BEARSPACE Newsletter April 2011

BEARSPACE Newsletter April 2011

Isabel Rock - Bird Bath

Isabel Rock

9^th April- 14 May

10 am – 6pm // Wed-Sat

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Preview Evening

29^th April // 6.30-8.30pm

In association with South London LAST Fridays

BEARSPACE features a new collection of original large-scale works on paper by artist Isabel Rock, exploring matriarchal themes aesthetically informed by time spent in India. These intricate works display figures engaged in complex chains and circles. Flocks of birds sweep through and consume these drawings; Rock describes these birds as both decorative and threatening in their numbers and their voracious appetite.

FLARE

Marq Kearey

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5 March - 2 April 2011

Open: Wed – Sat /10 am- 6 pm

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25 March late night opening 6.30-8.30 pm

in association with South London LAST Fridays

To celebrate the lunch of the South London Art Map BEARSPACE is delighted to showcase works by local artist Marq Kearey. Inspired by walking around South London, Kearey presents a series of works on wood with surfaces featuring meticulously painted reproductions of imagery taken from advertising with a direct reference to fly posting.

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Jane Ward Solo Show

Jan 29-Feb 26 2011

Wed-Sat 10am-6pm

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28 Jan

Gallery open until 8.30 pm

In association with Deptford last Fridays

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Closing Party 26 Feb 6.30-8.30pm

BEARSPACE features new digital canvas works by Jane Ward. Ward's meticulously constructed works are composed of layer upon layer of digital imagery collaged together then broken down and collaged many times over to present an unseen landscape. The images are printed onto canvas from which the ink is dissolved and manipulated by hand. The residue that remains after the ink is removed leaves behind its trace, which carries within it a sense of loss and the evidence that something was there. The combination of that which is present with that which is not creates a reordering that leads us to question the layering of memory within landscape. The work often depicts fragments of the idealised miniature environment of a model village with images taken of the natural world. The subsequent confusion of scale and fragmentation of imagery plus this partial erasure of the image leads to many questions regarding our perception of the world. For example what constitutes reality and what the imaginary, can it be fixed or is it a state of flux, what is utopian and what dystopian?

Jane Ward graduated from the Royal College of Art, MA Printmaking course in 2007. Her work has featured in Artfutures (2002), Celeste Art Prize (2007) Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2008) and she has been awarded the Terrence Conran Foundation Award and the Tim Mara Prize.

BEARSPACE presents FEUDAL @ The London Art Fair Art Projects

An exhibition of two emerging artists work Jasmina Cibic and Suzanne Moxhay , dealing with the concept of systems within mediaeval living, Iconic images of birds, trees, nature, and habitation all come into play alongside bright neon colours and filmic settings.

Slovenian photographer Jasmina Cibic, creates open landscapes, working with striking and unusual animals and sculpture to juxtapose the natural with the architectural and constructed. The series on show ‘Falco’ sees the artist working with live falcons and classic sculptures either sourced or reconstructed by the artist. These dark, alluring works are sexy, sinister and regal depicting perfectly the upper echelons of feudal existence. The falcon was a form of medieval hunting, a delight for the nobles, which became a sport. Cibic captures these regal creatures pictured against sculptural forms from the modernist era, taste, style and poise perfectly communicated.

Suzanne Moxhay’s work from the series ‘Feralis’ focuses on land and habitation. Ancient ruins and overlaid with overgrown lush landscapes. Simple habitations are found amongst vast lakes. It is as thought the viewer stumbles across a feudal scene, overgrown and outdated, but still with the magic and allure of the peasant that once worked there and claimed the land as their own. Moxhay’s unique style include model making in her studio, where glass and photographs are used to construct these medieval scenes, lost to the world but captured through her prints.

GIFTED: a weekend of art and design in Deptford

A weekend of art and design in Deptford
3-5 December

In association with the Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios

Are you looking for something different, cultural and local for your Christmas presents this year? Perhaps you would like to discover designers and artists in the most talked about art destination, Deptford. You can do all this from 3^rd -5^th December as part of GIFTED, a weekend of art and design in Deptford.

Time Out have called Deptford as ‘fuelled by a can-do approach to capture the moment!’ The Guardian labeled Deptford ‘London’s newest art scene.’ Discover this for yourself; meet designers and artists in and around Deptford, whilst fuelling yourself on hot cider and a mince pie or two.

Over 15 venues will be open in Deptford over this weekend from the excellent Cockpit Arts designer maker studios to exhibitions, cultural shops and artists studios.
Most galleries in Deptford will also be open during this weekend.

For more details and itineraries of the entire weekend have a look here on the deptford art map! See you there x

ASSEMBLY GROUP SCULPTURE SHOW

Ellie Doney 'Applied Dreaming Chapter I' 2010

4 DEC 2010 – 15 JAN 2011

Wed – Sat 10-6pm

Closed: 23 Dec - 4 Jan 2011

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Preview: Sat 4 Dec 2010

2-4pm (in association with Deptford Gifted weekend)

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BEARSPACE will host a room of wonderful objects on plinths displaying multiples to singular pieces, assemblage to porcelain. This exhibition forms a snapshot of current trends in new types of sculpture, bringing together small works by emerging artists concerned with assemblage and sculpture. Artists have been selected from several art colleges in 2010, as well as a range of artists familiar to BEARSPACE these include; Blue Curry, Jonathan Trayte, Ellie Doney, Luke Twigger, Krister Klassman, Jasmina Cibic and Wayne Lucas. Each piece resembles a particle of the artist’s full practice. Some artists work only through the medium of sculpture for others sculpture forms only a part of their process.