NADIA TSAKOVA & CHRISTMAS SHOW

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2010

THE EXHIBITION DIARY FOR 2010 IS NOW ONLINE

www.curwengallery.com/calendar.htm

Cancer Support Weekend & Christmas Shows

FUNDRAISING WEEKEND

Saturday 28^th November 11am - 8pm
Sunday 29^th November 11am – 6pm

10% of all sales go to Macmillian Cancer Support

including a lunch offer on Sunday 29^th at Chez Gerard in Charlotte Street (tickets available from the gallery)

Exhibitions for December -

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
A selection of art and gifts for the festive season, including paintings, prints, sculpture, books, jewellery and more…

Private View Tues 1^st December 6-8pm
Exhibition closes 12 noon on Thurs 24^th December

In the Upper Gallery
NADIA TSAKOVA: In The Moment

Private View Tues 1^st December 6-8pm
Exhibition closes 12 noon on Thurs 24^th December


Image: Nadia Tsakova, Woman in Red, oil on canvas

Poster Sale LAST DAY

POSTER & PRINT SALE – ON NOW!

Vintage posters and signed and unsigned prints from the Curwen stores

On till Thursday 26^th November, closes at 8pm

Talk by Sinéid Codd: Thurs 12th Nov

Gallery talk by Sinéid Codd at Curwen & New Academy in conjunction with the Ben Uri Gallery

Thursday 12^th November 6-8pm
The talk will start at 6.30pm

ALL WELCOME

Making Art Work
Artist Sinéid Codd, in conversation with Mary-Alice Stack, Arts Council England, former Director of Paintings in Hospitals

The discussion will focus on some of the functions of art and art making for an artist working within both private and public spheres - particularly the arts in health sector.

Sinéid Codd is an artist with extensive experience in developing participatory arts projects. Since 1997 she has been working in the arts and health sector on a series of commissions for institutions such as The Royal London Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust and the Great Western Hospital. She co-ordinated the ARTBRIDGE artist in residency program with Paintings in Hospitals (1999 - 2001). In April 2009, her work was featured on a BBC Arts in Health slide show (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8014719.stm)

Sinéid's personal work explores relationship, loss and memory through colour and natural form. She has exhibited with the Whitechapel Gallery and the Royal Academy and has work held in private, public and corporate collections.

Sinéid’s latest solo exhibition 'underneath and in-between' continues at Curwen & New Academy until 21 November.

David Rhys Jones: Spitalfields Revisited

05 Nov – 18 Dec 2009

Opening receptions
Wed 04 Nov 6-8pm
Sun 08 Nov 2-4pm

At The Rectory Gallery, 2 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE

Open first Thursdays of the month 1-9pm
Open by appointment all other times

The work of David Rhys Jones is based on journeys he has made, in the case of this exhibition, the area of Spitalfields has been explored. The imagery collected whilst making the journeys forms a documentation of the landscape and architecture, social cultures and activity within the space. The viewer’s attention is brought to focus upon a selection of intriguing details of the surroundings, which together build a sense of narrative of this journey.

The collected imagery is transferred onto a variety of mediums, most often ceramic blocks, but also onto silk and some work on paper.

David Rhys Jones studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and has exhibited widely including the V&A Museum, The Royal Academy and the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Image: David Rhys Jones, Spitalfields Filmstrips, ceramic with transfer, each 11x10cm

Affordable Art Fair 22-25 October

Curwen & New Academy will be at the Affordable Art Fair,
Battersea, 22-25 October

We will be at stand J6.

Please do come and visit us.

We have a limited number of free tickets for the
Charity Preview evening, Wednesday 21^st October, 5.30-9.30pm

and for the Drinks Reception on Thursday 22^nd 5.30-9.30pm.

Please contact the gallery with your postal address if you would like any of these tickets and please state for which evening you would prefer.

They are on a first come first served basis so be quick!

The Rectory Gallery open 1st Thursdays

The Rectory Gallery will now be open from 1-9pm, every first Thursday of the month,

so if you haven’t yet seen Michele Noach’s exhibition of lenticular works, we hope you might visit us at the Rectory tomorrow

 

 

Michèle Noach

A Mice Too Far

08 September – 30 October

 

At The Rectory Gallery, 2 Fournier Street, E1 6QE

 

Open 1-9pm first Thursdays of each month. Open by appointment only all other times

Please call Curwen Gallery to arrange a visit or email view@therectorygallery.com

 

 

Image: Magnetic North, lenticular, 38 x 23cm, edition 10

Blackburn & Myles

30 September – 24 October
Private view Tues 29 Sep 6-8pm


In the Main Gallery
KEN BLACKBURN: NEW WORK


Image: Arris XXV, mixed media & etched steel on board, 60 x 25cm

Over the years that I have been making these paintings, I have from time to time attempted to verbalise the reasons and motivations behind their production.
Initially, I would say that my paintings were reproductions of existing images of derelict industrial walls, which appeared abstract but were in fact representational.
On the other hand, I found that much of the time I couldn’t resist the urge to let each painting develop in its own individual and natural way and before long found that I was working in a much more process- based way. As such it’s hard to say if my work is processed or idea’s based. Making historical or contemporary references to other artists or ideologies whilst re-assuring, is not particularly helpful.
The reality in the studio is all about decisions and the desire to make something unique and impossible to duplicate.

