Martyn Reed
Nuart Aberdeen ‘23 Line-up Revealed
Nuart Aberdeen is back in full force this year with yet another stellar line up to grace the streets of Scotland’s “Granite City.” The theme for this year’s festival is “Rewilding,” a subject that touches on many issues related to “Trespass and Transgression,” a topic extensively explored by the ingenious Nuart Journal associates during the …
Mural By Robert Montgomery In Trondeheim Airport, Norway
The latest public work by British contemporary artist Robert Montgomery has just been completed in the city of Trondheim (situated where the River Nidelva meets Trondheim Fjord) in Central Norway. Montgomery is well known for his work in public space and billboard poems. He also makes light works, fire poems, woodcuts, paintings and watercolours. His …
Renate Hermansen Paints a Mural In Ålgård, Norway
Nuart, as an organization, offers a buffet for the intellectually ravenous mind. Nuart’s team has their hand in the each of the multitudinous pots conjuring delectable concoctions for their audience; from the documentaries this team supports to their esteemed journal, Nuart constantly seeks new manners to engage and contend with culture. Murals have historically proven …
The Tunnels: An Experimental Film That Pushes The Boundaries Between Documentation, Critical Review & Video Art.
“The Tunnels”, by MZM Projects is an experimental film that pushes the boundaries between documentation, critical review and video art. It is dedicated to “Brand New, You’re Retro” exhibition that took place at the former brewery tunnels (now Tou Scene Centre for Contemporary Arts) in Stavanger (Norway) as a part of Nuart Festival 2019. “Brand New, …
Jad El Khoury’s curtains Adorn An Abandoned Building In Stavanger With A Message Of Hope
Earlier this spring, we were taken with the work of Lebanese artist Jad El Khoury, who completed his both ideologically and technically amazing street art installation, Burj El Hawa, otherwise known as the Tower of Wind. Nuart Festival Founder and Director Martyn Reed called this feat “a standout work leagues ahead of anything else,” and …
Jad El Khoury: An Artist Grappling With A Society In Denial
At this year’s annual Arte Laguna Prize in Venice (Italy), Nuart’s Martyn Reed convened a Land Art/Urban Art panel intended to explore the growing pervasiveness of street art in creating “museums without walls.” Populated by professionals including Dr. Susan Hansen of Nuart, independent curator Simone Pallotta, and Mattias Givell of Wanas Konst, the discussion “[reflected], from different …
Enchantment In The Granite City: 2019 Nuart Aberdeen Recap
Aberdeen in Scotland’s North East is the country’s third largest city. Famed for its granite, the light coming off the North Sea causes the pale grey stone to sparkle in the sun. The striking architecture (some dating back to the 15th Century) and statues are majestic, and the cobbled back streets are full of authentic …
Imaginary City: A Documentary on Nuart Premiering At Nuart Aberdeen
Imaginary City is a 24mins long documentary by MZM Projects on Nuart shot over 4 years. The documentary will be premiering on Friday 19th April at the Belmont Filmhouse at 2.15pm. during Nuart Aberdeen. The screening is free and will be followed by a Q&A session with MZM Projects so be sure to get down. About The Documentary Imaginary City …
Is “Selling Out” An Outdated Term?
Rebellious in nature and illegal in practice, the Street Art & Graffiti Movement began as a subculture that manifested on streets and abandoned buildings. It intended to subvert the status quo that dictated an artist’s work is best shown in sterile gallery settings rather than the democratic, accessible background of our everyday environment. Artists participating in …
Street Art’s answer to the Pre-Raphaelites Snik with a beautiful new piece for Nuart Festival 2018
UK Street Art duo Snik have kicked off this year’s Nuart Festival with an incredible hand-cut stencil drawing on influences from British art movement the Pre-Raphaelites. The piece, titled ‘Gone Believer’, is designed with the surrounding ivy in mind, which over time will grow back to create a living, breathing, organic artwork perfectly in tune …
Nuart Aberdeen Festival – April 12-15, 2018
Nuart Aberdeen Festival kicks off this coming Thursday, April 12th and runs through Sunday April 15th, and will be supplemented by a program of talks, presentations, film screenings, walking tours and workshops over the course of the Weekend. The talks program includes contributions from artists Ernest Zacharevic, Hyuro, Carrie Reichardt, Ciaran Glöbel and Bordalo II …
In Conversation With Martyn Reed of Nuart
Martyn Reed is a British artist, writer, curator & exhibition organizer based in Stavanger Norway. He is the founder and artistic director of the Nuart Festivals. Much of Reed’s work and the platforms he creates are collaborative events that revolve around promoting art as part of everyday life using counter cultural strategies, values and thinking. …