Weekly World Wide Exhibition Round Up
12 – 19 May 2015
YOUR GUIDE TO THE ART WORLD
WE HAVE ROUNDED UP A SELECTION OF UPCOMING SHOWS FOR YOU TO SEE BROUGHT TO YOU IN A REGULAR WEEKLY SNAPSHOT.
In the coming week there is:
Theaster Gates: Freedom of Assembly
White Cube
Opening 29 April – 5 July 2015
Featuring a display of new works, this exhibition explores the theme of ‘assembly’. It includes sculptures, large-scale tar paintings and a series of work that for the first time exposes Gates’ long-term experimentation with clay. The notion of assembly is looked at through the lens of memory, politics and the cultural significance of material objects.
http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/theaster_gates_bermondsey_2015/
White Cube Bermondsey
144 – 152 Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3TQ
U.K
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Matt Stokes: Madman in a Lifeboat
Matt’s Gallery
Opening 1 April – 24 May 2015
Matt’s Gallery has commissioned Stokes to produce an immersive sculptural video installation based around the pilot episode of a faux situational comedy series. The exhibition draws inspiration from Stokes’ conversations with a 74-year old East London resident’s surreal imaginings, which include a variety of supernatural ideologies. Stokes has known the fantastical character since 2009 and acquired permission from him to search his East London home for artefacts an documents that are linked to his outlandish stories.
http://www.mattsgallery.org/artists/stokes/exhibition-2.php
Matt’s Gallery
42–44 Copperfield Road London
E3 4RR
U.K
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Roman Signer: Slow Movement
Barbican
Opening 4 March – 31 May 2015
Swiss artist Roman Signer is famous for his sculptural installation and video works. The title to this show refers to the kayak, a characteristic symbol from which Signer has worked with. The exhibition continues this motif, containing 3 kayaks overall. One of which is a monumental installation of one of the kayaks navigating the 90-metre long gallery as if drifting through a canal. The show includes a selection of earlier films by Signer that also feature kayaks.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=17362
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
U.K
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Life on Foot
Design Museum
Opening 13 May – 1 November 2015
This exhibition looks at the journey of shoe design by the renown Spanish footwear brand, Camper. The Design Museum has gained exclusive access to Camper’s extensive archives to bring you a thorough insight into the evolution of shoe design and manufacturing processes. It reveals their design studios in Mallorca and also their high-tech mass production facilities in the Far East. The show includes displays on Camper’s involvement in advertising, their design of conceptual retail spaces and plenty of never-before seen prototypes and sketches.
https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/life-on-foot
Design Museum
Shad Thames
London
SE1 2YD
U.K
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The Nouveau Festival
Centre Georges Pompidou
Opening 15 April – 20 July 2015
The first edition to this festival was in 2009. Since then the Nouveau Festival has provided the platform for expression and production, a boiling pot for new forms of creation. The multi-disciplinary programme features three months of visual artists, performers, dancers, theorists and film directors looking at the dialogue between art and games. The festival includes seminars, talks and debates designed to stimulate thinking and act as continuations from the works and games on offer. Check out the website linked for a comprehensive list of all venues.
Place Georges-Pompidou
75004
Paris
France
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Lee Ufan
Lisson Gallery
Opening 25 March – 9 May 2015
This show presents a body of work by Lee Ufan, noted for being a founding member of the Japanese Mono-ha and Korean Dansaekhwa groups prevalent in the late 1960’s and early ’70’s. It has been only recently that the West has celebrated this Eastern movement. He is considered a minimalist artist, executing the economy of gesture and representation in order to tap into the upmost possible effect. He works with watercolours, performative strokes and strong colours.
http://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/lee-ufan–3
Lisson Gallery
27 & 52 Bell Street
London
NW1 5DA
U.K
We have rounded up a selection of upcoming shows for you to see brought to you in a regular weekly snapshot
In the coming week there is:
Theaster Gates: Freedom of Assembly
White Cube
Opening 29 April – 5 July 2015
Featuring a display of new works, this exhibition explores the theme of ‘assembly’. It includes sculptures, large-scale tar paintings and a series of work that for the first time exposes Gates’ long-term experimentation with clay. The notion of assembly is looked at through the lens of memory, politics and the cultural significance of material objects.
http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/theaster_gates_bermondsey_2015/
White Cube Bermondsey
144 – 152 Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3TQ
U.K
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Matt Stokes: Madman in a Lifeboat
Matt’s Gallery
Opening 1 April – 24 May 2015
Matt’s Gallery has commissioned Stokes to produce an immersive sculptural video installation based around the pilot episode of a faux situational comedy series. The exhibition draws inspiration from Stokes’ conversations with a 74-year old East London resident’s surreal imaginings, which include a variety of supernatural ideologies. Stokes has known the fantastical character since 2009 and acquired permission from him to search his East London home for artefacts an documents that are linked to his outlandish stories.
http://www.mattsgallery.org/artists/stokes/exhibition-2.php
Matt’s Gallery
42–44 Copperfield Road London
E3 4RR
U.K
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Roman Signer: Slow Movement
Barbican
Opening 4 March – 31 May 2015
Swiss artist Roman Signer is famous for his sculptural installation and video works. The title to this show refers to the kayak, a characteristic symbol from which Signer has worked with. The exhibition continues this motif, containing 3 kayaks overall. One of which is a monumental installation of one of the kayaks navigating the 90-metre long gallery as if drifting through a canal. The show includes a selection of earlier films by Signer that also feature kayaks.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=17362
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
U.K
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Life on Foot
Design Museum
Opening 13 May – 1 November 2015
This exhibition looks at the journey of shoe design by the renown Spanish footwear brand, Camper. The Design Museum has gained exclusive access to Camper’s extensive archives to bring you a thorough insight into the evolution of shoe design and manufacturing processes. It reveals their design studios in Mallorca and also their high-tech mass production facilities in the Far East. The show includes displays on Camper’s involvement in advertising, their design of conceptual retail spaces and plenty of never-before seen prototypes and sketches.
https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/life-on-foot
Design Museum
Shad Thames
London
SE1 2YD
U.K
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The Nouveau Festival
Centre Georges Pompidou
Opening 15 April – 20 July 2015
The first edition to this festival was in 2009. Since then the Nouveau Festival has provided the platform for expression and production, a boiling pot for new forms of creation. The multi-disciplinary programme features three months of visual artists, performers, dancers, theorists and film directors looking at the dialogue between art and games. The festival includes seminars, talks and debates designed to stimulate thinking and act as continuations from the works and games on offer. Check out the website linked for a comprehensive list of all venues.
Place Georges-Pompidou
75004
Paris
France
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Lee Ufan
Lisson Gallery
Opening 25 March – 9 May 2015
This show presents a body of work by Lee Ufan, noted for being a founding member of the Japanese Mono-ha and Korean Dansaekhwa groups prevalent in the late 1960’s and early ’70’s. It has been only recently that the West has celebrated this Eastern movement. He is considered a minimalist artist, executing the economy of gesture and representation in order to tap into the upmost possible effect. He works with watercolours, performative strokes and strong colours.
http://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/lee-ufan–3
Lisson Gallery
27 & 52 Bell Street
London
NW1 5DA
U.K
