Art atelier will all be exhibiting work in this years open house weekends on 2nd-3rd October 2010 10am-6pm and the 9th-10th October 10am-6pm. The work will be on the theme of 'Chemistry and the 4 elements' and there will be an experimental installation space http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/arts

Andrea Ellis is in new Exhibition in the South of France, "Face A....Face B" Andrea Ellis Vs Herve Perdriel at 'La Galerie 13 Avril', Biarritz From 31st July-15th August http://www.13avril.com Since beginning to work with the 'Gallery13 Avril' in Biarritz in April, Andrea Ellis has been producing some larger pieces, still using her 'trademark' devore technique. Three pieces – 'Lady Geisha', 'Souvenirs du Japon' and 'Culture Clash' are a continuation of the geisha theme; while 'Animoto' re-visits ideas started in Strasbourg about anatomy, fossils and relics; and erosion and decay, but with a hint of fantasy and humour. The viewer is encouraged to look closely as things are not as they appear to be – hence in 'Culture Clash', a beautifully patterned kimono is in fact made up of MacDonalds logos and American Express cards; and in 'Animoto', a vintage motorbike is made up of bones, with references to Darwin. In 'Billy Goat', a man's suit is topped with a goat's head, in front of a traditional Toile de Jouy landscape – featuring goats! Galerie 13 Avril is in Biarritz, in a converted warehouse; it houses a collection of art and classic and contemporary design and furniture, all chosen by Arnaud Caffort, an antique dealer and interior decorator from Paris. Various artists will be showing there this Summer and later on in the year at 'Galerie Espace R' in Geneva, Look at the site : www,13avril.com (which is really fun) for further information, or call 0033540392865.

NANCY CARLINE 1909-2004
presented by Hermione and Francis Carline
Saturdays & Sundays 14 – 29 November 2009

11am – 6pm; and on other days by appointment

NANCY CARLINE, 1909 – 2004
A celebration of her work
Our mother would have reached 100 years at the end of this November. Her life spanned almost
the entire 20th century, and she witnessed its profound cultural and political changes.
Yet she followed her own artistic intuition, choosing her own influences based on her
love of literature and music as well as painting. She developed an early fascination with
heroic literary or historical figures of the past, and her vivid imagination was fired by storiesfrom mythology.

It was inevitable that Nancy would become an artist, and by twenty she was a studentat the Slade School. Professor Henry Tonks seemed to her at first a severe, forbidding figure:
yet she came to have “complete confidence in Tonks and his judgement”. She appreciatedthe narrow, rigorous training at the Slade, where the first year was devoted to drawingin pencil from the casts of antique sculpture. In her second year she was given permission
to draw (still with hard pencil) short poses from the life model—in the female Life Room,
as male and female students were segregated at the classes. Eventually she was permitted to
paint in oil, first two antique heads, then the live model. In her final year she was taught by
Allan Gwynne-Jones,Professor of Painting,who still favoured a traditional approach.At this
time the Slade regarded all ‘modern’ art with disfavour.


An opportunity emerged for her in 1933 to be employed
voluntarily at Sadler’s Wells Ballet, where she worked on
costumes for Lilian Baylis and Ninette de Valois. One of her
tasks was to paint directly on to the costumes themselves.
It was here that her sense of romance and drama was
enriched by her love of ballet and the Commedia dell’Arte
characters. She took up scene-painting with Vladimir
Polunin, who in 1935 invited her back to the Slade, where
he was also teaching stage design. He had been Diaghilev’s
scene-painter and introduced her to the work of avant-garde
artists such as Picasso and Derain. “This had a great effect
on my painting and I felt ready for these new influences.”
Nancy recalls a happy and lively atmosphere at Polunin’s Slade class, where she made many
of her lifelong artist friends. Yet she felt she had to make a deliberate decision to concentrate
on her own painting. Up to the outbreak of the second world war she made frequent
painting trips to the Continent, with Slade friends such as Rosemary Allan, Aelred Bartlett,
Elizabeth Steven and Anthony Baynes. The South of France, for example St. Remy, wasa favourite destination, while Venice exercised a special fascination.

