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The Royal Watercolour Society Open Competition is a painting competition organised by the Royal Watercolour Society, and only open to non-members.

Celebrating its 14th anniversary, the competition is a passionate celebration of watercolour as a vibrant medium for the 21st century. Unlike other painting competitions, the Royal Watercolour Society Open Competition identifies and supports artists of any age and is not prescriptive about size or subject matter. The celebration extends to a range of water-soluble media: watercolour, acrylic and gouache. Successful applicant's work will be available for purchase at Bankside Gallery during the period of the exhibition

Distinctive, imaginative and always surprising, Charline von Heyl’s work offers a fresh and exciting approach to the world of abstract art. Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters who have rejected late modernism’s emphasis on a singular signature style. Charline von Heyl at Tate Liverpool will be the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in the UK. Featuring forty two of her large canvasses and a number of unique works on paper, the exhibition explores von Heyl’s work from 1990-2011.

Chloe Scadding specialises in mixed media using a wide range of materials and processes to explore the potentialities of textiles. In this exciting exhibition Chloe combines traditional and contemporary techniques, thriving on letting the materials take their own path to a new aesthetic.

As a musician Pedro Brown has had the opportunity to work with and see a plethora of Jazz greats.
In this exhibition Pedro has put together a collection of photographs taken throughout a number of years of the musicians he particularly admires.

The first solo show in London for over twelve years of British born artist, Vicken Parsons.
Parsons makes small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural spaces which move from figuration to abstraction with quiet ease. Made with thin layers of oil paint on thick plywood panel, the works have a three-dimensional, object-like quality. Often grey or monochrome, the paintings are sometimes hit with a flash of colour, of cornflower blue, bright white or electric yellow which almost seems to fluoresce. At times, however, they simply retreat into deep, dark corners.
The show consists of around twenty new works and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with introduction by leading psychoanalyst and writer Darian Leader.

Two weeks, two exhibitions, two chances to explore the work of some of London's brightest up and coming artists.

Stuart Brisley took up temporary residence in the abandoned shop next to PEER over a ten-day period in May 2010. This exhibition comprises a major new film work and a series of photographic stills taken at that time.

A solo exhibition of paintings by Phil Whiting. This exhibition, which focusses primarily on the Cornish landscape, coincides with an exhibition of Whiting's work at Truro Cathedral entitled 'Places of Mourning in the Western World', a retrospective of the artist's war/conflict-inspired work begun in the Spring of 1995.

Hinterland is an exhibition of 8 artists work, inspired by backcountry folklore and half-remembered legends. The work covers a range of media with each artist interpreting the theme in their own unique style.

Liz Somerville's linocuts are inspired by the work of Eric Ravillious and Edward Bawdens, and the ever changing countryside surrounding her studio. She focuses on landscape and the incidental forms and structure found within it.
There is a narrative spine running through this work, which takes an evocative path through rolling landscapes, magical forests and rugged coastlines, exploring the texture, rhythm and muscularity of the land.

Raven Row presents the first public exhibition of the collection of historic textiles assembled by Seth Siegelaub over the past thirty years for the Center for Social Research on Old Textiles (CSROT). The exhibition will include woven and printed textiles, embroideries and costume, ranging from fifth-century Coptic to Pre-Columbian Peruvian textiles, late medieval Asian and Islamic textiles, and Renaissance to eighteenth-century European silks and velvets. Barkcloth (tapa) and headdresses from the Pacific region (especially Papua New Guinea) and Africa will also be on display.
Born in the Bronx in 1941, Seth Siegelaub played a pivotal role in the emergence of what became known as Conceptual Art.

On Kawara's One Million Years is an epic work of conceptual art. It speaks simply and directly about a subject that is relevant to us all: the passage and marking of time. The monumental 20-volume work is comprised of Past, a typewritten record of the date of every year from 998,031 BC to 1969 AD and future, which accounts for 1996 AD to 1,001,995 AD. Past is dedicated to 'all those who have lived and died' and future is 'for the last one'. Conceived in 1969, live readings of the work have since been performed across the world, with a man and a woman alternating the reading of Past and future dates in numerical order.

