The Spring Show

Kerala by Salesh Kapur

A group exhibition by BAR members

18 May – 18 June 2010

Featuring work from emerging talent as well as established local artists, this group show will give visitors the opportunity to enjoy and purchase an eclectic array of artwork, from painting, sculpture to photography, to prints, jewellery…etc. All the pieces on show will carry a price tag between £20 to several hundreds pounds, making this the perfect hunting ground for the “next big thing”, or a chance to purchase an original and unique piece from a talented local artist. The exhibition will showcase some of Brent’s wealth of artistic talent, and visitors are encouraged to explore and engage with this new art in a creative and relaxed and environment. The Spring Show was conceived in order to inspire new audiences to familiarise themselves with modern and contemporary art in the area, and to encourage the possibility of purchasing and collecting the art itself. This is a unique opportunity to explore the hidden art of one of London’s most vibrant and culturally diverse community galleries.

TheWall@TheGallery: Flick ‘n Click Art

An exhibition of Iconic Cinema Posters advertising Artists from Blockbuster Shows
Co-curated by Julia Dennis & Jolanta Jagiello
18 May 2010 – 18 June 2010.

Cinematic posters go back to advertising the earliest public showings of films inside movie theatres. Modern cinema posters feature illustrations of a scene or overlay images from several scenes, in a wide variety of artistic styles. Artists have been employed to produce original movie poster artwork from modern cult classics to vintage legends, such as Gone with Wind, Calendar Girls, Edward Scissorhands, and Pulp Fiction.

The Flick n’ Click Art exhibition is inspired by the teaser poster – an early promotional film poster, containing a basic image or design without revealing too much information on the plot, and characters. The purpose of the Flick ‘n Click Art exhibition is to incite awareness, and generate hype for a blockbuster art exhibition, artist or collection of artworks, rather than a film. To include artists such as Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, David Mckean, and Julian Opie.

Warriors

WARRIORS, an exhibition curated by a new independent curator team.

13 April – 14 May 2010

In a world where individuals are constantly striving to fight for purpose and meaning where once established conventions are now torn. The original concept of a ‘Warrior’ has now had to fight for its own meaning and the once war determined ideology has had to force itself into new armour.
A newly formed independent curator team are bringing their own cultural flares and experiences to produce this complex and challenging topic. Taking inspiration from the way the ideology of the warrior has ingratiated itself into various avenues of culture, including the rugby world where the inimitable ‘Haka’ is still used to intimidate opponents before taking the field for battle. This now iconic routine has inspired the curatorial team, Helen Batley, Nami Chikhlia and Jennifer Elder, having met and trained at Central Saint Martins to produce an extravaganza of Warriors in all their newly evolved glory.

Artists have come together with their own cultural awareness, this subjective topic has leapt out at individuals. By producing 3D, 2D and interpretative dance as this ‘Warriors’ exhibition has defeated any pre conceived ideas you are going to have. ‘Warriors’ can be drawn out from the individual and their own battles within themselves and their lives. Walking into this exhibition will invite voyeurs to observe how these young artists have taken up the subject matter and trophies their battles/journeys into art.

The artists: Ramona Barsalona, Helen Batley, Nami Chikhlia, Jennifer Elder, Emily Taylor, Joanna Western, Alex Witt, Kayleigh Witt, Chutima Kerdpitak, Haribaabu Naatesan, Katia Hickmer, Damien Jeffrey and Alexander Augustus Greenhalgh.

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Lucid Dreaming by Bar Angello

On TheWall@theGallery  Lucid Dreaming by Bar Angello

13 April – 14 May 2010

The works exhibited are reproduced from a composition of drawings that are made with pencils pens on thick white paper. The surface is carefully reworked and the repetition across the surface plays an important role in the creating atmosphere, intensity and movement.

The traditional format contrasts with the use of felt tip pens and the artist states that the intensity of the image relates to the absence of mark making on first seeing the paper. Each mark made highlights or conceals the previous layer of marks. The image becomes a playful rhythm, often evolving into tranquil forms with their own narrative. Bar Angello describes the experience as her hand being led and ‘finding the picture that my eyes can’t see until it’s drawn’.

“This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of my beloved father, Joseph John Angello and to my beautiful mother, Barbara Ann”.

Curated by Dominik Havsteen-Franklin
dominik.havsteen-franklin@nhs.net
With the support of Brent Arts Therapies

Water Works

WATER WORKS   16 March – 9 April 2010

Water Works is an arts project in which 8 residents in the London borough of Brent, aged 50 or over, will use photography to record their experience of water in a swimming pool, at home and on a visit to a water treatment plant. The visual artist, Constantine Gras, will lead residents on a unique artistic and environmental journey. This will culminate in a gallery installation and photo collage representing three stages of a water life cycle. Short films and related events will reflect on how we use water in the context of urban pressures and climate change.

Water Works is funded by Brent Council and Western Wedge.
Western Wedge is a partnership between seven local authorities in West London, supported by the Arts Council England.
Constantine Gras is the lead artist for Water – Way of Life – an arts, environmental and educational project telling the West London Story for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

The exhibition will then be shown at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum from 3 to 31 July 2010.

More information
Constantine Gras: cgras@me.com

Water – Way of Life: http://web.me.com/cgras/waterwayoflife
Brent Inspired with water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekXn4pwvZdk
Western Wedge: http://westernwedge.org.uk

Funism with a side order of Stuckism

Supper Painting – Ella Guru

16 March – 9 April 2010

Art should be as much fun to look at as it is to think about, art should be intellectually engaging without being elitist. This exhibition takes us out of our comfort zone. Norm Magnusson Funism Artist, began creating allegorical animal paintings with pointed social commentaries. Eventually he became more and more interested in political art and its potential for persuasion. Stuckism is an international art movement that was founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figuartive painting in opposition to conceptual art. The Stuckist have staged shows and gained media attention for outspoken comments and demonstrations, particularly outside Tate Britain against the Turner Prize, sometimes dressed in clown costumes. Funism and Stuckism both promote enjoyable and accessible art firmly rooted in our own times. Norm Magnusson’s quote about art that is “…aesthetically pleasing, emotionally uplifting, and intellectually challenging without being intellectually elitist” could also apply to many of the Stuckists’ paintings. Likewise the more playful side of Stuckism includes humour and absurdity also found in Funism.  The show features an eclectic mixes from various artists associated with Stuckism, Funism, both, and neither.                                                 Curated by Kyla Bullows

Participating artists: Ella Guru, Chris Yates, Norm Magnusson, Lou M, Anna Page, El Tel, Simon A Goodall, Kyla, Richard Smyth, Simon Bullows

For more information http://www.stuckism.com/