Marsden Woo Gallery: November 2012

29 November 2012

MARSDEN WOO GALLERY ASSOCIATED ARTIST OWEN BULLETT WINNER OF 2012 ING PRIZE

We are delighted to hear that Owen Bullett is the winner of this year's ING Discerning Eye Purchase Prize for his piece 'Divided Self IV'.

The annual ING Discerning Eye exhibition is selected by two artists, two collectors and two critics. This year's selectors were artists Albert Irvin RA and Chantel Joffe; collectors Doris Lockhart Saatchi and Gerald Walker; and critics Charles Darwent (The Independent) annd Skye Sherwin (The Guardian). The Discerning Eye is an educational charity that aims to encourage an understanding and appreciation of the visual arts.

The exhibition has finished, however, details can be found online here and Bullett's exceptional solo show 'Force Field' runs at Marsden Woo Gallery until 22 December.

Owen Bullett, 'Divided Selves' (2012) photo © Owen Bullett

23 November 2012

MARSDEN WOO GALLERY ARTISTS FEATURED IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART 'THE PERFECT PLACE TO GROW' EXHIBITION

Marsden Woo Gallery artists Alison Britton, Martin Smith and Emma Woffenden, along with associated artist Tord Boontje are all featured in the Royal College of Art's major new exhibition 'The Perfect Place To Grow'.

The show is part of the yearlong celebrations marking the founding of the Royal College and commemorates 175 years of cultivating talent. It features student work alongside professional work from the RCA's staggering array of alumni including David Hockney, the Chapman Brothers and Barbara Hepworth; and of course our Marsden Woo Gallery artists! The exhibition runs until 3 January 2013.

For further information please see the RCA website here.

Emma Woffenden and Tord Boontje, 1997 - Artecnica 2005

17 November 2012

NEW EXHIBITION PROGRAMME NOW ONLINE!

Look forward to the year ahead by downloading a copy of our new exhibition programme here.

There are some wonderful shows coming up over the next year; including exhibitions by leading British ceramic artists Gordon Baldwin and Martin Smith in our main gallery space and our annual January Mixed Display which promises to be the most diverse and dynamic yet.

The Project Space, curated by Tessa Peters, will continue to show innovative, up and coming exhibitions- starting with imaginative works by John Rainey using traditional and digital processes.

Our current shows, Owen Bullett's 'Force Field' and Rupert Ackroyd's 'Inn, Inn, Inn' continue through to 22 December- be sure to visit before they close!

15 November 2012

NAO MATSUNAGA, 'MY PRIMAL MEMORY', NOW OPEN AT DAIWA FOUNDATION

In this solo show at Daiwa Foundation (London), titled 'My Primal Memory', Nao Matsunaga responds to his ideas and experiences of dual cultural and national identity, reflecting on his formative years growing up in Japan, and the latter part of his childhood in England. Although this is a deeply personal investigation, his work references ancient universal themes concerning the human condition.

The show continues until 13 December 2012.
For more information please visit the Daiwa website: http://www.dajf.org.uk/exhibition/my-primal-memory-by-nao-matsunaga

Nao Matsunaga, 'My Primal Memory', installation view, at Daiwa Foundation
Photo © Philip Sayer (2012)

10 November 2012

JACQUELINE PONCELET: NEW PERMANENT ARTWORK AT EDGWARE ROAD UNDERGROUND STATION

If you live in London and have taken the Circle line this week you may have seen ‘Wrapper’, a permanent work of art by Marsden Woo Gallery associated artist Jacqueline Poncelet. This work has been made especially to clad the new building and perimeter wall next to Edgware Road Tube station.

Poncelet’s passion for pattern and colour can be seen in the grid of vitreous enamel designed by her to cover the building. Each vivid and richly coloured pattern connects and responds to a different part of the local area and tells the story of its history and environment. It is the largest work created by Poncelet to date and is also the largest vitreous enamel artwork in Europe.

For more information on this vibrant work, please visit the TfL’s Art on the Underground website here and be sure to keep an eye out next time you pass through Edgware Road!

Jacqueline Poncelet, Wrapper, (2012) view of north wall
photo © Thierry Bal

Jacqueline Poncelet, Wrapper, (2012) photo © Thierry Bal

Jacqueline Poncelet, Wrapper, (2012) view of south wall
photo © Thierry Bal

9 November 2012

ALISON BRITTON'S 'LIFE AND STILL LIFE' AT UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, SURREY

Alison Britton’s ‘Life and Still Life’ exhibition at the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey opened last month and has been a fantastic success.

This wonderfully eclectic show features a selection of objects from her own ‘study collection’ of other peoples work shown alongside older work and new pots. The exhibition runs until 15 December, to find out more please click here.

Here are some superb installation images by Philip Sayer:

Alison Britton, Life and Still Life installation view (2012)
photo © Philip Sayer, Marsden Woo Gallery

7 November 2012

NOW SHOWING UNTIL 22 DECEMBER: OWEN BULLETT'S 'FORCE FIELD' AND RUPERT ACKROYD'S 'INN, INN, INN'

Owen Bullett's ambitious and dynamic sculpture shows in our main gallery, while our Project Space hosts Rupert Ackroyd's installation which investigates the English Public House.

Be sure to visit before 22 December to see these two compelling shows, here are some wonderful installation images by Philip Sayer to whet your appetite-

1 November 2012

NOW OPEN: OWEN BULLETT 'FORCE FIELD' AND RUPERT ACKROYD 'INN, INN, INN'

We are delighted to announce the opening of our very special sculpture double bills. In two simultaneous solo exhibitions, sculptors Owen Bullett and Rupert Ackroyd are showing major bodies of brand new work with us.

In the main gallery Owen Bullett's 'Force Field' comprises a series of highly elegant large-scale abstract works. These pieces, responses to events both mundane and momentous, give a sense of the impact of invisible forces on sculptural form and space. Ancient stone and modern steel, the rough and the refined, heaviness and weightlessness all feature in Bullett's material lexicon; he selects his materials and methods of construction with care and in recognition of their complex historical, cultural and physical associations. In 2010 Bullett debuted the momentous oak and steel work 'Portal' in our Project Space. We are delighted to welcome him back for his second show at Marsden Woo.

Meanwhile, our downstairs Project Space hosts Rupert Ackroyd's 'Inn, Inn, Inn' - a sculptural installation based on the material surfaces commonly found in the English Public House. Ackroyd explains that 'As the backdrop to the activities of the public house, these surfaces have evolved into the physical embodiment of the idea that is the pub.... specifically this exhibition focuses on how such traditions in pub decor have been reinterpreted and redeployed over time.' At the centre of the show is an oak beam partition. In combination with materials derived from wall treatments, this equates to the layered surfaces that are built up within pub interiors over time, and which form a composite collection of histories.

Both shows run until 22 December.