Jes Fernie
@JesFernie
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Independent curator + writer interested in art, architecture, feminism + destruction. https://t.co/CqIWhp3NDX
Based in Essex, UK
Joined April 2013
I am hugely proud to launch the๐ฅ Archive of Destruction ๐ฅ Itโs an online resource that is the culmination of ten years of research into public artworks that have been destroyed by rage, boredom, fear, greed + love. https://t.co/NjaQsXJzEs
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Canvey Island, Essex ๐ท๏ธ Lรบa Ribeira turned her lens to Englandโs eastern county of Essex for a collaborative project with writer and curator @JesFernie. Read the article: https://t.co/IYvssD9TXk ยฉ Lรบa Ribeira / Magnum Photos
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I wrote this essay for @MagnumPhotos about Essex and how weird it is https://t.co/UsylQM6b7Z
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V perceptive article by @benson_louise for @ArtReview_ and btw the @EveningStandard article cited and critiqued by Louise is literally one of the most laughable/awful things I've read about contemporary art in the past few years...!
On โrip-off degreesโ, the so-called โYLAsโ, and those who have the luxury to choose whether to stay or go in the artworld. I got angry and wrote about it all for @ArtReview_ ๐ https://t.co/f2Nn1tbY6u
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Great to be supporting this project via the @Essex_CC #ArtsCulturalFund, which will combine newly commissioned work by Lua Ribeira and a wonderful essay by @JesFernie; a critical reflection on Essex and the @MagnumPhotos archive.
We are pleased to be supporting @MagnumPhotos to deliver a series of 'Essex Photo Album' workshops reflecting on #Essex stereotypes. Taking place across @EssexLibraries in Basildon, Harlow, Canvey Island & Colchester from 24th to 31st May. Sign-up here: https://t.co/TftA2c8S3Q
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Theย ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐จ catalogue is available now!ย ๐ฅ By @JesFernie and @francis_w_c ๐๏ธ Buy in-store or online: https://t.co/JDGTh6FozQ
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Join @JesFernie, curator of ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐จ, at MK Gallery for a last tour of the exhibition before it closes ๐ฃ Jes will present the thesis of the show, her experience of putting it together, and individual works. https://t.co/xCIqjgALfq
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๐จย ONE MONTH LEFT to catch #TricksterFigures at MK Gallery!ย ๐จ We're now into the final few weeks of @JesFernie's exhibition, exploring the future of British sculpture. Learn more and book your tickets:ย https://t.co/Sq3NzgHCsR
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It's quite something that the world's top scientists put out a synthesis report that essentially says civilization as we know it will end unless the world comes together to stop rapidly expanding the fossil fuel industry but to instead rapidly end it, and almost no one cares
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Watch: Israeli youth Yuval Dag speaks at the โanti occupation blockโ in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Today, he refused to join the Israeli army, and was sent to detention @Mesarvot_
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i spy sculpture: @MK_Gallery's Trickster Figures and Mike Nelson @haywardgallery, Polly Morgan and Leila Similuโs False Flags @Royal_Sculptors, plus @SomersetHouse turns Spaghetti Junction. read @gowithYamo: https://t.co/LXSFKvkUvd and hear about @haroldoffeh in EMPIRE LINES โ
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| We take a look at some of the best sculpture works investigating urban life...
@colourful_hist @VanGoghLondon @VaishMohan12 @haroldoffeh @rememberolive @BalladMorris why don't we think of Vincent van Gogh as a migrant? and how do the experiences of the 20yo artist relate to those of young people in London today? hear @VanGoghLondon's @VaishMohan12 on @haroldoffeh's audio installation, We Came Here, on EMPIRE LINES. ๐ https://t.co/HMUWrC8dC2
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The wonderful people of @weindustria and @an_artnews have published their Structurally F-cked Report revealing some brutal truths about artists' working conditions in the artworld. https://t.co/zqNLLGFN56
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๐ฅ READ OUR NEW Instagram Series #CuratingTheSpace where the Curator discusses their response to the space ft @JesFernie curates 'Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body' @MK_Gallery READ about Alice Channer's MONUMENTAL eight metre high work READ here https://t.co/z52a1a3i5z
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For #InternationalWomensDay a portrait of me taken by my Dad, wearing my middle-aged womanโs coat of invisibility in a Somerset field. Wearing this parka (which, aside from costume is the most expensive item of clothing I've owned) Iโve been patronised in hospitals, left...
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Today and only today, Invisible Women is available on kindle for the bargain basement price of 99p. Buy it for the women AND men in your life! Spread the word: men are not gender neutral ๐ https://t.co/YsCh3f9iby
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My Archive of Destruction is visited by thousands of people across the world every month. Itโs reassuring how interested people are in destruction๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
The destruction of Flanagan's 'Cambridge Piece' in 1972 is documented by the Archive of Destruction. This fascinating online archive explores the erasure of public artworks, with themes including fear, boredom, rage and love. Explore the archive at https://t.co/xoRTdBw1CG
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This Saturday! ๐ฃ Join #TricksterFigures curator @JesFernie as she discusses her inspiration and motivation behind the exhibition. ๐๏ธ Sat 11 March, 2pm ๐๏ธ Tickets: ยฃ8 (10% discount for MK Gallery Members) Book your seat now ๐ https://t.co/wWXy4kfgqS
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๐งจWhat's NEW on OUR Instagram? #CuratingTheSpace where the Curator discusses their response to the space and how it has shaped their curatorial vision for the exhibition ft @JesFernie curates 'Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body' @MK_Gallery READ https://t.co/LJ2L31hHDP
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๐ญ Join #TricksterFigures curator @JesFernieย as she discusses her inspiration and motivation behind the exhibition, which explores new configurations of the bodyโs relation to the world expressed through sculpture. ๐ Sat 11 March, 2pm ๐๏ธ Tickets: ยฃ8
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This stuff is absolutely ridiculous and bizarre to any remotely sensible person. But for the vast majority of people in British politics itโs not only normal but morally correct.
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