If the Tories’ hero gets it then why can’t Cameron’s lot? Tamar Dresdner Art Projects, a pop-up gallery based in Tel Aviv, showed work by Israeli-born artist Batia Shani. Her expressions of anxiety and fear relating to the region’s conflicts are clear for all to see.
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Repetition/Variation at Frameless Gallery (downstairs)
Apologies in advance for the photo quality but it was quite dark down there where everything was on the walls. This isn’t a fully comprehensive view by any means. A cut primed canvas composition by Robert Moon Emma McNally, featured in a previous post, showed 5 framed graphite drawings of remarkable subtlety. David Nash, best known for […]
Repetition/Variation at Frameless Gallery (upstairs)
Since seeing their first collaboration I know that any show curated by Joanna Bryant and Julian Page will be worth visiting and I wasn’t disappointed by this one: the first week of two: Repetition/Variation at the intimate and atmospheric Frameless Gallery in Clerkenwell. Presenting a mix of famous, established and new artists, the exhibition encompasses both 2 and 3 […]
Zoe Bradley and Jamie Fobert Architects at Burlington Arcade
Cutting (hah!) through Burlington Arcade the other day I saw that paper artist Zoe Bradley’s paper flower chandeliers were still up. Her commission was to celebrate the gorgeous new flooring installed as part of ongoing restoration of the arcade. Jamie Fobert Architects created the traditionally inspired yet contemporary design made up of 64,000 pieces of British stone […]
Triangle Studios – Lucy Steggals
Another artist found at Triangle studios is Lucy Steggals who was donating items from a previous project, Mr Eagle, the evening I visited. Record, an account of something, was a year-long project of events taking place in Kent. The document (part of which is below) was again offered to visitors, recording some of the images […]
More from the Whitechapel Open 2015
This is by no means a comprehensive review of the Whitechapel Open, just a selection of some of the work I connected with. “Hypnero – Erotic Dream*”, a smoke painting by Laura Santamaria follows a tradition of the practice (there is even a wikiHow guide on how to do it) Another still from a digital […]