Tuesday 1 April 2014

Art Map April


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TUESDAY 1 APRIL

Siobhan Davies Studios, 2-3pm exhibition tour with Chritian Kerrigan 'First to Bloom, Last to Leave'

'First to Bloom, Last to Leave' is a series of sculptures that are inspired by the linden – or lime – tree growing outside Siobhan Davies Studios fuse digital technology, scientific methods and organic matter. Kerrigan (former Artist-in-Residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010) observes the tree’s growth and interaction with its surroundings by using film and sound recordings to document change. In the autumn, Kerrigan will return with Part Two of his exhibition, using these spring recordings and the collection of linden tree seeds and fallen leaves.

CGP London Café Gallery and CGP London Dilston Grove, 6:30-8:30 private view Mark Titchner solo show

CGP London has, for the very first time, commissioned a single artist to present works across it’s two venues. Mark Titchner's practise spans a number of media including digital print, wall drawing, video, sculpture and installation. Titchner will present a new series of wall drawings specifically conceived for Cafe Gallery. His practise explores systems of belief, both secular and spiritual, often focusing on the marginalized, discredited or forgotten ideologies and objects we place our faith in.

Marlborough Fine Art, 6-8pm private view Nina Murdoch 'Enlightenment'

The Directors of Marlborough Fine Art are delighted to announce their forthcoming exhibition of new
work by Nina Murdoch which follows on from her very successful exhibition Shedding Light held here in 2011.

noshowspace, 7pm Giorgio Sadotti 'Sign'

Sign is a new sign by Sadotti using the font SPLIT SWISS created by the artist and recently launched at noshowspace. It is to be hung on the facade of noshowspace at 13 Gibraltar Walk, London E2.

The Uncertain States at Ziferblat, 7:15pm first Tuesday talk 'The Anatomical Man'

The Uncertain States put on a photography event the first Tuesday of every month.


WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL

Lima Zulu, 12-7pm Listening Party

On the 2nd April, copeland will present Listening Party at LimaZulu. Visitors are invited to arrive anytime during the specified opening hours for a chance to preview her upcoming album “Because I’m Worth It”. No appointment necessary. Listening environment provided.


Standpoint Gallery, 6:30pm talk/performance by Laura Reeves

Laura Reeves explores the commonality of nostalgia and experience. More often than not Laura directly situates herself within the work, using humour and pathos to consider notions of sentimentality. The works take the form of presentations and performance, printed matter and photography to mediate a memory or story.
For her event Laura will use objects, text and projection to consider her practice within the context of Standpoint, and her experience of the residency. Laura will also discuss the new ways in which her writing informs her practice.

Chisenhale Gallery, 7pm artist talk 'Why the clock is to time what laminate flooring is to trees'

Cathy Haynes introduces her research project, Stereochron Island, for the Chisenhale Gallery Victoria Park Residency. Drawing on ideas from anthropology to astrophysics, and the skill of telling time through shadows and birdsong, Haynes argues that the Park protects a richer and more layered experience of time than the ‘mono’ time of the mechanical clock.


THURSDAY 3 APRIL

Parasol Unit, 6:30-9pm private view Shezad Dawood 'Towards the Possible Film'

Shezad Dawood (b. London, 1974) works across film, painting and sculpture to critique established notions of identity. Towards the Possible Film is Dawood’s first solo show in a London institution, and invites visitors to discover a group of recently executed light sculptures; an installation of large scale paintings on textile; two films, A Mystery Play, 2010 and Towards the Possible Film, 2014, the latter of which will have its UK premiere at Parasol unit. 
Shezad Dawood, ‘Towards the Possible Film’ (production still), 2014

‎Paul McPherson Gallery, 6-9pm Aleksandar Basic 'The Londoner And The Interview'

Aleksandar Basic & Paul McPherson Gallery present to you The Londoner and The Interview. In Aleksandar's first solo show, he'll be unleashing collection of figurative-abstract works (25 oil paintings and 10 ink/mix media drawings) inspired with people, modern commuters that are travelling to work.
Londoner and Interview collection is about people representing only one but existential part of theirs contemporary life. This collection is in a way also a portrait of society and representation of present economic climate. According to the artist the juxtaposed images are appropriate as they carry greater information for the situation at present as it is complex and puzzling.

Gallery SO, 6-9pm private view Kimiaki Kageyama solo show

A show of art jewellery made by Japanese master goldsmith Kimiaki Kageyama.

