'Local Objects', curated by Rita Salvaggio, Ikeyazhang, Milan, Italy

'Local Objects', curated by Rita Salvaggio, Ikeyazhang, Milan, Italy

19th November 15th January

'The London Open', curated by Daniel Hermann & Poppy Bowers, The Whitechapel Gallery, London.

'The London Open', curated by Daniel Hermann & Poppy Bowers, The Whitechapel Gallery, London. 

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/coming-soon-london-open/

'Illegitimate Objects', The Mathematical Institute, Oxford.

'Illegitimate Objects', The Mathematical Institute, Oxford. 

'Illegitimate Objects' brings together a selection of artists who were asked to respond to the Mathematical Institutes collection of Mathematical Solids. These objects were once studied by Barbara Hepworth, Naum Gabo and Henry Moore, playing a vital role in the development of modernist sculpture. In response I have produced a series of sculptures that relate formally to the solids and use materials associated with modernist sculpture. These are displayed among the collection in a series of glass cabinets. I have attached an image of one of the works, 'Supported Sphere'.

Mathematics Institute

Oxford University

Andrew Wiles Building

Woodstock Road

OX2 6GG

Private View: Thursday 17th September 6-8pm

Exhibition Continues: 18th September - 12 November 

http://www.illegitimateobjects.info

'INVITED, curated by Philly Adams of The Saatchi Gallery and Flora Fairbairn of Fair & Co, London.

'INVITED, curated by Philly Adams of The Saatchi Gallery and Flora Fairbairn of Fair & Co, London

22 July – 19 September 2015

Invited | 9 Hillgate Street, London

Fair & Co joins forces with Seth Stein Architects to merge art and architecture in a rotating art space curated by Philly Adams and Flora Fairbairn.

9 Hillgate Street, a contemporary house in Notting Hill designed by Seth Stein Architects, has been transformed into an innovative and evolving temporary exhibition space, produced by Fair & Co.

The project was initiated to invite artists, curators, galleries and the wider arts community to engage with the setting as a platform for exploration, discussion and debate. The exhibition launches with contemporary artists Assa Ashuach, Dominic Beattie, Paul Benney, Jodie Carey, Tim Ellis, Rafael Gómezbarros, Paul Hazelton, Julius Heinemann, Liane Lang, Alastair Mackie, Alejandro Ospina, Boo Saville, Anne-Lise Riond Sibony, Kieran Stiles, Phoebe Unwin, Douglas White and Alexi Williams.

In line with this rotating platform, medieval art dealer Arcadia Cerri will be the first invited dealer to present a group of early carvings, spanning the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance periods.

“Seth Stein Architects are delighted to provide this setting for an evolving series of art installations – the specific artwork serves a fundamental architectural function by providing a focal point that comes into view as one moves through the accommodation: a painting or sculptural figure defines a specific room, or when seen from a long distance, draws one into an adjacent zone” says Seth Stein.

Flora Fairbairn says, “I am delighted to once again be collaborating with Seth Stein Architects in creating a platform for artists in a setting where art and architecture enhance one another. Along with my co-curator Philly Adams of The Saatchi Gallery, who I am thrilled to be collaborating with for the first time, we are showcasing works by artists whom we’ve been impressed by”.

Flora Fairbairn is an art advisor and independent curator. With her background in architecture, she has been producing pop-up exhibitions in unusual non-gallery and often architecturally interesting spaces. She has a reputation for discovering and launching the careers of some of the most exciting artists working in the UK today. She has worked with hundreds of artists, getting their work into a wide range of private and public collections around the world. Past projects include a group exhibition at La Casa Encendida Museum, Madrid in 2010, an exhibition of the best Cuban artists during the Havana Biennial in 2011 and a solo exhibition in Somerset House in 2012. In 2014 she launched art-advisory Fair & Co with Julia Fairrie to produce commissions by some of the best artists and designers around. Recently they curated an installation of 90 chairs suspended from the atrium ceiling of Selfridges, each transformed by artists, designers and architects and auctioned in aid of The Art Room.