Kenneth Blackburn



In the Upper Gallery
STILL FILMS: PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS BY NOEL MYLES


Image: Still Film of an Oak, lambda print, edition 12, 75 x 60cm

Buy Art Fair, Manchester

Image: Peter-Ashley Jackson, Boy Dinasowr
ceramic and mixed media, 18 x 10 x 9cm

Come and visit Curwen & New Academy at the Buy Art Fair in Manchester next week!
24-27 September 2009

We will be showing work by some of our past Northern Graduates; Peter-Ashley Jackson, Simon Philpott, Michael Brayford plus other gallery artists David Rhys Jones, Henry Walsh, and some Curwen prints old and new.

Please see details below for how to register for a free ticket.
We are also allocated a small number of preview evening tickets.

Please contact us directly for these – they are on a first come, first served basis!

BUY ART FAIR IS BACK, 24-27 September 2009

Register now for FREE tickets at www.buyartfair.co.uk/register

Following its hugely successful debut last year, Buy Art Fair has announced its return for 2009 with a three-day weekend event from the 24th to 27th September at Urbis.

The consumer art exhibition, one of the largest in the country, will showcase the work of over 300 renowned and highly sought after artists, presented by over 75 carefully selected galleries. Amongst those confirmed are Paul Stolper, BEARSPACE, The Smithfield Gallery and Curwen & New Academy Gallery alongside returning galleries Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art Ltd, Li Kailin and Fiumano Fine Art.

A fresh and exciting addition for 2009 will be the first presentation of The Manchester Contemporary which is effectively a show within a show and takes up the third floor of Urbis.
For more information and free tickets visit http://www.buyartfair.co.uk/

NORTHERN GRADUATES '09: 06-26 AUG

Curwen & New Academy Gallery’s 22^nd annual Northern Graduates exhibition provides a showcase for the best of this year’s graduates from the North of England. These select few are all artists who have stood out amongst the hundreds of graduates all completing their degrees this summer and show the most promise for becoming successes of the art world in years to come. The work in the exhibition covers various mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture and installation and also a great variety of styles and methods.

Some of the work in this exhibition is intentionally thought provoking. Other works are more light hearted and intend more to make one smile. Some works require participation and others shout out their message. Nazmin Abdullah is one of the latter with her wonderfully produced paintings of cultural identity, and the same can be said of Shona Rannachan’s darkly comedic cartoons of the British Armed Forces. In contrast to this are the subtle landscapes by Vicky Mykytiuk, reminiscent of faded drawings from the Far East or Vicky Tomkinson’s genteel illustrations of urban life.

Kyle Saxton’s ‘light graffiti’ shows a different aspect of the urban setting. The dominating essence of graffiti is its temporary nature, Kyle’s graffiti is gone at the speed of light and never seen as a whole by the naked eye, but he captures it to glorious effect via long exposure photography and film.

Chris Porter’s work is only fully appreciated through participation. He has used found bits of old technology, such as TV screens, sound systems & computers, and subverted their original use until they become objects of the sublime. James Daltry is another artist forcing one to interact with everyday technology in an unfamiliar way with his unsettling series of child mannequins. Also reflecting on the fast pace communication of our technological age is Katie Bartley. She creates a wonderful irony by using the patient art of paper cutting to represent images of her web profiles and camera lenses.

On the other side of a lens is Jonathan Lynch producing haunting photographs of desolate interiors, empty of all but the sense of their past. Jenny Gilberg’s work begins with a photograph of an every day item such as a dirty sink, but by the time her work is complete, the image has been elaborated until one is left intrigued as to where the photograph ends and the painting begins.

Also shifting focus on the seemingly banal are the blurred abstractions by Tommy Stables. Some other artists that stood out this year for their playful use of paint include Katherine Holden with her oil resist abstractions and the tactile multi layered blocks of Tara Roberts. Last year’s trend of a renewed appreciation for traditional etching, continues this year through Larissa Greenwoods etchings on old copper circuit boards.

