JURIED PRIZE EXHIBITION: ‘Anthology’ Thursday 4th August

CHARLIE SMITH London is delighted to announce the shortlist for its inaugural juried exhibition Anthology, in association with The Mark Clannachan Collection; re-title.com – the international directory service for contemporary artists and galleries; and spacedup.co.uk – specialists in the rental of artist studios and live / work spaces.

Selected and curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Zavier Ellis, Roy Exley, Werner Grub & Edward Lucie-Smith from 650 applicants, Anthology is a multi disciplinary exhibition that has reached out democratically to artists worldwide. Consisting of ten finalists, a cash prize of £1,000 will be awarded by The Mark Clannachan Collection to one winner for outstanding merit.

ANTHOLOGY

£1,000 Juried Prize Exhibition

Private View | Prize Giving | First Thursday
Thursday August 4th 6.30pm–8.30pm

Exhibition Dates
Friday August 5th 2011 – Saturday August 20th 2011

Gallery Hours
Wednesday–Saturday 11am–6pm or by appointment

ARTISTS:
Jake Clark, Emma Critchley, Harold de Bree, Andy Harper, Alex Hudson, Enzo Marra, Steven Morgana, Suzanne Moxhay, Tom Ormond and Michelle Sank

Tom Ormond

Emma Critchley

Harold de Bree

Suzanne Moxhay

Alex Hudson

Michelle Sank

NEWS: Fiona Banner is selected to design ‘A Room for London’ installation on Southbank Centre

February 9, 2011 by Kay

David Kohn Architects and artist Fiona Banner have been selected to design A Room for London, a temporary installation that will sit on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre, London and be part of the London 2012 Festival.

The design competition for A Room for London, which attracted entries from around 500 architects and artists from across the world, was instigated by Living Architecture, and Artangel, in association with Southbank Centre. The brief was to create a room on one of the most visible sites in the British capital, where up to two people at a time could spend a unique night in an exemplary architectural landmark.

David Kohn and Fiona Banner’s winning design is for a boat which, perched on the Queen Elizabeth Hall roof, will appear to have come to rest there, grounded, perhaps, from the retreating waters of the Thames below. From the lower and upper ‘decks’ of this beautifully crafted timber structure, there will be extraordinary views of a London panorama that stretches from Big Ben to St Paul’s cathedral.

Bookings for a night at A Room for London will be from January to December 2012. Advance bookings will be available through this website from 8^th September 2011.

Alongside public booking, the Room will play host to a guest programme of special visitors – artists, writers and cultural commentators of all kinds. These ‘thinkers-in-residence’ will be invited to stay and encouraged to muse on the city at a moment in time, through writing, image-making, online postings or live webcasts from the Room itself as their own idiosyncratic entries in the logbook. Some contributions will be instantly experienced by the public; others developed slowly during the course of the year. All visitors will be offered a chance to share experiences of a night in the Room.

A Room for London is a cultural collaboration between Living Architecture and Artangel, in association with Southbank Centre and the London 2012 Festival.

COMPETITION: Win a ‘Let the Golden Age Begin’ cushion by John Isaacs

Other Criteria have teamed up with PeopleLovePresents.com and organised a competition to win a Let the Golden Age Begin cushion by artist John Isaacs worth £385. The cushions are based on the design of the humble buoyancy aid life ring. They can be sat in, sat on or hung up for decorative use and are available in red or cream.

People Love Presents is packed with lots of truly great gift ideas which are easy to filter by gender, occasion, price or style. With their Gift Wizard and their Ask the Editors section for one-to-one advice on your gifting dilemmas, you are bound to find the perfect present.

To enter the competition and find out more information, visit the People Love Presents competition page.

February 1, 2011 by Kay

CURRENT: Eloise Fornieles wins ‘Open Kimono’

Congratulations to Eloise Fornieles who is the winner of the latest Art Below / Hospital Club challenge based on the theme of ‘Open Kimono’. Her winning entry ‘The Oyster Bar’ is on display at London Bridge from 21/06/10 for 2 weeks. Her work engages with human interaction, intimacy and the relationship between beauty and violence, using photography and video as an extension of her work in performance and installation.

