Wednesday 22 May 2013

Best Haircuts in History | 33a Dean Street, Soho, London | curated by Cedar Lewisohn | Artists Tim Ellis, Andrew Gilbert, Patricia Ellis, Joel Gray, Cary Kwok

30th May - 29th June

Tim Ellis, Andrew Gilbert, Patricia Ellis, Joel Gray, Cary Kwok

Curated by Cedar Lewisohn





Best Haircuts In History
On the morning of February 2nd, I woke up from a vivid dream. In the dream I had staged an exhibition in a traditional men’s hairdressers in Soho, London. The work or artists in the show were not clear. Just the fact the show was in a hair dresser’s in Soho, London. I didn’t pay too much notice to the dream, but did for some reason decided to update my Facebook status with the details of the previous night’s dream.  As soon as I posted the update, people from all around the world started commenting that I should do the show. All day it continued. I thought it was a funny idea, but didn’t really pay it much more attention. Then about two weeks later I was in Soho for a meeting and I happened to work past Gino’s hairdressers, on Dean Street. The old fashioned gents’ hairdressers looked very much like the place in my dream. So I thought I’d go in and have a look.
Inside I spoke to the manger and rather sheepishly told him about my dream. He said I should speak to the people down stairs. This is where I met the team from WE ARE CUTS. I told them about the dream and the idea of doing an exhibition in their place and they kind of liked it. We spoke a couple more times and eventually came up with the idea of a show about The Best Haircuts in History.
The idea of The Best Haircuts show is to take historic haircuts and have contemporary artists make works to celebrate these.
Cedar Lewisohn
BEST HAIRCUTS IN HISTORY.  May 30th-June 29th. Ginos/We Are Cuts. 33A Dean Street London W1D 4PP---with Tim Ellis, Andrew Gilbert, Patricia Ellis, Joel Gray, Cary Kwok
Opening May 30th, 6.30pm-9pm with performances from mmmmm and Alice Holloway



The Dignitaries
2013
Acrylic, plaster, clay, perspex, wood, linen and plastic
65cm x 20cm x 15cm


Forward Thinking | Horatio Jr | 66 Canon Beck Road, Rotherhithe, London | 25th May - 14th June


Horatio Jr
66 Canon Beck Road
London
SE16 7DN
25th May - 14th June

For the final exhibition artists were asked to produce new work in response.

Installation Views


Nick Goss 'Cutting in Line' 2013 and Cabinets


Installation View


Barry Reigate 'Untitled (academic form 9) 2013


Paul Johnson 'Head' 2010


Luey Graves 'Upstream' 2013


Installation View


Jack Newling 'Cheers' 2013 and Tim Ellis 'Source' 2013


Tim Ellis 'Source' 2013


Installation View - Richard Kirwan 'Herald' 2013 and Matt Franks 'The Player' 2013


Matt Franks 'The Player' 2013 and Mark Pearson 'Full Colour Chicken' 2013


Patricia Ellis 'Il Foruncolo' 2013 and Matt Franks 'The Player' 2013


Richard Kirwan 'Herald' 2013


Patricia Ellis 'Il Foruncolo' 2013


Matt Franks 'The Player' 2013


Robert Pratt 'Some Local Knowledge' 2013 and Benet Spencer 'Modern Church II' 2013


Gabriel Hartley 'Cone' 2013 and Cedar Lewisohn 'Untitled Drawing' 2013


Blue Firth 'An Action in the Right Direction?' 2013 and Stewart Cliff ' Tab' 2013



Blue Firth 'An Action in the Right Direction?' 2013, Stewart Cliff 'Tab' 2013 and Gabriel Hartley 'Cone' 2013

Thursday 9 May 2013

'In a Beginning Lies an End' 2013. Broom Hill, Devon, England

'In a Beginning Lies an End'
2013
Wood, perspex, metal fixings, enamel, varnish, wood stain, plastic, brass and tripod
4.5meters in diameter x 2.8meters high 

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