IMT, 6-9pm private view 'Shaken from the Sky' group show

Artists: Clare Gasson, Rowena Hughes, Patricia Pinsker, NaoKo TakaHashi
Curated by NaoKo TakaHashi
Rowena Hughes, 'Between the Liquid & the Crystal', 2014

Stour Space Gallery, 7-11pm private view Sara Lofwander 'Dinosaraus'

Sara says: “The exhibition DINOSARAUS features two of my greatest loves, freedom and nature. FREEDOM: Being naked in nature has always made me feel free and relaxed. As a photographer I wanted to capture this feeling of being free in images, so 3 years ago I started taking naked self-portraits on a trip to Alaska and I have been doing it ever since. NATURE: I want to make nature a more important and real element in my work for this exhibition. How? By bringing an element of real nature to the photos. The last three years I have experimented with scanned pieces of flowers and plants on top of photographs. This is what I am doing for this exhibition. The result will be a mix of free expression and fresh, beautiful nature – reflecting my vision and my aim with the series – to make people care more about nature.”
Robert Muntean, Returner
Spoil and Fill is a moving image project and installation revealing the dramatic story of 80 Bishopsgate, a building destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1993, rebuilt, and subsequently demolished in 2011.
A personal project for artist Amanda Loomes – who previously worked in the construction industry and was a site engineer on the re-building of 80 Bishopsgate before beginning her career as an artist – Spoil and Fill is also Loomes’ largest project to date. Drawing from the artist’s archive of documentation on the building and historical footage of the city, a video is projected onto a wall built from 144 concrete test cubes in the gallery which stands minutes from the location of the bombing. In addition the installation comprises a pop-up book by artist Marenka Gabeler and texts from writer Charmian Griffin, these works were developed in collaboration with Loomes in response to investigations into ruins, facsimiles and decay.

Graffiti Life Gallery, 6:30pm private view 'Superheroes' group show

Adam Brazier, Benjamin Badbones, Coney, Darren John, Rosie Woods
With great superheroes, comes great fan art and in celebration of these super beings we’ve all grown to love, both in print and on the big screen, we will be paying homage to some of our favourite characters by dedicating our next SAIL exhibition to them! Superhero costumes encouraged.


FRIDAY 4 APRIL

David Zwirner, 6-8pm private view Michael Dean and Fred Sandback 'Sharing Space' 

Opening to coincide with the London gallery’s first solo exhibition of works by Michael Riedel.
Sharing Space is the third in a series of curated shows which supplement the annual program at David Zwirner with smaller intimate presentations featuring the gallery’s artists and beyond. The exhibition is curated by Associate Director Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal. 

David Zwirner, 6-8pm private view Michael Riedel 'Laws of Form'

Over the past decade, German artist Michael Riedel (born 1972) has incorporated a wide range of media into his practice, including large-scale works on canvas, fabric works, film and video, audio recordings, installations, and events. A central focus of his work is the publishing and production of artist’s books, catalogues, brochures, posters, and cards. The artist’s new book, Oskar, will be published to coincide with the exhibition.

V&A, 7-8:45pm evening talk Giambattista Valli - Italian Haute Couture (£15 must book)

Italian designer Giambattista Valli discusses his career, vision for his brand, and current projects with fashion writer Gianluca Longo. Giambattista Valli launched his eponymous label in 2005 after he held senior creative positions at Fendi, Krizia and Ungaro. In 2011 he showed his first appraised Haute Couture show. 


SATURDAY 5 APRIL 

Lisson Gallery, 10:30-12:30pm first weekend brunch and talk Joyceland – New York State of Mind

Joyce Pensato paints exuberant, explosive likenesses of cartoon characters and comic-book heroes. For her debut exhibition at Lisson Gallery, she will be showing new paintings featuring Batman, Donald Duck and various characters from The Simpsons. Included among them is a darkened visage of Homer Simpson crossed with Groucho Marx as well as Marge from Hell, Pensato’s giant pastel and charcoal drawing. The artist will be present for the month prior to opening, painting a large-scale mural on to the gallery’s back wall, a practice she has recently returned to for her major museum presentations in Europe and America.

Serpentine Gallery, 3pm Saturday talks: Ben Highmore on Haim Steinbach: once again the world is flat.

Prof. Ben Highmore (Cultural Studies, University of Sussex) discusses Haim Steinbach's practice in the context of the rituals of everyday life, at the Serpentine Gallery.

Rowing Projects, 4-6pm talk with Dawn Mellor, John Russell and Sarah Salin.

Paul Sharits, Rapture, 1987, courtesy The Artist's Estate and LUX, London

Kate Macgarry, 10:30am brunch Francis Upritchard in conversation with Filipa Ramos



SUNDAY 6 APRIL

Serpentine Gallery, 12-5pm Family Day: Home Sweet Home

Design and make functional objects to furnish our empty house inspired by both the Martino Gamper: design is a state of mind and Haim Steinbach: once again the world is flat. exhibitions.

