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Hackney WickED 2014

11/08/2014

Golly, Hackney WickED, an open studio and general celebration of art in Hackney Wick has been taking place every year since 2008. I’ve never been around to attend till now & was shocked to see the visual brutality of the contrast between the Olympic Park and Hackney Wick as the overground journey just doesn’t show it.

Hackney Wick (20)

The atmosphere is festival-like with food stalls, craft beer, a skate park (all the skaters were quite old when I was there which was somewhat reassuring), open studios, galleries and shops. I found the street art cityscape at least as inspirational as the studios – maybe because I go for large scale work.

Hackney Wick (1)

It’s an ever-changing street scene. Hackney Wick (12) Hackney Wick (13) Hackney Wick (15)Some open studios were very much living spaces which I enjoyed seeing just for the interiors. One artist though, whose studio was purely a work space, was painter Endri Kosturi whose crusted and layered pieces, a couple of which are below, moved me. Yes, I know it’s circles (again) but there is something magical about their rhythm and energy.

Endri Kosturi (2)

Endri Kosturi (3)

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