Philly Adams is Senior Director, Head of Exhibitions & Acquisitions at Saatchi Gallery. Currently on exhibition is the second survey show, Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America, which was one of the most visited exhibitions in London in 2014 according to The Art Newspaper’s survey of international museum attendance. The Saatchi Gallery’s next major exhibition, Champagne Life, will be all-female and includes artists such as Julia Wachtel, and Alice Anderson.Seth Stein Architects was established in 1990 as a design led practice and has completed a wide range of UK and overseas projects. One-off houses have been completed in coastal locations such as Finland, South Africa, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Cornwall, as well as urban settings including Toronto, Vicenza and throughout central London. Non-residential projects have ranged from the Baltic restaurant in Southwark, to the riverside offices of City law firm SJ Berwin. In 2013 Seth Stein Architects completed a project for the restoration of the Novo Cemetery, on the Mile End campus of Queen Mary University. Shortlisted for the RIBA 2014 Awards, the scheme was also granted a Grade II listing by Historic England. They have also completed a number of art galleries and public spaces including in Geneva and the stables courtyard visitor centre at Harewood House, Yorkshire (Grade l listed). Recently completed projects include an equestrian centre south of Melbourne, Australia (winner of a 2015 American Institute of Architects, Excellence in Design Award), as well as a new build country house in Somerset (also shortlisted in the RIBA 2014 Awards).

'The Shape of Things', curated by Ben Austin, The D.O.T Project, London.

'The Shape of Things', curated by  Ben Austin, The D.O.T Project, London.

JUNE 26 - JULY 31

‘The Shape of Things’ is the second group exhibition at

the Dot Project and examines the artistic practice of geometric

abstraction in a contemporary context.

• Jane Bustin
• Katrina Blannin
• Selma Parlour
• Tim Ellis
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Icastica - 'Taverna' - We are Open - 27th June - 27th September 2015

Flavio Favelli, Hugo Canoilas, Salvatore Arancio, Alek O. Gintaras Didžiapetris, Ryan Gander, Gabriele De Santis, Vanessa Billy, Lupo Borgonovo , Nicholas Hatfull, Bedwyr Williams, Samara Scott, Åbäke, Santo Tolone, 
Tim Ellis , Karina Bisch. 

Curated by Ilaria Gianni

Autocatalytic Future Games

Autocatalytic Future Games

On a trajectory from Lascaux via aerosols, our bioaesthetic inheritance is cultivated beneath the inflated sun.  
An accretion of stenciled hands in the darkness, then a trillion painted surfaces.  

A group exhibition. A variation of structured gestures and analogue procedures. A compilation of paintings in 2015.  

Paintings selected by each artist. Exhibition created and organised by playpaint


Robert Dowling / Ben Cove / Gordon Dalton / EC / Michael Stubbs / Chris Godber / Sharon Hall / Tom Banks / Graham Carrick / Kiera Bennett / Alaena Turner / Louisa Chambers / Mari Reijnders / Phil Illingworth / Selma Parlour / Mimei Thompson / Alison Pilkington / Charley Peters / Andrew Seto / Melanie Carvalho / Alex Ball / Clare Price / Howard Dyke / Jessica Slater / Ross Walker / Rae Hicks / Gemma Cossey / Mandy Payne / Tamara Dubnyckyj / Tim Ellis / Maggie Hills / Greg Rook / Jonathan Parsons / Lucy Boyle / Simon Burton / Sarah Poots / Lisa Penny / Le Guo / Philip Jones / David Ryan / Andy Harper / Sophia Starling / Marielle Hehir / Simon Bill / Hogan Brown / Andrea Medjesi-Jones / Clare Chapman / Dan Coombs / Tom Ellis / Marcus Cope / Andris Walds / Virginia Verran / Cathy Lomax / Ian Baker / Lothar Goetz / Shaan Syed / Peter Lamb / Caterina Lewis / Paul Manners / Stephanie Moran / James Connelly / Oliver Bancroft / Lee Marshall / Kate Warner / Katie Pratt / Jason Hawkridge / playpaint / Kirsten Reynolds / Marta Bakst / Alexis Harding / Ben Cottrell / Caroline Hands / Gary Andrew Clarke / Jules Clarke / Katrina Blannin / Matthew Hunt / Rachel Levitas / Rob Leech / Andrew Graves / Charles Williams / Hannah Knox / John Tiney / Philip Allen / Simon Haddock / David Oates / Tim Allen / Lizzie LLoyd / Alli Sharma / Alex Dipple


Exhibition Continues / 11th - 14th + 17th - 21st June 1.00 - 6.00 pm

Contact / playpaint@live.co.uk

www.autocatalyticfuturegames.co.uk
www.noformat.co.uk


How to get to no format (Second Floor Studios & Arts);

By train from London Cannon Street or London Bridge to Woolwich Dockyard. Then a 12/15 minute walk to Warspite Road.

By tube on the Jubilee Line, or Docklands Light Railway to North Greenwich, then a 472 or 161 bus to Warspite Road.

By Docklands Light Railway to Woolwich Arsenal then a train to Woolwich Dockyard or the 161 bus to Warspite Road.

From Lewisham; 180 bus to Warspite Road.

From Peckham; 177 bus to Warspite Road.