Polymath: a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning - Oxford Dictionary

This exhibition is part of a major project working with women who have migrated to the North-West of England from all over the world. The women, drawn from a range of diverse backgrounds, are working with artists’ collective UHC (Ultimate Holding Company) to co-curate a display featuring and inspired by Manchester City Galleries’ collection of Empire Marketing Board Posters.

inPrint showcases the work of eighteen printmakers 
from a wide range of backgrounds and artistic disciplines. 
For some printmaking is their main focus, for others it provides a way to explore through a variety of processes from etching to linocut, drypoint to collograph, ideas that might otherwise be expressed through painting, sculpture, architecture or graphics. The common creative interest is the freedom the medium offers, working within the constraints and opportunites of a variety of printing techniques.

Mendes began making oil paintings of newspaper pages in 2001 when he found a scrap of an Arabic newspaper in Brick Lane, east London. Blowing onto his feet, he picked up a newspaper picture of a turbaned man aiming a Kalashnikov which he later made into a painting that formed part of a diptych, the other being a portrait of George W. Bush. Scheduled to be shown at Mendes’ final MA show, opening on September 11th 2001, the artist had portentously paired Bush with a Kalashnikov aimed at him by the then relatively unknown Osama Bin Laden. This became the precursor of one of Mendes’ two obsessions: the first being The War on Terror, a ten year retrospective of which was recently exhibited at Kenny Schachter / ROVE; and the second being an unyielding recreation of newspaper Obituaries.

Raqs Media Collective returns to Frith Street Gallery with an exhibition featuring new and recent work which includes play with words, light and electricity, sign language, chiastic variations, archival traces, counting exercises and insurgent readings of time. They represent the way in which Raqs is thinking at present about counting, gestures, signals and the presence of the ineffable in our lives.
The works featured in Guesswork invite the viewer to consider what it means to measure infinity and to seize time rather than to be captive to the passing moment. By working with pixels and proverbs, circuits and syntax, Raqs turn thoughts into images and images into questions.

This exhibition of contemporary narrative jewellery explores a sense of place and cultural identity and features a carefully selected group of twelve contemporary jewellery artists from the UK and Australia.

After 35 years this may well be John Cooke's last annual London one-man show. Consequently he will be exhibiting a pot-pourri of work, including his latest adventures into computer drawing and cardboard printing, and a selection of older work which John believes will stand the test of time.

The first UK showing of two recent works by Gerrard consolidates his reputation as one of the most innovative artists working today. Cuban School (Community 5th of October) 2010 and Cuban School (Sancti Spiritu) 2011 are meticulous slow-moving virtual portraits of schools constructed in the 1960’s Cuban countryside that are now decaying functional ruins. Both works are infinite in duration based on a continuous real-time 365-day solar cycle, and powerfully mark the melancholic demise of a political vision. Curated by AV Festival in partnership with mima. UK Premiere.

Leap Year Showcase starts Wednesday 29th February 2012
New etchings by Anna Ravenscroft and Frans Wesselman and ceramics by Mary Rose young.
Runs till the end of March

Exhibiting the best of contemporary representational painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing, sourced from member artists and open submission. This year’s show will once again feature a selection of the most outstanding work by A-level students from around the country, in association with NADFAS and the Dover Federation for the Arts.

Fiona Robinson's drawings reveal themselves through repeated looking just as her process slowly unfolds through time.
Work arising from her 2010 Fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland is exhibited alongside a short story by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Exploiting parallels between the repetition in her work and that of Robbe-Grillet, she draws attention to the connections between processes across different art forms.

