Acquire Arts

See Life Trough the Lense by Helen Rushton, 10th-12th July

See Life Through The lens will be exhibiting the latest portfolio of work in London on the 10th, 11th, 12th, July 2010. Helen Rushton will be displaying limited edition landscape, travel and underwater images in the Acquire Arts Gallery, 155 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BU. The gallery will be open from 10am – 6.30pm on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday but if you join the See Life Through the Lens Photography Facebook Group you can join me for an exclusive viewing and a glass of wine on Saturday 10th July 2010 6.30 – 8.30pm.

Cardboard City, an exhibition of paintings by Georgina McIntyre, 24th - 27th of June

Heritage Art Gallery Exhibition by Mary Majoni, 21st - 23rd June 2010

Walking Stories by Oliver Broderick Ward, 19th-20th June 2010

Opening Hours

Saturday 19th June - Open from 12pm
Saturday 19th June - 5pm till 9pm (RSPV only)
Sunday 20th June - 11am till 6pm

A Moving Exhibition curated by Antria Pelakanou, 11th - 17th June 2010

A Moving Exhibition is a travelling exhibition of art which enables artists and students, to showcase their artwork and through doing so enhance the travel experience for London visitors, and build on London’s reputation as a cultural and creative capital.

A moving exhibition's aim is to reach and engage an extensive and diverse community in the course of daily life by "moving London through art". A Moving Exhibition is expanding access to public of the innovative creative arts projects and initiatives that exist within London.
As the artwork of A Moving Exhibition is open for public submission, both professional and novice artwork is being published in the exhibition book.

The idea is to select eclectic artists to participate in an upcoming series of group shows that will take place in different venues in London. The exhibitions and the artists participating will slightly change from one venue to another and by doing so the exhibition will progress and transform.
All Preview Days will be on a Thursday unless otherwise stated. All Moving Exhibitions will last one week. All types of artwork are selected for exhibition: painting, drawing, print-making, installation, sculpture, video, performance, site-specific etc...

Taking the Road of Ashes - Ian Rawlinson, 24th May - 6th June

TAKING THE ROAD OF ASHES is Ian Rawlinson's first solo show since 'The Language of Fire', his successful 2004 exhibition at the Waterloo Gallery, London. These new and previously unseen works include a mixed media installation and works on canvas expanding on the evolutionary nature of Rawlinson's creative process established in his earlier constructed paintings.

As much a collection of imagery, TAKING THE ROAD OF ASHES is an exploration of the psyche. To realise this recent body of work, Ian Rawlinson has drawn inspiration from the study of alchemical and psychological texts. The exhibition takes its name from an elongated framed work that contains the remnants of former paintings. This piece signifies Rawlinson treading a darker path and moving away from the fiery reds and dense blacks of previous work. In a series of works on paper, Rawlinson explores the idea of the 'Shadow' side of the psyche. The ever-present dark blue of the imagery establishes a repetitive theme emphasising the artist's struggle to attain the essence of the idea, rather than its literal depiction. As the series continues, bars, voids and intrusions begin to appear, becoming increasingly dominant as the work evolves. From the darkness — the Prima Materia — emerges a lighter, more abstracted imagery, which eventually becomes the 'Wall of Paradise' series. Inspired by a quote by Joseph Campbell, these works depict an interface between elements, a new place of transition.

Ian Rawlinson has been a practising artist for 25 years. His approach to art takes in aspects of painting, printmaking, writing and installation. His work is shown frequently in the UK and abroad. He lives and works in London and has worked in Europe, the USA and Mexico.

TAKING THE ROAD OF ASHES
New work by IAN RAWLINSON

OPENING HOURS
Wednesday to Friday 12.00pm to 6.00pm
Saturday and Sunday 11.00am to 6.00pm
or by appointment

ACQUIRE ARTS
155 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BU
from 25th May to 5th June 2010

For further information contact Ian Rawlinson
www.ianrawlinson.com or call 07951 832863

Ladybird picnic by Babatunde Folarin, 21st-23rd May 2010

"Complicity" by Jon Crump & "Peeping Tom" by Nat Poole, 15th - 16th May

Opening Times
Saturday 15th May 10am - 9 pm
Saturday 15th May 6pm onwards (refereshments served)
Sunday 16th May 10am - 4pm

BBC Club Photography Section showing 9th - 13th of May 2010

'People I've Met' by Deborah Esses, 22nd - 29th April 2010

Opening times
22nd-29th April 11am-6pm
Private View Friday 6pm-9pm

Versus Exhibition by Sunil Kainth and Brett Lyon, 3rd - 17th April 2010

"Versus" is a joint collaboration between Sunil Kainth and Brett Lyon. Both works are inspired and influenced by current affairs, mythology, comics, movie genres , video games, music and literature. However the styles are contrasting as are the mediums we work in (hence the title "versus"). Sunil's is drawing/ painting whereas Bretts is sculpture. The key themes to the work are Nostalgia and the battles between characters and their own inner demons. Sunil and Brett create work that shows the range of emotions that we all feel from anger to sadness, joy, love, hatred, jealousy and so on.

