Licht auf Licht: [Light on Light]
Saturday 13th September 2008 - Saturday 8th November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 12:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: North England
PSL introduces the work of acclaimed international light and sound artist Hans Peter Kuhn to Leeds for the first time in an exhibition of 40 stunning, large scale, panoramic images by Berlin based photographer Gerhard Kassner. ˜Licht auf Licht" [Light on Light] shows Kuhn's work from around the world, transforming urban landscapes and industrial architecture, beautifully captured by Kassner into photographic artworks in their own right.
'Cream of the Crafts' exhibition at the RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
Monday 11th August 2008 - Friday 19th September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Midlands
Excellence and innovation in contemporary craft design will be the focus of this exhibition which aims to bring together designer maker jewellery, ceramics and silversmithing. Showcasing designer makers who have made a significant contribution to British Crafts, a selection of upcoming craftspeople who are fast making a name for themselves will also be represented.
Gallery Opening Times;
Mon - Fri 10.30 - 5.30
Sat - 10.30 - 5.00
Sun - 1.00 - 5.00
Closed on Bank Holidays
Website: www.rbsa.org.uk
Contemporary jewellery showcase
Wednesday 20th February 2008 - Saturday 30th August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: North England
Showing 10 of the most innovative and creative jewellery designers
INSIDE OUT MA EXPO AT NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Saturday 12th July 2008 - Saturday 19th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:00:00
Location: Midlands
A woman who began photographing the landscapes of race circuits in a bid to deal with the potential dangers being faced by her racing-driver son is to have her work shown as part of a major postgraduate art and design exposition at Nottingham Trent University.
Fine artist Lindsay Jelley will join more than 100 Masters students presenting their innovative and groundbreaking projects at Inside Out “ the School of Art and Design' biggest and best MA Expo yet.
Work “ by postgraduate students from almost 20 countries and spanning subjects including fine art, graphic design, product design, fashion, knitwear and textiles “ will be on show from July 12 and 14-19 in the university's Bonington building, a state-of-the-art centre for creativity.
Lindsay has produced a striking collection of images taken across the world, showing race circuit scenes in intricate detail. Shots include close-ups of track surfaces, bundles of new and used tyres, empty stands, and various car parts such as engines and nosecones. She turned to photography as a means of focusing her mind elsewhere as her son Stephen drove at high speeds and in often treacherous conditions in the British F3 International Series, GP2 Asia and currently for Team RAC in the British Touring Car Championships.
Lindsay, who has also produced paintings and videos as part of her project, said: “Working in such an emotional environment, and in a state of tension, has been a real challenge. But the process has helped to put my mind in another place on race days and enabled me to cope with the nerves of watching my son compete. I wanted to show the landscape of a racing circuit as one of extremes – from calm, quiet and beauty to noise, tension and competition.â€
MA Fashion Design student, Yutaka Sotome, meanwhile, has produced a collection of street clothes which he has combined with his own animation and graffiti art designs. The collection, which he has dubbed a ‘Sub-cultural Hardcore Mixx’, aims to reflect military, workwear, sportswear and tailoring, with an emphasis on pattern cutting and details.
Other work includes a study of memories, people, emotions and cultures made into bespoke textile prints using designs, forms and colours; and a photography project exploring the personal, emotional and intimate spaces inhabited by British soldiers on an Army barracks in Germany.
Another student has examined issues associated with launching a new sports brand to teenagers such as naming, styling and product range; while another has designed clothing inspired by the shape and texture of modern sculpture.
Academic Team Leader for Masters Programmes in Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art and Design, Carol Jones, said: “This innovative and diverse exhibition showcases the extensive collaborative, cultural and international influences that are intrinsic to the School’s vibrant postgraduate art and design community. It is part of our aim to produce confident, articulate, reflective, contextualised and world-aware global design citizens.â€
Inside Out will be open from July 12 and July 14-19 from 10am to 4pm daily. A private view will take place on Friday July 11 from 6-8pm in the university's Bonington building.
For further information please contact 0115 848 8434 or email postgrad.ntsad@ntu.ac.uk
Yang Lian 'Under the Influence' of Ezra Pound
Wednesday 16th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:00:00 and 21:00:00
Location: London
The Poetry Society presents
˜Under the Influence
In association with the Arts Theatre,
6/7 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB
The highly popular ‘Under the Influence’ series, where one poet looks at the influence another poet has had on their work, continues in 2008 will see Yang Lian ‘under the influence’ of Ezra Pound:
Wednesday 16 July at 7pm
Yang Lian ‘under the influence’ of Ezra Pound
How could an American poet influence a Chinese poet? Not only influence his writing in general, but influence him to develop his understanding of Chinese, his native language? Chinese poet Yang Lian will discuss not only the influence of one poet on another but one poetic culture on another.
This event is part of CHINA NOW.
The host for the event will be the Poetry Society’s Chair, Anne-Marie Fyfe.
The event will be taking place in a new venue - the wonderfully atmospheric and historic Club Room at the Arts Theatre in London's West End, 6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB.
Tickets are £10 and £7 (concessions and Poetry Society members).
Ticket Bookings on 0844 847 1608 or in person at the venue.
Find out more on www.poetrysociety.org.uk
The Poetry Society is delighted to be supporting CHINA NOW.
Bryan Hawkins and Tim Long, Ghosts and Grotesques
Saturday 19th July 2008 - Thursday 31st July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 11:00:00 and 17:30:00
Location: South East England
Ghosts and Grotesques, Sidney Cooper Gallery Canterbury
Bryan Hawkins and Tim Long
The exhibition investigates the significance of the fantastic and the forgotten, the ghostly and the grotesque, as images and as thoughts.
Bryan Hawkins and Tim Long employ a range of primitive, contemporary, invented and neglected technologies, ranging from the shadow to interactive drawing machines.
The exhibition forms part of a Research Informed Teaching project sponsored by Canterbury Christ Church University.
Admission free
Edward Bawden in the Middle East
Monday 23rd March 2009 - Sunday 28th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: South East England
An exhibition of watercolours executed by Edward Bawden while working as an Official War Artist in Iraq in 1944. The works have been loaned by the Imperial War Museum and the Government Art Collection.
The Fry Art Gallery,Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1BD
Admission Free
For further details see our website www.fryartgallery.org
Legends by Jonathan Aiken - Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin
Thursday 10th July 2008 - Thursday 24th July 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Ireland
Gormleys Fine Art, will host a much-anticipated exhibition by the artist Jonathan Aiken, in their Dublin Gallery (24 South Frederick Street) in July. His unique pieces have an original style, which are characterised by both skill and concept. He creates narratives with reference to popular culture, visually interpreting some of our most identifiable icons. Whether depicting a seemingly mundane object, or the glamour of celebrity, the fusion of striking colour with intriguing texture is symbolic of Jonathan's work. In Jonathan's words, "I look for relevant references which have remained in our consciousness."
Reeth Rug Retreat
Thursday 18th September 2008 - Sunday 21st September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:00:00 and 15:30:00
Location: North England
In the Yorkshire Dales International rug makers Cilla Cameron and Heather Ritchie run the Residental Rug School Reeth Rug Retreat now in its 9th year here we offer specialized classes in Traditional Rug Hooking and Proddy technique (Rag Rugs)with teachers from England, America and Canada. Tasters sessions, main workshops, exhibition and a shop full of rug making equipment. Booking is essential as numbers are limited for brochure and booking forms contact Cilla Cameron 0775 277 2474 www.ragrugsuk.co.uk
Fringe Arts Bath 08
Friday 23rd May 2008 - Sunday 8th June 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: South West England
Annual surge of contemporary art exhibitions and events from up and coming national and international artists, colonising unexpected places in the heritage city. This year's programme theme is "location". Highlights include open submission show locus' guest curated by Daphne Wright; a one-day outdoor Art Fair on Sunday 1st June; the first FAB Photomarathon; tours and workshops for young people and mini events in the peripatetic Portaspace hosted by South Central.
For full details go to www.fringeartsbath.co.uk
Autumn Exhibition- Stark Gallery(Canterbury)
Tuesday 9th September 2008 - Sunday 2nd November 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South East England
Stark Gallery is situated in central Canterbury and in S.E. London.
Work covers a broad spectrum, ranging from painting(both figurative and abstract), to photography, printmaking and sculpture.
The Autumn Exhibition in Canterbury features work by Barry Goodman, Roo Burridge, Angela Brooks, Kerry Watson, Sally Renwick, Chris Hudson and Judy Chestnutt, with jewellery by Jennifer Kidd.
Further information is availiable on our website
www.starkgallery.com
CANTERBURY:
Stark Gallery, 68 Castle Street, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2PY
Tel. 01227 767128
email: starkgallery@btconnect.com
Opening times
Tues-Sat 9.30 - 5.00
Sun 11.30 - 4.30
LONDON:
Stark Gallery, 386 Lee High Road, Lee Green, London. SE12 8RW
Tel/Fax. 020 8318 4040
email stark@starkgallery.com
Opening times
Wed - Sat 10.30 - 5.30,
Sun 11.30 - 4.30
Oxfam Literary Events
Thursday 31st January 2008 - Thursday 27th November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:00:00 and 21:00:00
Location: North England
A series of Literary Events to be held on the last Thursday of each month (ex August)at Friends Meeting House, Friargate, York at 7.30pm
Poetry and fiction read by the writer, discussions and bookstall. All profits in aid of Oxfam.