Zabludowicz Collection, 2pm artist talk and exhibition tour with Frances Scott

Infinite City micro-residency artist Frances Scott will talk about her practice and introduce the Another Way of Reading exhibition she has curated at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery. This will be followed by a short ‘walk and talk’ to the Zabludowicz Collection accompanied by artist Jonathan Murphy, during which they will tell stories about the locale. Frances will then give a tour of the Infinite City exhibition with Zabludowicz Collection Public Programme Curator, Kelly Large.
Event schedule:
2pm: Frances Scott will talk about her work and the exhibition at Swiss Cottage Library gallery.
3pm: Frances and Jonathan ‘walk and talk’ on the journey between Swiss Cottage Library and the Zabludowicz Collection, accompanied by the audience.
3.30pm: Frances Scott and Kelly Large, Public Programme Curator will lead a 30 minute tour of the Infinite City exhibition.
Please note the talk will start at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery followed by a short walk to the
Zabludowicz Collection for the exhibition tour.
FREE, Booking recommended.

Ziferblat, 4-6pm drawing class by Bella Frank

A female model will pose for the class (clothed) for varying lengths of time for you to try your hand at drawing from a figure. Bella will introduce you to the practise and then during breaks will give you tips & advice on your work... as well as providing you with homemade cake & good vibes from the kitchen of her baking passion! 


MONDAY 7 APRIL

V&A, 7:30-9:30pm performance Pocket Henry V (£5/£12)

All-male theatre company Propeller perform the tale of England’s greatest warrior, Henry V as he prepares to lead England into battle with France. The performance is followed by an interactive talkback session with the cast. Must book.

Ognisko Polskie, 7:30pm private view ‘Haiku Prelude – Haiku Kami’

Project Haiku Prelude – Haiku Kami is dedicated to the victims of the Great Eastern Tohoku Earthquake at 11th March 2011. It consists series of paintings inspired by haiku and the project’s publication, proceeds from which are donated annually to Momo - Kaki Orphans Fund, chaired by Tadao Ando.


You are invited into the repurposed warehouses of Manor House for the very first inHOUSE Film Festival. Five days of Film, Music, Fashion and Art, celebrating the diverse artistic talent of the thriving local community and beyond.

I strongly recommend this event to everyone! Haringey is like Neverland, its like a massive tree house, its better than any space your imagination could have created. And you feel like a Lost Boy the second you walk in.

Wednesday 9 April, 6-11pm launch party inHOUSE Film Festival (invitation only) 
inHOUSE Film Festival welcomes you into the warehouses of Haringey, home to a thriving artistic community, and offers you a glimpse into an exciting world of fashion, film, photography, music and visuals. Live shows, interactive exhibitions and great music combine to give the perfect blend of stimulation for the senses.

Thursday 10 April, 6-11pm Fashion inHOUSE Film Festival (£3(day pass), £10 (week pass))
Glamour and glitz with an industrial backdrop. Designers and models flaunt their wares, as the catwalk is lit by the works of talented filmmakers and the warehouses echo with the sound of guitars and beats.

Friday 11 April, 6pm-1am Music inHOUSE Film Festival (£3(day pass), £10 (week pass))
inHOUSE celebrates the musical side of film with an audio visual experience like no other. With a combination of music videos, talks from directors and producers, live performances and live A/V installation's, we promise an aural/visual delight of a night! "Live Music should look as good as it sounds" - Adam Ant

Saturday 12 April, 11am-1am Film inHOUSE Film Festival (£3(day pass), £10 (week pass))
Industry sessions, Shorts, Documentaries, Outdoor screening, live music
The weekend brings together the best new shorts and animations mixed with live music, exciting documentaries, film-maker talks and outdoor screenings. Content from across London and from the far corners of Europe has been curated into bite-size segments of visual joy for your delectation.

Sunday 13 April, 11am-6pm Film inHOUSE Film Festival (£3(day pass), £10 (week pass))
Industry sessions, Shorts, Documentaries, Outdoor screening, live music
The weekend brings together the best new shorts and animations mixed with live music, exciting documentaries, film-maker talks and outdoor screenings. Content from across London and from the far corners of Europe has been curated into bite-size segments of visual joy for your delectation.


WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL

V&A, 10:30am-5:30pm conference Made in Italy - re-use of Fashion Heritage and New Digital Perspectives

CONFERENCE: This one day International conference, held in conjunction with Europeana Fashion, examines the fascinating intersection of fashion and the digital world.
The conference will examine digital fashion heritage today through the prism of Italy's premier fashion houses, museums and archives. The programme will include talks by representatives from Italian fashion houses such as Bulgari and Missoni as well as contributions from noted fashion historians. 
Free, advanced booking essential.

