Following on from the natural high Artfeelers humbly felt after seeing the wonderful plug we got in the Independent newspaper thanks to Holly Williams, Artfeelers blog has been pedastalled by the one and only online London events site - Spoonfed. Dankeshun Spooners and hope you all get a chance to peek rest of the list top art blogs - just clickedyclick here: Spoonfed's Top 10 Art blogs
oh I feel like kissing my virtual trophy...with my funky finky glasses on
Artfeelers Recommendations for Hackney WickED this weekend - YI-CH-WOWA...
Begin Hackney WickED with a bang if you can - get there on Friday night and make a beeline for Cosimic Mega Brain's Sit Down Affair at Oslo House. It will be thee highlight of the festival.
Below are the rest of my recommendations for the festival as far as I can judge now - they may change on Friday when the whole show kicks off...
The Canyons of your Mind The Desert of your Gut Friday 30th August Cosmicmegabrain (itinerant curators) and he Sit Down Affair (itinerant restaurateurs) bring you the pleasures of feasting and encounters with art. For one night only tickets £10 www.cosmicmegabrain.com thesitdownaffair.blogspot.com
Cosmic Mega Brain image by Ada Chinonye
Formans Smokehouse Gallery I see myself there, where I am not
Bringing together the work of 10 artists the show examines the various ways art is used as a heteropological accessory, a mode realised by the gaze of the viewer, simultaneously representing and unpicking utopian ideals by channelling veins of the uncanny with fantasy, narrative, humour, styles of documentation. http://www.formanandfield.com/news/formans-smokehouse-gallery
Vittoria Wharf SpielRaum: Worlds Smallest Gallery
Dan Jamieson and Ross O’Brien will be showcasing some collated works.
Show Dome Goddess's
Rosie Emerson presents a series of large scale photographs of solitary performers. Drawing reference from archetypes old and new these works explore beauty, power and voyeurism interwoven within the female image. http://www.formanandfield.com/news/formans-smokehouse-gallery
The Doll Music Video
Rosie Jackson’s Doll Music Video works with the tension between the choreographed action of the model and the will of the artist. Incorporating elements of puppetry, model-making and animation.
Roach Road and Canal Bridge Untitled Gallery
Artist and fashion designer Robert Carey-Williams presents his art work with in old post office Luton van that is the gallery! It’s an art piece in itself, covered in graffiti and held together with rivets.
The Lighthouse, 421 Wick Lane The Agile Rabbit
Extending the ever-romanticized legend of artists congregating in bars and cafes, this exhibition brings together the work of 10 artists connected by their regular meetings in the Lighthouse Pub. Including the work of Gavin Turk. Kate Atkin / Chris Barnes / Matt Brown / Toby Christian / Tom Crawford / Ross Downes / Dimitri Galitzine / Jimp / Nicola Jones / Mark Hammond / Gavin Turk
Unit 5 Island Projects presents: Harsh lines and Spongy Surfaces
Returning to Hackney Wicked to present a 48 hour glorified architectural dystopia with a side show of live art and music performances that reflect on the spongy surfaces of capitalist cultural production. Including thework of Mary Yacoob.
Elevator Gallery The Tomorrow People. Artists of the Future Now 2010
Elevator Gallery introduces the work of emerging artists and recent graduates from the UK on the cusp of art stardom. Selected by Artists, Curators and Elevator Gallery, the Directors Snoozie Hexagon cusp of art stardom. Selected by Artists, Curators and Elevator Gallery, the Directors Snoozie Hexagon and Simon Reuben White.
Also artist Oriana Fox will be presenting two very special performances over the weekend at Elevator Gallery during the Festival. Unmissable! Oslo House
The project involves giving cameras to young people from a variety of different backgrounds and seeing what they see, connecting the lives of people worldwide, leading to a deeper understanding of each other. www.culturalvideo.org
How often do you get a chance to see South African art? Craft - yes, a lot, art - not a lot I would say. Well Geeta Chagan is on a mission to change that and she is starting in the hub or artyland - the one and only Vyner Street, having temporarily installed in Degree Art. And this is the final week. The show will end on Sunday 1 August (at 6pm). I think it's important to recognise the work that our African compadres are engaged with. Saatchi (not exclusively but most high profilely) has introduced us to Chinese, Middle Eastern and Indian art. I don't think he or his cronnies at the auction houses or high fashion art venues such as the Serpentine have seriously gone down the African route yet - not as financially opportunistic enough perhaps...who knows - I'd be interested to hear other people's opinion on this. Especially Chagan Contemporary's. Ok back to the actual exhibition -
The four artist exhibiting are:
Varenka Paschke (SA) Jane Eppel (SA) Norman O'Flynn (SA) Francesco Nassimbeni (SA)
And according to Chagan:
'The artists blend traditional and conventional materials, Varenka Paschke works on traditional South African fabrics as well as those brought from her travels around the world, while Norman O'Flynn uses enamel and spray paint on plexiglass. Jane Eppel uses oil on canvas, but her canvases are thick and appear almost sculptural against the wall.'
Some handy info: Location: The DegreeArt.com Gallery 12a Vyner Street London, E2 9DG
his sounds like fun anyway. think i get the idea. defo worth at least going there on the night...
link to image source (it's a random image, as in unconnected to the outside world website etc etc) - here
Call for Artists, Outside World
The Outside World Presents ... "TAKE-AWAY" 13th - 15th August 2010
We have 100 Pizza boxes and 3 days to fill for a 3 day exhibition at The Outside World, a Vibrant gallery right slap in the centre of one of the hottest Art Streets in Extremely Fashionable East London, 44 Redchurch Street, E2. We are offering each artist the opportunity to show their work alongside both professional and emerging artistic talent.