This year’s geographical remit has stretched slightly to include Loughborough and so allows us to include Benjamin Cohen’s incredible paintings.

Northern Graduates ’09 will be split across two separate venues. The main show will be at Curwen & New Academy Gallery, in Windmill Street, W1 from 6-26^th August. The second part of the show opens a week later at the new exhibition space in Spitalfields, The Rectory Gallery, E1. This gallery space is set in the Rectory of Spitalfields Church, and is a beautifully maintained Georgian House. The private view at the Rectory Gallery is on Tuesday 11^th August, 6-8pm and a second private view on Sunday 16^th August, 2-4pm. The exhibition is open by appointment only outside of these times.

Images of work by all artists can be seen via our website http://www.curwengallery.com/gallery/ngrad09/title.htm

Directors' Choice: 2-30 July

Artists from 50 years of Curwen & New Academy

Private View Wed 01 July 6-8pm

DIANA ARMFILED RA, BARRY ATHERTON, PATRICK BARKER, JO BARRY, CLARE BIGGER, KENNETH BLACKBURN, CLIVE BLACKMORE, NAOMI BLAKE, JOHN BROKENSHIRE, CARRIE BULLOCK, MAGGIE BURLEY, MARK CAZALET, ROGER CECIL, CLARE CHINNERY, SINÉID CODD, JANE CORSELLIS, PHOBE DINGWALL, RUSSELL DOREY, PETER DOVER, EMMA DUNBAR, BERNARD DUNSTAN RA, ANTHONY EYTON RA, CHLOË FREMANTLE, JONATHAN GIBBS, MARK GODWIN, FREDERICK GORE RA, ANTHONY GREEN RA, JAMIE GUTCH, DONALD HAMILTON FRASER RA, BRENDAN HANSBRO, BRENDA HARTILL, SUSAN-JAYNE HOCKING, SARAH HOLLIDAY, KATHARINE HOLMES, JOHN HOYLAND RA, ALBERT IRVIN RA, STANLEY JONES CBE, THIRZA KOTZEN, JOHN LEACH, ANDREW MACARA, PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN, ANITA MANDL, ALISON NEVILLE, MICHÈLE NOACH, YUJI OKI, ROB OLINS, SUSIE PERRING, DAVID POOLE, BILL PRYDE, DAVID RHYS JONES, ROBIN RICHMOND, MAUREEN RIPLEY, SOPHIA RIZVI, KEITH ROBERTS, LEONARD ROSOMAN RA, ZOË RUBENS, PAUL RYAN, WILLIAMS-SUGGITT, JOHANNES VON STUMM, RICHARD WALKER, HENRY WALSH, PETER WARDLE, LUCY WILLIS, ALBANY WISEMAN

THE DIRECTORS: JOHN & JILL HUTCHINGS

John was born on the 6^th November, 1928, in Surbiton, Surrey. After school and 2 years serving in the Royal Artillery, John went to St Peters College in Oxford to study Philosophy, Politics & Economics. Following his education John trained as an accountant in London.

Jill was born on the 8^th June 1937, in Cardiff, Wales. She trained as a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital, London. In 1957, Jill met John on a train in Spain. They were subsequently married in 1959. They are proud parents to 3 daughters and have 10 grandchildren.

During the 60’s, John joined the Curwen Press as a financial adviser, later becoming the Chairman. At that time the Curwen Press included Curwen Gallery and Print Studio. By the early 80’s the Curwen Press was being taken over by a larger company and foreseeing the closure of the gallery and print studio, John and Jill purchased both companies.

In 1978 Stephen Reiss, also of Curwen, together with John made a proposal to Sir Hugh Casson, then president of the Royal Academy, to form a new company to concentrate on providing art for business. The company was formed on a 50/50 basis by the RA and Curwen, and was to be housed in the Upstairs Gallery at the RA with John as Managing Director. It was in fact the first business art consultancy in London.

During 1987, when the Sackler Galleries were being built in the Royal Academy, Business Art Galleries became an independent company and relocated to No.34 Windmill Street, establishing the New Academy Gallery as its permanent home. This move brought BAG into the same street as the Curwen Gallery, aiding the working relationship between the companies. Jill had been combining her career in nursing with her interests in the Curwen & BAG for many years, but in 1987, she left nursing to work full time as a director for the company.

At the beginning of 2005 the Curwen Gallery, Business Art Galleries and the New Academy Gallery were all brought under one roof at No.34. To celebrate this episode in the company’s story, and to incorporate the history behind both companies, the gallery was renamed Curwen & New Academy. As further reference to this union a new logo was designed by Brendan Hansbro. Inspired by an original Curwen Unicorn print by Eric Gill, the two rearing unicorns symbolise the joining together of the two establishments.