Richard Saltoun, 6-8pm private view Viennese Season: Feminism

Richard Saltoun Gallery announce the second of their two-part series of Viennese art: Feminism.
Following on from Part I: Actionism, Richard Saltoun will present the work of VALIE EXPORT and Friedl Kubelka. Both artists posited their art at the centre of artistic debates of subjects of gender, the body, and politics. The photographic images and films that result from their practices are presented through the lens of a personal reflective awareness of the body.
VALIE EXPORT Smart / Export II, 1968/1970

Standpoint Gallery is proud to present a solo show of new work by the 2013 Mark Tanner Sculpture Award winner Iain Hales. Hales was selected from over 200 applicants from across the UK, by a panel comprising Lisa Le Feuvre, Director of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute, British Sculptor Richard Deacon, MTSA winner 2011 Jemima Brown, and MTSA trustee Rebecca Scott. Iain Hales grounds his practice in the formal ‘language’ of sculpture, exploring traditional considerations of weight, form, geometry, balance, texture, composition, scale, and colour. Within this repertoire, however, he often takes a humorous, sideways look at some of the gendered or sexualised associations of simple forms and architectural motifs.

Beers Contemporary, 6-9pm private view 'In Place of a Trophy' group show 

Artists: Vasilis Asimakopoulos, Leo Babsky, Olivier Kosta-Thefaine, Frank Maier
'In Place of a Trophy' puts forward four internationally based artists who are professionally situated at the crux between emerging and midcareer, each of whom produces compelling artwork of an extremely high quality that transcends any conventional understanding of the object of art. The selected artwork presents a physical reconstruction of a concept of the constructed environment; through the displacement of structure and re-imagining of context and materiality, the works reconsider our understanding of space and construct as material and unstable.

The Approach Gallery, 6pm private view Sam Windett soloshow


Richard Saltoun, 7pm Friedl Kubelka Film Evening

Friedl Kubelka (vom Gröller) (b. 1946, London, UK)
 Born in London to parents seeking political refuge, Kubelka spent her childhood in East Berlin before her parents settled in Vienna. She studied industrial photography at the Graphic Instruction and Research Institute, Vienna, from 1965 to 1969. She later founded her own 'School of Artistic Photography' in the city (1990), and the School for Independent Film (2010). She was awarded the State Prize for Photography in 2005, Austria's most prestigious photography award, and has had solo exhibitions at the Centre George Pompidou, Paris (1980), Fotogalerie, Vienna (2004), and the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (2005).
Friedl KUBELKA, Pin-Ups, 1971

Parasol Unit, 7pm talk Intercapillary Places: Mystery and Medicine (£5/£6)

Three speakers will examine medical history and poetry, place and allegory. Tessa Whitehouse will focus on a literary exploration of the medical geography of Moorfields in East London into the 18th century; Fabian MacPherson will read poetry drawn from medical and scientific text and Edmund Hardy will speak on the relation between alchemy, power and language.
Shezad Dawood, 'Mên-an-Tol', 2013. Acrylic on vintage textile, 200 x 274 cm. Courtesy Paradise Row, London

Studio Voltaire, 6:30-8:30pm private view Ella Kruglyanskaya 'How to work together' 

Opening 11 April 2014, Studio Voltaire will present a new commission by Latvian-born, New York-based Ella Kruglyanskaya, her first solo show in a public gallery outside of the US. Kruglyanskaya’s paintings vigorously play with the female form, female sexuality and social interaction.
Kruglyanskaya’s cartoon-like characters are friends and ‘frienemies’ down at the beach, out-and-about, running from a menacing presence: enforced neighbours butting against each other in the tight space of the stretched canvas. These buxom women anticipate an audience, exaggerating both voyeurism and exhibitionism, confronting cultural tropes with bawdy humour.
Ella Kruglyanskaya, Singing Maids, 2014. Oil and oil stick on linen, 213.4 x 167.6 cm / 84 x 66 in. A Studio Voltaire commission, courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

Zabludowicz Collection, 7-9pm private view Stuart Whipps soloshow

Stuart Whipps presents an installation of three new works that bring together disparate strands of his ongoing research into the history of monuments, and the relationship between photographic processes and physical materials. The specific focus here being connections between dead architecture and dead architects.


FRIDAY 11 APRIL
Wally Olins is ‘the world’s leading practitioner of branding and identity’, according to The Financial Times. Formerly Chairman of Wolff Olins, he has advised many of the world’s leading companies, including the V&A, within the UK and abroad. He discusses the future of brands with the V&A’s Director of Public Programmes, Damien Whitmore. Must book.


SATURDAY 12 APRIL

Serpentine Gallery, 3pm talk Saturday Live: Leah Capaldi

Artist Leah Capaldi reflects on the encounter of object, body and sculpture in a durational performance in the Sackler Centre of Arts Education, at the Serpentine Gallery - in response and in close proximity to the exhibition by Haim Steinbach, once again the world is flat.