Next event Thursday 28th February 2008.
Phone for details on 01904 640615 or 07761 642160
ART IN THE PEN
Saturday 16th August 2008 - Sunday 17th August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:00:00
Location: North England
The North's Major Art Fair
ART IN THE PEN, Skipton, North Yorkshire
16& 17 August 2008
10am to 4pm each day
No commission taken on sales!
Download your application and guidelines from www.artinthepen.org.uk
ART IN THE PEN is now an established major selling event in North Yorkshire and is part of a unique agricultural arts initiative based in Craven Cattle Mart, Skipton.
Over 3500 attended the exhibition in 2007 with artists selling in excess of £30,000 of work and commissions, The invitation is now open to all artists to participate in the 2008 showcase. ART IN THE PEN allows artists and makers to introduce and to sell their work direct to both new and regular buyers and collectors
For 2 days artists are invited to come together to present the very best of Modern and Contemporary art in this spectacular and innovative venue on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Me and Mickie James Launch
Tuesday 22nd July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:00:00 and 19:30:00
Location: Midlands
Official launch of the book Me and Mickie James, published by Jonathan Cape.
Location; Waterstones, Market St, Leicester
Just world order
Saturday 12th July 2008 - Sunday 7th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 09:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: South West England
Featuring Artists : Dunhill & O'Brien, Rachel Garfield, Charlotte Ginsborg, Jane Grant, Ansel Krut, Kim Noble, Tim Simmons.
There is an unspoken aura of anxiousness that permeates modern society: newspaper headlines and 24 hour TV news bulletins report on what appears to be an almost constant, but unspecific, terrorist threat, with governments issuing ever-escalating warning levels, all the time encouraging us to be vigilant. However, within the context of the attacks on the World Trade Centre, and the London Tube bombing, there are whispered conspiracies that the US Government (particularly with the PATRIOT Act) and the British Government are engendering a feeling of fear within the general populace to better able them to control their respective citizens.
Just world order is an exhibition of works in a variety of media by 8 artists (2 working in collaboration) that will examine the feeling of angst in modern living and the disquiet we often feel in attempting to find our place and fit in, and how we identify ourselves in relation to others and the places we live. The title Just world order comes from a lecture by Austrian philosopher Hans Kochler entitled Karol Wojty_a's Notion of the Irreducible in Man and the Quest for a Just world order. Kochler has long worked on the philosophical notion of international relations and is president of the International Progress Organisation.
The exhibition will feature works that embrace displacement, both physical and mental (the latter particularly evident in the deliberately ambiguous title Just world order) and will touch upon aspiration and belonging in human endeavour. There will be no distinct conclusion, but rather an opportunity for discussion within the gallery setting: in essence, the gallery will become an 'empty vessel' for the visitor to explore and play out their fears with regards to modern living and to potentially excise them. Displacement and disorientation are indicative indicators of anxiety within modern society, but embracing, experiencing and understanding what motivates us to fashion such a modern world can, within the context of Just world order, become a wholly cathartic experience.
Exhibition Associated Events:
Reception for the Artists and Publication Launch: Saturday 12 July 2008, 2pm - 5pm
Please join us in the gallery for the artists' reception and official launch of a 28 page full-colour publication to accompany the exhibition Just world order. The publication features critical text by curator Peter Bonnell, and works by and biographies of each exhibiting artist.
FREE: All Welcome.
Gallery Talk: Rachel Garfield in Conversation with Rebecca Ayre
Saturday 9 August 2008 at 2pm
News of global warming, world conflicts, immigration, and food shortages has encouraged a growth of anxiety in the modern world. In recent years there has also been an enhanced consciousness of the past from within popular culture, particularly of the lived past, or the last one hundred years. Identity, anxiety and belonging are distinct themes in Just world order.
ArtSway presents a talk with featured Just world order artist and writer Rachel Garfield to discuss how identity is expressed in contemporary art through the exploration of history and memory. Rachel will be discussing her work ‘Deep England’, and her practice and research with former ArtSway intern Rebecca Ayre. Rebecca is a photographer and artist with a particular interest in memory, commemoration and nostalgia in contemporary cultures.
FREE: Booking Essential.
Gallery Talk: Just world order Panel Discussion
Saturday 30 August 2008 at 2pm
Just world order artists, Jane Grant, Dunhill & O'Brien and Ansel Krut will be in conversation with ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell. Each artist will speak about their work and ideas as the group moves around the gallery, as well as their thoughts regarding themes that inspire the exhibition.
FREE: Booking Essential.
Art in Context (Politics and International Relations)
Wednesday 3 September 2008 at 7pm
An evening lecture by David Owen, Professor of Social & Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton and Deputy Director, Centre for Philosophy and Value. This lecture will take place during the exhibition Just world order.
FREE: Booking Essential.
For more information please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk
Centre for New Writing PhD students
Wednesday 24th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 13:00:00 and 14:00:00
Location: North England
Come along to Manchester Central Library to hear a selection of fiction and poetry readings from PhD in Creative Writing students at the Centre for New Writing in The University of Manchester.
This event is presented by the University's Centre for New Writing and Manchester Central Library.
www.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting/events/
This event is FREE - just turn up! The readings will run from 1:00 - 2:00pm.
Hypocrite's Lament & The Drain Of Progress
Wednesday 9th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:00:00 and 21:00:00
Location: London
Hypocrite's Lament & The Drain Of Progress
by
Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark
OPENS 09 JULY 18.00 - 21.00
RUNS UNTIL 26 JULY
FERREIRA PROJECTS in association with WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY are proud to present Hypocrite's Lament & The Drain Of Progress, a collaborative exhibition by highly acclaimed emerging South African Artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark. The exhibition consists of Zander Blom's celebrated body of work, The Drain Of Progress, which was recently recognized by Frieze Magazine as one of the most internationally significant solo exhibitions of 2007, and Julia Rosa Clark's Hypocrites Lament, SA Critics Choice Award winner for 2007.
Remnants are a significant theme in the work of both Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, although they approach the concept in ways that are as varied as they are similar. It is the remnants of art, of modernism, of culture and of objects that provide the spine of these artists’ work. It is an important concept too, in the life of a young South African artist where remnants (political, economic and social) from a dismal, brutal and segregated past are their daily bread.
These remnants have been reconfigured as installations by both artists to create new bodies of work, The Drain of Progress in Zander Blom's case and Hypocrite's Lament in Julia Rosa Clark's instance. Blom's large-scale photographs and publication document a house he lived in for four years, and the installation that evolved there over that time. Taking both a fascination and distrust of Modernism and its art as a starting point, and a nihilist and ironic bearing, he began making abstract monochrome ink drawings. As he tried to empty his art of representation, an act which acknowledges the goal of Modernist abstraction as well as the impossibility of achieving it, the drawings began to slide off the paper, and onto the walls. Old drawings were cut up and reassembled, taped into jagged landscapes on the ceiling. Formalist constructions were made out of vinyl tape, and parodies of Mondrian and Schwitters crept up the corners. Areas were worked and reworked, in a progression emulating the development of Modernism, each movement eating the one before. He meticulously documented the evolution of the installation process with photographs that eventually form the work itself. Appropriately, these make a portal for an audience to enter the work, similar to the way that South Africans and Blom himself (outside of the major centres of Western art) accessed Modernist art.
Julia Rosa Clark's installation Hypocrite's Lament is on the surface far more comfortable with objects and representation. It is a panoply of images, colours, textures and things. Old thrift store paintings weep neon string, images from children's text books tangled up in them. A miniature Christmas tree spawns a line of presents, growing exponentially into the grotesque. A pillar composed of porcelain trinkets casts a dreadful and dark shadow, while the walls are lined with hundreds of food images, whirling into a hurricane. A collection of newspaper clippings forewarn of earth’s imminent doom. Underneath this bright display is a terrible fear, of images and of objects, and what their profusion signifies in a world always on the brink of disaster. This, of course, makes her the hypocrite of the title, for she clearly loves objects, and indeed is actively as an artist involved in creating more.
Dilemmas, torn loyalties and nihilism continually face off against the positive act of creation for both these artists. This tension, whether a suspicion of the past or a fear of the future, situates Julia Rosa Clark and Zander Blom thoroughly in the present moment.
WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY was selected by Contemporary Magazine as one of the top 50 emerging galleries from around the world in 2007.
FERREIRA PROJECTS
Lower Ground Floor
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Shoreditch
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020 7033 3788
info@ferreiraprojects.com
www.ferreiraprojects.com
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The Red Door Gallery
Friday 21st March 2008 - Wednesday 31st December 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Scotland
This year, The Red Door Gallery are proud to be celebrating 5 years as one of Edinburghs most distinctive boutique art spaces. We support the work of independent and emerging designers and are dedicated to presenting original, inspirational and affordable artwork.
We also have a fantastic collection of artists books, accessories, affordable prints, jewellery, homewares, lomography cameras and cards which compliment not only the artwork but also our unique space.