Fill up on our Opening Night Party and walk away with your very own 'Take-Away' artwork. Upon submission each artist will be given a ticket entering them into our "Take-Away Tombola", the prize is a piece from the exhibition, presented in a hand printed Pizza Take-Away box, ready for you to carry home.
The theme of the show is "The Outside World", to be interpreted in any way you wish. Submissions must be 10 x 10" maximum size, and must fit into a pizza box, any medium is welcome.
£10 for one 'Take-Away' submission GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT!
Please email outsideworldgallery@gmail.com for further information by Sunday 15 August 2010
Checking in from Madrid after a stop in Dublin and Disneyland Paris (which was brilliant I have to say, definitely recommend it, a total experience and with two kids in tow it was magical). Anyway the news is plentiful - first up yesterday´s Independent had a really cool review about Artfeelers mentioning Schwartz Gallery, artist Rosie Emerson, Ingrid Z´s Residence Gallery and James Taylor Gallery - read it here (please - short and sweet piece.
Next up news wise is Hackney Wicked festival - 30, 31 July and 1 August - so many art treats in store. I´ll be there helping with tours on the Friday and in the run up helping the very capable Anna Maloney with a little of the PR. If you have any queries about the festival please do get in touch.
Also do follow us on twitter - Hackney_Wicked and of course twitter.com/Artfeelers
Ok I do have lots more news but the Prado is calling and I am being (h) escorted there by me ol pal Evo!
I´ll be back soon. Apologies for the laxness lately.
Surprise! There's yet another gallery opened up in Shoreditch. But what's cool is that is a very very good space. I mean the space itself is pretty standard - white and square with a dinky office space at the back but it is in a gorgeous location - ubber urban and hidden behind the huge nasty amercian car wash in between Curtain and Great Eastern Road on Hewlett Road. The sort of place where you find a random gym... What's most exciting about this place though is how serious James Payne and Joanne Shurvell - the founders and gallerists - are. They've very carefully chosen the artists featuring in their debut exhibition - 'A Bright and Guilty Place' - and they have chosen well.
The usual scenario for group exhibitions is that you're happy/ lucky to see one or two pieces that you can connect with. With this exhibition the situated was inverted. All of the works bar one or two are a mixture of differing measures of beautiful/ engaging/ smart/ earnest, and all attest to the potential of Payne Shurvell. As I said James and Joanne have good taste and they're on a mission to spread it. I have a serious hunch they'll do well.
As per usual I'm not going to go into an indepth description of the exhibition or works at all - mainly because this blog is a sign post blog - but I have to say the two artists who really stood out for me are Mary Jacoob and LEO. I'm interested in hearing others' opinions when more of you have taken the initiative to check your A - Z and eek out Hewlett Road.
I'll be back there again for sure...oh yeah and before I forget - when you do go there please ask James or Joanne can you see the limited editions, they're really worth a look and you will no doubt have a good old chat about art if you are up for it.
I tend not to like to write about big gallery shows and Marc Quinn at the White Cube certainly qualifies for this category but I feel propelled to even though the exhibition left me cold. Was that the point? Are we supposed to feel empty? And now even though I want to write about it I am not exactly sure what to write. In fact I know what I want to do - I want to talk about it. I want the trigger of conversation - other people's opinions. I want a tutorial class where a slightly bored lecturer pokes and prods at your sleepy neurons and some quiet girl comes out with something cool that you hadn't thought about at all despite wanting to be the most perceptive!
Recently I went to a friends' (artist Ingrid Sanfey) crit session that she does with some other artist friends. Basically they are all recent(ish) graduates and want to continue the ritual of bouncing ideas off each other and the opportunity to see work and have their work seen by their peers. It was great. Really great. I am ashamed to say I can't quite remember the artists' exact names - Kit and David ... Kit Merit I think. Based in Schwartz studios in Hackney Wick, they were exhibiting a piece in Schwartz Gallery itself. The piece itself was fantastic - literally. An imaginary/ fantastical city scape made from odd bits and bobs of found discarded daily life debris. I loved it. But as I said, I also loved the banter about it.
It's true - nowadays especially in London - everything is fast. This was slow. Slow art. Slow conversation but in no way boring. Why is it that we equate speed with excitment and slow things with boredom...so I want to start a similar group. A similar process of art crits - of slow art. Take a piece of art (contemporary, currently exhibiting or an historical work like Massacio's Expulsion from Paradise for example) and grab some coffee and a few snacks and discuss it together for an hour - maybe an hour and a half. Wouldn't it be great to mix the group up a little too. Have some punters like me, some artists, some curators...some complete newbies.
It certainly would be more substantial an experience than my awkward little walk around Quinn's scultpures and forensic paintings as I am being watched shyly by 4 (yes 4) invigilators!
Ok so basically - I want to know - who is in? email me claire@artfeelers.com
On the night the world cup opens who would snub the pub to go see an artist talk? me, I would. Well actually photographer Tom Hunter's talk or conversation or whatnot (my new favourite word) is most likely on after the match - starting at 10pm tonight at the Rag Factory just off Brick Lane Heneage Street to be precise. It's followed by another tomorrow by Bjorn Veno and they're scheduled to attract interest for Jigsaw an exhibition of 31 young photographers.