Originally this exhibition was arranged to celebrate the 50 years of Jill & John’s marriage but sadly, shortly after making the final selection for this exhibition, John Hutchings died on 3^rd February 2009.

John was a wonderful man and he will be greatly missed. Jill remains as the company Director, maintaining that the gallery and this exhibition stand as a celebration of John’s life.

CURWEN AT THE RECTORY: 11 Jun - 08 Aug

Private views by invitation
Wednesday 10^th June 6-8pm, and Sunday 14^th June 2-4pm
Viewing by appointment at all other times

The Rectory Gallery is a new gallery space set in the Rectory of Christ Church in Spitalfields.

This first exhibition showcases lithographic prints made at the Curwen Studio. Following its 50^th Anniversary last year, this exhibition highlights the quality and diversity of work produced by Curwen over the years. Prints by Glynn Boyd Harte, Prunella Clough and Stanley Jones and John Piper represent the earlier years at the Studio.

Younger artists such as Thomas Martin, Colin Wilkin and Mark Hearld show that the art of printmaking continues to strive forward to this day.  Hearld’s ‘Printing with Spirit’ was made specially to mark the anniversary and references the studio’s beginnings as part of the Curwen Press. Another step in Curwen’s long history sees its lithographs, both old and new, come to this exciting new gallery space in London’s East End.

MARK GODWIN: 03-26 JUNE

 

DAVID RHYS JONES - 03-26 JUNE

 

CHARLOTTE STREET FESTIVAL

Curwen & New Academy will be taking part in the

Charlotte Street Festival

Saturday 6^th June 12 noon till 6pm

See http://www.charlottestreetfestival.org/ for more info

Our Exhibitions at this time will be paintings by Mark Godwin and new works based on Bloomsbury by David Rhys Jones.

Windmill Street will be an ‘Art Zone’ – come and join us painting in the street!

HAIR MEETS ART

With Curwen & New Academy Gallery and Clipso hairdressers, London

Fabulous hair, stimulating massage & stunning art

An exclusive night for our clients; a chance to see our current exhibitions, explore our basement store of works, and see Clipso’s hairdressing demonstrations and more.. Drinks & nibbles will also be served

TUESDAY 19 MAY 6.30 onwards at Curwen & New Academy Gallery

Please RSVP to gallery@curwengallery.com if you are interested in coming to this event.
We would love to see you there

REDISCOVERED: 07-30 MAY

HIDDEN GEMS FROM THE GALLERY COLLECTION

 

ADAM BRIDGLAND: 07-30 MAY

THE NOWHERE TIDE AND A SAD SONG

 

SOPHIA RIZVI: 12 Mar - 04 Apr

Fara og Koma 2 / Coming and Going: 2
An Artist’s Journey in Iceland

The paintings shown in Fara og Koma 2 are based on two months spent working at Laxnes horse farm in late winter last year. Some are personal records, diaries with topographical maps showing the farm and surrounding areas with the riding tracks, and fragments of life on the farm; individual horses, family members, the farm vehicles, views from the farm. The larger paintings embody a bigger and more general sense of Iceland, a volcanic island always on the edge. SR09

STUART HARTLEY: 12 Mar - 04 Apr

“My practice orientates itself around the idea of a space that exists in and around the 2 dimensional surface plane associated with painting. It is the here and the now, the moment of encounter and the journey around the works objecthood. It is about existence and the viewer’s presence and perceptions within the situation.” - SH 2008

Curwen & New Academy first discovered Stuart’s work in 2005 as he graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University. He went on to The Slade School of Art and is now living and working in London. Stuart has exhibited widely in the UK and he has work in many private and public collections.

SPRING NEWSLETTER

John Hutchings (1928 - 2009)

I am sorry to inform you that our Managing Director

Mr. John Hutchings has died at the age of 80

The funeral is open to any that would like to attend
12:30pm Friday 13th February 2009
at St.Giles-in-the-Fields, London W1

(behind the Centre Point Building)
The Gallery will be closed for the day.

John A Hutchings (1928 - 2009)
A much loved man that will be missed by us all

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Andrew Murdoch: 04 - 28 Feb 2009

A Professional Architect by trade Andrew Murdoch has created a broad selection of paintings highlighting buildings and views that have captured his imagination. Andrew's work will be exhibiting in our upstairs gallery.

Katharine Holmes: 04 - 28 Feb 2009

Katharine Holmes has painted the landscape around the areas around Malham, them moors and the landscapes of the border counties. Some are also created in Scotland. All of the works are created on site and they sometimes contain elements of the landscape (grasses gravel etc.) within the very fabric of the paint.