The war years are represented by ‘Soho’, the nocturnal street scene illuminated by snow and
dim lights, and VE Night was celebrated in a large painting now at Manchester City Art
Gallery. The post-war years were perhaps her most productive. She developed the habit of
painting outdoors on small panels, and working these up into larger compositions. Examples
of these are the paintings done on the Thames at Hampton, while by contrast she revived
her love of the romantic and otherworldly in ‘Orpheus’, which is imbued with a wonderful
copper hue. She built on her admiration for Cézanne and Degas, as well as ‘old masters’ such
as Titian, Claude, Poussin and Goya.

It could be said that ‘The Stage’, populated by actors, was a metaphor for many of Nancy’s
compositions throughout her life. Almost all her paintings contained people or animals
presenting an incident, story, or way of life. Nancy’s stage set could be anywhere from
Hampton on the Thames to Lake Chapala in Mexico, but it was Venice that she kept
returning to.

Nancy had known for some years her future husband Richard Carline, who had beena War Artist in 1918-19. He adopted ‘modern’ ideas in painting and was a close friend of
Stanley Spencer. Nancy and Richard together enhanced each other’s already wide knowledge
and shared a keen critical judgement of art past and present. She celebrated taking up life
with the Carlines in ‘Supper on the Terrace’ (painted 1946, now in the Tate; a sketch for itis in this exhibition). In the painting she depicts Richard, his mother Anne, and his sister
Hilda the former wife of Stanley Spencer,and herself looking on from the background.In the
1950s she and Richard resumed long painting trips abroad, for example to Greece in 1960,
and to Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Arid landscapes with strong warm light attracted her,
but she felt at home in green pastoral scenery, which she enjoyed particularly when stayingin Gloucestershire with Rosemary Allan (who had married Allan Gwynne-Jones).

Late in life the early fascination with mythology and history, her experience at Sadler’s Wells,
together with a keen interest throughout her life in music,poetry and literature,fused together
in a late flowering of her painting. Examples are carnival scenes, peopled with harlequins and
cherubic figures, and notably a scene from Mozart’s Figaro. Representations of reality took
on a dreamlike significance, merging her memories of place with sets from theatre or ballet,
and heroic characters from her own earlier experience.

Nancy’s paintings contain a current of understated emotion. Many have noted their poetic
quality; she invested in them a wealth of personal feeling which she expressed pictorially
rather than verbally. You sense her quiet presence in the scene, whether implied or in person
as in the Soho painting, or maybe in the person of a figure she places in the composition –
be it a Mexican village road, a windswept bay in Wales, or the evening light at Portland.

The first Scenery Chewer event curated by someone else other than me sees the young Kimberly Liu stepping up to the plate and organising her first ever art show. It promises to be wild and exotic, with work being exhibited and sold over the course of the following week, so if you are feeling flush, get your wallet out, and buy someone something lush.

Or just come along to the launch party on November the 6th and get joyous! It will be at The Others in Stoke Newington (go here for a map - www.theothers.uk.com).

We have three musical debuts from three soon-to-be Scenery Chewer favourites.

Liam Butler will open proceedings with his heart-snapping lyrics and tender guitar, and, we hope, one or two Daniel Johnston covers, as well as his own gorgeous songs.

www.myspace.com/liambutlermusic

Then, we have the return of the elusive genius of Ylid. If you have never heard of Ylid, let alone knew that he had been away, and are dying to ask him why he went away and why he has come back, or if you don't really care but would still like to make conversation with someone/anyone, come down and ask him. But only after you pick your jaws up off the floor.

And if that wasn't enough, poetry troupe Press Free Press will be on stage bringing the literary rock and roll fun, iambic pentameter to your skulls.

The suggested donation on the door of £5 will all go towards the work of Youth Music (www.youthmusic.org.uk). When I say "suggested donation", I say that loosely. Scenery Chewer does what it does to raise funds for worthy causes so please be generous, be kind, and rewind.

All members of Art-Atelier will be exhibiting work in this year's Wandsworth Artist's open house, with the new addition of work by photogtapher Andy Preston.

For full details and programe visit http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/downloads/file/1779/2009_programme

 

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 October 2009
Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 October 2009
11am to 6pm
Whether you have visited before, or are new to the
event, we have no doubt that you will be inspired,
delighted and very tempted to buy from the
wonderful range of artists who take part in our open
house weekends.
Over 200 artists, working in a variety of art forms
from ceramics to painting to jewellery, are throwing
open their doors across the borough. It’s the perfect
opportunity to see what happens on your street, and
to explore the borough.
Big Draw also takes place in October and we have
included exhibitions and activities that are happening
in Wandsworth as part of this nationwide celebration.
We urge you to visit them and get involved.
Enjoy!