Visit us throughout the year for a variety of solo and group shows
182nd RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Friday 9th May 2008 - Wednesday 25th June 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Scotland
The RSA Annual Exhibition showcases around 350 works by the best of both established and emerging artists, presenting a comprehensive cross section of contemporary art in Scotland. The exhibition takes up all 12 of the magnificent RSA Galleries and includes painting, sculpture, film making, photography, printmaking, architecture and installation. Most works are for sale.
Royal Scottish Academy
The Mound, Edinburgh
Visit: www.royalscottishacademy.org
Parallel Voices 2008
Friday 13th June 2008 - Friday 25th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:30:00 and 21:30:00
Location: London
Expanding Choreographic Imaginations - a series of talks on performance, visual arts and the moving image - curated by Isaac Julien.
Christine Van Assche, Isaac Julien, Mark Nash
"Bruce Nauman"
Fri 13 June, 7.30pm
Helena Blaker, Pablo Bronstein, Isaac Julien "Visual arts and performance"
Fri 4 July, 7.30pm
Yvonne Rainer, Mark Nash, Catherine Wood"˜The conceptual in choreography"
Fri 25 July, 7.30pm
Plus screenings of associated films, from 6.30pm (6pm 25 July)
Tickets £8/£6 (no booking fee)
T: 08444-771-000
www.siobhandavies.com/parallelvoices2008
Hypocrite's Lament & The Drain Of Progress by Zander Blom and
Wednesday 9th July 2008 - Saturday 26th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: London
FERREIRA PROJECTS in association with WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY are proud to present Hypocrite's Lament & The Drain Of Progress, a collaborative exhibition by highly acclaimed emerging South African Artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark. The exhibition consists of Zander Blom's celebrated body of work, The Drain Of Progress, which was recently recognized by Frieze Magazine as one of the most internationally significant solo exhibitions of 2007, and Julia Rosa Clark's Hypocrites Lament, SA Critics Choice Award winner for 2007.
Remnants are a significant theme in the work of both Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, although they approach the concept in ways that are as varied as they are similar. It is the remnants of art, of modernism, of culture and of objects that provide the spine of these artists' work. It is an important concept too, in the life of a young South African artist where remnants (political, economic and social) from a dismal, brutal and segregated past are their daily bread.
These remnants have been reconfigured as installations by both artists to create new bodies of work, The Drain of Progress in Zander Blom's case and Hypocrite's Lament in Julia Rosa Clark's instance. Blom’s large-scale photographs and publication document a house he lived in for four years, and the installation that evolved there over that time. Taking both a fascination and distrust of Modernism and its art as a starting point, and a nihilist and ironic bearing, he began making abstract monochrome ink drawings. As he tried to empty his art of representation, an act which acknowledges the goal of Modernist abstraction as well as the impossibility of achieving it, the drawings began to slide off the paper, and onto the walls. Old drawings were cut up and reassembled, taped into jagged landscapes on the ceiling. Formalist constructions were made out of vinyl tape, and parodies of Mondrian and Schwitters crept up the corners. Areas were worked and reworked, in a progression emulating the development of Modernism, each movement eating the one before. He meticulously documented the evolution of the installation process with photographs that eventually form the work itself. Appropriately, these make a portal for an audience to enter the work, similar to the way that South Africans and Blom himself (outside of the major centres of Western art) accessed Modernist art.
Julia Rosa Clark's installation Hypocrite's Lament is on the surface far more comfortable with objects and representation. It is a panoply of images, colours, textures and things. Old thrift store paintings weep neon string, images from children's text books tangled up in them. A miniature Christmas tree spawns a line of presents, growing exponentially into the grotesque. A pillar composed of porcelain trinkets casts a dreadful and dark shadow, while the walls are lined with hundreds of food images, whirling into a hurricane. A collection of newspaper clippings forewarn of earth's imminent doom. Underneath this bright display is a terrible fear, of images and of objects, and what their profusion signifies in a world always on the brink of disaster. This, of course, makes her the hypocrite of the title, for she clearly loves objects, and indeed is actively as an artist involved in creating more.
Dilemmas, torn loyalties and nihilism continually face off against the positive act of creation for both these artists. This tension, whether a suspicion of the past or a fear of the future, situates Julia Rosa Clark and Zander Blom thoroughly in the present moment.
WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY was selected by Contemporary Magazine as one of the top 50 emerging galleries from around the world in 2007.
Dress Code by Rocio Reyes-Cortez
Sunday 22nd June 2008 - Sunday 20th July 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
First Out Cafe 52 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LH
Following her first major exhibition at Foyles Gallery last year, portrait artist Rocio Reyes-Cortez exhibits at First Out Cafe a series of oil paintings that explore the reinvention and projection of identity through body art, clothing and make-up.
Rocio brings us a thought-provoking assortment of vivid characters. The colourful and lively portraits include Le Gateau Chocolat, popular Soprano performer, and part of the Shinky Shonky collective of artists; Natasha, a jewellery designer and costumier who has personalised her body with a ‘Never Never Land’ of tattoos; and the less likely figure of Sunday Stroll, a middle aged woman with reading glasses in one hand and her husband on a lead in the other.
Admission: Free
The Theatre of Possibilites
Sunday 20th July 2008 - Monday 21st July 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
A feast of contemporary opera, concerts and theatre to brighten up your summer; building on the long-term success of their annual opera season, the Almeida Theatre’s new Summer Festival will also incorporate elements of their critically acclaimed theatre programme.
On 20 & 21 July music director Richard Bernas and mezzo soprano Sally Burgess will make a return to the Almeida as part of The Theatre of Possibilities, a concert illuminating key areas in artist Cy Twombly’s creative life, to coincide with a major exhibition of his work at Tate Modern.
The Theatre of Possibilities offers a rare opportunity to hear Viole d’Orphee, the starting point of a cycle of paintings, the UK premiere of John Cage’s late ensemble work Fourteen and ends with Sally Burgess singing Monteverdi’s virtuoso setting of Tasso.
Cy Twombly is one of the most highly regarded painters working today and a foremost figure among the generation of American artists including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
www.almeida.co.uk
Box office 020 7359 4404
Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, London, N1 1TA
DAVID DAVIES
Wednesday 2nd July 2008 - Thursday 31st July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 14:30:00
Location: South East England
Exhibition of contemporary art. Lightboxes, etchings, collagraphs at the MADDERMARKET THEATRE, NORWICH.
ART AFTER DARK at Louise Blouin Institute
Thursday 10th July 2008 - Thursday 11th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:00:00 and 23:00:00
Location: London
A series of 10 art events to take place every Thursday evening for 10 weeks
Conceived as individually created events, each night has a life of its own, an evening at a time. Each night is dedicated to a hand-picked curator, selected on the quality of their past work and the inspiration of their proposal. Given carte blanche, the curators are given the Louise Blouin Institute as a three-dimensional blank canvas through which they are free to intervene. Each event acts as a glimpse of the curators’ chosen universe and a facet of the ART AFTER DARK 10 x 10 Summer Project.
ART AFTER DARK is a unique opportunity for the curators to bridge disciplines, merging talent and combining creativity. Projects include sound, light and video installations and the performing arts.
As a relatively new space, the Institute is excited to open its doors to the first of our 10 x 10 Summer Projects. We look forward to welcoming, amongst Brooke Lynn McGowan, Ben Austin, Flora Fairbairn, Caroline Kassar, Guillaume Breton, Jonathan Barnett, Paula Naughton + Greg Poole + Mark Melvin, Victoria Ionina and more surprised guests yet to be confirmed.
Centre for New Writing MA students
Friday 18th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 13:00:00 and 14:00:00
Location: North England
Come along to Manchester Central Library to hear a selection of fiction and poetry readings from this year's MA in Creative Writing students at the Centre for New Writing in The University of Manchester.
This event is presented by the University's Centre for New Writing and Manchester Central Library.
www.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting/events/
This event is FREE - just turn up! The readings will run from 1:00 - 2:00pm.
AMPHIS: International Residency in Cambridge's Wysing Arts Centr
Wednesday 16th July 2008 - Sunday 31st August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 12:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: South East England
Wysing Art Centre Cambridge is hosting a summer '08 residency with artists Folke Koebberling and Martin Kaltwasser. They'll be creating a large scale structure using only found and discarded materials and invite public participation in designing and building. Prior to the residency will be rubbish drop offs and a number of thursday evening 'Happenings' - discussions, screenings, and events. See www.wysingartscentre.org
Group show "To become like music":
Monday 16th July 2007 - Saturday 9th August 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Group show "To become like music": Late modernist painting, performance and the musical avant-garde, 1945-1965
Mirror Image
Friday 13th June 2008 - Sunday 27th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 11:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: London
At Iniva (Institute of Contemporary Visual Arts), Rvington Place, London EC2A 3BA. The first solo exhibition in the UK by Colombian artist Oscar Munoz - a powerful body of work, selected from the last ten years,that evokes memory and loss to compelling and seductive effect.
