This is an uninspired re-staging of Kilfa’s intriguing installation at Camden Art Centre, only assembled opaquely and with a couple of extra but missable works.
Atiéna R. Kilfa Primitive Tales
Atiéna R. Kilfa
Primitive Tales
Cabinet, London
Cabinet, London
★☆☆☆☆
On until 11 November 2023
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Sula Bermúdez-Silverman
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman
Bad Luck Rock
★★☆☆☆
This is a poor man’s version of history or a philistine collector’s absolution.
Xie Nanxing
Xie Nanxing
Hello, Portrait!
★★★★☆
Looking at Xie’s portraits is a little like wearing a virtual reality headset over only one eye.
James Welling and Bernd & Hilla Becher
James Welling and Bernd & Hilla Becher
★★★☆☆
Welling’s veneration of brutalist concrete borders on fetish.
Roe Etheridge
Roe Etheridge
Happy Birthday Louise Parker II
★★☆☆☆
Etheridge’s method finds an extreme in this tiny pass-by display.
Nicola Turner, Edward Bekkerman
Nicola Turner, Edward Bekkerman
The Song of Psyche: Corners of a Soul's Otherworlds
★★☆☆☆
Who opens a space in Fitzrovia only to fill it with such drivel?
looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward
★☆☆☆☆
The contemporary is of no interest to a nation whose future is yet to be dug out from the ground.