Madeleine Hunter will be exhibiting installation photographs in Scenery: Chewer's  'the life of kings'.

On Aug 27, 2009 at Vibe Bar, Old Truman Brewery, leave behind the toil and trouble of the city streets and escape up to where the air is infused with the majestic artistic talents of London’s little known but promising musicians and photographers.

Inspired by a quote from renowned journalist H.L Mencken and famously used in the final ever episode of The Wire, this musical performance and photography exhibition is all in the name of the fantastic charity Youth Music (www.youthmusic.org.uk), set up in 1999 to promote and support music-making opportunities for underprivileged children with the least access across the UK.

The night will be an original mixture of photographic art alongside performances from live bands and DJs, which will all be exhibited in the cosy confines upstairs at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane.

Wandsorth artists open house weekend

www.timeandleisure.co.uk

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/LeisureandTourism/Arts/openhouse.htm

 

Artists' Open House Weekends

Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th September
Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th October

From 11am to 6pm each day

This year we have around 200 artists showing and selling artworks at 93 places across the borough. Visitors can expect to find a variety of works, from ceramics and jewellery, to paintings, prints and sculptures. Not all the places are open on both weekends. Please check each listing for when studios are open.

Local cafes are included in the listings so that you can pace your visits with refreshment stops. Some of them are showing art works and details of framers are also provided. At the back you will find a map to make it easy to see where venues are located.

Throughout September and October you can win fabulous prizes and read exclusive interviews with artists and crafts people from Wandsworth Artists' Open House in SW and rise magazines. You can also find further information on the event, as well as an enlarged map of the venues.

 

http://www.commentart.com/exhibition/Start_Your_Collection_2008!

exhibition

 

Start Your Collection 2008!

Artists Alex Dewert, Alex Hudson, Alexander Adams, Alexander Heaton, Alexandra Santos, Alice Peillon, Anka Dabrowska, Anna Dickerson, Anssi Sojakka, Baron Gilvan, Ben Walker, Brian Cheeswright, Caroline Elliott, Cathy Lomax, Celia Hempton, Chris Humphreys, Coral Churchill, Daisy Richardson, Dana Suckling, David Leapman, Debra Swann, Dilys Finlay-Stephens, DJ Roberts, Dominic Kennedy, Donna Irvine, Elinor Evans, Emily Jo Sargent, Facetk, Farah Syed, Fiona Lumbers , Freya Douglas-Morris, Gabriel Tejada, Gavin Maughfling, Glauce Cerveira, Graham Carrick, Grant Foster, Gregory Smart, Guocheng Chen, Hannah Brown, Hee Seon, Helen Melland, Hermione Carline, Hitoko Urago, Hugh Gillan, Hugh Gilmour, Hogan Brown, Imogen Welch, Isabel Young, Jake Clark, James Faure Walker, James McMeakin, Jane Gifford, Jane Ward, J.A. Nicholls, Jeni Snell, Jennifer Merrell, Jessica Wolfson, Jo Wilmot, Joceline Howe, John Guest, John Holland, John Hooper, Joseph Richards, Julian Brown, Julie Goldsmith, Julie Greenslade, Julie Umerle, Karl England, Katherine Russell, Kevin Broughton & Fiona Birnie, Lara Viana, Lauren Foulkes, Lily Schroder, LindaJane James, Little Artists, Lizi Sanchez, Louisa Chambers, Lucie Winterson, Lucinda Oestreicher, Madeleine Hunter, Madeleine Strindberg, Mandy Hudson, Marie Mackay, Marisol Malatesta, Masashi Echigo, Matthew Stradling, Max Mulhern, Mia Taylor, Michele Fletcher, Mike Bartlett, Natasha Rydlewski, Nerys Mathias, Nicky Hodge, Nina Mangalanayagam, Paul Butler, Paul Davis, Robin Dixon, Rosalind Davis, Rose Gibbs, Sarah Sparkes, SHI-CHI LIN, Sophie Bedingham-Smith, Sumiko Seki, Tamara Dubnyckyj, Tarragon Smith, Tempy Osborne, Theo Kaccoufa, Tina Gibbard, Tomas Georgeson, Veronica Slater, Yuki Snow, YUCO, Zoe Crosse

