Amelia’s Magazine | Art Listings

MONDAY 21st
The Dazed Gallery, ‘Phil Smiley’s Cabin Fever’: 18th-30th July
112-116 Old Street, EC1 9BG: 7-9pm launch nights-last Thursday of every month 10-6pm normal weekdays.
Strange anatomical visions pared with obsessive detail are the results of a rural American upbringing in the mountains of Virginia. Moving to London, his works feature perverse meetings of nature and human interaction spawned by boredom and a sharp eye. Having worked for Dazed and Confused, Burberry and Stella McCartney, he has gradually built an impressive legion of fans.

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Victoria Miro Gallery, ‘Chatal Joffe’: 24th June- 2nd August
16 Wharf Rd, London N1 7RW
A deliberate distortion of scale as well as a fluid style ensure Joffe’s large scale pieces are imparted with an inherent emotional integrity. Inspired by women’s fashion photography, she recently went backstage Paris Fashion Week to take photos of the models. She likened this to Degas entering the Royal Ballet as she ascertained that ‘You are plunged into thinking about the sort of girls who model and what was happening to them socially’. These observations translate into unexpected vulnerable images of careful emotionally observed pieces that are thoughtful and intuitive.

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TUESDAY 22nd
Burgh House & Hamstead Museum, ‘Photography Exhibition: The Spirit of Hampstead Heath’: 17th July-3rd August.
New End Square, Hampstead, London nw3 1lT
Familiar and secret tucked away places are snapped up, often capturing subtle beauty of landscape decorated with flora.

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WEDNESDAY 23rd

The old Shoreditch Station, ‘When My Eyes Are Closed’ Nicholas Burrows and Zeroten: 18th July-31st August.
1 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8DA
Exploring the hicklety picklety upside down world of slumber, these pieces are surprising and often whimsical. Zeroten is obsessed with cults and often illustrates for indie music mag Bearded whilst Burrows is one quarter of the NOUS VOUS collective. Together they introduce a mixed media collection that steals you into dreamland and makes you pinch yourself to check if you are really awake.

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Dray Walk Gallery, ‘100 pieces of Havana’: Mode2, Dave White, Cubanbee, Freedom of Creation, SheOne.. and more: 23rd-28th July
Dray Walk (off brick Lane), London E1.
100 artists have come together to interpret Cuba in an hundred hour-long exhibition. The vibrant energy and spirit of Cuba is conveyed through art, sculture, photography, graffitti and illustration. With an array of creative talent on display, this event promises to provide something for everyone!

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THURSDAY 24th
32 kingsland Rd,‘THIS IS ALL I CAME TO DO’ , Nacho Alegre, Gilda Aloisi and others: 3rd July-24th August
32 Kingsland Rd, E2 8DA
Ithoughtiwasalone.com is an online collection of images by photographers which was all started by Lele Saveri. The Italian photographer says it was started ‘to provide a platform for photographers […] without worrying about the what’s, the how’s, and the whys’. ‘THIS IS ALL I CAME TO DO’ is the first group photography exhibition showcasing their work.

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Arts Gallery, ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’: Rut Blees Luzemburg, Dan Holdsworth, Mark Titchner, Poppy de Villenueve, Oliver Perkins et al.
65 Davies St, London WK1 5DA
24 of the best emerging graduated artists over the past 5 years exhibit their work all concentrating on the subject of the nocturnal world. A playful examination of dreams and nightmares encompassing desolate landscapes and abandoned buildings.

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FRIDAY 25th
FRED, ‘Jacob Roepke‘: 25th July- 29th August.
45 Vyner St, E2, 9DQ.
German artist Roepke exhibits 150 small collages filled with small characters in unexpected surreal circumstances. Dali for the modern comic book age.

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Wyndham Arcade, Cardiff ‘If you build it they will come’: Bedwyr Williams, Sean Edwards, Sofia Hulten: 9th July-9th August
g39, Wyndham Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1EF
g39 is an art space for graduate talent and to celebrate it’s 10 year anniversary, this exhibition features every artist g39 has worked with for the past decade.

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SATURDAY 26th
Transition Gallery, ‘Scribing the Soul‘, Susan Aldworth: 26th July-17th August.
Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Rd, London e8 4QN.
Since a brain scan in 1999, Aldworth has continued to experiment with etching techniques, exploring the relationship between the physical brain and sense of self. Collaborating with doctors, neuroscientists, artists and musicians she has developed films, print and light installations which all delve into the subject of consciousness.

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SUNDAY 27th
Apartment, ‘Artranspennine08′: 13th June-15th August
49 Lamport Court, Ardwick Manchester, M1 7EG
Over 50 artists over the transpennine region will exhibit their work, stage events and performances on a shoe string budget.

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Somerset House, ‘Skin & Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture’: until 10th August
Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA
Hodge has organised exhibitions for architects Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster & fashion designer Rei Kawakubo/ Comme des Garcons. The exhibition unites ideas fashion (Boudicca, Hussein Chalayan, Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen etc), and over 200 works by more than 50 renowned architects (Shigeru Ban, Future Systems, Foreign Office Architects etc) from 1980’s to the present. Exhibits include three-dimensional architectural models and plans, compelling film footage arranged under the themes of shelter, identity, folding, draping, wrapping, pleating and weaving. So get ready for some super shoulder padded numbers!

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