Previous Exhibitions & Events
Exhibition and Events Programme at the Menier Gallery
Open 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday (unless stated otherwise)
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays
Poetry in Stitches
Tuesday 4 January – Saturday 24 January
A collaborative exhibition between Poems in the Waiting Room and the National Needlework Archive
Gallery closed for refurbishment
Monday 26 January – 4 February
New Voices | The Launch Event for 4WALL
Tuesday 7 – Saturday 18 February
John McFaul, ‘Winter With Girl’, Silk Screen Print
New Voices features over 50 pieces of work in a variety of media from the world’s finest contemporary illustrators. The event is a launch pad for 4WALL, a new venture dedicated to promoting illustration as fine art. All work will be for sale at an affordable price and will range from 7ft drawings, screen prints, etchings, and paintings to framed Giclee prints, spray paint stencils and embroidery.
For further details: www.4wall.co.uk | sam@4wall.co.uk | 07855 426 025
Momentum
Tuesday 20 – Saturday 25 February
Cinzia Castellano, ‘Just as Everything is Extra,’ acrylic and oil and on canvas
Ten artists from diverse backgrounds and cultures who have exhibited in prestigious groups and individual shows for many years in this country and abroad. This exhibition is the result of individual artistic endeavour coalescing into a group creative effort of painters who have accomplished their own direction in art.
Sean Michael
Tuesday 28 February – Friday 24 March
Sean Michael, paper construction (work in progress)
Collage, drawing and sculpture exploring the authority of the printed image and its physical properties. Sean Michael is the winner of the 2005 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award in association with Paintings in Hospitals
Artist’s Talk, ‘The Residency Experience’: Saturday 4th March, 3-4pm. Free
Pop-up workshop for children: Saturday 11 March, 3-5 pm (pre-booking essential, £5.00 per participant)
Collage for all Ages: Saturday 18 March, 3-5pm (pre-booking essential. £5.00 per participant)
Charity Art Exhibition and Auction
Saturday 25 March: 5pm – 10pm
Artworks by users of the mental health services in Georgia sold to raise funds for art therapy programmes at the psychiatric hospital in Tbilisi.
For further details: www.georgians.co.uk
Digest This…
Tuesday 28 March - Saturday 1 April
Jess Walsh, ‘Book Sculpture’
Ten emerging artists present a visual feast of painting, drawings
and installation that juxtapose embodied architecture, the trace of body
memories and the crowded and emptied space.
Henrie Haldane & Viktoria Hallenius – Recent Paintings
Monday 3rd April – Thursday 13th April
Henrie Haldane, ‘London Skies’ oil & mixed media on canvas
The exhibition "Colour & Light" takes inspiration from landscapes and travels. Viktoria's paintings are influenced by the stunning Scandinavian light through to deep South American heat while Henrie's paintings focus on dramatic sunsets, landscapes, Moroccan Architecture and atmospheric London cityscapes.
Imprint
Tuesday 18th April – Saturday 22 April
Joe Hall, ‘Now and Then’
An exhibition of contemporary photography and art exploring themes of community, memory, environment and representation using a combination of vernacular, documentary, landscape and conceptual approaches.
The Hat Show
Tuesday 25 April – Saturday 29 April
An exhibition showcasing the works of 18 innovative European hat designers organised by The Hat Magazine.
Arabesques: Recent work by Anne-Catherine Phillips
Wednesday 3 May – Saturday 13 May
Anne-Catherine Phillips, ‘Tying Pointes’, oil on canvas, 2005
Young girls taking their first steps in ballet and older ladies gathering to share their enjoyment of embroidery make up the twin subjects of this show. It comprises paintings, etchings, sketches and clay models that all try to capture the spirit of intense concentration shared by both groups, contrasting the hesitant youthful excitement of the one with the calm serenity of the other.
Gallery CVA
Tuesday 16 May – Saturday 27 May
Jane Ward, ‘Summer’, oil on canvas with threads removed, 2004
The artists collective, Gallery CVA, explore the self, media, consumerism and alienation with artworks that are evocative, skilful and challenging.
For further details: www.gallerycva.co.uk
Tuesday 30 May – Saturday 3 June: Exhibition to be confirmed
Susan Aldworth: Matter into Imagination
Tuesday 6 June – Saturday 24 June
Susan Aldworth, Brainscape 16, Etching
This exhibition will comprise a short collaborative film, a sound installation, animated etchings, etchings and location drawings generated from a residency in the neuroradiology department at the Royal London Hospital.
Events:
Artist’s Talk: Thursday 15 June, 1-2pm at the Menier
Gallery
Free
Symposium on Consciousness: Susan Aldworth with Dr Paul
Broks, neuro-psychologist and author of ‘Into the Silent Land’,
Rita Carter author of ‘Mapping the Mind’ and ‘Consciousness’ plus
other speakers
Free but pre-booking required. Tickets from Garry Kennard 01962 779
536 or garry.kennard@btopenworld.com
Lecture: Thursday 8th June, 7pm, Whitechapel Art Gallery Auditorium, Free but pre-booking required. tickets@whitechapel.org or telephone 0207 522 79888
For further details: www.susanaldworth.com
2005
The Society of Graphic Fine Art’s 84th Annual Exhibition
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 17 September
Margaret Eggleton, ‘Paddington Basin’ (detail)
Paintings, drawings and artists’ original prints with an emphasis on drawing skills by both members and non-members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art. This year part of the exhibition will focus on ‘Environment’.
