Current Events 39

Current Events #39. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 39 of 2017.
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Things

28 September 2017
6-11pm – one night only

A pop-up contemporary art exhibition featuring paintings and sculpture by artists Debbie Chessell and Faye Gal Harries, and jewellery by Twisted Vintage. One night only!

Stone Hair
41 Old London Road
London
KT2 6ND

National Original Print Exhibition

21 September – 1 October 2017

The ‘National Original Print Exhibition’, established by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), is an international open submission exhibition celebrating the best of contemporary printmaking.

Bankside Gallery
48 Hopton St
London
SE1 9JH

PIY PaintLounge

30 September – 3 October 2017

A salon exhibition, fundraiser and series of conversations on contemporary painting. Private View 3-9pm Saturday 30th September with opening talk at 4pm. Part of the Sluice Biennial 2017. Preview: 30 September 3-9pm. Open: 1- 3 October 12-6pm

PIY PaintLounge
12 Bohemia Place, Mare St
London
E8 1DU

Sluice Biennial 2017

30 September – 3 October 2017

Sluice is a London-based biennial contemporary art fair open to alternative galleries and art organisations run by artists and curators.
The Sluice Biennial will create a hub of artistic activities over four days and multiple venues. With a diverse range of galleries & projects, there will be a large programme of exhibitions, live performances, screenings and moderated talks all presented by galleries from as far afield as Canada, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, the USA and from around the UK.

Various venues – see website
Bohemia Place & Morning Lane
Hackney Central, London
E8

Appearance Of

26-30 September 2017

An exhibition exploring Autumn & the Equinox, organised by ArtCan. The Artists: Aileen McGee, Amy Oliver, Anna-Louise Felstead, Caroline Banks, Catherine Fenton, Catherine Sweet, Dafni Bampanioti, Edmund Palao, Geraldine Molia, Hannah Pratt, Hedy Parry-Davies, Jennifer Hodgson, Jessica Ballantyne, Kate Enters, Laura Fishman, Laura Gompertz, Lauren Mele, Lawrence Mathias, Lucy Ash, Meriliis Rinne, Mirella Bandini, Nadya Yakustidi, Nara Walker, Nick Grindrod, Olga Mikhaseva, Sal Jones, Sussi Hodel, Tamara Torres, Tomasz Jurek.

A&D Gallery
51 Chiltern Street
London
W1U 6LY

On the Road

6 October – 18 November 2017

The inaugural solo exhibition of Derek Boshier’s work at Gazelli Art House in London, showing his latest acrylic on canvas works and premiering two short films.

Gazelli Art House
39 Dover Street
London
W1S 4NN

Im/material: Painting in the Digital Age

28 September – 17 November 2017

A group show of contemporary artists investigating the nature of painting in today’s digital age. Featuring eight international artists – Martin Basher, Michael Bell-Smith, Ry David Bradley, Chris Dorland, Matthew Hansel, Anna Ostoya, Josh Reames, and Konrad Wyrebek – the eighteen works in the exhibition use painting as a way to draw attention to and reimagine digitally produced images, slowing them down to examine their meaning and impact, both in relationship to art history and our daily consumption of them.

Sophia Contemporary
11 Grosvenor Street
Mayfair, London
W1K 4QB

Deptford X Festival 2017

22 September – 1 October 2017

The 18th annual Deptford X festival has at its heart two programmes which together give the festival its unique character: Platform 2017, a set of five commissions for emerging artists in public spaces, and Fringe 2017, an expansive open programme of independent projects. Deptford X will also present a commissioned Special Project and a range of tours, talks and learning activities. Festival programmes will take place over 10 days in a wide range of public sites and spaces; many projects will engage audiences in active and unexpected ways.

Vaious locations in Deptford, London SE8 – see website for venues.

Adrian Pritchard a Retrospective: 20 Years of Painting 1997-2017

25 September – 17 November 2017

For over 20 years Adrian Pritchard has been producing precipitated paintings, using the forces of gravity to channel the paint over canvases and objects. He has created numerous puddle paintings, which vary from the tactile and sumptuous to the smooth and fluid born out of the use of the tensions between different painting mediums.

The Gallery, Blackpool and The Fylde College
Bennett Avenue
Blackpool
FY1 4EE

Painting Pop

14 July – 7 October 2017

British Pop Art from the early 1960s, including work by Sir Peter Blake, Pauline Boty, Patrick Caulfield, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and Allen Jones borrowed from major collections such as Tate, National Portrait Gallery and Government Art Collection. The exhibition focuses on the period around 1962, a pivotal year for Pop Art in Britain, presenting works by leading artists in British Pop Art who have made a significant contribution to the development of twentieth century and contemporary art practice.

Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Kendal, United Kingdom
Kirkland, Kendal
LA9 5AL

How we got to now

23 September – 21 October 2017

A solo exhibition by Terry Greene including recent paintings and a new series of collages.

dalla Rosa Gallery
3 Leighton Place
London
NW5 2QL

Plus One Autumn Show

20 September – 4 November 2017

A group show of recent hyper-realistic paintings.

Plus One Gallery
B & C Trafalgar House
Juniper Drive, Battersea Reach, York Road
London
SW18 1GY

Artists of the Jurassic Coast

8 September – 1 October 2017

Annual exhibition of artists and makers including John Boyd, Lynne Grace, Marion Taylor, Charlotte Miller and Brian Cocks and ceramicists Dave Emery and Maggie Cooke.

Eype Centre for the Arts
St. Peter’s Church, Mount Lane
Eype, Bridport, Dorset
DT6 6AR

Coastlands

28 September – 4 October 2017

This exhibition will show the results of a six month challenge undertaken by nine artists, to interpret ‘coast and land’ in paintings, drawings & sculptures. The CO3 Studio artists, who live and work in Suffolk and North Essex, include: Wendy Bailey, Sheena Clover, Elena Fleury-Rojo, Maggie Harling, Angella Horner FRSA, Karenza Jackson, Colin McAllister, Francesca Ucci, Michele Webber.

Aldeburgh Gallery
143 High St
Aldeburgh, Suffolk
IP15 5AN

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Art on Conflict

28 September – 26 October 2017

An exhibition of artists’ work in response to personal and global conflict. Graham Dean, David Freud, Pete Sherrard, Milena Michalski, David Smith, Martin Miller, Rod Craig, Carlo Chinca, Peter Ross, Sara Shamma.

Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Park Street
Woodstock, Oxfordshire
OX20 1SN

from the edge of mind

26 September – 1 October 2017

A solo exhibition of paintings and installation sculpture by Lisa Kreuziger. There is an interactive installation in which the audience is invited to participate in arranging the objects. Artist reception: 28 September, 6-9pm.

Espacio Gallery Gallery 1
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

Daybreak

26 September – 1 October 2017

“An Eco-Goth Opera for the 21st Century” by Harvey.
An installation of thirteen paintings and thirteen soundscapes. Each narrated soundscape illustrates each painting which unfolds to tell the fable that is Daybreak.
“Nature – the evolutionary effect that has shaped all life. Religion – real or man-made – has carved a place of power and influence which has permeated the consciousness of mankind. Humanity – the custodian of planet Earth?” Private View: Thursday 28 September 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery Gallery 2
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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The image at the top is:

In a Box
2014, oil on canvas 200x250cm
by Sara Shamma who is showing at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.