Metro Archive




Margot Sandeman *****

Published in Metro June 23rd 2006

Tucked away in the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh University’s Old College is an exhibition of an all-too-rarely seen Scottish artist. Continue reading ››




Where The Wild Things Are ****

Published in Metro June 21st 2006

It might seem strange to start an exhibition titled Where the Wild Things Are with an installation of caged birds, but this latest DCA exhibition is all about man’s relationship to nature, and in this context you couldn’t have a better start than Dave Allen’s installation. Continue reading ››




The Space-Time Tunnel ****

Published in Metro May 24th 2006

China-born, Paris-based artist Wang Du’s The Space-Time Tunnel can be heard long before it is seen, a constant detritus of noise coming from conflicting TV channels fighting for supremacy. Confronted by steps that lead up to a waste pipe into the unknown, the tunnel (formed from discarded newspapers) winds terrifyingly and seductively around an unseen corner. Continue reading ››




Still Live

Published in Metro May 19th 2006

Sam Taylor-Wood will always be the woman who, for our generation, put the ‘celebrity’ into ‘artist’. Continue reading ››