Art+Design Degree of Value • SHAPE the FUTURE Sunday 9th August 2015 • 2pm till 8pm • SHAPE the FUTURE
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Working Eyes Left – Art Practice today and the Labour Movement
A series of talks have been taking place at ‘Marx Memorial Library’ in London’s Clerkenwell Green. The series, organised by Nick Wright, looked at aspects of visual culture, the labour movement and the ‘left’. Speakers represented various practices from banner … Continue reading
Richard Tuttle…. tongue-tied
Art works placed in an art gallery invite us to understand their place within an art historical context. What are their references? What is the artist adding or subtracting from the conversation? What does the art work do to open … Continue reading
Triadic Disturbances
‘3 artists re-locate the Mistral in east London’ Annie Morrad sound Emma Osbourn visuals Beatriz Cantinho movement watch live at – http://www.triadicdisturbances.org.uk/live-stream/ Triadic Disturbances 7″ ‘vynil’ now available. £8 inclusive p&p. Morrad – alto sax Cantinho – movement Osbourn – … Continue reading
East London Communities – a global race
The project looks at the history and relationship of the locality and the people located in and around an area sandwiched between the “City and Canary Wharf” – from the Pool of London to Victoria Docks; Whitechapel, Aldgate, Wapping, Shadwell, … Continue reading
Morris and Marx don’t rap like Eminem • “Pre-Raphaelites – Victorian Avant-Garde”
In the recently refurbished iconic St Pancras Station Hotel, Tate Britatin held a launch event for its forthcominge exhibition “Pre-Raphaelites – a Victorian Avant-Garde”. St Pancras was a fitting venue for the exhibition launch – emphasising the role of the railway … Continue reading
“Iraq: how, where, for whom?” – Kennard-Phillips and Hanaa Malallah
The Mosaic Rooms 226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW 19 April – 12 May 2012 Tues – Sat 11-6pm See opening Video: http://youtu.be/UodHR5jyGeg What is the role of War and what is achieved by re-presenting, overlayering and photographically generating imagery of acts … Continue reading
Art and Public Commissions
Artists have been commissioned to produce works of art for centuries. The route from the “Medicis” to the “Saatchis” describes the changing states of art – but it fundamentally follows the propaganda machine of “Church and State”. Along the route … Continue reading
May Ayres “Ceramic Pictures”
For a number of years May Ayres has transposed her skills as an illustrator to ceramics. At the same time both the strength and fragility of the high fired stoneware oxidation ceramics lends itself to the subject matter she has … Continue reading
Cable Street Mural – a continuing story – 30 years in the making
The re-innauguration of the renovated “Cable Street Mural” which adorns the side wall of St George’s Town Hall provided a focus for a celebration of people’s victory against adversity. The mural – a now world famous visual depiction of the … Continue reading