June 2011
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A COLLECTION OF, Summer 2011: Interview with Gilda...
PERSON: JASON UNDERHILL by Gilda Davidian
I am so excited to share this interview with Jason Underhill, an artist/filmmaker who also happens to be one of the funniest and thoughtful people I know. I first met Jason as an undergraduate at CalArts. He went on to complete his MFA at Goldsmiths in London and has since exhibited internationally in the U.S. and in Europe (see his CV here). He...
May 2011
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WatchCrane TV - December 2010: Against Gravity
Catherine Borra and I talk to crane.tv about Against Gravity at the ICA, and I speak about Universal City. Also featuring artist Matthew Stone.
July 2010
3 posts
JASON UNDERHILL. Artist Profile
by Colin Perry
from MAP, Issue 21 (Spring 2010)
Of all the fattening cities across the globe, it is probably Los Angeles that is the most in thrall to its suburbs. Veined together by evocatively named trunk roads – the Golden State Freeway, the Mojave Freeway, and (rather less poignantly) the Ronald Reagan Freeway – Southern California is a frayed landscape of outlying conurbations that has...
Welcome to the Cool Club / The next generation of...
by Jonathon Jones
The Guardian, July 15, 2009:
It is the college that gave the world Damien Hirst. Are today’s Goldsmiths graduates aiming to shake up the world?
The atmosphere is hot and still. The only noise is the sound of examiners’ footsteps as they pad from one exhibition space to another – looking, absorbing, assessing. I’m in the studios of Goldsmiths College in...
'You have to hold onto that passion and romance':...
by Jonathon Jones
The Guardian, July 15, 2009
Today’s art scene is a far cry from the moneyed days of the YBAs, so how are the new breed preparing for their careers?
Catherine Yass, who graduated from Goldsmiths with an MA in 1990 and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2002, joins our four students and Jonathan Jones for a round-table discussion.
Jonathan Jones: Is it scary to be...