Bristol Live Open Platform (BLOP) is back for 2012. Presenting new and emergent work by live and interdisciplinary artists, BLOP is all about experiments and unpredictability. It's an opportunity for artists to share new ideas with an audience, and for audiences to experience all kinds of live encounter: previous platforms have included live art, contemporary dance, socio-political activism and sound art, and this year will offer an equally imaginative mix. Join us to discover what emerges and share your thoughts with the artists over a beer at the BLOP party in the bar at the end of the day.

omo Baal is delighted to present John Strutton's second solo show in the gallery. Opus Dopus will show an installation in 3 distinct areas offering a glimpse into Strutton's recent practice: drawings from the monumental to the intimate in scale, a sculptural tableau and in the main gallery the video 'Opus Dopus' in 6 chapters.

Artists Talk: Friday 2 March at 6.30pm
A portico by the river undergoes transformations as hours pass, seasons change and centuries follow each other.
Meticulously drawn, slow–burn cinematic animation by Finnish duo 1C98 with other works from the same series on FlatScreens 1 and 2.
Based in Turku, Finland, IC-98 are Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää.

The Joash Woodrow works on paper, which include drawings, paintings and collage, are testimony to the spontaneity and directness of an artist that was fascinated by the world around him. The buildings of Leeds, pub characters, musicians and Yorkshire coastal villages were just some of the many subjects he explored.
His work now hangs in numerous public and private collections and we are delighted, in association with 108 Fine Art and The Woodrow Family, to be holding an exhibition of the Joash Woodrow works on paper.

Hauser & Wirth is delighted to present an exhibition of new works by Michael Raedecker in the North Gallery of Savile Row. Best known for his subtle and unsettling, enigmatic works combining muted tones of paint and embroidery, Raedecker’s paintings explore and push the boundaries of his medium. He goes beyond conventional methods of representing formal elements such as texture and perspective. Through his layering of thread, paint and small, yet aggressive punctures to his canvas, Raedecker imparts an unexpected physicality to his two-dimensional works.

A4 paper, photocopiers, electric sanders, desk fans, ladders, light shades, lamps, chairs, cardboard boxes, bulldog clips; John Wood and Paul Harrison use the props of everyday life in the creation of minimal, enigmatic tableaux. However, more recently, a mountain, a seaside pier and the moon have appeared in their studio. Things That Happen, their first solo exhibition in London since 2005, comprises both new commissions and recent works; videos, drawings, sculptures and text pieces that reveal the artists' characteristic subtle wit and intelligence.
Things That Happen is the inaugural exhibition for Carroll / Fletcher, a new commercial gallery co-founded by Jonathon Carroll and Steve Fletcher in an architect-designed space in the West End's Eastcastle Street.

Alighiero E Boetti (1940–1994) was one of the most important and influential Italian artists of the twentieth century. He was a key member of the Arte Povera group of young Italian artists in the late 1960s which was working in radically new ways using simple materials. This will be the first solo show by an Arte Povera artist at Tate Modern. Boetti used industrial materials associated with Turin’s booming economy and later made works using postage stamps, biro pens, and magazine covers. His work engaged with the changing geopolitical situation of his time, much of it made on his travels to places such as Ethiopia and Guatemala and Afghanistan. Between 1971 and 1979 he set up a hotel in Kabul as an art project and created large colourful embroideries, the most famous of these were the Mappa, world maps in which each country features the design of its national flag. Highlights include works never seen in the UK such as the iconic Self-Portrait 1993, a life-size bronze cast of the artist hosing his head with a jet of water.

The seven works presented in ARTIST ROOMS Martin Creed are in a range of different media including a neon installation, Work No. 890 (Don’t Worry) 2008, a twenty-one part drawing, Work No. 944 2008 and a recent series of four paintings from 2011.
Refreshing, unexpected and humorous, Creed’s work challenges our preconceptions and rearranges the rules of conceptual art.

Diana Nuttall’s exhibition combines colourful power with the lyrical beauty of a melody.
The influence of Diana’s former career as an Oboist instinctually permeates her paintings resulting in
a truly individual, natural response to her love of the landscape and seasonal variations.