The Oyster Bar, Installation Performance, Eloise Fornieles, 2006, © Eloise Fornieles

This installation was based on Manet’s painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. People were invited to come into the space one at a time and sip champagne while they were asked to exchange a tale of loss for an oyster or an orange. The loss could be as intimate, mundane or as bizarre as the participant wished. None of the interactions were recorded, with only the oyster shells remaining as a residue of the performance. The oyster shells accumulated in the space over the seven days.

To visit the artist’s website, click here.

June 24, 2010 by Ellie

UNTIL SUNDAY: Birkin’s winning work in Sovereign European Prize

June 17, 2010 by Kay

Congratulations to David Birkin who has won the Sovereign European Art Prize with his ‘Diptych’ (2009) from his ongoing series Confessions.

Don’t miss Birkin’s work on exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery until Sunday 20th June, along with 30 other short-listed entries.

The prize is now in its 5th year and received over 350 entries from over 30 European countries. Birkin was selected by this year’s judges: Sir Peter Blake, Tim Marlow, Philly Adams, Gavin Turk, Robert Punkenkhofer, Joseph Backstein and Nasser Azam.

After the exhibition the final selections, excluding the winning work, will be auctioned at a special charity event. 50% of the sales proceeds of each painting will go to the artist and the remaining 50% to the Foundation to help with its charitable work.

COMPETITION: Vote for Birkin!

The Sovereign European Art Prize, as recently posted on this blog, is inviting you to vote for one winner from this year’s finalists. David Birkin’s ‘Diptych’ (2009) from his ongoing series Confessions has been nominated. If you’d like to vote in favour of his work, please click here.

The finalists’ gallery will be on exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London from the 9th – 20th June 2010 and is open daily to the public from 10am-8pm.

BIRKIN_Diptych_from_Confessions

May 24, 2010 by Ellie

Vote for your favourite album sleeve

The Hours’ See The Light record sleeve by Damien Hirst has been nominated for a Best Art Vinyl award!

Voting is now open as Art Vinyl launches the Best Art Vinyl search for the most exciting record sleeves of 2009. This year will see music and graphic artists competing to follow in the footsteps of Hard-Fi, The Cribs, Thom Yorke and last year’s winner, Fleet Foxes. The 2009 nominations can be viewed here.

Click here to cast your vote and to see all of The Hours’ products available through Other Criteria, click here.

Art Vinyl, alongside graphic design and music industry experts, has selected a shortlist of 50 sleeve designs for the award that will be will be celebrated in exhibitions in London and around the UK during November and December.

Previous winners of the award include Hard-Fi’s stark ‘Stars of CCTV’ in 2005, Thom Yorke’s ‘The Eraser’ in 2006, The Cribs ‘Man’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever’ in 2007 and last year the winner was Fleet Foxes’ eponymous first album, which won with more than 3,000 public votes.

Art Vinyl founder and managing director Andrew Heeps said, “We are once again championing the art of the record sleeve. The Best Art Vinyl poll now in its 5th year has provided a unique snap shot of popular art and design and this year will be no exception. The Art Vinyl award is about celebrating the emotional resonance of the best sleeve designs from 2009 and honouring some of those unsung heroes of art and design who provide the visual identity for so many bands and artists”

The Best Art Vinyl 2009 shortlist will be featured in exhibitions at the Art Vinyl Gallery at Selfridges on Oxford St, London, the Snap Galleries in Birmingham, and the Georges House Gallery in Folkestone. All of the designs will be displayed in the unique Art Vinyl Play & Display Flip Frame. The winning designs will be displayed from January 2010 at Rough Trade East, London, Snap Galleries, Birmingham, and Georges House Gallery, Folkestone.

Voting closes on 16th December 2009 on www.artvinyl.com and the winners will be announced on 5th January 2010.

For more information and images contact:
Andy Newcombe: +44 7515 288379 / 020 7241 4129 /
andynewcombe@artvinyl.com

November 25, 2009 by Ellie