Wilkinson Gallery, 6-8pm private view Ketty La Rocca and Pennacchio Argentato



Zabludowics Collection, 2-5pm drop-in workshop Families Create Slow Art Day special

Explore ways of making art slowly as part of Slow Art Day, which is a worldwide celebration of looking at art using a slower pace. Led by artist Effie Coe. Suitable for children aged 3 and above accompanied by an adult.
Phil Bergerson in conversation with Marco Bohr, followed by a book signing
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Gasworks, 7pm In Conversation: Maryam Jafri and TJ Demos

Maryam Jafri discusses her practice with TJ Demos, critic and Reader in the Department of Art History, University College London.
Maryam Jafri, Mouthfeel, 2014, 21:34 min, 2K HD video with sound. Courtesy the artist

David Roberts Art Foundation, 7-9pm private view Michael Simpson 'Study 6'

Performance by Tim Etchells 7:30-8:30pm
An in-depth study of the work of British artist Michael Simpson, focussing on his Bench painting series (1989-2009). 
At the core of the exhibition are four major paintings, each five metres wide, inspired by
the writings and violent death of the sixteenth century Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno. Alongside, related materials from the artist's studio and archive are exhibited for the first time, including a range of drawings, sketches and rare publications. The last gallery introduces Simpson's most recent series with a composite four-canvas work from Leper Squint (2012- ongoing).
Michael Simpson, Bench painting no 50, 1996-1998, oil paint on canvas. Courtesy: David Roberts collection 


WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL

Massimo De Carlo, 6-8pm private view 'Furniture' group show

Artists: Rob Pruitt, Andra Ursuta, Kaari Upson, Josh Smith and Thomas Grünfeld


Massimo De Carlo, 6-8pm private view Max Bill solo show

Arcadia Missa, 7pm Testcenter Booklaunch



THURSDAY 17 APRIL

The White Building, 7-9pm private view How to Become Informatically Opaque

Zach Blas will present an experimental lecture based on his on-going projects Facial Weaponization Suite and Face Cages. The talk will investigate biometrics and surveillance, queer politics, and mask-making.
Must Book http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-become-informatically-opaque-tickets-9984573127


IMT, 7-9pm performance Clare Gasson entitled ‘To and for AT/October 2013/the seed in the chain of thoughts/calling up the spirit of the infinite/endless/equations/renamed March 2014′



Zabludowics Collection, 7-9pm Trisha Baga book launch

An evening of live entertainment to celebrate the publication of the book that accompanies the current Trisha Baga solo exhibition.


Encounter Fine Art, 7pm private view Charley Peters 'Liminality'

Encounter Fine Art is delighted to announce its first virtual exhibition. Launching on the 17th of April Encounter will present an engaging and visually arresting series of works on paper by the artist Charley Peters. The exhibition also marks an exciting collaboration between Encounter Fine Art and Exhibbit. Through the implementation of 3D software audiences are able to interact with Peters’ artwork within a virtual gallery space. 


Rob Tufnell Gallery, 6-9pm private view Henning Bohl 'Kadath Fatal'

Rob Tufnell presents an exhibition of new works by Henning Bohl.
Bohl has previously employed a wide variety of media accommodating found materials and taking the form of free-standing sculpture, sculptural reliefs, friezes, collages, prints, posters and videos.The title of the exhibition references a mythical peak where gods dwell ‘in the cold waste where no man treads’ described in H.P.Lovecraft’s ‘The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath’ (1926/27).


WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL

ZAP, 12:30pm lunchtime talk 'The A-Z of Surviving as an artist' (£7/£12)

Anecdotal, practical and philosophical this talk is packed with information pertinent to all artists at any stage in their careers including students, new graduates as well as mid-career and mature artists. Artists & curators, Annabel Tilley & Rosalind Davis discuss leaving art school and surviving as well as residencies, galleries, exhibitions, collectors, curating, teaching, tweeting, funding, marketing, portfolio careers .... and balancing it all! This two hour talk gives you the opportunity to networking with other artists after the event.

Schwartz Gallery, 6-9pm private view Lana Locke 'Damaging Objects' 

Damaging Objects is the first in a series of solo exhibitions by emerging contemporary artists at Schwartz Gallery, and Lana Locke’s first gallery solo show.
Damaging Objects has two implications for the art objects in the exhibition: objects that have damage done to them, and objects that are enacting damage (or planning to). Building on the themes of Locke’s practice-based PhD on The agonistic struggle of the art object against the space in which it is installed, the objects and the gallery space become adversaries in a power struggle. Setting up a precarious environment in the gallery, the twin strands of damage seep from the objects as they engage with the space: the one strand aggressive, picking a fight with the space; the other melancholic, fragile, and licking their wounds.


Breese Little Gallery, 6-9pm Elio Rodríguez: Corridas y Venidas

Corridas y Venidas is a selection of Rodríguez’s recent work including paintings, silkscreen prints, etchings and sculpture. This multi media selection is unusual for Rodríguez who tends to exhibit the many strands of his practise in isolation. He describes the processes as so distinct that the results can suggest a different artist at work. However, clear threads are consistent through Rodríguez’s practise, contributing to the commercialised myth of Macho Enterprise, the concept behind his entire body of work. 