Jigsaw looks good too - 'The work ranges from large-scale prints to books, of which there is a
room upstairs where you can sit and relax while leafing through,' which souns nice. A nice alternative to the messy Friday nights you see spilling into the streets - wow I sound like an old grouch. You know what I mean though. Might see you there later tonight...
can't see who this photo is by so I can't credit them. I will find out though.
Zere by Zero: Station at a little gallery I just recently discovered that promotes graphic designers art which I think is really cool - bringing creativity beyond the confines of the ivory tower. This exhibition is really nice and a goody if you are in the area and have 10 or 15 minutes to spare. www.kemistrygallery.co.uk
Lastly but certainly not leastly is Schwartz Gallery's newest install - Flesh - which seems to be more or less the work and life of Ronald Wright, who in his youth was a good friend to many of the stars and an artist illustrator. He is now a faith healer and in extraordinarily good shape for his 83 years... www.schwartzgallery.co.uk
frieze is inviting entries for the Frieze Writer’s Prize 2010.
Frieze Writer’s Prize was established in 2006 and is presented annually. The aim of the prize is to promote and encourage new critics from across the world, and many of the previous winners and commended entrants, including Jessica Lott and Jeffrey Ryan, have gone on to contribute frequently to frieze magazine.
Writers are invited to submit an unpublished 700-word review in English of a recent contemporary art exhibition. Applicants must be over 18-years old and must not have had more than three pieces of writing on art published in a newspaper or magazine. The closing date for entries is 25 June 2010 and the winner of the prize will be announced in September.
The winner will be awarded £2,000 and commissioned to write a review for the October issue of frieze.
All the cultural sponsorship in the world will not help BP out of its current PR nightmare - I hope anyway. Frankly they deserve all they get and more, who knows the extent of the damage they are doing to our planet, goddamn.
All you creatives out there, here is an opportunity to add to the growing awareness of just how awful a company they and the damage they are doing:
Let’s face it, in London blinkers are a
necessity to maintain a certain level of sanity. A big caveat to this
however is missing out on the once offs. Like the burgeoning beginnings
of a bright career. Like Jonathan Baldock’s...
His funky colourful hand crafted sculptures, mostly busts and
figures, are a blend of references from Comedie del’Arte to Henry
Moore’s reclining figures to contemporary sci-fi. They are unsettling to some,
‘darkly humourous’ according to the blurb. I imagine having one in your
house staring at you through those freaky dolls eyes could well be
disturbing, but in general the atmosphere at Cell Project Space is not so dark, more curious. Together perhaps, the works nomalize each other. Isolated they’d react differently.
As someone who finds art mostly by cycling from hidden cave to hidden cave in the East End and who’s plan is at some stage to get about ten bikes and put Artfeelers on wheels David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries was a fantastic birthday present (thank you Sarah!). The musician-slash-artist-slash-filmaker-slash-husband of famous artist Cindy Sherman (so I hear) is a dab hand at relaying his biking experiences and observations in an accessible and intelligent manner. The tone is really personable and all stuff you kind of know but don’t know the specifics. Not too wordy, not to fact heavy, perfectly paced...check it out if you can. There’s a section on London as well. He has an online journal as well. Go David, like your style
Heimweh at Heimatmuseum - Claudia is an amazing german artist and this is her first solo show in the UK and it's on in East London. No. 3 Wilton Road, E2, 1 minute walk from the fabulous Broadway market. Exhibition on until this Sunday only!
The German title Heimweh consists of two words. “Heim” means home and “weh” stands for balefulness. In combination, “Heimweh” can be translated into “Homesickness”. “Heimweh” for the artist has a double meaning: Firstly, it refers to the longing inherent in a domestic household, which implies typical feminine instincts like nest building, or decorating, which is more likely parented to a human attitude through by our society. The ambivalence between the desire to conceal “the self” behind the subject of ownership, by building a palliative to the frustration, the lack of confidence or even self-disgust, and the inevitable transparency it brings, remains a feature of Claudia’s pieces. On the other hand, “Homesickness” would refer to the inner soul, the space closest to childhood and innocence. Claudia describes it as a nostalgic process of returning, as Heimweh too. ...
Claudia presents herself as a fairytale book, giving the viewer the opportunity to flip through the pages of her personal environment, heavily influenced by human behaviours and poetically diverted by her imagination. You penetrate the flat, as Claudia’s visceral, experiencing her deepest secrets and hidden world...
There are so many god exhibitions on at the moment - email claire@artfeelers.com for more recommendations.
we owe this artist Roa a lot - print this map out before you finish work today and follow it to discover ROA's beautiful creations - they are all within 10 or 15 minutes walk from each other. I highly recommend it is an arty walk - keep your eyes open for other art treats along the way such as the giant blue, red and yellow mushrooms (nothing to do with the elections, welll I doubt they are, hmmmm), space invaders and The Pure Wrist beautiful 'Panic' street signs - I'm sure there is a lot lot more...
Fran Young's solo exhibition at Madder 139 is about to end - this weekend is your last chance to see it - please do go.
Madder has recently moved from Whitecross Street to a more suitable home at the top of Vyner Street and Director Debbie is not only one of the friendliest people I've met on the street but also really knows what she is doing.
and put them back together again in new and exciting ways hopefully!
Fraser Muggeridge (what a Harry Potter name) at the fabulous Kaleid Editions...
