CORNUCOPIA
Altar, 2015
25th June – 8th August
DARREN BANKS, HOLLY DAVEY, YELENA POPOVA, ELIZABETH ROWE
Cornucopia convenes several historic collections and examines the individual stories of collectors who catalogued objects, compiled cabinets and constructed galleries. A word commonly used in the eighteenth century to describe eclectic personal collections (meaning ‘plenty’), Cornucopia features work made by contemporary artists in response to a particular setting or individual involved in the pursuit of collection. In some instances, the subject of the work is another artist within a collection.
Michel Foucault described museums as a specific kind of hetrotopia or sealed utopia - defining ‘a slice in time’. A personal collection can hold a mirror to an individual’s interpretation of a particular time and place. This exhibition takes its cue from the collections of assorted individuals who were able to collect for numerous social and economic reasons at different points in history; perhaps as a leader of industry, a pillar of Empire, through working in institutions -holding a scientific or artistic interest or simply through personal wealth. The work featured here is a mirror held up to those collections by contemporary artists.
House of The Flying Wheel at Morley Gallery
Utah Teapot, 2014, 3D printed teapot.
Morley hosts the touring exhibition ‘House of the Flying Wheel’ from Backlit Gallery in Nottingham. Curated by Matthew Chesney and John Harris, the exhibition explores the legacy of Samuel Morley through five contemporary artists. All working in different media, film, light, sculpture and installation, this engaging exhibition challenges a more conventional celebration of the life of Morley College’s patron and benefactor.
Peinture Abstraite
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Chequered Stripes
Curated by Darren Banks
24/11-30/11 2014
Every day since 2001, Jacob has worn a striped T-shirt and now has more than 1000 in his collection. In a project that he calls Peinture Abstraite he works with a curator who guides what he will wear.
http://peinture-abstraite.tumblr.com/
Satellite Satellite
Tanya Axford, Eric Bainbridge, Darren Banks, Sophie Lisa Beresford, Catherine Bertola, Cath Campbell, Hugo Canoilas, Joe Clark, Marcus Coates, Jo Coupe, Jacob Dahlgren, Jennifer Douglas, Peter J. Evans, Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Paul Merrick, Mike Pratt, Richard Rigg, Cecilia Stenbom, Matt Stokes, Wolfgang Weileder
13th October - 15th November 2014
Workplace London
61 Conduit Street
Mayfair, London
W1S 2GB
Friday and Saturday, 10am - 6pm
(and by appointment)
FRIEZE WEEK - Mon 13th - Sat 18th October Special opening hours: 10am - 7pm
contact: karen@workplacegallery.co.uk
tel: 44 (0)207 434 1985
Please also come and visit us at Frieze Art Fair, Main Section - Stand H10 where we will be showing a solo presentation of Eric Bainbridge
Fifty Fifty Fifty Auction
Sculpture No.3, Darren Banks
SYSON have organised a contemporary art auction event and exhibition which will take part in November this year, preceded by a two-week exhibition.
The exhibition will take place at SYSON in Nottingham between Saturday 1st November and Friday 14th November.
Exhibition times will be as usual – Wednesday to Saturday 12noon – 5pm or by appointment.
The auction itself will take place on Friday 14th Nov, in the evening. Booking is essential if you wish to place bids on items for sale. (If you cannot make it along in person, feel free to email a sealed bid on an item to sysongallery@gmail.com, and include your contact details.)
The 50 works of art for sale include small drawings, sketches, prints and editions, small paintings, 3D work, photography and small scale sculptures. Prices range from around £50 to £300+
50% of the sale price will go directly to the artists and 50% goes towards the development of the Reading Room programme at SYSON gallery.
Confirmed artists include:
Ikran Abdille, Liam Aitken, Ralph Anderson, Tristram Aver, Bruce Asbestos, Jackie Berridge, Andrew Bracey, Oliver Braid, Darren Banks, Jonathan Baldock, Louisa Chambers, Gordon Dalton, Frances Disley, Neil Dixon, Sean Edwards, Dave Evans, Susan Finlay, Blue Firth, S Mark Gubb, Robert Holcombe, Kevin Hunt, Andy Jackson, Candice Jacobs, Jake Kent, Anneliese Krueger, Geoff Diego Litherland, John Newling, Rebecca Ounstead, Yelena Popova, Simon Raven, Lois Gardner Sabet, Ben Sadler, Bobby Sayers, James E Smith, Emily Speed, Alexander Stevenson, Chie Hosaka Soneka, Mimei Thompson, Oliver Tirré, Rob Van Beek, Thomas Wright and others tbc.
House Of The Flying Wheel
7th June - 7th Sept 2014
Yinka Shonibare, Julian Wild, Darren Banks, Mark Davey, Tracey McMaster.