Daniel Hughes: Resurface
Tuesday 24th June 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Exhibition of new paintings by this Canadian painter at Jill George Gallery, 38 Lexington Street, Soho, London W1F 0LL
Nearest tubes: Piccadilly Circus/Oxford Circus
Telephone queries: 020 7439 7319
Chris Orr - I Have A Dream, I Have Many Dreams: The Multitude Di
Tuesday 29th July 2008 - Saturday 16th August 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Installation of drawings from new book of work by Chris Orr RA at Jill George Gallery, Soho, London W1F 0LL
Nearest tubes; Piccadilly Circus/Oxford Circus
Telephone: 020 7439 7319
Wolf Added to Artist's Collection
Monday 19th May 2008 - Thursday 31st July 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Wolf Added to Artist's Collection
Artist, Barbara Landrith is pleased to announce the addition of "Wolf" to
her online collection. This beautiful piece shows the wolf surrounded by
elements of its natural habitat. One sees the Artic ice as well as the
beautiful aurora borealis surrounding the animal. Mystical and inviting,
the wolf is one of many online works by artist, Barbara Landrith.
Her website http://www.cafepress.com/blandrith includes a variety of custom
items for sale including prints, clothes, gifts, mugs and more. Each piece
includes the image of one her unique works captured and placed on an item of
clothing or other type of gift item. "I've always loved art and I'm a
creative at heart," said Barbara Landrith. I love putting these together.
It is so much fun!!!
Barbara's other works include: Lion - a collage of Africa and the beautiful
wildlife that inhabits the continent; Tiger - a stunning portrait of the
Tiger's awesome beauty; Freedom - A reminder that freedom isn't free and
includes image of the Twin Towers, Statue of Liberty and more; and Music is
a combination of instruments in a unique environment. The website also
includes other work entitled Crystals and Four Seasons.
Each piece is created by Barbara Landrith and then sized to fit the
particular type of item it's being printed on.
Barbara Landrith resides in California and has been creating art for many
years. Her specialty is digital media.
INDIA RECYCLED at the Horniman Museum, South East London
Sunday 25th May 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
A fascinating photographic exhibition that explores the journey of clothing donated to UK charity shops as it is transformed and re-sold in the markets of India, as well as the contrasting journey of Indian clothing sold in Western fashion houses.
Moor Music Festival 2008
Thursday 7th August 2008 - Saturday 9th August 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Moor Music Festival is a small and beautifully formed weekend party filled with creativity, music, mayhem, great food and drink (not at rip off prices!) and enjoys a truly unique atmosphere.
Put together by a group of friends who've come from a background of some of the great woodland, wasteland and wildland parties held throughout North Yorkshire over the past fifteen years, the festival is run independently and without sponsorship.
So come along, meet friends and make friends at what is coming to be known as the good vibed reunion weekender for people in the north and beyond.
Imagine a village fete with a twist, wild camping with benefits or your eccentric aunt's parties in the seventies and you'll be just about there.
But don't take our word for it, jump in... the water's lovely.
MASHUPS: post pop fragments and detournements
Wednesday 16th July 2008 - Friday 19th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: London
This summer British artist Stuart Semple tackles the concept of the visual "Mash-Up" in his first
curated group show in London.
The Kowalsky Gallery at DACS
Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm by appointment.
33 Great Sutton St, London EC1V 0DX
020 7336 8811
Press contact:
joanne.milmoe@dacs.org.uk
+44 (0) 20 7553 9064
www.kowalskygallery.co.uk
www.dacs.org.uk
Already acclaimed by critics internationally for his challenging curated projects, this time Semple will take the concept of appropriation, and the re-articulation of mass culture to the heart of the system.
Featuring 5 of the UK's most fascinating young artists, this show promises more than just a bright and glossy homage to
pop, but an interesting insight into how a new generation make sense of the complexities of mass culture. The private view will also be feature a live performance and interactive music video shoot by top 20 band Subliminal Girls.
This generation is unique in as much as it's the last generation that will remember life before the home computer, mobile
phone, music video, mass marketing and instant archive that is the Internet. The last generation that could recall such
dramatic changes was that of their great grandparents who remembered life before the airplane, telephone and space
travel.
"˜Mash-Ups"will be held at the Design and Artists Copyright Society's Kowalsky Gallery. Each year DACS collects and
pays millions of pounds worth of royalties to artists. They represent over 52,000 UK and international artists including some of the biggest names in contemporary visual arts.
Richard Woods :Flora & Fauna
Saturday 28th June 2008 - Sunday 21st September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: London
This summer Milton Keynes Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in a British public gallery by the artist Richard Woods. In addition to the exhibition Woods has been commissioned to create a striking new work for the gallery exterior, which will dramatically alter its appearance.
Whitechapel at War: Isaac Rosenberg and his circle
Monday 16th June 2008 - Friday 5th September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Touring from the Ben Uri Gallery, London, this is the first exhibition in 15 years to explore the work of WW1 poet-painter Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918), in the context of his Whitechapel peers. The exhibition coincides with the publication of a new biography of Rosenberg, by Dr. Jean Moorcroft.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Parkinson Building
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
+44 (0)113 343 2777
gallery@leeds.ac.uk
www.leeds.ac.uk/gallery
Bharti Kher
Thursday 30th April 2009 - Sunday 17th August 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Transforming the gallery into a hallucinatory space of myth and synthesis, artist Bharti Kher presents a new installation for BALTIC. Raised in London, educated in Newcastle, and now living and working in New Delhi, Kher creates surreal environments that are both fantastical and seductive.
Mariko Mori
Wednesday 21st May 2008 - Sunday 14th September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Japanese, New York based artist Mariko Mori is best known for her video and self-portraiture focusing on the imagination and fantasy. The exhibition at BALTIC includes new drawings from the Primal Particles and Parallel Brane series and also includes the installation Miracle.
Double Agent
Wednesday 21st May 2008 - Sunday 17th August 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Touring group exhibition featuring artists who use other people as a medium. The exhibition tours to three venues in the UK, and includes the British premieres of a number of significant works, as well as new commissions specific to each venue.
Yoshitomo + graf
Saturday 14th June 2008 - Sunday 26th October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Yoshitomo Nara is well known for his drawings, paintings and sculptures of children with seemingly adult expressions.At BALTIC Nara +graf will reinterpret two cross-shaped house structures, part of the continuation of the A- Z project, built in Berlin and the Netherlands.
Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition
Saturday 1st March 2008 - Sunday 31st August 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Exciting new opportunities are underway at Aesthetica magazine – New Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition \r\n\r\nThe Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition will champion new talent in the genres of visual arts, photography, poetry and fiction. \r\n \r\nThe competition is separate from Aesthetica Magazine, however the annual event is organised by the founders of Aesthetica Magazine. \r\n \r\nDetails of the Annual Competition:\r\n \r\n1. The competition will accept entries of creative writing (poetry & fiction) as well as artwork and photography.\r\n2. Each section will have one winner that will receive a prize of £500 and a subscription to Aesthetica Magazine\r\n3. The new Aesthetica Annual will be a book that will present winning entries and runners-up in the genres of artwork, poetry and fiction. \r\n4. Entry allows the submission of either five images of artwork, three short stories (up to 2000 words each), or five poems (up to 40 lines each). \r\n5. The entry fee for the Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition is £10. \r\n6. Deadline for entries is 31 August 2008.\r\n \r\nFor further information please go to http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm\r\n \r\n\r\nAesthetica Magazine will still continue to be published bi-monthly covering visual arts, literature, film, music and theatre all in one issue. We will still continue to distribute through WH Smith and Borders. However our literature section is evolving and we will be working with major publishers to bring you exclusive excerpts from newly published novels \r\n \r\nBest Wishes\r\n
Coventry comes to Wells
Friday 21st March 2008 - Friday 31st October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South West England
Monumental bronze sculpture by Terence Coventry against the stunning backdrop of the grounds of the Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset
Edward Bawden in the Middle East
Monday 23rd March 2009 - Sunday 28th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: South East England
An exhibition of watercolours executed by Edward Bawden while working as an Official War Artist in Iraq in 1944. The works have been loaned by the Imperial War Museum and the Government Art Collection.
The Fry Art Gallery,Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1BD
Admission Free
For further details see our website www.fryartgallery.org
Cardigan Open Studios 14th Exhibition
Saturday 9th August 2008 - Saturday 6th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: Wales
Now in its 14th year, Cardigan Open Studios Exhibition showcases the work of artists in the West Wales area who will be opening their studios to the public this August. The exhibition is at Oriel Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan.
Ceredigion Artists at the Urdd Centre, Llangrannog
Friday 1st August 2008 - Sunday 31st August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: Wales
Artists in the South Ceredigion coastal area showcase their work at Gwersyll yr Urdd, the Urdd Centre, Llangrannog, Ceredigion throughout August. Work on show in the new Gallery is from artists who welcome the public to their Open Studios throughout August. Further details and brochure available in June from cardiganopenstudios.co.uk
Diane Walkey - New Works
Friday 15th August 2008 - Sunday 31st August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: Wales
Diane Walkey exhibits New Works at TÅ· Twt Studio, Cardigan. Contemporary works in oil on canvas, abstract and landscape based colourful and gestural paintings. Preview the artist's work on www.dianewalkey.com
East Wing VIII Opening
Saturday 24th May 2008 - Sunday 26th July 2009
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
East Wing Collection VIII: On Time at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, is open on selected dates (usually the last weekend of every month) with a varied performance programme including artists Philip Lee, Dzifa Benson, Shelley Rae and Rebecca Birch. Please check www.eastwing8.co.uk before planning your visit or contact us at eastwing.collection@courtauld.ac.uk for further information.
