TOM HUNTER - Living in Hell and Other Stories

TOM HUNTER - Living in Hell and Other Stories

Currently exhibiting at The National Gallery is an east London artist depicting real life stories taken from The Hackney Gazette.
Tom Hunter tells these stories using carefully staged, large format photographs, restaging them in compositions that often directly refer to classic paintings of the past, many of the paintings to which Hunter has referred for his […]

Art, Artist, East London, Events, Gallery, Inspiration, Modern, National Gallery, Painting, War

ALIEN AT HEART - ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA

ALIEN AT HEART - ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA

The Private view of the ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA on the 16th of November was interesting… It was an exhibition about ‘Alien Art’ a direct homage to the 50-60’s early 70’s Alien movies which mostly reflected the anti-communist, xenophobic & anti-nuclear fears of the time.
Few masterpieces came out of that strand but vintage […]

Artist, Comics, Exhibition, Film, Movie, Painting

THE PLANETARIUM - The Artvaults Project

THE PLANETARIUM - The Artvaults Project

Below the post war redevelopment that characterises Southampton’s city centre lies a labyrinth of over 100 underground vaults dating back to the twelfth century. For the second year seven of these spaces are being opened every weekend through the summer as exhibition venues. Last year the project, organised by ‘a’ space, attracted 15,000 visitors.
Three artists […]

Art, Artist, East London, Exhibition, History, Installation, Nature, Painting, Science, War

JAZZ IN THE CITY - Exploration of Jazz & Art

JAZZ IN THE CITY - Exploration of Jazz & Art

Nina considers the musical language of jazz to be one of her greatest inspirations. Her exhibition, Jazz in the City is the culmination of a life’s work for this innovative and unique artist.
It also begins a tour featuring Nina as an artist in residence, to include The International Jazz Festival in Moscow, during which Nina’s […]

Actor, Art, Artist, Culture, Drama, East London, Events, Exhibition, Festival, Film, Gallery, History, Inspiration, Modern, Museum, Music, Opera, Painting, Performer, Poetry, Theatre

EMPIRICAL - 25 Artists Come Together

EMPIRICAL - 25 Artists Come Together

Carefully selected artists, based in Hackney and the east end exhibit fresh new work in conjunction with Hackney Empire’s Spice Festival. Painting, sculpture, drawing, screen-prints, photography, performance, video and computer generated images from twenty five artists come together in a show that warrants your undivided attention.
Work from Peter Ainsworth, Henrietta Armstrong, Emilie Bell, Claire Brewster, […]

Art, Artist, Exhibition, Festival, Installation, Nature, Painting, Performance, Photography

TURNER PRIZE 2005 - Shortlist

TURNER PRIZE 2005 - Shortlist

Tate has announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2005. The artists are Darren Almond, Gillian Carnegie, Jim Lambie and Simon Starling.
Darren Almond’s work addresses the themes of time, geography and memory. He uses a wide range of media including film, photography and sculpture to explore the passing of time […]

Art, Artist, Culture, Director, Exhibition, Film, Gallery, Installation, Modern, Music, Painting, Photography, Social

SPICE FESTIVAL 2005 - Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama

SPICE FESTIVAL 2005 - Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama

The opening night sees an evening of classical opera extracts performed, including Carmen, Nessun Dorma, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and many others at The Hackney Empire.
East London Metropolitan Opera continues to bring together top professional musicians with members of the local community and children from Hackney schools accompanied by a full […]

Actor, Art, Artist, Classical, Drama, East London, Editor, Events, Festival, Magic, Movie, Music, Musician, Opera, Painting, Performance, Poetry, Punk, Songwriter, Theatre, Writer

BARBICAN - Folk Art Special

BARBICAN - Folk Art Special

Two artists dismayed by the Millennium Dome’s corporate presentation of Britain have created their own snapshot of British artistic creativity. Five years after the Dome presented its shiny, clean vision of Britain, there is now a smaller, cheaper and more democratic snapshot of the UK on show at the Barbican Gallery.
A life-size mechanical elephant from […]

Art, Artist, Drama, Exhibition, Gallery, Modern, Painting