The Contemporary London and Griffin Gallery, 6:30-8:30pm private view Archaelogies group show

Artists: Vasilis Avramidis, Jess Littlewood, Suzanne Moxhay and Reginal Aloysious
Archaeologies presents alternative landscapes that invite us into uncanny private new worlds of imagination, fantasy and marked human absence. Both Avramidis and Aloysius create intensely detailed and skillfully delicate lush environments, where architecture is entangled with wild vegetation and the traditional and modern are meshed together. In contrast Littlewood and Moxhay’s post-Apocalyptic isolated spaces confront the viewer with a silent timelessness of cultivated order and the struggle for the ideal. With each of the works the viewer stumbles onto moments where they are forced to question the narratives of what has just happened and what events are yet to take place.


Carl Freedman Gallery, 6-8pm private view Jessie Flood-Paddock 'Nude'



THURSDAY 24 APRIL

Pace Gallery, 6-8pm private view Zhang Huan solo show 

Spring Poppy Fields features fourteen vividly coloured, oil on linen paintings that have occupied the artist’s practice between 2011 and 2014. Alluding to Buddhist masks and iconography, the series is inspired by Zhang Huan’s extensive travel to Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and India.

Zabludowicz Collection, 7pm film screening 'Another way of Reading'

To co-incide with her Infinite City micro-residency artist Frances Scott hosts a screening of short films, including works selected from the Zabludowicz Collection and Camden’s Art Collection.
FREE, Booking recommended

Parasol Unit, 7pm talk and film screening Shezad Dawood in conversation with Oliver Baciano (£5/£6) 

Exhibiting artist Shezad Dawood will discuss his practice and current exhibition at Parasol unit, in conversation with writer and critic Oliver Basciano. The talk will include the premier screening of Dawood’s New Dream Machine Project II (15 mins), a film commissioned in 2013 by Parasol unit as part of the Parasolstice – Winter Light Project.

Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, 6:30-9pm private view Hector Castells-Matutano 'Plasvivor'

Sheets of plastic lay outstretched as if pressed between slides, ready to view through a microscope. Their thin skin takes on a transparency that imbues this most hardy of industrial materials with a delicacy, rendering them fragile. Pieces of ripped-up plastic bags are joined by other paraphernalia, bits and pieces, bottle caps and feathers, transforming into a strange, postmodern stained glass window. In other works, large sculptures are altars to our consumer society, while long reels of slides, lit from behind, become intricate mosaics, illuminated manuscripts telling the tale of the human detritus that makes up our streets.


Arcadia Missa, 8:30-10:30pm Cinema6 Launch @ PeckhamPlex

Seminal Feminist Film "Born in Flames", screening at the PeckhamPlex to launch John Hill/Screenshadows + Collaborators "Cinema6" project at Arcadia Missa.
New York-based English artist Anthony McCall is joined in conversation with art historian Anne Wagner, author of a new essay in the recently published monograph, Anthony McCall: 1970s Works on Paper (Walther Konig, 2014). The pair will discuss McCall’s rarely seen drawings and photographs from the 1970s, as well as the relationship of those works to the performances and films he was also producing at that time.
Anthony McCall, Four Projected Movements, 1975, wax pencil on paper. Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London


SPECIAL EVENT 

Friday 25 - Saturday 26 April

EC1 & WC1 Gallery Day

Most Galleries in EC1 and WC1 will be staying open till 8pm on Friday and Saturday, and many will have drinks and nibbles!


FRIDAY 25 APRIL

V&A, 6:30-10pm Fraiday late - Synthetic Aesthetics

An evening of performances, talks and one-off displays that explore the emerging field of synthetic biology and its affect on the future of design. Free.

Domobaal Gallery, 6-8pm private view Rachel Adams solo show

Rachel Adams’ work is drawing, but not quite as we know it. Using paper draped over wooden armatures to create large sculptural forms in bleached-out, faded pastel tones, Adams extrapolates one of drawing’s traditional functions – to define spatial relationships on a plane – into three dimensions. Her work occupies the space of the gallery much as a bronze sculpture would, but with none of its mass and spatial aggression. 


Bearspace, 6-9pm private view Alastair Gordon 'What You Will'

Alastair John Gordon’s recent work strongly references a tradition of illusionistic painting that proliferated in Northern Europe from about 1600. A specific form of illusionism called quodlibet(what you will). From here he paints an array of selected objects that on first glance appear to be ‘pinned’ or ‘taped’ in low relief. Certain questions emerge about the craft of the artist, representation and the artist’s materials.


Pump House Gallery, 6:30-8:30 private view The Garment Project: a Fashion Exhibition

Curated by Orsola de Castro, The Garment Project celebrates the creative processes involved in the conception and realisation of making clothes for the fashion industry. Including work by young people who have been collaborating with Fashion Enter Ltd (part of FashionCapital.co.uk), professional designers, pattern cutters and makers, this inspiring exhibition showcases the range of skills and imagination behind the finished garment.