UKAuthors Prose/Poetry/Live Music event
Saturday 26th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:00:00 and 23:30:00
Location: London
We hope loads of you will be able to join us this year for yet another evening of prose and poetry readings and live music.
For more info and to book a slot, visit UKAuthors at http://www.ukauthors.com
Doors open : 6pm
Readings : 7.30-9.30
Entry : Free
Venue : The Lucas Arms, Grays Inn Road, London.
Peter Blake : Alphabet
Saturday 12th July 2008 - Saturday 9th August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:30:00
Location: South East England
A touring exhibition from the Hayward Gallery of silk screen prints produced by Sir Peter Blake in 1991 - one for every letter of the alphabet
Surrey Hills: Then and Now
Saturday 16th August 2008 - Saturday 13th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:30:00
Location: South East England
Celebrating 50 years as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this exhibition features old photographs alongside new pictures of the same view as well as 18th, 19th and 20th century paintings. Visit www.guildfordhouse.co.uk for details of talks and events.
Guildford House Gallery, 155 HIgh Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ
Recycled By Design
Saturday 20th September 2008 - Saturday 11th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:30:00 and 16:30:00
Location: South East England
An exhibition of quality art and design objects made from recycled materials.
Visit www.guildfordhouse.co.uk for a list of talks and events and exhibiting artists.
Guildford House Gallery,
155 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ. Tel: 01483 444742.
Guildford Art Society
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Saturday 15th November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:30:00
Location: South East England
This popular exhibition of contemporary work in a variety of media and genre returns for the 76th Annual Exhibition.
ALl works are for sale.
Guildford House Gallery,
155 HIgh Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ. Tel: 01483 444742
Admission Free
Kaleidoscope Craft Group
Saturday 22nd November 2008 - Saturday 20th December 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:30:00
Location: South East England
Returning to the Garden Room at Guildford House, this talented group of craftsmen have a range of work on display for Christmas including glass, jewellery, textiles, ceramics and photographs.
Guildford House Gallery, 155 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ
Tel: 01483 444742
Michael Symmons Roberts and Ian McGuire
Wednesday 23rd July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 13:00:00 and 14:00:00
Location: North England
Poet, fiction-writer and broadcaster Michael Symmons Roberts won the 2004 Whitbread Poetry Award for his fourth book of poetry, Corpus, and has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize for best collection, and the Griffin International Prize. His first novel, Patrick's Alphabet, appeared in 2006, and his latest, Breath, was published in March.
Ian McGuire's novel, Incredible Bodies, was published in March 2006 to acclaim from The Times, who described it as "hugely entertaining" and "a 21st century Lucky Jim", and The Guardian, which noted that “McGuire's comic timing is faultlessâ€.
The reading will take place in the Committee Room at Manchester Central Library, and is completely FREE to attend - just turn up!
www.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting/events/
Bryan Hawkins and Tim Long, Ghosts and Grotesques
Saturday 19th July 2008 - Thursday 31st July 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South East England
Ghosts and Grotesques, Sidney Cooper Gallery Canterbury
Bryan Hawkins and Tim Long
The exhibition investigates the significance of the fantastic and the forgotten, the ghostly and the grotesque, as images and as thoughts.
Bryan Hawkins and Tim Long employ a range of primitive, contemporary, invented and neglected technologies, ranging from the shadow to interactive drawing machines.
The exhibition forms part of a Research Informed Teaching project sponsored by Canterbury Christ Church University.
Admission free
Jason Hicklin - Drawings, Paintings and Etchings
Friday 5th September 2008 - Sunday 21st September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:30:00
Location: London
This autumn, contemporary landscape artist, Jason Hicklin, has his first solo show at the Bristol Drawing School. His work brings into the gallery the wild weather from the coastline of the British Isles and Ireland where rain, landscape and sea collide, merging these forces into a heady mix of tones where rocks are huddled against the relentless assault of the elements and the earth and sky dissolve.
Jason will be giving a talk about his work at 5pm on Thursday 4th September, this will be followed by an exhibition preview from 6-9pm.
For more info see http://www.drawingschool.org.uk
Sparks
Saturday 13th September 2008 - Saturday 4th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: Wales
A vibrant exhibition to celebrate the creative talent of pupils who have been involved in Oriel Myrddin Gallery's outreach programme during the last year.
This exhibition celebrates the creative talent of pupils from Carmarthenshire Schools who have been involved in the gallery's outreach programme during the last year. Sparks explores through the outcomes of artist residencies in primary schools the role that artists and galleries can play in relation to childrens' learning; including projects with the new Foundation Phase curriculum.
Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Church Lane, Carmarthen SA31 1LH
01267 222775 www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk
10 am- 5 pm Monday - Saturday
The Big Draw
Saturday 11th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 11:00:00 and 16:00:00
Location: Wales
A fun day of drawing activities for everyone
Oriel Myrddin Gallery
Church Lane
Carmarthen
SA31 1LH
01267 222775
orielmyrddin@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk
Open: Mon-Sat 10-5 pm
Drawing Together From The Everyday
Monday 13th October 2008 - Saturday 1st November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: Wales
Artsit, Pip Woolf working with local art students and schools.
An artist residency during Big Draw month exploring the power of individual mark making as a fundamental human activity. A collaborative process creating an exhibition with local students and schools that explores 'the everyday'.
Oriel Myrddin Gallery
Church Lane
Carmarthen
SA31 1LH
01267 222775
orielmyrddin@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk
Open: Mon-Sat 10-5 pm
LIBERTY GALLERY SHOWS ADAM ARBEID
Friday 29th August 2008 - Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South East England
New exhibition of Adam's long awaited new collection of marble frescoes. Do call for your invitation to the private view, Friday 29th August. Liberty Gallery, Kent. www.liberty-gallery.com
01732 522311
XHIBIT 08
Friday 2nd May 2008 - Monday 28th April 2008
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Duration: Between the times 09:30:00 and 16:30:00
Location: London
2 -28 May, the Arts Gallery, 65 Davies Street, W1K 5DA
Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am -6.30pm. Nearest Tube Bond Street. Admission free.
World renowned artist Yinka Shonibare has selected 41 of the most controversial and exciting new art and design talents from University of the Arts London for a fresh, eclectic exhibition opening at the Arts Gallery on 2 May.
Joining Turner Prize-nominated artist Yinka Shonibare on the selection panel were leading members of the British art and design scene, including Transition Gallery director Cathy Lomax and Moving Brands co-founder James Bull.
In its eleventh year, XHIBIT is a unique annual exhibition featuring artists in perhaps their most experimental and confrontational creative phase. The selection for XHIBIT 08 brings together sound design, film, ceramics, photography, drawing, illustration, product and graphic design, painting, sculpture, animation, and costume design.
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
Wednesday 24th September 2008 - Saturday 27th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:30:00 and 22:00:00
Location: London
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company, returns to Sadler's Wells with a mixed bill that includes two world premieres. Founded by Christopher Wheeldon in 2007 as the world's first transatlantic ballet company with a base at both Sadler's Wells and New York City Center, the company has garnered praise across the world, receiving a South Bank Show Award in 2008.
Tickets: £10 - £45
See www.sadlerswells.com for more info
Miltos Manetas painting LIVE
Saturday 26th July 2008 - Sunday 27th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: London
East Wing VIII: On Time at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House is open to the public this Saturday 26th July (10am-5pm) and Sunday 27th July (12-5pm).
Miltos Manetas will be painting his large-scale internet paintings live all weekend. Manetas' artwork is traditional in material; he uses oil on canvas to capture objects that surround him: cables, computer screens and various websites alongside figurative images. In the On Time works, Manetas records various websites which are constantly growing and changing. The series of pieces made especially for the exhibition concentrate on online clubs such as YouTube and MySpace. These works are in constant progress and will be developed over the course of the exhibition.
The East Wing Collection is a biennial student-curated contemporary art show featuring the work of up-and-coming artists alongside that of well-known names. For details of further openings, please check www.eastwing8.co.uk or contact us at eastwing.collection@courtauld.ac.uk for information.
Literature Live with Joe Stretch and Neil Rollinson
Monday 30th June 2008
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Duration: Between the times 17:00:00 and 18:30:00
Location: North England
Join us for an early evening burst of poetry and prose with new novelist Joe Stretch and poet Neil Rollinson. Both authors have been Writers in Residence at the Centre for New Writing during 2007/08.
Joe Stretch's controversial debut novel, Friction, was published in early March 2008 and has been described by Boyd Tonkin in The Independent as "...raw, wild, aflame with ideas, [it] will bring a kill-or-cure medicinal shock to our post-boom hangover".
Neil Rollinson's most recent collection, Demolition, was published in September 2007 to acclaim from Alan Brownjohn in The Sunday Times, who described it as his "best book", in which he "catches to perfection the sensation of finding happiness in sheer oddity".
Literature Live is presented by the University's Centre for New Writing.
Tickets are limited - please call our box office on 0161 275 8951, or visit http://www.quaytickets.com/WhatsOn/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=1822 to book your tickets.