For more information on the Society: www.sgfa.org.uk
The ART Show
Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 September
Amy Olds, ‘Natural Order, oil and acrylic on canvas
The ART Show includes the work of fifteen professional artists covering a wide range of object-based practices encompassing abstract and figurative painting, stone carving and multi-media sculpture, drawing and printmaking. 50% of all sales will be donated to Alzheimer’s Research Trust.
For a pre-view of artworks visit www.theartshow.co.uk
Dash 05: Conflicted
Tuesday 27 September – Saturday 8 October
Elinor Carucci, ‘I hold Eran’s wounded hand’, photograph
Critical, intense and sensitive, twenty-six photographers present a complex picture of fragments of life in Israel. DASH05 is a new season of music, theatre, dance and visual art for London.
For further information: www.dasharts.org.uk
4 x 4 Textile Artists
Tuesday 11 October – Saturday 29 October
Joan West
A wide range of techniques and media are explored including painted and stitched textiles, handmade felt, monofilament, paper, beadwork, machined lace, weaving and basketry.
Loop
Tuesday 1 November – Saturday 19 November
Lucy Bainbridge, silkscreen print
Recent work by 12 artist printmakers who completed the Camberwell MA printmaking course between 2001 and 2004. This re-grouping shows ongoing work in a complete range of printmaking methods, from the oldest to the most recent. The work also includes painting informed by the methods and rationale of the 20th century printmaking tradition.
For further details contact loopinfo@blueyonder.co.uk
Biddy Bunzl
Tuesday 22 November – Saturday 3 December
Biddy Bunzl, Lancewood II, oil on canvas
Bold, abstract, minimal paintings of intense colour, exploring the relationship between form and space. Also silk screen prints and sculptures. A percentage of sales will be donated to Paintings in Hospitals.
For further details on the artist: www.biddybunzl.com
Christmas Fair at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Saturday 26 November 11am – 6pm
Liz Minichiello, Design for Paintings in Hospitals Christmas card
Seasonal delights and original presents by artists supporting Paintings in Hospitals
£2.00 entrance fee on the door
WE ARE ALL THE SAME
Monday 5 – Fri 23 December
Photographs, interviews and music by Tim Wainwright exploring the lives of people with cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
Corpus Fine Arts: Absence
Dates / Times – 10 – 21 May 2005, daily 10am – 6pm (late night to 8pm Thursdays) closed Sundays
The show is entitled ABSENCE as it features work which explores landscapes, cityscapes and interiors which are devoid of the human life that created them.
Where there should be crowds, bustle, excitement, people going about their daily business – there is emptiness, silence, absence
As well as being beautiful, the paintings examine the impermanence of humanity – inviting us to imagine what might remain once we are gone.
The artists draw on techniques used by mapmakers as well as more traditional fine art motifs. The paintings are made with a variety of media including acrylic on canvas, oil on glass and oil on board.
Canterbury Christ Church University College: 32: The Collective Works
Dates / Times – 7 – 11 June 2005 Daily 10am – 6pm
32: The Collective works brings together an exciting array of works from the 2005 graduates ofCanterbury Christ Church University College. It collaborates four specialist disciplines; painting, sculpting, ceramics and printmaking. All four of these subject areas have a strong emphasis on drawing.
The wide range of exhibited works includes both conceptual and perceptual art, together with traditional elements. This unique exhibition offers a stimulating collection of diverse creativity.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
ArtCast: The Sixth Pardoes Modern
Dates / Times – 12 July to 16 July inclusive
ArtCast is the group name for sixteen Somerset College HND Fine Art students, whose graduation work is being exhibited. The ArtCast exhibition was previously at the Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton. The students have also taken part in the Appledore Arts Festival in Devon, where their art won praise for its innovative qualities and professionalism. Their work ranges through painting, sculpture, installations and video. All the planning, production, fund raising and publicity for this exhibition has been carried out by the students as part of the ‘Professional Practice Module’ on their course, which prepares them for life as professional artists.
Tatiana Correia: Refugees in London
Dates / Times – 14 June – 18 June
A photography exhibition to promote a better understanding of refugees. The exhibition will consist of between 12 – 15 portrait shots. The subjects will reflect the cultural, economic and social contribution that refugees make to the capital and showcase alternative histories.
The portraits will be accompanied by text, detailing in their own words, the subjects’ reasons for fleeing their countries of origin, their life and career in the home countries and how that contrasts to their lives in the UK.
After the initial showing the exhibition will tour local school and libraries in South and East London.