01.Aug.08 - 21.Sep.08
12-8 or by appt; first Thursdays 12-9

Private View, 01.Aug.08, 6.30-8.30
Private View, 07.Aug.08, 12-8 or by appt; first Thursdays 12-9

Contemporary Art Projects
20 Rivington St
London EC2A 3DU
020 7739 1743
info@caprojects.com
www.commentart.com/ gallery/Contemporary_Art_Projects
Tube Old Street, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch / Hoxton

Private View: Friday 1st August 6:30pm - 8:30pm


Collectors preserve and help to reveal the great mysteries of previous civilisations; without collectors, the world's cultural artefacts would be consigned to the rubbish heap.

This summer, Contemporary Art Projects invites you to Start Your Collection!

Taking place over the quiet period of late summer, this annual gathering of highly collectible artworks by over 70 emerging contemporary artists takes the form of a mini-Fair and includes drawings, watercolours, small paintings and sculptures, limited edition prints and photographs. Intended to aid collectors to start or extend their collection of contemporary art, all artworks have a ceiling price of £200 exclusive of any additional framing costs.

All participating artists have been educated at top international art colleges and form part of the contemporary art matrix. This exhibition is an exciting opportunity to survey current thought and upcoming trends and see early stage development of a number of interesting artists and their ideas.

Many artists have made work especially for this event in order to make it possible for new collectors to make acquisitions of their work.

Gallery opening hours will be extended to 12 - 8 pm daily, including weekends, throughout the exhibition. Due to the high volume of participating artists, works will be displayed on a rotating basis, and may be collected from the gallery at the time of purchase, which is especially helpful for visitors. We will have an entire list of available works along with artist bios, in the gallery and on the comment website www.commentart.com. Please contact us for images of works or other information.

News / reviews Review of Start Your Collection!, Marina Giostra, commentart.com, 12.Aug.08

Catalogues Start Your Collection 2008!

Untitled is the UK's Largest Artists Fair currently Exhibiting approximately 170 Artists all Selling Direct and Commission Free.  Founded & owned by an Artist, Untitled continues to offer Clients the very best selection of Artworks.  No Galleries or Agents are permitted therefore 100% of all sales income goes directly to the Artist, offering and encouraging clients to make directly informed and greatly discounted purchases.

Apply for Private View Tickets
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Download Catalogue & Plans

Visitor Information
The Untitled Artists Fair takes place in the Beautiful & Historic Chelsea Old Town Hall on the World Famous Kings Road, London.

Free Admission
Friday 30th May - 5.30pm - 9pm - Private View Champagne Reception*
Saturday 31st May - 10am - 7pm - Free Public Access
Sunday 1st June - 11am - 5pm - Free Public Access
*by invitation only

London Underground
London Transport Jouney Planner.
Circle or District Line to Sloane Square.  Walk across Sloane Square and straight down the King’s Road [keep Peter Jones Department Store on your right hand side].  Chelsea Old Town Hall is approximately ten minutes walk down the King’s Road, on the left hand side immediately opposite the lower end of Sydney Street.

Local Bus Routes
Alight in the King’s Road at Chelsea Old Town Hall and the lower end of Sydney Street numbers 49 or 211.  Alternatively catch bus numbers 11, 19, 22, 211 or 319 from Sloane Square/King’s Road.

We are going to be stand number B33 & B34 - 13.6

www.untitled-gallery.co.uk

 

"00' Nature"

A survey of "Nature" in the Art of the Twenty First Century.
Contemporary Art Project is exhibiting Artists who propose work focused on nature in the twenty first century.

 http://www.commentart.com/exhibition/00_Nature

10.Apr.08 - 15.Jun.08
Wed-Sun 12-6 or by appt; first Thursday 12-9

Private View, 10.Apr.08, 6:30-8:30

Private View, 15.May.08, 6:30-8:30

Contemporary Art Projects
20 Rivington St
London EC2A 3DU 
020 7739 1743
info@caprojects.com
www.commentart.com/gallery/Contemporary_Art_Projects
Tube Old Street, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch / Hoxton