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Archives: Posted: 2009
An hour lost and some light won.
A new week and so a load of new art shows for you to explore at your leisure. Here are a few of them. Wednesday 1st of April is the Chelsea MFA Interim Show. This is undoubtedly worth a visit for anyone with an interest in emerging art......

Posted: Mar 30 2009 | More...

Double Feature at the James Taylor Gallery
The sea in Hackney! One of the large spaces in the James Taylor Gallery has been flooded, and a wooden pier leads from the concrete shore to the centre of the water. Lit from above, the water is milky and opaque, slightly greenish, completely still. A very effective installation; there......

Posted: Mar 28 2009 | More...

Cinetaxis at Shunt
Cinetaxis is a hybrid event which takes place at the Shunt Vaults over eight nights, encompassing digital media, theatre and electronic music. The Vaults, which are situated a short walk from The London Dungeon, and the (perhaps euphemistically titled) London Bridge 'Experience', are quite a compelling visitor attraction in......

Posted: Mar 26 2009 | More...

Ull Hohn at Between Bridges
Between Bridges, an artist run space on the corner of Three Colts Lane, is showing works by German artist Ull Hohn (1960-1995). The natural light of this angular space provides the backdrop for an interesting juxtaposition of works. Turning away from the broad brush strokes of the Neue Wilden,......

Posted: Mar 25 2009 | More...

A few events worth taking a note of this week.
Another week begins and so, here I am again, as predictable as a sun dial sat chalky and erect in the lawn of a once grand manor house now celebrity rehab, spa and organic spinach and juice farm. Tuesday 24th there is a private view at the Sartorial Gallery. This......

Posted: Mar 23 2009 | More...

A Long Time Between Suns at Gasworks
The otolith is a tiny organ, located in the inner ear, which orientates our body to the earth's gravitational field. You could think of it as the part which perpetuates our sense of belonging here, clamped to the planet on all sides, like so many limpets. A Long Time Between......

Posted: Mar 20 2009 | More...

Cabinet Afrique at the Cell Project Space
Inspired by African art and artefacts, this joint exhibition by artists Caroline Achaintre and Ursula Mayer transports us into the realm of the elemental. Stark white walls in Cell's three exhibition rooms form the perfect backdrop for a small collection of works in a variety of media - print,......

Posted: Mar 19 2009 | More...

Friends of the Divided Mind at the RCA
It is rare that curators are given recognition for their attempts to strike a careful balance between art works on display and the exhibition space they inhabit. Yet this is exactly what is happening at the Royal College of Art Galleries in a new exhibition organised by 13 graduating......

Posted: Mar 18 2009 | More...

Return to Reason at Gallery 77
Gallery 77 has a surprising amount of exhibition space given its deceptive shop-front, yet the walls are busy with canvases and clusters of photographs. The hang fits neatly into the subjective vision of the exhibition. By their own admission, collaborators HRL Contemporary and DegreeArt.com firmly aspire to undo the......

Posted: Mar 17 2009 | More...

This week
The sun is shining, the varnish is setting and the weeks continue to roll. Here is the usual look ahead at a few of the art events worth perusing over the course of this, hopefully, sunny week in London. Wednesday 18th is the opening of a new exhibition at......

Posted: Mar 16 2009 | More...

Skinner's Room at Five Years
Skinner's Room. The name comes from the title of a short story by the American science fiction writer William Gibson, the man who coined the term 'cyberspace'. Skinner's room, so the Five Years press release tells me, is "a place of refuge... It is the birds-nest vantage point of......

Posted: Mar 14 2009 | More...

Notes from the underground at the James Taylor Gallery
The press-release for the new group show at the James Taylor Gallery starts with a quote from Dostoevsky, and it sets the tone perfectly for a show full of paranoia, isolation and gloomy atmosphere. If you're looking for something dark, then this is your ticket. The artists have put......

Posted: Mar 13 2009 | More...

Mythologies at the Museum of Haunch of Venison
Is it a gallery, is it a museum? The ever expanding empire of the seamlessly branded Haunch of Venison stepped up another level last night with its opening show in the building that formerly housed the Museum of Mankind and Zoo Art Fairs. It is obviously not a museum,......

Posted: Mar 12 2009 | More...

James Ryan and Daniel Pasteiner at the Standpoint Gallery
This is a really good exhibition which manages to combine the 3D sculptural work of Daniel and the 2D paintings of James to great effect. In many cases the way the art stands beside one another looks as if it was designed to be seen as one piece. A......

Posted: Mar 11 2009 | More...

Exhibitions opening this week and the marvel that is Twitter!
So onwards we go, spinning in terrific spirals like smoke towards a Friday labeled 13th. Some seriously good stuff happening this week within the world of art, creativity on any level and wonderful wonderments unframed and boundless in their reach. The sunflower wilts as the barley waves braver. Monday 9th......

Posted: Mar 09 2009 | More...

The Return of the Surreal
At the moment it seems everyone is looking for something to smile about, and you're not always guaranteed to find that in an exhibition but I came away from the recent show at Room on Waterson Street buoyed by the energy and humour in the selection of works by......

Posted: Mar 08 2009 | More...

Watch these spaces
There has been rather a lot in the press recently about artist projects moving into disused of 'slack' spaces in the face of recessionary times. First the old Evening Standard suggested it on the back of closed Woolworths stores here. Then the Independant picked up on a show in......

Posted: Mar 04 2009 | More...

A few art events happening over the course of this week.
I trust that I was not alone in waking underneath a gloriously blue sky full of flaring sun and the promise of spring. It is indeed wonderful to think that we are now into March and showing February a clean set of scurrying heels. On to the art......

Posted: Mar 02 2009 | More...