Exhibition of lrish landscape paintings and The Female Silhouett
Thursday 1st May 2008 - Monday 6th October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Ireland
This is an exhibition of Irish landscape paintings by Sheila Hooks mainly worked in pastel.There is also a series of gouache paintings of the female silhouette. Exhibition opening times may vary so it is adviseable to telephone first 028 31677.
www.barngalleryireland.com
www.barngalleryireland.com
An Audience with Will Self
Thursday 25th September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: North England
Journalist, writer and broadcaster Will Self is one of the most respected British contemporary authors. He is best known for his satirical, grotesque and fantastic novels and short stories which are loaded with references and allusions to modern culture both high and low and set in seemingly parallel universes which include Great Apes, Cock and Bull, How the Dead Live, Dorian and The Book of Dave.
He was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1991) for his work The Quantity Theory of Insanity and as a journalist he has contributed to a plethora of publications over the years. He has regular columns in the Evening Standard and The Guardian and is also a frequent broadcaster on television and radio.
Come and hear Will Self reading from his latest novel The Butt (2008) and answering questions on his varied and colourful career.
Luke Wright:Poet & Man
Thursday 25th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:30:00 and 20:30:00
Location: North England
Luke Wright is the true alternative laureate. The leading light of a new wave of stand-up poet taking the noble art by the scruff of the neck and turning it into something that can delight audiences from comedy clubs to literary festivals.
The 2007 4Talent award winner has two five star solo Edinburgh shows under his belt. His debut, the multi-media Luke Wright, Poet Laureate took the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm prior to a sell-out national tour and scooping a clutch of 5 star reviews.
'The best young
performance poet around.'
-The Observer
Suitable for 14+
BEARSPACE//'Studs'//Sarah Baker
Saturday 27th September 2008 - Saturday 25th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 17:30:00 and 19:30:00
Location: London
BEARSPACE is proud to present ˜Studs, a new video and installation by artist Sarah Baker. ˜Studs is a tribute to Jackie Collins 1969 seminal novel, and subsequent film, The Stud. A glitzy thriller centred around three main characters; The Stud, The Bitch, and The Rich Husband.
BEARSPACE
152 Deptford High Street
London SE8 3PQ
www.bearspace.co.uk
PV Saturday 27 Sept. 5.30-7.30pm
Buddhist Treasures from the Silk Road
Thursday 30th October 2008 - Friday 28th November 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
The Barakat Gallery is an well-established antiquities gallery with branches in London, LA and Abu Dhabi. As part of Asian Art London we are proud to present a wide variety of Buddhist sculptures produced along the ancient Silk Road. Our collections of Egyptian, Classical, Near Eastern, Biblical, Chinese, African and Pre-Columbian art are also available to view by appointment. WHERE: 58 Brook Street, London, W1K 5DT. WHEN: 30th October-28th November. Open Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm. Catalogue available. CONTACT: 0207 493 778, fayezbarakat@mac.com WEBSITE: www.barakatgallery.com
Heads
Wednesday 20th August 2008 - Saturday 4th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:00:00 and 22:00:00
Location: Wales
The Brunswick Presents 'Heads' by Mike Mainwaring: human and humane drawings and paintings exploring masks and identity.
The Brunswick, 3 Duke Street, Swansea SA1 4HS
Contact Rose Davies on 07817 000749 scribblah@hotmail.co.uk
Northern Graduates 08 at Curwen & New Academy Gallery
Wednesday 6th August 2008 - Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Selected work from art schools in the North of England, including painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, installation and video work.
The Unloved Vs Jericho1 : Portraits
Tuesday 16th September 2008 - Wednesday 24th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:00:00 and 00:00:00
Location: Midlands
The Unloved Vs Jericho 1: Portraits
Welcome to the long-overdue collaborative mash-up of two established East Midlands artists “ Koo Bhangra (The Unloved) and Chris Denner (Jericho 1) who have come together for the first time to combine cutting-edge photography with graphic illustration.
This self-initiated, mixed media exhibition which is sponsored by PG1 London, is their artistic interpretation of conventional portraiture. Graphic illustration was then added, inspired by authentic harlequin designs from the 15th century. These fancifully designs, varied in colour and decoration fit beautifully with the illustrative geometric shapes that were added over the actual photographic images, allowing Bhangra and Denner the creative freedom to test the boundaries of their prospective artforms and in so doing, create limited edition pieces which are already being hailed as future classics.
For the artists, who are both residents of Leicester’s Creative Business Depot, this exhibition is an opportunity to raise the profile of the creative industries in the region and offer audiences a new perspective on traditional portraiture.
Bhangra, whose current client list includes the likes of computer software giant Adobe, says: "As a graphic designer by trade, The Unloved vs. Jericho 1 is an opportunity to work on something where I have real creative freedom “ no client briefs to work to - the only boundaries are the limits of our imagination. It is in this environment that the most creative and unexpected results occur“ and this first project has given us so many ideas for future collaborations across artforms. I can just see this thing running and running."
To contact the artists and find out more please visit
www.unlovedvjericho1.com.
Faded Reality
Wednesday 20th August 2008 - Saturday 4th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:00:00 and 22:00:00
Location: Wales
The Brunswick Presents 'Faded Reality' by Kara Seaman: unique atmospheric transphere prints of disappearing sights and places.
The Brunswick, 3 Duke Street, Swansea SA1 4HS
Contact Rose Davies on 07817 000749 scribblah@hotmail.co.uk
Carol Ann Duffy & Jean Sprackland
Friday 26th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 19:00:00 and 21:00:00
Location: North England
One of the most successful poets writing in Britain today, Carol Ann Duffy has published scores of books and works in a range of genres including writing for children, drama, radio drama, reviews and, of course, poetry.
Her inclusion in this year’s Sefton Celebrates Writing Festival marks a welcome return to Sefton by this hugely popular and highly acclaimed writer whose previous appearances have always been a high point in Sefton's live readings programme.
Carol Ann Duffy is supported by Jean Sprackland, a Sefton based poet whose reputation as an important British poet has grown with the publication of each new collection. Her works have been shortlisted for the prestigious Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Whitbread Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize. More recently she won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award for her third collection, Tilt (Cape 2007).
Bodies - Figura Gallery, Windsor
Thursday 31st July 2008 - Sunday 12th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: South East England
Bodies, the figerative art exhibition taking place at the Figura Gallery, Windsor, will feature artists including Elaine Shaw, Anthony Barrowman and Amy Goodman whose works span traditional figurative imagery to modern impressionism. Figura Gallery also exclusively shows the work of prolific figurative sculptor, Michael Rizzello O.B.E.
Bodies runs from 31st July until 12th October 2008. Visit Figura Gallery at 24 High Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1LH or view the exhibition online at www.figuragallery.co.uk
For customer enquiries please call 01753 498 534 or email info@bellafigura.co.uk
Lost and Found
Saturday 11th October 2008 - Sunday 26th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 12:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: London
We can lose and find many things in life: money, memory,love, loved ones.
Lost & Found is a photographic exhibition that explores the dynamic tension in those facets of life that can be lost and found.
15 photographers from the Queens Park Group of London Independent Photography are showcased.
RESEARCH: RSA RESIDENCIES IN FOCUS
Friday 11th July 2008 - Sunday 21st September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: Scotland
Developmental support of artists towards the creation of new work is a primary aim of the RSA, with opportunities currently given to some 35+ artists per annum. RESEARCH presents the work of 10 artists who were awarded RSA Residencies in 2007: Katie Orton, Eoghann MacColl, Katie Houston, Nick Law, Kirsten McAlister, Nichola Martin, Paulina Sandberg, Colin Parker, Jim Harold and Susan Brind. Highlighting the process of development as well as teasing out questions about the need for developmental support and the strength and inter-connectivity of the artistic network in Scotland. This exhibition is part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2008. Royal Scottish Academy The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. Visit: www.royalscottishacademy.org
John Addyman 1929-2006
Sunday 31st August 2008 - Sunday 2nd November 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Midlands
A Sense of Place. English and Welsh Landscapes. A memprial exhibition of works by this well known landscape artist in conjunction with the estate. Addyman's work is a direct tradition of the English watercolour tradition and the modern pastoral work of paul and John Nash.
PureScreen #22: Hearsay
Wednesday 10th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:30:00 and 20:00:00
Location: North England
Curated by Sophia Crilly.
Artists: Arnis Balcus, Steven Eastwood, Aikaterini Gegisian, Rebecca Lennon, Ellakajsa Nordström, Mika J. Ripatti, Erica Scourti, Lisa Stansbie, Juha van Ingen.
Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Knott Mill, Manchester. M15 4GB.
Admission: Free Admission. Limited capacity. Booking Required. To book please call Castlefield Gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk.
The fourth and final curated programme from the 2007-08 season of PureScreen artist moving image events is PureScreen #22: Hearsay.
Literature Live with Jorie Graham (Manchester Literature Festiva
Thursday 23rd October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 18:30:00 and 20:00:00
Location: North England
Graham has written eleven acclaimed poetry collections, including The Dream of the Unified Field which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Her most recent book, Sea Change, was published by Carcanet this summer.
A former director of the renowned Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, she now divides her time between western France and teaching poetry at Harvard.
This reading will be followed by a Q & A session.
Literature Live is presented by the University's Centre for New Writing, and supported by Abode Manchester: www.abodehotels.co.uk/manchester.
