Book Concerto - Roaming ROOM
A performance, Book Concerto (Words, breath & silences: Nod to Beckett) by Elisabeth Clark at Hammersmith Library, Shepherds Bush Road, London, W6 7AT, on 26 January 2019. See .
Close: Drawn Portraits - Drawing Room
Dryden Goodwin and alumna Paula Rego are showing in Close: Drawn Portraits at Drawing Room, 1-27 Rodney Place, London SE17 1PP, from 22 November 2018 - 3 February 2019. See .
The Perfume Shop - The Ryder
Thomson & Craighead are showing in The Perfume Shop at The Ryder, 19a Herald Street, London E2 6JT, from 30 November 2018 - 26 January 2019. See .
The Hayward Annual Exhibition 1978 Revisited - Henry Moore Institute
Joy Sleeman is speaking at seminar, The Hayward Annual Exhibition 1978 Revisited, at the Henry Moore Institute, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH, from 2 - 6pm on Wednesday 12 December 2018. See .
The seminar will be followed by a book launch for Joy Sleeman’s Roelof Louw and British Sculpture since the 1960s (Ridinghouse 2018).
Roelof Louw - Joy Sleeman
Joy Sleeman's book, Roelof Louw and British Sculpture, since the 1960s is published by Ridinghouse this month. ISBN: 978 1 909932 46 3. See https://.
Roelof Louw (1936–2017) created sculpture from wooden slats, cast-iron wedges, sand-blasted and painted scaffolding poles, rope and neon. He made installations using industrial rubber bands, rolled-up lead sheets, or using tape recorders and the movements of viewers around a space. His work addresses itself to our bodies and minds, implicating them in its realisation and its sites, which might be streets, parks, woods or galleries.
In Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967), the work for which he is best known, the fit of an orange to a hand and the experience of eating the fruit are crucial aspects, as is the action of destroying the piece in the process. Prescient in anticipating the participatory and interactive art of the present, Louw’s work remained resolutely defined as sculpture, at the artist’s insistence. This was even so as sculpture became conceptual, ‘dematerialised’, or located in ‘the expanded field’, and while his art was itself a part of these shifts.
Born in South Africa, Louw moved to London in 1961. Practising in London, New York and Cape Town, Louw participated in some of the most important episodes in sculpture history of the twentieth century. As well as being the first authoritative overview of Louw’s oeuvre, this book presents a new perspective on a familiar and much written about era in art.
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Supported by Publication Grants from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Henry Moore Foundation.
Annotations 5: Devlin Shea - Drawing Room
Annotations 5: Devlin Shea is showing at Drawing Room, 1-27 Rodney Place, London SE17 1PP, from 22 November 2018 - 17 March 2019. See .
The launch on 29 November, features a conversation with the artist and a new, live work by Amelia Barratt. See .
Essex Road 5 - Tintype
Jayne Parker, David Blandy and Hiraki Sawa are showing in Essex Road 5 at Tintype, 107 Essex Road, London N1 2SL, open 12 - 6pm, Wednesday - Saturday, from 13 December 2018 - 19 January 2019. See .
Emma Hart: Banger - Fruitmarket Gallery
Emma Hart: Banger is showing at the Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DF, from 27 October 2018 - 3 February 2019. See .
Black Sun, Blue Light - Brantwood
Patricia Townsend has a solo exhibition, Black Sun, Blue Light, at Brantwood, East of Lake Coniston, LA21 8AD, from 21 November 2018 - 6 February 2019. See
Karin Ruggaber - Bottom of the lake, Greengrassi
Karin Ruggaber: Bottom of the lake is showing at Greengrassi, 1a Kempsford Road London SE11 4NU, from 8 November - 21 December 2012. See .
Kitty Clark and Sofia Mitsola - 12 artists to watch in 2019
Many congratulations to Kitty Clark and Sofia Mitsola named as part of 12 artists to watch in 2019 who will receive awards and commissions through . See .
Women on Aeroplanes - The Showroom
Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa is showing in Women on Aeroplanes at The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PQ, from 3 October 2018 - 26 January 2019. See .
Carnivale! - Chelsea Waterside
Sarah Batey, Simone Kennedy-Doig, Emma Green and Alexi Marshall are showing in Carnivale!, curated by Alexi Marshall, at Chelsea Waterside, from 28 November 2018 - 23 January 2019. See .
Static Cling Snowflakes - Material Museum
The Material Museum presents Static Cling Snowflakes to celebrate the festive season at the Slade.
See for more information about static cling.
Models - Castor Projects, London
Tom Worsfold has a solo show, Models, at Castor Projects, Enclave 1, 50 Resolution Way, London SE8 4AL, from 1 December 2018 - 19 January 2019. See .
Small is Beautiful - Flowers Gallery
Carl Randall is showing in Small is Beautiful XXXVI at Flowers Gallery, 21 Cork Street, London W1S 3LZ, from 29 November 2018 – 5 January 2019. See .
Tom Butler: Ensemble - Charlie Smith London
Tom Butler: Ensemble is showing at Charlie Smith London, 336 Old Street, 2nd Floor, London EC1V 9DR, from 23 November - 22 December 2018. See
Josephine Rock wins Platform Graduate Award 2018
Congratulations to current MFA student Josephine Rock who has won the Platform Graduate Award 2018! Her work is currently showing at Aspex Gallery, The Vulcan Building, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth PO1 3BF, until 30 December 2018. See and .
Slade Open Studios 2018
Come and see the Slade at work at our Open Studios on Wednesday 12 December from 10am - 6pm. No booking necessary.
Venue: Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Small Press Discovery Day - UCL
The Small Press Discovery Day will take place on Friday 14 December 2018, from 10am - 4pm, at the Special Collections Reading Room, Lower Ground, South Junction, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Come along and open a randomly selected box from the collections to browse Little Magazines, experimental pamphlets and counter-cultural publications. Spend all day or just drop in!