OPENING TIMES
Saturday 3rd April 12:00 - 17:00
Saturday 3rd April 18:00 - 22:00 (invitation only)
Sunday 4th April - Saturday 17th April 10:00 - 17:00

Austin Emery - Sculpture & Painting, 'EXPRESSTANEOUSMOMENTERIALISM', 18th - 25th March, 2010 at Acquire Arts, 155 Battersea Park Road, SW8 4BU

'EXPRESSTANEOUSMOMENTERIALISM' -The direct, spontaneous intervention of creative force upon the infinite elements of moment and material

Austin Emery’s first solo exhibition will be showing a selection of sculpture and painting which reflect his passion for creating work spontaneously and directly.

Austin’s work involves a physical, mental, emotional and soulful exploration of moment and material. Seeking equilibrium, he frees his mind of conscious thought and finds resonance with any material, spontaneously and expressively.

Having worked for many years as an architectural stone carver, confined to the forms of the ornamental details commissioned, Austin’s art practice has developed in response to this confinement, to expand beyond the restrictions such work imposes on him. He lives through his work with an open mind, allowing his experience of time to intervene with the materials he encounters and express through his skilled hands.

Austin’s journey has led him to ‘Blobbism’. This is expression through blob; an exploration of amorphous, irregular form, created spontaneously and freely (with open interpretation and without preconception) flirting with the boundary between abstract and figurative.

Now, as an extension of Blobbism, Austin brings us Expresstaneousmomenterialism, broadening this concept and defining the moment of blissful equilibrium when one’s infinite creative energy finds itself dancing in harmony with the materials of our world.

Opening Times
Thursday 18th March - Thursday 25th March
Open 11am - 6pm daily
PRIVATE VIEW Thursday 18th March 6:30pm - onwards

www.austinemery.com

SYRIA THE LAND OF CIVILIZATION Art exhibition By Esam Hamzeh, Saturday 13th – Tuesday 16th March 2010

SYRIA THE LAND OF CIVILIZATION
Art exhibition
By Esam Hamzeh

From Saturday 13/03/2010 – Tuesday 16/03/2010
Refreshment start at 6pm – 7.30pm Saturday
Open from 11am – 6.30 pm

Address:
Battersea Gallery hire
155 Battersea Park Road SW8 4BU

Travel information:
Battersea Park rail Queenstown Road rail Vauxhall tube or Sloane Square Bus: 44, 137, 156, 344, 452, N44, N137

On Saturday parking is free - All welcome

You'll Fade Out - Sculpture Exhibition open 5th March - 7th March, 2010

Opening Times
5th - 7th March, 10AM - 5PM
Private view, 7th March, 7PM - 9PM

Eco Behave! An Exhibition featuring Alexander Phillips, Carla Scrivener, Elliott White & Jayde Brown, Friday 19th - Sunday 21st Feb 2010

OPENING TIMES:
Private View with drinks and nibbles start at 6pm-10pm on Friday 19th February.
All Welcome - Saturday 20th Febuary & Sunday 21st Febuary 11am-5pm

ABOUT:
A Group Exhibition featuring Alexander Phillips, Carla Scrivener, Elliott White & Jayde Brown.
The aim of the exhibition is to both educate and interest people in the knock on effects that pollution and other ecological issues have in a fun and entertaining way.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=478337770299

GETTING THERE:
Nearest Station - Battersea Park Rail
Buses - 44, 137, 156, 344, 452,

New Art Originals Awards Event and Exhibition 29th January - 4th February

The Awards Ceremony and Exhibition party will feature some of the best emerging artists and the winner of the NAO Awards 2010 will be announced. There will also be Dj and live performence . So come on down and enjoy the biggest party after New Year. Definately one not to be missed.

Awards Ceremony Friday 29th Jan 2010
To book your tickets (only £7) to this amazing event please go to
www.newartoriginals.com and click the banner or go to www.bigbadscene.co.uk

Free Exhibition Saturday 30th Jan – Thursday 4th Feb 2010, Closed on Sunday.