News and Events
* A work on paper is in the auction 'Going Postal' at the ICA London. August 13th 6pm - 9pm. Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH,
* One Painting - a new artist book has been published by EBB in association with Floating World in a limited edition of 100 copies. One Painting documents the creation of a single painting by Edwin Aitken over six months from start to finish and includes sketchbook studies and supporting drawings. The painting in One Painting is 'Head 35' and this image can be seen in the 'Works' section of the website, One Painting also features an introduction by Andy Parsons.
* Artist's Books will be exhibited with Floating World in upcoming shows at 'The Book House' County Cavan Northern Ireland and at Enniskillin Castle Museum, Northern Ireland through July and August.
http://projects.floatingworldbooks.com/blog/ http://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk/
* A work on paper is in the exhibition 'be careful what you wish for' at Space Station Sixty-Five. Artists have been invited by the gallery to express their hopes for art. The exhibition will change and evolve over time and is ongoing (from May 2010).
Space Station Sixty-Five, 65 North Cross Road, London, SE22 9ET
www.spacestationsixtyfive.com
* New exhibition at SIB Contemporary Art - (Artist Book Show with Floating World).
'SIB Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the exhibition of Artist Books / Floating World at SIB Contemporary Art in Hacchobori, Tokyo, Japan. The aim of Floating world is to find ways for artists to disseminate their ideas as widely as possible using the medium of artists books. Glenn Holman and Andy Parsons initiated the project in 2003. The artists invited to contribute a book were chosen to reflect the wide variety of contemporary practice from Sarah Carne whose work is performative and video based to Edwin Aitken who works primarily in painting'. http://www.floatingworldbooks.com/
The exhibition is from April 3rd 2010, to the end of May 2010. The gallery is open 12:00 pm - 18:30 pm (closed on Sundays / please make an appointment at 03-3552-5090 / mail@s-i-b.net )
* 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition tour dates for this year;
13th February to 21st
March 2010: Beverley Art Gallery, Yorkshire.
15th May to 18th July
2010: Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
6th November 2010 to 1st January 2011: The Brindley, Runcorn, Cheshire.
* Two Reviews of the Salon 2010 exhibition are online. "Salon 2010" by Kathryn Lloyd in 'The Journal' www.journal-online.co.uk/article/6291- and "Salon" by Helen Harjak in 'The Student Review'
www.studentnewspaper.org/culture/816-review-salon
* A poster of 'Sp' will be exhibited on the London Underground at Old Street Station, on the Northern Line platform 1. Exhibition will run from October 16th - October 30th.
* The new artist book - 'Entropocide' and the painting 'Scapegoat' will be exhibited in 'Reading Room' at Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland, from June 11th - July 17th.
http://www.sligoartgallery.com. Preview June 11th at 6pm.
* The artist books 'Life and Death' and 'Hybrid' are now sold out.
* A new Digital Print 'Lovelock' will be included in the '7th British International Mini Print Exhibition'. The exhibition will tour the UK starting at the London Print Studio in March 2009. London preview 26th March. http://www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/G3_forthcoming.html
* A new work on paper will be exhibited at Metro Pictures in New York as a part of the 'Postcards from the Edge' event and exhibition. Private view Friday 9th January 2009. More information can be found at - http://www.thebody.com/visualaids/current/postcards2008.html
* A new artists' book titled 'Entropocide' will be published in early 2009 by Floating World.
* 'The Golden Record' will tour in 2009 and will be on show at The Collection in Lincoln from 21st March - 3rd May. More details can be found using this link - http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/eventDetails.asp?eventcode=45396n. Tel: 01522 550 990.
* A new work on paper has been selected for the group exhibition 'The Golden Record'.* 'The Golden Record - Sounds of Earth' is a unique cross platform/ cross festival project which is part of both The Edinburgh Art Festival and The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Artists, comedians and filmmakers come together for a contemporary remake of the original Golden Record - a phonograph record launched into space in 1977, containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, in an effort to communicate with intelligent extraterrestrials.
Curated by Collective Gallery's Associate Producer Mel Brimfield, over a hundred artists have created new work to be shown in the gallery space alongside newly commissioned video works. There will also be a series of live comedy events to accompany the exhibition in which nine comedians will vie to be The Representative for the Human Race.
