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Robert Clark and Skye Sherwin

Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures

Gallery 11/12: Chicks On Speed
Chicks On Speed, London
When the German band and art collective aren't belting out ironic art shtick and feminist polemics, they're showing their homemade instruments-cum-sculptures, such as (pictured) E-Shoe (A High Heeled Shoe Guitar) in galleries. At Kate MacGarry, E2, until 30 January
Photograph: Gilmar Ribeiro/PR
Gallery 11/12: SLIP Sensor: Part 2
SLIP Sensor: Part 2, London
This is the final instalment of a two-part show built around a curious conceit: the Esper machine of the film Blade Runner, which navigated a photograph as if it was 3D. The slippage it suggested between object and idea frames the work of three artists: Laura Buckley, Maria Taniguchi and Adam Thompson. Pictured here is Buckley's Extra Mundane. At Cell Project Space, E2, until 23 January
Photograph: PR
Gallery 11/12: work by Dirk Bell
Dirk Bell, Gateshead
Bell's drawings and paintings feature mystic symbols and mythical beasts, shrouded shadows and correspondences between the forces of nature (conch shell) and human passion (vagina), all presented in pallid tones of gothic moodiness. They are accompanied by Revelation Night Sun (pictured), a spaced-out installation of 64 pulsating fluorescent tubes. At BALTIC until 16 January
Photograph: Colin Davison/PR
Gallery 11/12: work by Garry Fabian Miller
Susan Derges and Garry Fabian Miller, Edinburgh
The main focus of this show is Derges' and Fabian Miller's experiments with light on light-sensitive paper. The latter's Cow Parsley is shown above. At the Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, until 29 January
Photograph: PR
Gallery 11/12: work by John Tenniel
John Tenniel, Leamington Spa
Narrative has been rediscovered by fine artists to such an extent that it might just be time for an undeniably great illustrator such as John Tenniel to be recognised as a great artist. The wood-engraved drawings for Lewis Carroll's Alice books, presented here, demonstrate Tenniel at his weirdly haunting best. At the Leamington Spa Art Gallery until 6 February
Photograph: PR
Gallery 11/12: work by Martin Parr
Martin Parr, West Bromwich
Perhaps only Martin Parr could get all excited about a year-long commission to photographically document everyday life in the Black Country. Here are the results. At The Public until 23 January
Photograph: Martin Parr/PR
Gallery 11/12: work by TJ Wilcox
TJ Wilcox, London
This artist's film collages have long addressed those women and men whose histories are overshadowed by own mythology – figures such as Marie Antoinette, Marlene Dietrich and Emperor Hadrian. In Yours, Patsy Cline, he creates an homage to the star with a choir of internet covers of her tracks. At Sadie Coles HQ, W1, until 22 January
Photograph: PR
Gallery 11/12: work by Tim Davies
Tim Davies, Cardiff
Cultural memory, mourning and how newspapers present tragedy are just some of this serious-minded artist's subjects. Yet for all the weighty issues, pieces such as his delicate graphite wall drawing composed of thousands of burned matches (pictured) show a remarkable deftness of touch. At Chapter Gallery until 16 January
Photograph: PR
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