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Eleanor Cunningham
On show at Fairly Square, London

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30th May to 30th July 2013

The faithful transcriber of reality – emerging artist Eleanor Cunningham takes photography to a new age. Her Images hold fascinating traces of physical gestures due to her unique photographic techniques. ‘Nonna’s Window’ is one of four works on show at Fairly Square.

Fairly Square is London’s first fair trade bar and cafe which is becoming an inviting social hub for all, especially ethically-minded individuals and groups, holding a programme of topical ethical discussion events, literature and art events, along with music, poetry and movie nights.

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Fairly Square can be found at 51 Red Lion Street in Holborn, London. A chance to meet the artist will be held at the venue on the 30th May, 7 pm – late.

Going Underwater with Hengki Koentjoro

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Indonesian photographer Hengki Koentjoro has documented the oceans surrounding Indonesia’s 13,000 islands. Inspried by Ansel Adams, the images are captured in a rich, dark, mysterious monochrome. When asked about using monochrome, Hengki says “It is more pliable therefore more freedom in expressing your idea. With the Zone System by Ansel Adams, you are in the practice of seeing things around you in monochrome or learning to see in black and white. This helps a lot in choosing your proper subject matter and forecasting how it’ll look later on in post production.” Via

 

Hyunjeong Lim’s MA Show
On show at Saint Martins, London

tumblr_mf8gsz4qYD1rtt47do1_r1_1280Landscape with with Lady bugs oil, arcylic, chalk on canvas, 66 x 81 cm, 2013

25th May –  29th May 2013

The primary focus in my art practice has been that of evoking, through a visual medium, the sense of fantasy, which is naturally inherent in human beings. I’m especially interested in the notion of unconscious memories and creating imaginary worlds. I try to visualize a mindscape consisting of various creatures with stories that are suggestive to the world of fantasy.

I see the possibility of finding connections in previous art history with my own contemporary practice. I would like to produce a fantasy based surrealistic view of the real world by combining historical painting traditions with my own inner imaginary world.

Hyunjeong Lim Studies of drawing-painting, oil, acrylic, chalk on canvas, wood, canvas board, size variable, 2013

Hyunjeong Lim, Landscapes, oil, acrylic, chalk on canvas, 30x30-25x25-30x30cm, 2013Landscape with Cones, Landscape with two eggs and Landscape with Samar’s pomegranate oil, acrylic, chalk on canvas, 30 x 30 – 25 x 25 – 30 x 30 cm, 2013

Hyunjeong’s paintings are on show at Central Saint Martins, The Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, King’s Cross, N1C 4AA

For more info, please visit Central Saint Martins MA Show

Q&A with Ilona Szalay

riderIlona Szalay studied at Oxford University (BA) and Byan Shaw, University of the Arts (MA). Her work was selected for the Threadneedle Prize 2012 and National Art Competition 2012.

Your work is described as looking at the tensions and the balance between ‘violence and control’ and ‘Beauty and fragility’. Is this something you wrestle with when painting?

Yes, the physicality of the painting process sometimes feels like walking a tight-rope – on the one hand there must be a spontaneity and unforeseen dynamism to the image which is all about a relinquishing of control but on the other hand the image must contain a skeleton, something rigorously ‘true’, which is born out of visual skill, experience and precision. So, there are pockets of intense control alongside areas of delicious abandonment. Continue reading “Q&A with Ilona Szalay” →

The Vice Illustration Show at the Pure Evil Gallery, London

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May 17th – June 2nd

Vice are holding an exhibition at the Pure Evil Gallery, displaying work from some of their favourite illustrators. The exhibition will include a selection of new prints, work that have been featured in VICE and original drawings especially created for the show, which are designed to give an insight into how the people who do drawings for Vice go about doing their drawings. Artists on show include Johnny Ryan, Daniel David Freeman, Kyle Platts, Cei Willis, Nick Gazin, Craig Questions, Jonny Negron, Sam Taylor, Malin Bergstrom and Krent Able.

For more info, please visit Vice

Gavin Nolan’s ‘Mise en Abyme’
At the Charlie Smith Gallery, London

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16th May – 22nd June 2013

Nolan’s recent collection represents an enquiry into the life, mind, thoughts and feelings of the practising artist. Taking a nihilistic approach to the notion of portraiture, Nolan undoes many of the modes that have previously underpinned his work, and embraces the abstract in order to unveil his subjects.

By imagining characteristics and simultaneously projecting himself onto his subjects, each painting becomes a representation of an art world type, and most predominantly the artist. The paintings in themselves might be considered a mirror, and we the audience find ourselves between two mirrors infinitely reflecting each other: the painter and the painting. This diaristic approach is revealing then, but also affirms that while elements of an artist’s life and work are universal, there is also much that is fleeting and fugitive.

For more info, please visit the Charlie Smith Gallery

Art Circus Spotlight
‘Pool at Dusk’ by Daisy Clarke

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I’m constantly looking out for images ,like a magpie, collecting ideas that fit a certain ‘tone’. As a child while travelling around Europe I was fascinated by swimming pools, especially neglected ones I remember a pool that was inhabited by frogs and I would have been scared to swim in as it seemed some other creatures territory. I wondered what else was lurking in the hidden depths.

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Elinor Evans ‘Picasso’s Pack’ at the Signal Gallery, London

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16th May – 7th Jun 2013

Elinor Evans new solo show ‘Picasso Pact’ looks at the way we interact in groups, or ‘packs’. Casting animal masked figures posing in domestic scenes they appear tribal, displaying their pride and loyalty to the pact. Eilnor says ‘In this series of paintings I´ve engaged with my muse, Picasso, my Dalmatian to investigate the ancestors of the species ¨canus lupus familiarus¨ , that is, The Wolf and The Jackal. I´ve taken a new approach by making the masks in the paintings of the wolves and the jackals by hand. This adds a primitive touch to the paintings.’

For more info, please visit the Signal Gallery

Art Circus Spotlight.
‘The Lesson’ by Ilona Szalay

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As I was making The Lesson I was thinking about what it means to be held up, how dependence comes with its own particular pleasures – of being lifted, of relinquishing responsibility, of being carried forward, of flying almost. And then the other side of that state of suspension – the lack of control and the forfeiting of power.

I thought about teaching itself as a constraining force, a cordoning off of possibilities, that the boy is being hemmed in by his support system. His track through the space around him is now limited, his flight path delineated by the rope which holds him up. So, he is taught and he learns, his vulnerability is poignant as it speaks of innocence on the edge of being lost, innocence becoming experience.

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