'Phase 1' (Reseau Peinture), Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

'Phase 1' (Reseau Peinture), Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

'Flatland', FOLD Gallery, London.

'Flatland', FOLD Gallery, London.

http://www.foldgallery.com/exhibition/flatland/

‘Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it…and you will have a pretty correct notion of my country and countrymen.’

Edwin A. Abbott – Flatland (1884)

Flatland is an exhibition of contemporary painting that takes its name from Edwin A. Abbott’s book about life in a two-dimensional world.

The six artists in the exhibition use both traditional and unconventional techniques and media in their approach to the discipline. Exploring various ways that the definition of painting is continuously evolving, the exhibition seeks to expand the traditional parameters of painting: blurred, deconstructed, and refigured.

These artists treat abstraction as one language among many, neither privileged nor reactionary. Some of their common themes are clear: history and the passing of time, the representation or metaphor of the body, the depiction and negotiation of spatial elements, worlds within worlds: while others more elusive. Working with an optimism and freedom within the medium the artists in this show amply demonstrate that painting is an unfinished project, a work in progress, as mysterious and vital as ever.

'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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