(in)Xclusion is a creative research project exploring issues of exclusion through the mode of Live Art practice. Commissioning 24 artists/groups to be showcased at a Free and Open 24hr event.

Patrick Studios - Leeds - UK


APPLY NOW visit www.inxclusion.com

Including work by Christiane Baumgartner, Sean Scully and Sol le Witt.

The Gilchrist-Fisher Award is a biennial prize open to artists under the age of 30 before January 2012 whose work deals with the broad theme of landscape. A shortlist of six finalists will be selected in June to produce work for an exhibition early in the following year at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London when the winner and runner-up will be decided. A first prize of £3000 will be awarded, and a second prize of £1000.

We start our 2012 exhibition calendar with a new collection of work from this sought after local artist.

THREE x THREE part 1 with COS AHMET, EMMA HARVEY & DARREN MacPHERSON

OPENING NIGHT VIEW, 6pm - 9pm THURSDAY FEB 23rdthen in the gallery space for one week until Wednesday 29th

Links to the artista


COS AHMET- http://www.cos-ahmet.co.uk/

EMMA HARVEY - http://www.evh-art.co.uk/

DARREN MacPHERSON - http://www.darrenmacphersonart.com/


Three x Three is an ongoing series of one week shows running throughout 2012 at Cultivate Vyner Street.

The series will run periodically throughout the year in our perfectly proportioned gallery space (well perfectly proportioned in terms of these Three ...x Three shows).

The Three x Three series of shows will feature three artists, artists who we feel relate to each other in some (not necessarily obvious) artistic way.

Each artist will take one wall for their work. The shows will take place throughout 2112 and approximately monthly/six week intervals. We shall be featuring three artists in each show, three artists who's work has been interesting us in recent times.
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Chris Orr RA is one of Britain’s foremost artist-printmakers, renowned for his technical mastery, joyfully anarchic subject matter and thought provoking content. As a student he began experimenting with lithography, a process that depends on the chemical antipathy of grease and water to create a printed image. He continued making lithographs in various studios from Dallas to Paris. A decade as Professor of Printmaking at the Royal College of Art (1998 – 2008) allowed Chris Orr to engage with new ways of working, expanding his graphic vocabulary. Chris Orr's lithography closely relates to his writing, drawing, painting and printmaking in other mediums. Lithography provides him with a golden opportunity to express his complex labyrinth of ideas.

Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition of still life and flower paintings by Ben Henriques. The show follows Henriques’ recent selection by Brian Sewell for the ING Purchase Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
Henriques paints from life and natural light in the tradition of carefully observed still life painting, splitting his time between his studio on the west coast of Scotland and London.

Hazel Reeves' bronze of 'Sir John' was selected from a record number of entries to appear alongside paintings and sculptures by some of Britain's leading figurative artists. The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) hold an open submission exhibition in central London each year. Founded in 1823, the RBA was originally set up to rival the Royal Academy, as many artists were upset by the Academy's many rules and regulations.

The exhibition will be Ewan Gibbs’ third at Timothy Taylor Gallery, and the first time the gallery has presented works by Robert Adams and Robert Bechtle. All three artists create deeply personal, yet iconic images of America.
Gibbs will show new pencil drawings of photographs taken over several years on journeys across the USA, while Bechtle will show drawings in charcoal focused on his home city of San Francisco. The Adams works selected for the show include a series of black and white photographs from the 1970s of the ever developing urbanisation in the Denver, Colorado areas.

This exhibition explores the work, selected from the 1960s to today, of fifteen contemporary artists who either use line in creative and challenging ways or in whose finished work line has become a prominent element.
The simple act of extending a point, predominantly by drawing with pen or pencil on paper, has paradoxically made line one of the most powerful forms of artistic expression in the history of mankind, yet over time it has taken on different meanings and uses relative to the era of its creation. Continuous or broken, curved or straight, free-floating or geometric, line can define boundaries, divide surfaces, create light and shade, and be used for communication.

