Thursday, 19 November 2015

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

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

19th November 15th January





Thursday, 17 September 2015

'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 





Friday, 21 August 2015

'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).

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

'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.







Saturday, 27 June 2015

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

Thursday, 11 June 2015

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.