KALEID will present 'Designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio, an exhibition of 48 new books, co-produced by Samantha Y. Huang' this day next week, Tuesday 30th March, 6-9pm, in their delightful space on Redchurch Street near Brick Lane....
Here's the official line(s) from Samantha, who is a fantastic artist herself, (I will follow up next week after I have seen them.. can't wait!):
'Fraser Muggeridge studio is responsible for an expansive range of artists’ books, monographs, exhibition catalogues, posters, maps and invites. The studio prioritises artists’ content to avoid a studio signature style. Images and texts sustain their own intent and each project is approached with an elegantly pared-down aesthetic.
Through Designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio the ‘new’ books fashion a peculiar retrospective. Each book is, in fact, an amalgam of 48 selected publications dating from 2001 to present, designed for clients including Bookworks, Lund Humphries and Tate Publishing forming a unique volume of a larger series.
Each book becomes a singular visual palimpsest as text and graphic contrast and contradict while books within books challenge each other for meaning. Sequential coherence is transformed into a play between word and colour as pages of different sizes do battle for dominance against disorder.
Eric Kindel provides a contemplative introduction to the concept: ‘... strange combinations, contradictions, arrangements nearly bad; not pastiche, but sort of, not homage, but sort of; history, but now.’'
All 48 books will be installed at KALEID from 31 March until 25 April 2010, and will be available for purchase alongside an exhibition of the original publications.
For more info on Kaleid and their almost weekly drop in workshops check out their website - http://www.kaleideditions.com
I am a fan of short films - why can't we see them in the cinema more often? No matter for now though, I'll bring that up another day when I have time to do something about it.
One short film you should see over a nice ale or stout or fruity juice this Wednesday is A night out at the Approach - 1962 - screening at the Approach pub on the Approach Road in Bethnal Green, E2. Really looking forward to this. I nearly think I'll see my Dad sitting at the bar...
And not sure how short or long this Documentary is but sounds interesting and accompanied by a photo exhibition (thanks for the info Cristina of exit strategies); The story of villa Milada, one of the best known and long lasting squat in czech republic, began 1st May 1998. The photo exhibition is about the brutal eviction happened in September 2009. it's screening at one of the best new creative spaces in the East End - 195 Mare Street. I would like to know more about squatting in different countries so this could be a way to learn a little more -
Graffiti/ Street Art does seem to have a similar pull to the comic book geekiness o combinign the two seems natural. Popped into the opening of Pure Evil's new exhibition Fantastic Four last night. It was a nice little gathering, with the downstairs storeroom looking area opened up and someone painting and spraying directly onto the walls - I didn't get his name - and lots of familiar work from street artists active all over East London.
In celebration of the exhibition Pure Evil are also giving away a free comic book download...click here to see all
Before this I went to see something very different - Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's New commision for the Curve Gallery at the Barbican. Lots of cute as hell birds flying around musical instruments. It was most interesting for me not from a sound art or bird art or whatever art point of view but simply watching birds interact with a non-bird environment - like how they were trying to make a nest behind a fire extinguisher. They are a number of signs saying it has been checked by the relevant bird looker after authorities. But to be honest even though it may not be cruel accoding to our consensual warped idea of what is not cruel - it was definitely weird for them, surreal. They were a few little Zebra Finches cowering in corners and it made me wonder...
Apparently it's a huge youtube hit - the exhibition clip that is. I do think it is going to be one of those - 'did you see that bird exhibition in the barbican last year' type events in London so even to stay in the know it's worth seeing, keeping up with the art joneses and all. I would like to hear someone tell me why it is such an aesthetic triumph though. Honestly. I'd be interested. It is interesting.
Mexican artist Laureana Toledo has a solo show opening tonight - 17 March 2010 - at the Trolley Gallery on Redchurch Street. The title 'YES' refers to the recent chance discovery of the words ‘Just say YES’ scrawled on a piece of paper she found in the studio she was lent. The artist then decided to follow that instruction, and saying ‘Yes’ became an instrumental process in the formulation of the show...
Tamsynettes by Tamsyn Challenger, now at Transition Gallery, is defintely worth a visit
Inert puppets, motionless and emotionless, are freaky. But the Tamsynettes are not, not to me anyway...
Tamsyn lets us ease ourselves into the space between her sculptures and the interpretations we might alight upon when contemplating them.
Tamsyn's interest in fairytales could be the answer to this subversion. Fairytales that wrap up violence, package and polish it, delight in it and make it suitable for all the family must surely be an important ingredient in the Tamsynette recipe. The artist is onto something for sure, but I feel like this is just the start of the story, part of the conversation. Perhaps Tamsyn herself is going to continue it or perhaps it is up to us the audience to take our cue and do what we like with the puppets. Project, reflect, inject, subject...just as we do with real people whose strings are, for the most part, invisible.
read my full review here on Spoonfed and I look forward to hearing what you think about the exhibition.
The Tamsynettes is at Transition Gallery until 18th April 2010.
Really looking forward to going to seeing how Chris Hammonds 2010 experiment for MOT is going this weekend. the space is open to artists and curators to intervent essential for the year - to quote the websit explanation ...