Our forthcoming exhibition celebrates the life of Herbert Beck (1920-2010) with a retrospective of his late work. In the abstract landscapes and organic compositions presented here, we see Beck’s process of giving freedom to his inner expression. Because these works find no precedent in nature but only in Beck’s mind’s-eye, there is a transcendence of time and space inherent in the compositions that draws upon notions of the sublime. These sentiments are further compounded by the sheer scale of Beck’s work. There is an enveloping quality in the artist’s work that the viewer cannot help but succumb to.

A group exhibition of new works by gallery artists.

Ovacome presents Holding onto Hope, a collection of photographic portraits to mark the start of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Award-winning photographer Andy Scaysbrook has captured images of celebrities holding a picture of a person close to them who has been directly affected by the disease.

In his largest UK exhibition to date, awardwinning artist Gaillard presents two major film installations. These cinematic works show contemporary architecture as a modern ruin on the verge of being taken over by nature. Real Remnants of Fictive Wars (Part V) is a slow film of fire extinguisher smoke engulfing a romantic landscape, as a violent and mesmerizingly beautiful act. Cities of Gold and Mirrors brings together archaeological and human ruin in its hypnotic depiction of the ancient city of Cancun. Curated by AV Festival in partnership with mima.

Hannah Perry will present Hotel Palenque's 5th commission. During this one-night event, the resulting A0 print will be paired with a performance displaying VHS footage collected by the artist. Exploring the notion of decay, the artist will nostalgically stage the death of analog media by recording the progressive disappearance of the moving image by simultaneously exposing the visual flaws and scratches of the artist's continuous mixing, and processing of footage. Displayed on an obsolete RGB projector, deteriorated images of pop culture icons question our ambiguous relation to an irretrievable youth.

Dwyer's works evolve through a natural process of improvisation and spontaneity. She works quickly, building up layered interpretations, veiling previous directions, constantly revising her canvases as an entire composition - in order to create dynamic works that represent a continued study of the subconscious. At times drawing on the canvas, she pulls together inchoate shapes and ambiguous forms, to give a presence to something suggestive but unknown.

Following the contours of the hedgerows high up on the ancient hills of Long Rock overlooking distant West Penwith, a network of distinct curving lines and enclosures is visible, just like the fine lines of a clearly defined ordinance survey map. September, October and November provided magnificent skies with spectacular cloud formations, like grand graphic gestures moving and curving and dissolving across the sky.
In the studio, working from drawings, my eyes now follow the gestural lines made on paper and canvas. With a loaded brush I erase some of these marks until only faint traces are visible.
In a moment of change in the weather, a new landscape is formed and in a moment of change in the studio, a new painting is made.
Mark Surridge

Karla Black’s sculptures are formed from materials that are loose, impermanent and fragile - combinations of various powders, make-up, toiletries, cellophane and polythene, along with more ordinary art-making materials such as paper, paint and plaster. The raw materials are at odds with what they become - often large scale, incredibly heavy sculptures that completely dominate and almost entirely fill the spaces they are in. Black’s practice has a theoretical underpinning in psychoanalysis, feminism, and specific points in art history that relate to ideas of formlessness and performative gesture.

Posters and prints spanning Hockney's career plus some of his photography montage collages, sketchbooks and stamp designs.
Come to Primrose Gallery during our David Hockney exhibition and create an iPad painting of your own, with the app Hockney uses in his iPad work.

Parlour present a dyanmic showcase of contemporary artists and their interpretations of the body's relationship with the sublime.
Taking place in Parlour Gallery, Queens Crescent, the week will present a dynamic series of events including a private view, performances and life drawing.

Considered one of the preeminent contemporary Abstract painters, Heilmann’s practice overlays the analytical geometries of Minimalism with the spontaneous ethos of the Beat Generation and the influences of American pop culture. For her exhibition, ‘Visions, Waves and Roads’ in the South Gallery of Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row, Heilmann presents a large group of new paintings as well as ceramic sculpture and her distinctive furniture.