Current Events #20. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 20 of 2017.
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19-30 May 2017
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D-Contemporary Gallery
23 Grafton Street
London
W1S 4EJ
Park Studios Open Studio 2017
20 – 21 May 2017
Housed in a former British Rail rolling stock repair workshop overlooking Finsbury Park and on the Parkland Walk, Park Studios is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. To mark this milestone, they are holding an Studio Open Weekend. As part of the event, 26 contemporary artists will open their studios to the public, presenting work in painting, photography, sculpture, film, drawing, printmaking and mixed media mosaic. We are delighted to also be showing work by Markfield Community Centre.
Park Studios
34 Scarborough Road
London
N4 4LT
Gillian Carnegie: 8 paintings
18 May – 24 June 2017
Fleurs de huile
Courtesy: Cabinet
Gillian Carnegie works within the traditional genres of landscape, still life, the nude and portraiture. Private View: 17 May 2017, 7-9pm
Cabinet
132 Tyers Street, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
London
SE11 5HS
Ndungu, Isca
12 May – 1 Jul 2017
A solo show by British artist, writer and curator Cedar Lewisohn that spans printmaking, drawing, video and bookworks.
Exeter Phoenix
Bradninch Place, Gandy Street
Exeter
EX4 3LS
Graphic Witness
18 May – 9 July 2017
Pencil on paper, 24 x 33 cm (framed)
Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
This exhibition considers the notion of the ‘graphic witness’, a term that harnesses the power of drawing to challenge and question the status quo, to record and reflect protest, as well as to bear witness to social injustices and the horrors of war. Graphic Witness explores the way drawings can both document injustices and become agents that encourage us to act. Mounira Al Solh, Catherine Anyango Grünewald, Andrea Bowers, Nidhal Chamekh, Eugenio Dittborn, Joy Gerrard, Leon Golub, Beatriz González, George Grosz, Erik van Lieshout, Lorna Simpson, Nancy Spero and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Opening 17 May, 6.00-8.30pm. Curator’s tour, 6:00-6:30pm.
Drawing Room
Unit 8 Rich Estate, 46 Willow Walk
London
SE1 5SF
Domain of Sensible Knowledge
10 May – 6 June 2017
An exhibition featuring new paintings by five South London-based artists: Sally Kindberg, Tina Jenkins, Mark Jackson, Stephanie Moran and Cynthia Cruz. Performances and screenings Thursday 1st June 7–9:30pm. Showing ‘A Wilderness Of Elsewheres’ by Mer Maggie Roberts (2009), and performance by Nicola Woodham and BANCRUPSEA, more to be announced. Exhibition curated by Cynthia Cruz and Stephanie Moran.
ASC Gallery
The Chaplin Centre, Taplow House, Thurlow Street
London
SE17 2DG
FLOURISH: Chelsea Fringe
16-28 May 2017
A group of national and international artists, comprising works in a variety of media giving a fresh look into some of the aspects relating to the natural world. Tania Beaumont, Liz Bestic, Laura Boswell, Philippa Broadurst, Ann Bubis, Dangerous Minds Artists, Anton Dolders, Hisham Echafaki, Yvonne Forster, Seema Gill, Laura Gompertz, Paula Hamilton, Tessa Horrocks, Sheera Jacobs, Danic Lago, Benjamin Rice, Ian St. John, Tina Viljoen. Private View: Thursday 18 May 6-9pm. Curated by Tania Beaumont.
Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)
Geologies
18-27 May 2017
Kristian Day presents a solo show of Anthony Banks paintings. Facebook event page.
Tripp Gallery
59 Amwell St
Clerkenwell
London
EC1R 1UR
Resonance and Wonder – Paintings and Songs
13 May – 3 June 2017
Paula Mac Arthur
oil on arches huile paper
Rye Creative Centre resident painter Paula MacArthur and Danish artist Tine Louise Kortermand who works through music and sound.
Rye Creative Centre
New Road
Rye
TN31 7LS
Part III: Interiority
19 May – 17 June 2017
Exhibition investigating the psychological resonance of interiors in contemporary painting. The third in a trilogy of exhibitions. Emma Bennett, Kiera Bennett, Sara Berman, Marcin Cienski, David Haughey, Lee Maelzer, Michal Mraz, Tom Ormond, John Stark. Private View 18 May 2017 6:30-8:30pm
Charlie Smith London
336 Old Street, 2nd Floor
London
EC1V 9DR
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The image at the top is:
Morning Light, Linocut, 44x59cm
by Laura Boswell who is showing at Espacio Gallery.
