featured the exhibition online during the final week, noting, “Don’t miss your last chance to see into the weird and wonderful mind of Georgina Starr”.
http://dundee.stv.tv/articles/251901-georgina-starrs-before-le-cerveau-affam-is-set-to-close-this-week/

STV also followed our social media feed and picked up on this great image of
Starr's The Cats, 2013 taken by Ross Fraser McLean
The next Cooper Gallery exhibition, Naiza Khan Disrupting the Alignment, opens in January 2014. 

Preview: 16 January, 5.30-7.30pm. 
Artist's Talk: 16 January, 4.30-5.30pm, Lecture Theatre 5013, Matthew Building, DJCAD
Exhibition: 17 January - 15 February.
More info: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/exhibitions/exhibitions/naiza-khan-disrupting-the-alignment/