"2010 will be slightly different at MOT International, in that under the umbrella of a one-year experiment, the gallery will dispense with conventional programming. It is intended that through this abandonment of traditional exhibition programming the gallery will be able to react to ideas from artists and curators almost immediately, with projects merging and usurping each other in a free-form reaction to current ideas edited by the director. This means that projects do not have to fit into traditional exhibition timescales, they can collide, interact and even cancel each other. The most interesting works supersede their successors. Works can come and go over the year."
thank you Artfeeler Niki Pen. for these bootiful images of Rachel with Good Wives & Warriors work in progress and the finished piece. nice work Niki and nice work Good Wives... see more of their work here - www.goodwivesandwarriors.co.uk
mushrooms, yum yum - do you know who this talented and fun street artist/ interventionist is? have you spotted any? if so let Artfeelers now...
can you spot anything unusual in this picture? look a little closer below
and there is more - that was Hackney Road and this is Redchurch Street...
it actually puts an eerie blue glow on the tree and the texture is intriguing - it's like an intestinal mushroom...I wonder how long the mushrooms will be there for? how Alice and wonderlandy can you get? beside ROA's squirrel which still looks great despite the bad tags starting to cover it. and that's Trolley Gallery to the right where the bikes are - great gallery. I love that street - hope you do too. over and out.c
Please please please don't miss this, the first of mumurART's exhibitions at their new home above 20 Hoxton square. The work is exquisite and co-founder Donald's passion and knowledge pervades the exhibition. Officially opening this Thursday 4th March. If you can't make the opening make sure you still go along another time. www.murmurart.com
The other exciting show is Danger curated by Kate Wiggs (previously advertised on Artfeelers at the submission stage). Another group show and also opening this Thursday 4th March at the Rag Factory, Heanage Street just off Brick Lane.
Ok - stay tuned Artfeelers and don't forget to send an email if you hear of anything we should be spreading like butter...
Posted by artfeelers Mon, February 22, 2010 01:13PM
A K DOLVEN IN CONVERSATION WITH YINKA SHONIBARE MBE Feb 24, 2010 7:00pm, WILKINSON GALLERY - 50-58 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ Free admission, but make sure you're on time because there's no admittance after 7pm
Yinka Shonibare
It will also be a good opportunity to see A K Dolven's current show at Wilkinsons which seems to be two main pieces - a film and a video piece according to the press release. If you haven't been to Wlkinson's black cube on Vyner Street before now you really should get down there and it might be nice to experience it on the calm of a February Wednesday...hope to see you there
A K Dolven: The Day Sky Became Ground, 2008
Also not to miss are Bob and Roberta Smith's exhibition at Hale's Gallery and Kathy Prendergast at Peer Gallery - both of which we saw on our latest Artfeelers tour and really enjoyed...over and out
Posted by artfeelers Sat, February 06, 2010 02:06PM
Saturday 13th- Sunday 14th February 2010 at Kaleid Editions - Redchurch Street, Bethnal Green
I'm so sorry I am going to miss this - but you don't need to...get down to Kaleid Editions on Redchurch Street next weekend to see Good Wives & Warriors (Beckt Bolton and Louise Chapelle) paint an elaborate wall mural outside KALEID project space in celebration of the launch of their first book.
Passers by and anyone interested, switched on will be asked to select words from Origin of Life by Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (1924) to be included in the mural. I have already selected mine. I'll miss the making but at least I'll get to see the finished product - can't wait. Thanks again to Kaleid for doing their thing. You canread about ther latest exhibition on Spoonfed - I agree with everything that Tom says - and he says it so well!
Posted by artfeelers Wed, February 03, 2010 10:09AM
I got a message to say Rise Art http://www.riseart.com/ are following me on Twitter. Which first of all reminded me that Twitter exists and I am not using it properly but also that I have been neglecting to blog about information like this - so muchos apologies.
Seemingly Rise Art is platform to showcase new art and anyone can submit:
- Artists register to have your work reviewed directly by a curation board of international art experts.
Featured artists will have their art endorsed and showcased on the site, win a cash prize, and receive a majority of income from the sale of their original works of art. -
I'm not sure if there is a catch. There doesn't seem to be one. But check it out for yourself.
Rachel, an Artfeeler tour-taker, spotted this on our tour last Saurday on the corner of Charlotte Street and Old Street. There are more around - one in SE1 anyway. They're classy little numbers and it will be interesting to see how long they stay up. Unfortunatley I can't find much info on who the Pure Wrist is....
If you want to see what else we saw on our tour last Satuday have a peek at the Artfeelers Gallery
signing off til the next interesting Artfeeler find
Posted by artfeelers Wed, January 20, 2010 03:54PM
Piero's Private View and Launch of Artfeelers
The space is coming on brilliantly - it's a collective masterpiece in the making and will only be there for a few more days - how sad. but we are just so glad it is happenign right now - and we want you to be part of it...
So please please come down for our Private View Party to 205 Hackney Road, E2 8JL - click here for map. we'll have booze, food, music, lovely people, and best of all a celebration of life and art.
the space is coming on brilliantly. it is a unique, experiment, happening, it is honest and beautiful and as one visitor said - it brings a smile to your face.
we want you to be part of it. So - COME - tomorrow night from 6pm for our Private View Party - there's be great art, great people, great conversation, lovely bubbly, music and probably more... don't miss out - come!