This event is part of Manchester Literature Festival, please book direct via 0870 428 0785 or www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Venue: The John Thaw Studio Theatre
Time: 6:30pm
Admission Price: £5.00 (£3.00 for concessions and UoM students and staff)
www.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting/events/
open studio
Friday 21st September 2001 - Thursday 28th February 2002
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Duration: Between the times 13:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: London
artist neale howells new work can be seen in construction at the unit21 studio s.wales uk.... more info www.artistnealehowells.ds4a.com
Michael Muller at Mummery + Schnelle
Tuesday 2nd September 2008 - Saturday 11th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: London
Michael Muller
02 September -11 October, 2008
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
Mummery + Schnelle are pleased to announce the first exhibition in London of the work of Michael Muller.
Muller's art is based on linguistic, numeric, stella, or solar systems, which, although they have some basis in empirical reality are almost always invented by the artist himself. Best known for his drawings and written work, Muller is constantly expanding his means of expression, which now incorporate sculpture, installation and painting. If there can be said to be a general theme for his work, then it is translation.
For all inquiries please contact Andrew Mummery (andrew@mummeryschnelle.com), Wolfram Schnelle (wolfram@mummeryschnelle.com ) or visit www.mummeryschnelle.com
Next exhibition at Mummery + Schnelle: Louise Hopkins, 16 October - 22 November.
Svend Bayer
Sunday 7th September 2008 - Sunday 28th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:30:00 and 17:30:00
Location: London
A solo exhibition of the best of Svend's wood-fired pots from 2008 at the Harlequin Gallery
68 Greenwich High Road
London SE10 8LF
020 8692 7170
www.studio-pots.com
Three Lady Potters
Sunday 5th October 2008 - Sunday 26th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:30:00 and 17:30:00
Location: London
An exhibition of recent ceramics by Deirdre Burnett and Yuriko Hill, together with a small retrospective of work by Ursula Mommens, who was 100 years old in August.
Harlequin Gallery
68 Greenwich High Road
London SE10 8LF
020 8692 7170
www.studio-pots.com
RWA 156 Autumn Exhibition- 26 October- 14 December-Call for Entr
Sunday 26th October 2008 - Sunday 14th December 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South West England
Open to all architects, painters, photographers, printmakers and sculptors this exhibition is selected from open entry, by a panel of RWA Academicians. Entry fees are £15 per work (£12 for RWA Friends) and up to three works can be submitted. Details of prizes will be available nearer the time.
For more information or an application form please go to www.rwa.org.uk or email info@rwa.org.uk
Spectrum 3d Works
Friday 12th September 2008 - Wednesday 1st October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Saint Mary's Old Church, Stoke Newington church street. N16
Group Sculpture Show
Private View 12th September 2008. 6-10pm
Martin Roscoe:Piano Recital
Friday 17th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 20:00:00 and 00:00:00
Location: North England
BMS York presents one of Britain's most prolific recitalists, pianist Martin Roscoe performs works by Beethoven, Schubert, Nielsen & Grieg.
Venue:Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York.
Tickets £12. Season ticket (6 concerts) £45.
Tel. 01347 878032 or
www.bms-york.org.uk
RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet
Friday 28th November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 20:00:00 and 00:00:00
Location: North England
BMS York presents one of Europe's leading string quartets, playing Mozart, Brahms & Schumann.
Venue:Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York.
Tickets £12. Season ticket £45.
Tel. 01347 878032 or
www.bms-york.org.uk
Modern Contemporary Creatives
Thursday 4th September 2008 - Sunday 12th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 12:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: North England
This Exhibition is part of the Independent strand of the Liverpool Biennial Festival of Contemporary Visual Art
Exhibition Now - 12th Oct 08
'Modern Contemporary Creatives'
North-West artists Claire McCarthy, Elaine Preece Stanley and Jacqui Chapman display innovative works
(All works for sale)
OPEN Thursday-Sunday 12-5 pm
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday by appointment
Tel: 07710078845
ARTROOM Old Post Office The Parade Parkgate Wirral CH64 6RW
Phone: 0870 0852 085
Fax: 0870 0852 095
Website: www.artroom.uk.com
Intercom
Friday 10th October 2008 - Saturday 1st November 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Midlands
Johanna Hallsten
INTERCOM
10th October - 1st November
Private view 10th October 7-9pm
We are pleased to present the latest solo exhibition by Swedish artist Johanna H¤llsten.
INTERCOM continues H¤llsten's interests in translation, mediation and duration. Through two installations, different aspects of interaction occurring within dialogues will be explored.
The first installation situated within the window will be exploring notions of translation and mediation within the structure of a dialogue, together with the impossible task of inter-species communication.
During the private view the installation in the gallery will be interactive and the one-sided aspects of the PA system will be questioned and altered, becoming a direct dialogue between it and the audience.
Artist's contact details:
07890570775
j.hallsten@lboro.ac.uk
Bristol Art Show 2008
Saturday 6th September 2008 - Wednesday 1st October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South West England
The third Bristol Art Show sees the amalgamation of the cream of Bristolian creativity. Open from Saturday 6th Sept until Wednesday 1st Oct, it's free to enter and viewers get to vote for their favourite artist in the People's Choice Award. Venue : Centrespace Gallery
6 Leonard Lane
Bristol Bs1
www.centrespacegallery.com
1118 Miles
Saturday 13th September 2008 - Saturday 1st November 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Karol Radziszewski, Wojciech Doroszuk, Iwona Zajc, Agata Borowa and Twoywo
Guest curators Katarzyna Szydowska and Konrad Schiller bring together an exhibition of work by young Polish contemporary artists, exploring the theme of universal communication at a distance and the impact that it has on the close relations between human beings.
Ceramics in the City
Friday 19th September 2008 - Sunday 21st September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
A selling fair of work by 40 selected ceramicists: some established names returning to the Geffrye and many new faces and emerging talents, all working in a variety of styles, sizes and techniques. Lots of textures and colour!
Duende
Friday 12th September 2008 - Saturday 11th October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: Wales
Launch event for "Duende", a collaborative exhibition from 5 Cardiff artists- The Gate, Roath, Cardiff.
The exhibition runs until 11th October.
Splatter
Friday 10th October 2008 - Saturday 8th November 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
The Legendary UK artist James Cauty and his 15 year old son Harry will be collaborating for the first time at THE AQUARIUM L-13 gallery for their multimedia assault and Cartoon Art Gift Shop Show. 'Splatter'. www.theaquariumonline.com
Peter Griffin - Between Head & Heart
Friday 12th September 2008 - Friday 10th October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
New paintings and mixed media work accompanied by a 150 page publication looking back over the last thirty years of Griffin's work.
Location - Maddox Arts, 52 Brook's Mews, London W1K 4ED, Nearest tube: Bond Street
0207 495 3101
New Season at the HEPSIBAH GALLERY
Monday 1st September 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
Adorable W6 Gallery opens the Autumn Season of weekly shows with Private Views each Thursday with a new artist showing and curating each week . For details see www.hepsibahgallery.com website for featured artist... and further details of how you can rent this fabulous space.
The Sacred Hare
Friday 14th November 2008 - Sunday 23rd November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:30:00 and 17:30:00
Location: South West England
A group exhibition exploring the many-faceted nature of the Sacred Hare. The exhibition will feature 2D and 3D work including paintings, jewellery, sculptures, stained glass, turned and painted wood and ironwork.
Upstairs at Galleryeight, 8 Market Place, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9HW
Opening times:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday 1pm - 5.30pm
Sunday: 11am - 5.30pm
Monday: Closed
Admission Free
For more information, please visit www.galleryeight.com , tel: 01458 833574
Shoreline
Thursday 2nd October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 17:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: Scotland
Opening times: Mon-Fri 10:30-5:30, Sat 10-5:30, Sun 12-5
Event description: An exhibition of new work from Hamish Gilchrist, Heather Lander, Sara Mead, David Smith, Alan Watson and Alison Young.
Ticket prices: Free
Contact: Ashley Mackie, edinburgh@scotlandart.com, 0131 225 6257, www.scotlandart.com
Venue address:
scotlandart.com,
2 St Stephen Place,
Stockbridge,
Edinburgh,
EH3 5AJ
A select exhibition of work from scotlandart.com's artists
Friday 5th September 2008 - Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:30:00 and 17:30:00
Location: Scotland
Opening times: Mon-Fri 10:30-5:30, Sat 10-5:30, Sun 12-5
Event description: An ongoing exhibition of artwork from a selection of the 150 artists that scotlandart.com represent. Artist's such as: Pat Kramek, Blair Thomson, Lesley Anne Derks, Owen Henderson, Marion Thomson, Peter Howson, Ian Elliot, Graeme McKean and Donald Macdonald to name a few.
Ticket prices: Free
Contact: Lorna Smith, enquiries@scotlandart.com, 0141 638 1200, www.scotlandart.com
Venue address:
scotlandart.com,
6 Burnfield Road,
Giffnock,
Glasgow,
G46 7QB
STYLING PROJECT I, LONG GALLERY, NOTTINGHAM CASTLE
Saturday 19th July 2008 - Monday 28th July 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 16:00:00
Location: Midlands
Portraits by artists including the leading impressionist painter Dame Laura Knight are being given a contemporary makeover by Nottingham Trent University students. Drawing inspiration from a collection of paintings, the School of Art and Design Masters students are combining new, second-hand and vintage garments and accessories to style a series of looks which reflect the portraits.