Exhibition Dates: 1st August - 13th September 2008
Opening Times: [August] Tue - Sun 11am - 6pm [September] Tue - Sat 12 - 5pm
Admission: Free
Cockburn Street Party: 31st July 6 - 9pm
Mel Brimfield: Curator's Talk 9 August 2pm
Sunday Satellites: Kids Activities: Sunday 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 31 August 12 - 3pm
Art Late in association with The Edinburgh Art Festival: 28 August 6 - 10pm
Comedians will deliver speeches on behalf of the Human Race - only one will
be included on the new Golden Record. Vote for your representative in these
late night husting events! Candidates include Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Robin
Ince, Simon Munnery and Pappy's Fun Club.
Venue: Pleasance Theatre | Queen Dome | Potterow | 1 Bristo Square | Edinburgh
Dates: Saturday 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 August
Time: Midnight to 1 am
Admission: £9/7.50 conc [2 August - preview £5 ]
Tickets available from:
Fringe Box Office www.edfringe.com 0131 226 0000
Pleasance Box Office www.pleasance.co.uk/edinburgh 0131 556 6550
Collective Gallery | 22-28 Cockburn Street | Edinburgh | EH1 1NY
Exhibition Dates: 1st August - 13th September 2008
Opening Times: [August] Tue - Sun 11am - 6pm [September] Tue - Sat 12 - 5pm
Admission: Free
For more info: 0131 220 1260 mail@collectivegallery.net
www.collectivegallery.net
The Collective Gallery are supported by The Scottish Arts Council and City of Edinburgh Council.
* New work on paper will be a part of the group exhibition 'It's Not Easy'.
Exhibition runs from July 24th to August 29th, 2008 in Exit Underground at Exit Art New York City. Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, New York City, New York, Ny10018 USA. www.exitart.org
It's Not Easy is an exhibition inspired by the recent tidal wave of efforts to go "green". Curated entirely through email submissions, this exhibition will contain image and text responses to the question: What does 'green' mean to you? The over 200 international works exhibited in 'It's Not Easy' were chosen from almost 700 submissions that responded to the multiplicity of cultural, environmental and political meanings of GREEN.
It's Not Easy is the second exhibition of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), a major new exhibition program and archive initiative in Exit Underground that presents social and environmental issues and the way artists respond to them. SEA Archive will be a permanent archive of information, images and videos that will be a searchable database for scholars and researchers. Central to the mission of SEA is to provide a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of this kind of work, to provide a forum for collaboration between artists and ecologists and to inspire them to continue the tradition of work that SEA presents.
* New painting on show in the exhibition 'Faith' at Primo Alonso 395 -397 Hackney Road, London E2 8PP. The private view is Thursday 6th March from 6 -9pm. The exhibition ends on the 13th April and the gallery is open Thursday - Sunday from 11am - 6pm or by appointment. Nearest tube is Bethnal Green (Central Line) and the private view will be part of the Time Out First Thursdays. For more information see www.primoalonso.com
* A short review/preview of the exhibition 'Faith' appears in the December issue of AN Magazine.
* Interview with Soraya Rodriguez, director of the Zoo Art Fair published in edition 26 of total:spec magazine.
* An article about Floating World and the artist books they publish appears in the November issue of AN Magazine. The artist book 'Hybrid' will be exhibited at RGAP - Small Publishers Fair. More details at www.rgap.co.uk
* New work on paper on show at 'Goldmembers' at The Embassy, Edinburgh. 15 September - 7 October 2007. More details available at www.embassygallery.co.uk
* New paintings on show now at Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax in the exhibition 'Faith'. 22nd September 2007 - 21st January 2008, private view Saturday 22nd from 1 - 4pm. This show will tour. Next venue will be Primo Alonso, East London early next year. More details available at www.deanclough.com and www.primoalonso.com
* 'Portent' included in the group show 'Salon 07' at Seven Seven Contemporary in East London.
* Interview with Armen Eloyan published in edition 23 of total:spec magazine. Upcoming pieces on Panic Attack! - Art in the Punk years and an interview with Peter McDonald.
* Review of David Thorpe's exhibition published in edition 22 of total:spec magazine. Available from 11th of June. More info at www.totalspec.com
* Examples of recent paintings can be seen in an upcoming group exhibition at Primo Alonso Gallery, London.
* New works on canvas added to the site.
* Exhibition with Floating World at the 10th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair at the University of Leeds on Friday 9th & Saturday 10th March. More info at www.floatingworldbooks.com
* The images in the artists' book Life and Death, will contribute to a series of lectures presented to the public later in the year about new directions in contemporary drawing.