Posted by artfeelers Fri, January 15, 2010 07:58PM
imagine taking over 11000 photos in one year. now put them altogether. now play them fast. now watch. (it gets slower towards the end and if your an east ender you are sure to recognise quite a bit, you may even see yourself!) Thanks for sharing this with us Karl
205 Hackney Road, Venue for Piero's exhibition confirmeddo not miss
Posted by artfeelers Tue, January 12, 2010 11:48PM
Piero at the Premises
nicely sandwiched between Columbia Road and Broadway Market - 25 Hackney Road is owned and sits next to The Premises - one of the most famous recording studios ever. their client list is obscenely impressive including names like:
Hot Chip Nina Simone Blur Dave Brubeck Lily Allen Buena Vista Social Club Bat For Lashes
so come along to our exhibition and you never know you might spot some music stars at the same time - we're all in good company eh!205 is just next to the yellow shop front you can see to the left of the Premises
Posted by artfeelers Fri, January 08, 2010 11:41AM
the rag factory is a great exhibition space and you have the chance to exhibit there from the 3 - 7 March - the theme for this upcoming event is Danger
the deadline for submissions is Monday 1 February
applications are being invited from artists working in video, performance, wall based media and sculpture to exhibit in this fantastic east end gallery space
all you have to do is send your proposal, CV, images of proposed or past work and contact details to katewiggs@googlemail.com
and no there are no charges for this event - ta daa - so just write up something now, don't think about and eventually not do it - that's the first difference between sucess and failure - the difference between doing and not doing!
best of luck artfeelers - we luck forward to seeing the exhibition
live art - its rock & roll - art styleedo not miss
Posted by artfeelers Thu, January 07, 2010 12:38PM
Artfeelers presents Piero Arico somewhere in the East End Venue announced 205 Hackney Rd, E2 8JL 15 - 24 January 2010
artfeelers first exhibition - presenting Piero Arico - ravenous creator of vibrant, joyful and inspiring art, will get east end art off to an original start for 2010
taking advantage of our current revolutionary DIY culture and one of the still empty spaces dotted hither and tither around East London, Piero will take over a space in Shoreditch for 10 days. making the space his blank canvas and home for 10 days, Piero will begin painting and creating on the 15th of January and continue throughout the 10 days as visitors come and go and have the chance to chat with him whilst sipping on hot cup of tea there will be events on throughout the exhibition including a youtube-off - who will show the best youtube videos?; open portrait sessions where visitors will have the chance to have the portrait done; a not so secret banquet; and the Private View will take place on 21st January giving Piero time to fill the space with his fantastic creations
what can we say only you have to come along and see it for yourself - next Friday...and put Thusday 21st January in your diary to join us for a glass of bubbly at the Private View and official launch of Artfeelers.
Posted by artfeelers Thu, January 07, 2010 11:58AM
CultureLabel supports inspirational designers
Formerly Shoreditch based cultural enterprise - CultureLabel.com - the self proclaimed amazon for cultural products, who are partnered with the biggest cultural institutes across the UK and beyond, have announced their second annual competition for talented designers.
So are you ready to conjure up a funky design to spice up Tate's shop? Think you can do better than the overproced pencils, cringy coffee mugs and calendars? There's a hefty £500 cash prize and % royalty for each product sold. And then there's the prestige...
Posted by artfeelers Fri, December 18, 2009 05:32PM
artfeelers tour to MYU Projects, New Contemporaries at A Foundation, Tom Wolseley in his cabin/et - on 12 Dec 2009 - all photos by Jessica MacCormack (thanks again Jess)
Chloe and Valentina looking at artist Yuko Nasu's work
we traded our wisdom on the East End graffitti work and architecture
Emily, Claire and Valentina at New Contemporaries at the A Foundation
meet Tom Wolseley at his cabin/et on Hackney Road - he's recreated Caveman Bill's world for us in a shipping container
Posted by artfeelers Thu, December 17, 2009 04:13PM
drum roll, trumpets (so exciting) - artfeelers is up and running and we want you to join us! we're now definitely opening all that fantastic cutting edge contemporary art up to you - reserve your place on a tour now - today - this very minute - what are you waiting for - click here
photo by Dara Herlihy (thanks a million Dara) of artist Heather Cantrell and subject at MOT Galleryphoto by Dara Herlihy of all us artfeelers chatting with curator Caryn Coleman
during our trial tours we got fantastic feedback from our artfeeling
guineapigs - (thank you Gareth, Kat, Chris, Aoife, Ali, Manuela,
Alicia, Bill, Val, Chloe, Emily and Jess and of course Viv and Dara). we won't go on about it too much but here's a couple of quotes:
"I really enjoyed the tour. It was great to see something completely
different to the more obvious galleries like the Tate Modern, National
Portrait Gallery, etc. I especially liked seeing the photographer in
action and experiencing the less glamorous/real London art scene - I
would never have gone into that building expecting to see a studio and
a gallery."
"I
was so overawed by the coolness of the ‘study in portrait’ that I
walked around in a bit of an ‘art mist’ until we hit the pub and had a
chance to properly talk about it."
don't miss out - email us at claire@artfeelers.com - now!
and it's Dara Herlihy - our very own photographer getting photographed by Heather - pretty cool
Posted by artfeelers Mon, December 07, 2009 06:18PM
Heather Cantrell is a dude, as is Caryn Coleman - respective artist and curator of A Study in Portraiture: Act II at Chris Hammond's MOT Gallery - on right now
Act I was in Los Angeles, Act II here, Act III will be in New York. why does it sound like a play? well its extremely theatrical as is the history of portraiture as Heather points out. she is photographing her art tribe in London - artists, curators, dealers, collectors in a series of live shoots in MOT's actual gallery space using Heather-picked props and Heather-painted backdrops and surrounded by the photos from LA's Act I. it does not get much cooler than this - get yourself over to Regent Studios beside Braodway Market, London Fields to see it - as always check the website first.
when you go - it would be nothing short of stupid to pass through without seeing the fantastically fun paintings by Jake Clark (see image), Phillip Allen and Rose Wylie, at MOT's neighbour Transition Gallery.
