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The week ahead Openings at the Woodmill, Vilma Gold, Cubitt, Poppy Sebire, Christopher Crescent and Master Piper

Rob Dingle

MONDAY

If you missed the first episode then make sure to watch the increasingly controversial second part of Goldsmiths: But is it Art? on BBC 4, 9pm or alternatively catch it later in the week on iplayer.

WEDNESDAY

Two events to chose from on Wednesday. Firstly, opening this evening is the first solo exhibition to be held at the Woodmill. Following the highly successful inaugral launch of the studio / exhibition space in February, artist Elena Bajo takes up the reigns of this challenging, yet idiosyncratic space. Producing a series of new works made in response to the Woodmill site, Bajo's work combines performative aspects with historical documents to forge a close examination of the material conditions of regeneration and redevelopment.

Secondly, a talk by artist David Williams in support of his recent exhibition of photographs at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, who over recent years has established links with Japan. Realising various projects in the country his recent exhibition 'one taste: (n)ever-changing' has become his most notable body of work.

THURSDAY

If you thought the main activity of contemporary exhibitions was to instill a degree of contemplative thought, then think again. Receiving his first solo show in London, American artist Andrew Ranville 's work "solicits imaginary leaps, fantastic thoughts of physical agility, daring-do and suspended physics", while frequently inviting the viewer to become a physically active participant. Andrew Ranville show is curated by Nadim Samman at HIVE | T1+2, though be quick to catch it as the exhibition closes today.

SUNDAY

Two exhibitions closing today, but recommended a visit before they do so. Firstly, at Vilma Gold The Inhabitants, a group show that examines how the performative gesture works to activate space and objects. The show will feature works by Charles Atlas, Helena Almeida, Joao Maria Gusmao & Pedro Paiva, K8 Hardy, Alex Hubbard, DAS INSTITUT, Matt Mullican, R.H Quaytman, Josef Strau and Alex Waterman, a founding member of Plus Minus Ensemble- a group specializing in avant-garde music.

Secondly, artist Henning Bohl has been given his first UK solo exhibition at Cubitt. Bohl's large canvases reference both painting and sculpture and combine elements from a lexicon of graphic motifs. His works' frequently operate against the architecture of the gallery itself, creating obstructions or interruptions and directing paths.

Donald Eastwood

TUESDAY

Tuesday sees the Private view of the fourth and final Jerwood Contemporary Painters award at the Jerwood Space. The selection panel for this well respected awards this year is Paul Huxley RA, Callum Innes and Vanessa Jackson, and 24 artists, including Nick Goss, Jill Mason, Jack Newling, James Ryan and Lucy Moore have been shortlisted to exhibit and share the prize fund. Following a similar programme to previous years there will be free Monday night events during the exhibition, for these and the PV, book ahead. The Jerwood website is here.

THURSDAY

The excellent Master Piper holds a private view of Sunset in the Morning, a duo exhibition of Japanese artists Kentaro Kobuke and Masanori Ikeda:

"Both Kobuke and Ikeda's styles are light, subtle and tranquil, and no shock tactics or visual attacks are employed. This typifies a neutral viewpoint frequently shared by the 'Post-Murakami and Nara generation' in the contemporary Japanese art scene."

Find out more at the Master Piper website here.

FRIDAY

There exists a cliché in dull, conservative west end galleries: the vegetable picture. Quite often a painting, but possibly a photo, it is as destined to belong in the well-kept kitchen of a certain type of art buyer as a family photo is in their sitting room. This is the pretext I brought into the press release for Georgie Hopton's new show 'Cut and Come again' at Poppy Sebire Gallery, and possibly why I find it so engaging. Her vegetable garden has become a passion and preoccupation, and far from decorative disinterest, she seems to have developed a fetishistic relationship to the produce and the kitchen. The private view opens at 6.30pm. Read the well written release at their website here.

More delightful wit can be seen in much of the work of Samuel Fouracre, who has a solo show at Christopher Crescent that opens on 6.30pm on Friday too, and runs for that weekend and the next. An extract from a script introduces the screening:

"ACT I
Two teenage girls (Lolita Hidden and Charlotte Edey, 18 and 17 respectively) are seen preparing for a night of dancing. They apply their make-up to the strains of Bruckner's 2nd Symphony, starting with foundation and finishing with the application of Mac Red.

Interval

The young women take the drug methodrone and are visited by a brief vision of dancing. They talk while the drug takes affect."

To read on, go to the Christopher Crescent website here.

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