The Investigation Series, 7pm - late private view 'One to One: Charting the Personal Terrain' group show

Artists: Alejandra Lopez, Anna Pickles Harvey, Ben Walker, Jacob Watmore, Kat Buchanan, Kirsten Bertelsen, Moea Creugnet, Rianna Suen, Serena Chalker, Steph Choy, Will BeDell
The Investigation Series is proud to present One to One: Charting the Personal Terrain, a contemporary art exhibition showcasing the work of 11 emerging artists who investigate personal geographies and the narrative form in art. Apart from a permanent collection, a curated set-list of events over the weekend creates a “live” space within the exhibition.


HYSTERIA, 1-11pm one day exhibition

Artsits: Lewis G. Burton, Andie Macario, Victor Ivanov, Amy Kingsmill, Katherine Howe, Rosanna McNamara, Agata Cardoso, Giulia Loi, Bethe Bronson, Anna Kolosova, Yasmine Akim, Emma Harvey, Julia Maddison, Katy Wallwork, Maria Marquez, Simone Fontana Reis, Kerry Burns, Trinity Spöhrer, Lena Mattsson, Paula Chambers, Cécile Emmanuelle Borra
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HYSTERIA presents a one-day exhibition for artworks that explore the potential of feminist resistance and transformation, providing a space for artists who dare to lay bare the reality of patriarchy. Such is a reality that can be denaturalized, scrutinized and criticized but the question remains, can it ultimately be disrupted? Can feminist critique catch up with reality or collapse into futility? It is the impossibility of capturing a moment of detour from reality that art renders momentarily possible. HYSTERIA strives to prompt viewers and the viewed at this exhibition to reflect on how cultural imagery and narratives potentialize manifestation in reality.


SATURDAY 26 APRIL
On Saturday 26 April, in addition to of Rachel Adams’ exhibition we also present 2 projects outside the front of the gallery. 'Men In Black - Barry Sonnenfeld 1997' by the design group INTERNATIONAL LAWNS, who, driven by a fascination and respect for the history of brand management and corporate identity, undertake projects by both commission and personal motivation. In contrast to the façade of resolute self-belief characterised by most large design groups, INTERNATIONAL LAWNS practice a philosophy of doubt, questions and distraction. Current projects include a re-working of Raymond Loewy’s decommissioned cloverleaf co-op logo, an unsolicited rebrand for BT and strategic restructuring of the Rural College of Art. For EC1 & WC1 Gallery Day 2014 they will present 'Men In Black - Barry Sonnenfeld 1997' from their 'Cinematic Lawns' range, an extension of the Lawn Archive.

Carslaw St* Lukes, 12-8pm EC1&WC1 Gallery Day and private view Nessie Stonebridge 


Maria Stenfors, 12-8pm EC1&WC1 Gallery Day book launch about Astrid Svangren's work 


Chisenhale Gallery, 4:30-5:45pm Telling time by the birds. A dawn walk

To celebrate the launch of Made by Hand: Contemporary Makers, Traditional Practices, WORK welcomes three craftspeople featured in the book to discuss their processes, their products, and the place of traditional skill in contemporary design. From3.30pm, each maker will give a short introduction to their practice; from 4pm there will be an opportunity to ‘meet the makers’ and learn about some of the tools and tricks of their trades. The special guest artisans are Tim Chilcott of Green Man Knives; Andreas Hudelmayer, maker of violins, violas and cellos; and Kim Downes of Stuart Hearn Glasswords London.
Late opening of Phil Bergerson: American Artifacts until 8pm on 25 and 26th April, and a book sale at PAPERWORK Bookshop: 40% off all titles and 20% off all print editions for two days only!

Auto Italia South East, 7-9pm private view opti-ME: visions and strategies for tomorrow, today

opti-ME* is a month-long exhibition and event series bringing together a selection of creative workers to interrogate the role of the artist, both as model for radical change and as self-promotional strategist. Exploring different types of artistic agency and modes of (identity) production, invited collaborators will occupy a transformed Auto Italia space, using it as an experimental testing-ground for new work and proposals, and questioning what "being artist" might mean as their skills and production methods become increasingly embedded across other industries.