Posted by artfeelers Mon, December 07, 2009 02:40PM
it's hard to do something different in London - everyone is doing something different. we're all trying to trump each other -
but Tom Wellseley really is - with his shipping container unit plonked on a tiny tennis court on the Old Street/ Shoreditch High street end of Hackney Road. Tom has been
gradually making and putting in furniture, shelves, seats and a video installation. it really is cosy. the cabin/et makes reference to the ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ – a type of 18th century
museum that presented artefacts from new colonial territories.
also check out the tennis ball marks on the side of the unit!
put the image above inside the one below and you get an idea - but best to go and actually see it! more info here
Posted by artfeelers Tue, December 01, 2009 06:09PM
i can't keep up with the bar(t)gains. recession time meets christmas time meets less materialist consuming. people seem to be looking for alternatives to the hell of oxford street in the run up to xmas. the christmas art market at Yinka Shonibare's Guest Projects space, art barter london (which was really good, pity it was just for the weekend, it should be an ongoing thing) and now art for kunst at the old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane
i fear artfeelers blog will turn into a shopping site if i keep blogging about these events. but then when i see other people doing what artfeelers is all about - which is not just talking about opening art up to as many people as possible but actually doing it i have to give them a happy nod. art for kunst is bringing top street and graffiti artists to you through handsome and pretty affordable box sets. if you're into graf art or no one someone that is - pop down to the art forkunst stall. ps i think kunst means art in german. not sure. i don't want to ask google. i want to ask you? is it?
Posted by artfeelers Sat, November 28, 2009 02:00PM
you are officially invited - get on down to Guest Projects next weekend. the art is guaranteed to be quality and the prices are right. be a bit more thoughtful than buying your loved ones an iphone this christmas, they can probably buy that themselves. and all the screens break on iphones! bring some art into their lives and yours!
art barter action this weekend in Brick Lane - 27, 28, 29th Novdo not miss
Posted by artfeelers Fri, November 27, 2009 09:19AM
whoops i nearly missed this one and how could i when they have some of the biggest names in contemporary art involved - Tracey Emin, Polly Morgan, Gavin Turk, Jamie Shovlin... among upcoming young'uns
what a simple good idea. get down to the rag factory this weekend and don't forget to bring something decent that you can barter with. don't be shy!
it's sponsored by green & blacks - maybe there'll be free chocolate or barterable chocolate anyway.
Paul Trevor's Photographs at the Museum of Childhooddo not miss
Posted by artfeelers Mon, November 23, 2009 12:34PM
you have just one week left to get down to see these photographs of the east end showing at the Museum of Childhood. i'm fighting with myseylf to not say that they are gorgeous because that sounds soppy and they are so much more. the kids in the photos are fantastic subjects; funny and unaffected. quite different to the usual suspects we find down brick lane nowadays, but it's all part of the fun eh! the run-down backdrops are also worth our attention. it still has that pst war feeling even though they're from the 70s.
what's also funny is that I am sure a lot of the people who are in the photos are walking around the east end totally oblivious to the fact that they are stars in an exhibition on their doorstep. has any attempt been made to track down these kids? does anyone know?
no excuses now - get down there MOC is right beside Bethnal Green tube. on until 29 November 2009
while you are there please also get up to the first floor to see the East London Printmakers exhibition on fairytales - Wonderland. great to see their work on show - any more ELP exhibitions planned?
Posted by artfeelers Thu, November 19, 2009 04:57PM
Christmas art market - not at Sotheby's
gotta be innit to winnit. yeah yeah - it's an old saying but it makes so much sense and applies to so much in life. so submit your work from 28 - 29th November for the Christmas Market at Guest Projects - Yinka Shonibare's newly launched Project Space in Hackney. and make sure you get down there for 3rd - 6th December so you don't miss the bargains and the buzz
Posted by artfeelers Thu, November 19, 2009 04:46PM
Ruth Beale at [ space ]
i am not alone in my love for pamphlets. they're so light-weight and easy to carry. their subjects are so earnest. and they're so collectable. want to see some of the most interesting and important? want to get involved in their debates? Ruth Beale has made her collection of pamphlets the subject of her new project/exhibition at [ space ] in Hackney. go see it - take part in Ruth's Tuesdays Sixpenny Book Clubs and take home some photocopied treatise treats while you're at it!
6 November - 19 December [ space ] Mare St, Hackney, E8 3RH
Posted by artfeelers Thu, November 05, 2009 07:08PM
If you haven't heard about these guys yet -
you'll definitely be hearing a lot more soon. Monorex' Secret Wars are a global phenomenon at this stage. Don't take my word for it - youtube them. the format is - 2 artists going head to head creating on-site art works, as in directly onto the walls of the venue, at each battle. there's tournaments, semis, finals etc. the atmosphere is fantastic. in general, at the end, the crowd decides which artist wins.
yesterday at the Hoxton Pony in shoreditch the set up was slightly different - it was a commisioned 'secret war'. not a real battle. but the place was still buzzing. it's actually something i've always wanted to see done - art made as exciting as live music. live art that's not just used as entertainment (like a dodgy performance artist). it really is the next big thing - and rightly so. Reeps, beatboxing champ, did his thing too and he was brilliant. genuinely. check out monorex'secret wars diary - now!
