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Opening this week This week's hand-picked highlights.

Donald Eastwood

It's August - the holidays at last! And everyone is going away. Everyone except you. For you there is nothing but art to distract you from the daily grind. But cheer up: it is what you make of it.

MONDAY

You can get angry, and visit Gallery90's XC exhibition, which snuck into the news (or the Daily Mail at least) because of a 3ft publicity scheme/piece of art in its window depicting a child suicide bomber. Outrage (workable quotes) followed from members of the muslim community that they contacted, despite the model having no other connection to the religion than the paper's assumptions, including; 'It portrays children as perpetrators when they are really innocent victims.' and ironically 'Muslims feel they are being stereotyped as terrorists.'

The whole thing, far from being an interesting debate provoked by an intelligent piece of art, just seemed to show that everyone from artist to gallery to religious pundit to public to journalist and paper have nothing but a shallow engagement in the subject, and that one shallow generalisation will lead to another. What is really galling is that there is proper art to see this week that could do with exposure.

THURSDAY

You can go do something they will be sorry to miss, which is the second parts of the brilliant Bold Tendencies III show on the top floors of Peckham Rye multiplex car-park. There is no what-if-I-missed-the-first-part scenario, as new works build on what is already there, and particularly if it is a sunny evening, this should be an entirely unmissable.

FRIDAY

You could have a BBQ at the John Jones Project Space summer fête 'Assemblage' which promises music, art, drinks and burgers. Their north London exhibition space hosts a range of interesting shows such as the recent PAPERVIEW and last year's excellent Best in Show, though John Jones is, of course, a name in Museum-standard framing, so if the burgers are a little disappointing, at least you know the bun will be good.

SATURDAY

Or just hibernate at home, as the aptly named August art, who throughout the month of their namesake will apparently be exhibiting the results of their research into art that uses the Internet as its medium. Naturally, the best place to show such art is also online, so if you would like to see it, visit their website and get it by email.

Dean Kissick

4 NEW PROJECTS...

THURSDAY

So it's all about Thursday night this week, with 4 new shows opening at Bold Tendencies III, Hannah Barry Gallery's much-discussed exhibition in Peckham multi-storey car park. In addition to the epic, monumental and weather-beaten sculpture park on the roof, all 4 guest projects on the floors below will re-open with new artists and new ideas. With over 1000 people attending last month's private view/heatwave, an exciting night is promised... so everyone pray for clear skies and sunshine please!

NEW MODEL ARMY presents 'AFTER THE MONEY'S GONE/', the 2nd installment of escapism through art. This show focuses on pop and post-pop; "above the Hollywood dreams of Peckham Multiplex, inside the temporary utopia of the multi-storey car park, suspended high up in the skies of London, letting the days go by." You'll be treated to new work from Nathan Barlex, Gedvile Bunikyte, Lydia Corry, Ben Freeman and Fraser Hamilton, in addition to the pre-installed fantastical polychromy of Samuel Fouracre, Sohrab Golsorkhi, Melissa Jordan and Samuel Nias. The private view features the first showing of Bunikyte's new performance 'It is not Ares who captured Love, but Love who captured Ares' at 7.30... and all details are available on the Facebook event.

Field present 'Field of Sets - Pt II Disjunction', promising a brilliant and chaotic night of installation/performance by artist collectives the Bun House Bandits, littlewhitehead and Swarfega. Field "have let the Bun House Bandits loose outside the pub for the very first time... and, being the juveniles they both are, have arranged a fight". Expect violence, nudity and unexpected spectacle; and see their website here.

The Sunday Painter have de-installed all the paintings from their counterintuitive white-cube-within-a-car-park, and now present 'A Mouth to Suck your Sap'; a newly commissioned moving image collaboration between Sam Austen and Alexander Rathbone, which directly engages with the architectural/spatial context of the exhibition. The still provided looks stunning, featuring the rooftop's gorgeous urban panorama, and more information is available on their blog.

And LuckyPDF will be installing new artwork on their specially commissioned bus-stop lightbox, mimicking the design of outdoor advertising boards in the unlit space of Level 7. This is an understated yet highly effective installation, providing glowing and luminescent imagery that lights the way ahead. So why not check out their website?

And finally, refreshing drinks and delicious foods are available from Frank's Campari Bar and Cafe, recently reviewed by Matthew Norman in the Guardian, rather badly (2/10... 8/10 for cool kids, apparently); "imagine being 19 and into bad art, LSD and urban deprivation tourism. It's paradise!" Still this is an entertaining read, and even Norman admitted that the cake is very very tasty! The full review's available on the newspaper's website.

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