By road from Greenwich or Woolwich along the A206 to Warspite Road. (There's plenty of free parking available).

By bike, a 25 minutes ride from Greenwich along the Thames tow path to Thames Barrier then a short detour via A206.

Tutti Frutti - Turps Banana - London

http://turpsbanana.com/blog

Carla Busuttil | Graham Crowley | Kaye Donachie | Tim Ellis | Nick Goss | John Greenwood | Erin Lawlor | George Little Katrin Mäurich | Charley Peters | Audrey Reynolds | Daniel Sturgis | Richard Wathen | James White 

Opening: 24th April 2015 6.30pm

Turps Banana painting magazine will launch its new exhibition space at the Aylesbury Estate in South East London, the inaugural show organised by Katrina Blannin, Juan Bolivar and Caterina Lewis.

The gallery ethos will echo that of Turps painting magazine whereby painters will curate exhibitions that reflect the energy, range and diversity within contemporary painting practice.

12a -13a Taplow, Thurlow Street, London, SE17 2UQ (entrance via stairwell and ramp on East Street)

Exhibition runs: 24th April – 24th May 2015

Opening times: Fridays & Saturdays (Thursdays by appointment)

For further information contact the gallery on gallery@turpsbanana.com or +44 (0)7866 946631

'Long Ting (No Long Ting)', Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.

Niek Hendrix, Cedar Lewisohn, Kym Ward, Tim Ellis and David Salle.
17.01.2015 - 14.02.15

Long ting’ (No long ting’)* has evolved out of an on-going dialog between artists Cedar Lewisohn and Niek Hendrix relating to image appropriation within an art historical context. At what exact point does an appropriated image become that of the appropriator? This was previously a standard post-modern debate, often focusing on the political consequences of “images” being given new context. How has the advent of digital technology and communication affected this discussion? Viral images can now be made and viewed by millions of people around the world within minutes. The authors of such memes are often left anonymous as the image is repeatedly reposted. Where does all of this leave painters and image makers working today? Is the slow, considered nature of their practice merely a relic of a quaint, by gone age? Or should we be more optimistic about the possibilities of analog production in the meta-modern age? The artist will explore these questions and conundrums not only with artworks but also a series of new fictitious texts written by curator Huib Haye van der Werf. The idea of the texts is to inspire an alternative set of parameters though which the individual works and the show as whole can be seen. The artists in the exhibition all share similar concerns of authorship, historic and contemporary, but the selection also includes works with do not sit so smoothly into this narrative. The idea here is to disrupt a simple linear or conceptual understanding of the presentation, by either including work associated with a different generations (David Salle), or work with takes the notion of appropriation into the realm of corporate infiltration, using mediums such as performance and video (Kym Ward).

*Long ting: A phrase used to describe something that: a) Takes a long time b) Is tedious or stressful c) Doesn't interest you. Originates from London.

No long ting: A phrase used to say that everything will be fine. Originates from London.

Text based on works of the Jan van Eyck artists-in-residence by Huib Haye van der Werf, go to NEWS: http://www.ronmandos.nl/news

FIN - FOLD - LONDON

Dan Davis  Dominic Beattie  Finbar Ward  Kes Richardson  

Simon Callery  Tim Ellis  Valérie Kolakis 

Saturday 10th January - Sunday 25th January 2015

FOLD Gallery is pleased to announce our final show in Clerkenwell.  The exhibition consists of works by our represented artists and will link to works to be featured at London Art Fair 2015.

The premise of the exhibition is one of materiality and physical interventions that are employed by each artist, and the value – significance – that the material nature has for the viewer.  There is also an awareness that the audience is being pushed to the point where the idea of viewing is an actively involving process, not a traditionally passive one.

Works with canvas, wood, pigment, powders and plastics – are shown alongside works made from the most basic materials – scraps of plywood, sheets of stickers, marker pen and spray paint. Paintings with a central geometric motif subjected to varying levels of erasure, repetition and concealment are shown alongside paintings that protrude from the wall, paintings that sit on the floor and elegant concrete sculptures made from found objects. The ‘matter’ of the work invites the viewer to create a new encounter with it. A re-appropriation of material and positioning engages the viewer to question both the ‘matter’ behind the production of the work and also how it is displayed.

The exhibition describes a way of seeing particular to a group of artists whose work offers an understanding of physical space as conceptually constructed images. Drawing from a variety of sources from the industrial to the domestic, design and architecture, these artists present work where the image becomes an object in its own right. Perspective shifts, physical forms and surface texture engage the viewer offering a vision of abstraction. But through material and pictorial decisions a presence of something more is revealed. These works induce a meditative state questioning the relationship between image and object, and allow the possibility for something symbolic to appear.