Posted by artfeelers Tue, October 27, 2009 11:43AM
freedom bots spotted in the eastend - freeing us from the tyranny of cctv
look closer
and the other side
does anyone know where this is? artfeelers prize for the knowledgeable winner... drop your answers/ guesses into a comment and if you have seen anymore freedom bots around be sure to let us know
Posted by artfeelers Sun, October 25, 2009 04:13AM
fantastic article in Frieze mag by Fritz Haeg about people basically ruining all the fun by trying to over-determine what art is. definitely not another 'is it art' drivel article. he's the real deal. must check out his work when the chance next arises
if you subscribe to Frieze you can read the essay here. if not it should be in your local library or you could buy it - it ain't a bad mag after all...
the image above shows one of Haeg's slides which looks intriguing - not sure it if means 'slide' as in format of an image or a fun 'wahoo' slide. it's nice to see photographers shadows sometimes
(thurs 29 oct - just checked the link above - if you click in you can actually read the full article online for free - you don't have to subscibe)
Posted by artfeelers Sun, October 25, 2009 03:46AM
ideas, anecdotes and images...
in Kalin Lindena’s first solo exhibition in the UK, which is currently on at the Cubitt, she continues her 'process of translation; breaking up information, isolating detail, repeating and reworking her subjects... in sculpture, drawing, performance and the moving-image.'
Kalin Lindena: Names Bridged at the Cubitt ends on 7 November
...if you're a fan of Lindena's work or the fabulous Cubitt, take heed - there's only one saturday in between now and then http://www.cubittartists,org,uk
Posted by artfeelers Sun, October 25, 2009 01:18AM
hoo hoo haa haa (repeat)
we all know the horrors of 21st century London all too well ...or do we?
Indy east end art group Cosmicmegabrain have a history of creating art experiences that you will never forget - whether it's watching or getting in on the action of feather dusting someone's testickles as they hang suspended (still attached to their naked owner) out of a kennel or standing in front of a breath-taking video/3-D installation made from one of the curators bedrooms or watching breakdancers blow minds in a Beirut gallery (in the video above - about 2mins18secs)
this time round with 'Dondon Lungeon' Cosmicmegabrain are artifying our terrifying London existence in a very-well-hidden-big-white-art-cave-behind-a-petrol-station in Shoreditch
artists contributing their gruesome reactions to Cmb's bonegrinding brief include Jonathan Silverman, Chiara Mu, Davide D'Elia, Taren MacCallan-Moore, Jesse Wade, Ada Chinonye...
you will absolutely not want to miss out on this one - sounds like contemporary art punchdrunk with a bitter twist of London. it's a typically one night only affair. like an artfirework, it will dazzle, delight and disappear
so get rsvping artfeelers to invite@hoxton.ne (guestlist only) - 31 October from 10pm till late also check out Cosmicmegabrain's lovely flash logo and website here press release attached
Cosmic Mega Brain image by Ada Chinonye
link to image source (it's a random image, as in unconnected to the outside world website etc etc) - 
All the cultural sponsorship in the world will not help BP out of its current PR nightmare - I hope anyway. Frankly they deserve all they get and more, who knows the extent of the damage they are doing to our planet, goddamn.
As someone who finds art mostly by cycling from hidden cave to hidden cave in the East End and who’s plan is at some stage to get about ten bikes and put Artfeelers on wheels David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries was a fantastic birthday present (thank you Sarah!). The musician-slash-artist-slash-filmaker-slash-husband of famous artist Cindy Sherman (so I hear) is a dab hand at relaying his biking experiences and observations in an accessible and intelligent manner. The tone is really personable and all stuff you kind of know but don’t know the specifics. Not too wordy, not to fact heavy, perfectly paced...check it out if you can. There’s a section on London as well. He has an 
better view of the map here and more info on ROA - 
how Alice and wonderlandy can you get? beside ROA's squirrel which still looks great despite the bad tags starting to cover it. and that's Trolley Gallery to the right where the bikes are - great gallery. I love that street - hope you do too. over and out.c
David A Smith - Revenant, 2010
Yinka Shonibare
205 is just next to the yellow shop front you can see to the left of the Premises
there will be events on throughout the exhibition including a youtube-off - who will show the best youtube videos?; open portrait sessions where visitors will have the chance to have the portrait done; a not so secret banquet; and the Private View will take place on 21st January giving Piero time to fill the space with his fantastic creations
Chloe and Valentina looking at artist Yuko Nasu's work
we traded our wisdom on the East End graffitti work and architecture
Emily, Claire and Valentina at New Contemporaries at the A Foundation
meet Tom Wolseley at his cabin/et on Hackney Road - he's recreated Caveman Bill's world for us in a shipping container 
photo by Dara Herlihy (thanks a million Dara) of artist Heather Cantrell and subject at MOT Gallery
photo by Dara Herlihy of all us artfeelers chatting with curator Caryn Coleman
and it's Dara Herlihy - our very own photographer getting photographed by Heather - pretty cool 
when you go - it would be nothing short of stupid to pass through without seeing the fantastically fun paintings by Jake Clark (see image), Phillip Allen and Rose Wylie, at MOT's neighbour 
Hansel & Gretal by Catherine Walsh
