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In collaboration with a team of neurologists, Abbas Zahedi transformed a cancelled exhibition into a therapeutic space for frontline workers
It is rare for the fallout of a show to become the show itself. But this is exactly what happened for London-based artist Abbas Zahedi. His latest solo exhibition, ‘Ouranophobia SW3’, opened last November in the old Chelsea Sorting Office, a semi-derelict warehouse across the road from Royal Brompton Hospital in west London. For reasons unrelated to COVID-19, the exhibition was abandoned by its organizers in the run up to the opening. This motivated Zahedi to rebirth the show, forming a new alliance – Sonic Support Group – that made the piece accessible exclusively to individuals working on the pandemic frontline.
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Terence Trouillot In February, an exhibition titled ‘Goodbye, World’, curated by Andreas Templin and Raimar Stange, was installed on an ice floe near the Arctic Circle in Swedish Lapland. Centred on environmental disaster, the show – featuring works by Jonathan Monk, Olaf Nicolai and Martha Rosler, among others – made me think of how COVID-19 has prompted a focus in the arts on the cataclysmic end of civilization. Accessible exclusively online, the exhibition is both tongue-in-cheek and allegorical, suggesting that all artworks will cease to exist in the future.
Top Ten Shows from the UK and Ireland
What to look forward to in February, from a new body of work by Harare-based painter Misheck Masamvu to a retrospective by Hong Kongese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai
Our February round-up of must-see shows and online projects tackles everything from the realities of living with a disability to what happens we invite our ancestors for dinner. Here are the exhibition highlights from across the UK and Ireland this month.
Misheck Masamvu,
Thoughts before the Rain, 2020, oil on canvas, 174 × 235 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Goodman Gallery, London/ Cape Town
What happens when we invite our ancestors for dinner, asks Misheck Masamvu in his first UK solo show, ‘Talk to Me while I’m Eating’. In a 2018 feature for