They have created a range of reconstructed images for the Styling Project I exhibition, which will be on show in the Long Gallery at Nottingham Castle from July 19-28. The work is part of an ongoing partnership between the School of Art and Design and Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, using archive material and museum collections to create innovative styles for the fashion market.
The project ties in with the major Laura Knight at the Theatre exhibition, which runs from July 19 to September 28 at Nottingham Castle. The students have picked up on the drama and dressing-up themes of this exhibition, which shows the artists paintings and drawings of the ballet and the stage.
A private view will be held for Styling Project I and Laura Knight at the Theatre on July 18, which will be officially opened by the university's Head of College of Art & Design and the Built Environment, Professor Simon Lewis.
For more information visit http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/www/whatson/fulldetails.asp?id=478
For more information on the Laura Knight at the Theatre exhibition visit
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/www/whatson/fulldetails.asp?id=477
Dr.Sketchy London presents Sketch-A-Thon
Wednesday 13th August 2008 - Thursday 14th August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 21:00:00 and 02:00:00
Location: London
Dr.Sketchy London presents ... Sketch-A-Thon
A night of Art, Showgirls, Booze and Prizes !
A fundraising night in aid of Keep-A-Breast and Dr.Sketchy NY
Drawing Contests, Live Burlesque, Prize Raffles and DJs.
50% of all proceeds donated to Keep-A-Breast www.keep-a-breast.org
25% of all proceeds donated to Dr.Sketchy NYC www.drsketchy.com
Hosted by king of cabaret … Dusty Limits !
Special guest appearrance all the way from NYC :
Dr.sketchy founder - Molly Crabapple
Featuring a line-up of the UK’s top performers :
Roxy Velvet
Red Sarah
Cherri Shakewell
Fancy Chance
Leyla Rose
Marianne Cheesecake
Luke Bear
Justin Bear
Amber Topaz
Diva Hollywood
Bijou Noir
Beatrix Von Bourbon
Miss Fountain
Adv. Tickets £25 / £80 group of 4
9pm - 2am (doors open 9pm, show start at 10pm)
Madame Jojos, 8-10 brewer street, london W1F OSE
Sponsored by Kiss Me Deadly, Art and Soul Magazine, Vivien Of Holloway, Betty Blythe and Sugarlesque.
For booking and info : www.drsketchylondon.co.uk
LIBERTY GALLERY AT AAF LONDON
Thursday 23rd October 2008 - Sunday 26th October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: London
First showing for Liberty Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Exhibiting: Craig Griffin, Sam Lock,
Maria Rivans, Matt Smith and Sarah Young. See us on Stand C2. Do contact us for PV/half price entry ticket. www.liberty-gallery.com 01732 522311
'mime 1' at Transition Gallery
Saturday 13th September 2008 - Sunday 5th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 12:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: London
Transition is pleased to present the first solo show by Mimei Thompson since she graduated from the RCA in 2005.
Transition Gallery, Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, E8 4QN. ww.transitiongallery.co.uk info@transitiongallery.co.uk 020 7254 4202 / 0794 120 8566. Open Fri-Sun 12-6.
Crossing Over: Exchanges in Art & Biotechnologies
Thursday 2nd October 2008 - Friday 21st November 2008
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Duration: Between the times 09:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: London
Crossing Over is an exhibition of contemporary art at the Royal Institution of Great Britain that addresses the highly topical subject of genetic manipulation and bioengineering. Bringing together art, design and science, the artworks by thirteen artists and designers investigate the metaphors, potentialities and anxieties of this much debated area.
Dan Schlesinger Autumn 2008 Exhibition
Sunday 28th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 14:00:00 and 19:00:00
Location: London
Dan Schlesinger Announces Date for Autumn 2008 Art Exhibition
(London) Internationally-acclaimed artist Dan Schlesinger has announced the date for his Autumn 2008 solo exhibition. The show will be held from 2 to 7pm on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at the artist's studio at 15 Onslow Road in Richmond.
The new paintings can be previewed, and invitations to the exhibition can be requested on Schlesinger's website www.danschlesingerart.com.
Finding a Way - Exhibition of paintings
Tuesday 5th August 2008 - Sunday 10th August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:30:00 and 17:30:00
Location: South West England
Fos six days only, four painters: Sara Trenchard, Sally Goolden, Dinah Mason and Lindsey Harrington, exhibit some lively new work in this edgy, contemporary and colourful show.
Wonderful Wood at The WOW Gallery, Dorking
Tuesday 30th September 2008 - Friday 31st October 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South East England
Starting with a chairty night for Motor Neurone (who get a percentage of opening evening takings and who are raffling a wooden wren!) WOW Shows a collection of all sorts hand made items and pictures that have a "woody" connection from exquisite turned wood needlecases to chunky bur oak bowls - to expressive paintings of woodland and noisemaking toys made from wood. Open Tues - Sat 10-6 but opening night 5.30 - 7.30. See www.thewowgallery.co.uk
Through Eastern Eyes
Friday 5th September 2008 - Sunday 14th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 13:00:00
Location: North England
In partnership with Sutcliffe Galleries of Harrogate, Oc-Eo Art are delighted to present 'Through Eastern Eyes', an exhibition of modern and contemporary painting from Vietnam, 5th-14th September. Preview and opening reception, by invitation only, September 4th, 6-8pm.
Please visit our web-site for more details and contact us for an invitation.
Peter Quintana, Oc-Eo Art
info@oc-eo.co.uk
www.oc-eo.co.uk
TOUR - Richard Hamilton: Protest Pictures, Unseen China, Return
Friday 15th August 2008
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Duration: Between the times 11:00:00 and 14:00:00
Location: Scotland
Three powerful, political shows, giving us insights into the lives and experiences of others affected during periods of significant political and social change.
Meet at Inverleith House (Edinburgh Art Festival Venue 28) at 11am.
The tour is free and there is no charge for entry to the exhibitions, but remember to bring £1.20 for the bus.
Call 07500 461332 for more information or to book a place.
words 2008
Tuesday 30th November 1999
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Duration: All day event
Location: Scotland
An interactive exhibition exploring the magic of words at The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow
words 2008
an interactive exhibition exploring the magic of words
- Free Creative Writing Workshops
- Panel discussion on the craft of writing hosted by Keith Bruce of The Herald featuring Tom Leonard, Anne Donovan and guests
- Documentary film about writers at the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing
- Art installation by acclaimed public artist Nicola Atkinson
- Writers-in-residence, readings, whisky tasting
More information available at
www.words2008.com
email: wordsexhibition2008@googlemail.com
The City Wakes
Tuesday 30th November 1999 - Monday 11th February 2008
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Duration: All day event
Location: South East England
From the 22nd October- 2nd November, 'The City Wakes', a tribute to Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett, will be held in Cambridge. The tribute has been organised by the Escape Artists charity. Ticket prices range from free to £30 for each event. For further information visit http://www.thecitywakes.org.uk/.
Events:
Art exhibition of unseen Syd Barrett paintings
Concert performances of Syd's best songs
Music workshops
Guided tours of Syd's Cambridge
Photography by Mick Rock of Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett
A book of memoirs featuring contributions from Syd's family and friends, drawings and letters
Exclusive exhibition by Storm Thorgerson
Jamie Reid at Aquarium L-13 gallery
Saturday 2nd August 2008 - Saturday 20th September 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 18:00:00
Location: London
For the first time iconic artist Jamie Reid is presenting an exciting new body of works on glass at THE AQUARIUM L-13 gallery.
Sex Pistols' ˜Never Mind the Bollocks' album cover artist Jamie Reid has been working with glass for the first time; his unique and intensely coloured glass pieces, the result of a collaboration with Melt Design, will be on show at THE AQUARIUM L-13 gallery in August.
The works will be displayed in a specially created environment alongside a series of new paintings of similarly vibrant intensity. Although better known for his agit-prop and design work, Reid has also created over the years a staggering body of work that explores his more esoteric, abstract and spiritual concerns. Highly coloured with an deeply charged beauty, these universal works lend themselves to glass perfectly, unveiling layers upon layers of new magical realms.
A signing event with Jamie Reid will be held at the aquarium L-13 on the 13th of September
The Big Draw at East Wing VIII (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
Saturday 11th October 2008
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Duration: Between the times 10:00:00 and 17:00:00
Location: London
East Wing Collection VIII, at The Courtauld Institute of Art, will be celebrating The Big Draw with a number of fun-filled drop-in workshops on
Saturday 11th October 2008 (10am-5pm).
All events and materials are free of charge.
Art supplies kindly sponsored by Cass Art.
The workshops are aimed at all ages (full details can be seen on www.eastwing8.co.uk or at www.campaignfordrawing.org). Danica Maier will be working to create an exciting large-scale collaborative anamorphic scene, Rebecca Birch will be making a marvellous moving-map of all the sights visitors saw on their journey to The Courtauld, Edward Collet will be exploring figure drawing in movement and rest and Austin Cole will be speaking informally about why he took to using traditional techniques and their relevance today. Caricaturists will be working to demonstrate their skills and provide visitors with a fun memento of the day.
There will be an ar
