Blood event June 2007
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Blood @ Redchurch Street, Friday 8th June, 6.30pm - late |
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© Gary Collyer, 'A City For Now', courtesy Vegas Gallery, 2007
The Contemporary Art Society invited Blood members to a Friday evening visit to three exhibition spaces in the East End's Redchurch Street. The evening included challenging art, curator-led tours of all three shows, and ended with drinks in the VIP area of Loungelover.
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© Kon Trubkovich, Ant Farm (film still), courtesy Museum 52
6:30pm
We met at Vegas Gallery (64-66 Redchurch Street), an artist-run project space and platform for showing works by emerging artists. The current show - Flyapart features unique and eclectic work by artists graduated from the Norwich School of Art. The curator talked about the work on show - ranging from fine art to comic books - and the artists who make the work, with questions afterwards over a glass of wine. More information: www.vegasgallery.co.uk
7:00pm
Museum 52 (52 Redchurch Street), easily located because of its innovative artist-designed sign, has a reputation as one of the most exciting young galleries in London. It started as a project space in one of the directors' homes and is now, in the same venue, a fully fledged gallery carefully watched by international collectors. Melissa Emery, Gallery Manager (and curator of the exterior sign project) at Museum 52 introduced the current solo exhibition Kon Trubkovich: Work Study in which the artist explores the anomalies of the human condition and the futility of work (a topic well suited for a Friday evening) through multiple mediums - film, watercolour, screen prints, oil painting and sculptural work.
More information: www.museum52.com
7:30pm
studio 1.1 (57a Redchurch Street) is another artist-run space. The solo show Cees Krijnen: the Stowaway features work which he has made for his mother - Greta Blok. Since her divorce from his father 5 years ago, after a 17-year struggle, Krijnen’s work has focused on his mother and as a result the celebrity status of Greta Blok and Krijnen's Oedipal impulses have intensified. In the past, among many other activities and artworks, he has commissioned perfumers to design a scent, and orchestrated a marriage ceremony between Greta Blok and herself. Krijnen launched a CD single about his mother Greta during the exhibition. Blood members had the opportunity to chat to the gallery directors about the work on show over drinks and nibbles. More information: www.naimad.co.uk/studio1-1
8:00pm
After the gallery crawl we retreated to the VIP area at Loungelover specially booked for Blood members to have a chat about art, to unwind, and enjoy a drink in a slightly...eccentric setting.
Please note: This event was for Blood members only.
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