The Investigation Series, 'One to One: Charting the Personal Terrain' group show

Artists: Alejandra Lopez, Anna Pickles Harvey, Ben Walker, Jacob Watmore, Kat Buchanan, Kirsten Bertelsen, Moea Creugnet, Rianna Suen, Serena Chalker, Steph Choy, Will BeDell
11am-1pm - Lunchtime Film Screening “The Gleaners and I”
2pm-4pm - Writing Club (12 spaces available, registration necessary)
5pm-5.30pm - The Guided Tour: On the Map
7pm-9pm - VIVA VOCE Spoken word and Poetry night


SUNDAY 27 APRIL

The Investigation Series, 'One to One: Charting the Personal Terrain' group show

Artists: Alejandra Lopez, Anna Pickles Harvey, Ben Walker, Jacob Watmore, Kat Buchanan, Kirsten Bertelsen, Moea Creugnet, Rianna Suen, Serena Chalker, Steph Choy, Will BeDell
11am-12pm - In Search of Bas, Hosted by JJ Tipton
1pm-1.30pm - The Other Tour: Off the Map
2pm-3.30pm - The Demolition Project, A Research Workshop
5pm-6pm - JUST A PRETTY LANDFILL…? Hosted by Elenor Hellis
7pm-9pm - One to One: A Seminar on Personal Geographies
Artists: Paul Housley, Joel Tomlin
‘Help me to understand why others seem to plan their memories’ sung Billie MacKenzie in Beyond the Sun. The title Unplanned Memories is a response to this line and describes an exhibition that features two artists in pursuit of the elusive enigmatic soulful object.
A live broadcast by CATALOG, which is a collaborative project between artists Frances Scott and Joyce Cronin, using material found in Swiss Cottage and the Zabludowicz Collection libraries. Produced especially for the Swiss Cottage Library environment, this event is an extension of an ongoing work We interrupt this transmission, a monthly online image-broadcast using email and twitter. For more information visit: http://catalog.org.uk/we-interrupt-this-transmission/
Drop-in anytime between 12 - 8pm.
FREE


TUESDAY 29 APRIL

Parasol Unit, 6-9pm poetry workshop Poems&Possiblities (£5/£6)

Using the new exhibition by Shezad Dawood, Towards the Possible Film, as inspiration, this poetry workshop, led by Simon Pomery, will encourage the translation of filmic methods into your poems. We will read and discuss poetry inspired by films, and use a variety of methods for our writings, including concrete poetry.

White Cube, 6-9pm private view Andreas Gursky solo show

The exhibition centres around a striking new series of photographs that appropriate images taken from Hollywood ‘superhero’ feature films. These ‘superhero’ works from 2013-2014, depict scenes from the Ironman III, Batman and Spiderman films respectively, portraying instantly recognisable comic characters amid idealised, isolated landscapes. The works evoke a sense of alienation, asserting both the power of fantasy and pervasiveness of pop cultural imagery and its immersive presence in the communal psyche.


White Cube, 6-9pm private view 'Inside the White Cube' group show

Artists: Brendan Lynch, Alex Perweiler, Peter Sutherland, Alex de Corte, Jack Greer, Augustus Thompson


Leyden Gallery, 6:30-9pm private view 'Ancient/Modern' group show

Artists: Miranda Benzies, Harry Tompkins, Louise Evans & Enzo Marra
Leyden Gallery is proud to present the second of their Platform for Emerging Arts shows. Once again our curated exhibition features a select group of emerging and graduate artists; their work has been chosen by way of its engagement with our current theme, Ancient/Modern and high-lights the work of an outstanding group of artists and their remarkable art.


The Show Room, 6:3-8:30pm private view How To Work Together: Gerry Bibby

The Showroom is pleased to present an ambitious new commission by Berlin-based Australian artist Gerry Bibby. After his project at Frieze Art Fair in 2013, this will be the artist’s first solo presentation in a public space in the UK. Venturing beyond the scope of a typical artist commission, Bibby will take up residence at The Showroom and work behind the scenes, exploring the possibilities and limitations of the artist/institution dynamic. From this shift in position, he will probe the idiosyncrasies of the organisation’s apparatuses – focusing in particular on The Showroom’s heating system, rendering it as potential creative material.
Reading Liberated Fraction. 2nd Season (2011) Performance view, 10 August 2011, performed by Gerry Bibby, Courtesy the Artist and Silberkuppe, Berlin, Photo Tim Standing

WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL

Arcade, 6-8pm private view Luca Bertolo and Alessandra Spranzi

Arcade is pleased to present a new exhibition by Luca Bertolo & Alessandra Spranzi, two of Italy’s leading protagonists of painting and photography.
Luca Bertolo and Alessandra Spranzi have several things in common. An attitude toward art that favours impulse, chance, and accident over any predetermined vision. A preference for everyday objects and materials, and a flair for finding unexpected meaning in them. And lastly, an approach to image-making which never hides its tools – the tricks of the trade – and which situates the work at a point midway between the image and its own surface.

CANCELLED DUE TO TUBE STRICKE!! 

P21 Gallery, 6:45-8pm Kurdish Poetry in Turkish: Contrasts of Content and Form with Taylan Sahbaz

P21 Gallery Reading Group: The Word and the World Literatures, Cultures and Histories of the Islamicate World. Convened by Karima Laachir and AbdoolKarim Vakil
Free but must book https://podio.com/webforms/7751528/585238






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