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Melanie Comber Forbearer, 2008 |
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Doug Foster: Only Human
10th September - 23rd September
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The warm, pulsing glow of a moving image bleeds vibrant life into the dark heart of a large metal box.
A sequence of events unfolds rhythmically inside the structure. The action recycles seamlessly, looping into a spiral narrative that becomes more lucid with each repetition. The compelling beauty and coercive rhythm of the imagery is mesmerizing.
Meanwhile... a swirling, blue planet swings smoothly about its blazing anchor.
A brash spring tide heaves foaming abuse upon a crumbling harbour wall.
A field of giant blooms bend their yellow crowns to the arc of a summer sun.
A thin, grey woman in a starched white bed draws her last shallow breaths from an insistent machine.
The cycles of nature continue about us.
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BOB, 2007
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Rob Davies: Year
4 June-19 June 2008
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In his artistic practice Robert Davies began by observing those things closest at hand, the most familiar and intimate parts of the body, and fixing them photographically. In his series of body parts he concentrates on the openings and orifices that connect us with the physical world. More recently in his practice his attention has moved further away, to the out of reach, to the stars that are light years away or may already be extinct. It wasn’t the stars themselves, but their traces as the earth spins, that he sought to capture. He also made photographic drawings by recording the tail lights of aeroplanes taking off from Heathrow.
This change in emphasis partly came about through a change of place, a move from the city to the country and the new possibilities created by the proximity of his studio, now in the garden. The artist, who has always had a strong feeling for nature, is now constantly confronted with the natural world of seasons, with the English countryside and with the workings of the land and the animals used to work it. Instead of the diffuseness of the city, a romantic, meditative feeling has taken hold.
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Emma Biggs & Matthew Collings
English Primitive
May 7 - May 24
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"A photograph gives a clue to our work. The paintings are about light in dark, and a fuzzy, indistinct property that makes space difficult to place. The photo is taken from Mow Cop in Staffordshire—and all the titles of the paintings relate to spots nearby. There are housing estates down there, populated by former pottery workers from second and third generation immigrant Pakistani families who saw out the last days of the industry that had its heyday in this area in the eighteenth century."
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Jo Broughton: Empty Porn Sets
16 April - 1 May
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Jo Broughton’s Empty Porn Sets are a typical example of circumstance and serendipity influencing an artist’s output.
She grew up in Essex “in a semi-detached house, with detached parents and disaffected siblings”. Then, at a young age, she ran away “to live with white witches”, applying through Thurrock College for work experience as a photographer’s assistant. Little did she know it was at a porn studio and the man who ran it was to become her mentor, tutor and—in effect—guardian, providing her with a place to stay, a job, training in photography and the content of this exhibition.
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Jo Broughton 'Pink Chair' 2007 |
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Hugo Dalton: The Chaconne Light Drawings
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Hugo Dalton graduated with First Class honors from Goldsmith's College in 2002. The artist is best known for his 'wall drawings', an age-old genre that he is reinventing. His work is firmly rooted in the tradition of drawing from life, using modern materials and techniques to achieve subtle and striking artworks.
Dalton's current commissions include a major new work for Barneys, New York; private residence commissions in the United States and Spain; and a public installation for Tate patrons' Derwent London. The artist has a permanent work in Liberty of London, spreading over three floors of the iconic Tudor building. Dalton's collectors range from Christian Kim at Dosa, Los Angeles to Sam Parker Bowles, Amanda Eliasch, Mirabaud & Cie, Geneva, Anthony de Rothschild, Kay Saatchi, the Redfern Gallery and the University of the Arts, London. He has exhibited at the Institute for Contemporary Art, London (ICA) and the Fine Art Society.
Dalton's latest work 'Chaconne Light Drawing' will be projected above the performance stage of the Britten Theatre at the Royal College of Music. This 'illuminated drawing' forms a part of a new body of work which will be part of a one-man exhibition at the Fine Art Society 12th March - 27th 2008.
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Hugo Dalton |
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Tim Simmons - Intervention: Snow
11th January -01 February 2008
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The photography of Tim Simmons prompts
us to dream, to contemplate time and
eternity. His works expound the spirit of the
place, from the mundane to the magnificent.
Landscapes from the back yard to the
snowfield are the sets of his eerie, haunting,
enigmatic photographs. Created as seamless,
modest yet elaborately orchestrated tableau.
Meticulous in their poise, composition and
lighting – Simmons is a master technician,
an illusionist.
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Norway Stream 2, 2007 |
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John Beard: Other Faces
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A new series of strikingly dark and mysterious “portraits” of animals, humans, landscapes and architectural icons has been painted by John Beard for Other Faces, his first solo exhibition at The Fine Art Society at 148 New Bond Street, London W1 from 28 November to 20 December 2007.
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Gandhi, 2007 |
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Unfinished Symphony
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The Fine Art Society presents provocative, unfinished and unexpected art projects from artists Jake & Dinos Chapman, Keith Coventry, Tony Heywood, Gavin Turk, Oliver Marsden, Conrad Shawcross and Keith Tyson
10th October – 10th November 2007
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| Melanie Comber: Snow globe 14th September- 4th October, 2007 |
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Stephen Goddard: How to Read a Face
at the FAS 20 June-12 July 2007
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How to Read a Face is Steve Goddard’s second show at The Fine Art Society The exhibition will introduce around 30 new works and runs from 20 June to 12 July at The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London W1. Prices will range
from £1,500-£22,000
How to Read a Face was the title of a phrenology book from the 1880s, which explored the then fashionable theory that one could understand a person by analysing their physical features...
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A million white painted crystals
Oil, 52 by 36 1/4 |
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Visual Harmonics By Oliver Marsden
At The Fine Art Society
23 May – 14 June 2007
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In his first solo exhibition at The Fine Art Society, Oliver Marsden will present 20 new works, which will be on show from 23 May – 14 June 2007 at 148 New Bond Street, London W1. Prices will range from £2,500 to £14,000.
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Cyan Harmonic I, 2007 |
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'Twelve Luminograms' Rob And Nick Carter
At The Fine Art Society
25 April – 17 May 2007
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Rob and Nick Carter are essentially colourists, ‘painting with light’ to create alluring abstracts. For their second solo show at The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London W1, they will present an installation of 12 unique monochrome paintings.
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Twelve unique
Cibrachrome prints |
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Nina Murdoch: Concrete Fields
At The Fine Art Society
21 March – 12 April 2007
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Nina Murdoch’s forthcoming solo exhibition draws inspiration from the city of London, bringing everyday architecture to life by capturing the momentary effects created by light and time. Concrete Fields runs from 21 March to 12 April at The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London W1.
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Untitled, 2007 |
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Private – Keep Out Graham Rich
14 February – 8 March 2007
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Around 20 works by the artist and sailor Graham Rich will be for sale at The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London W1 from 14 February – 8 March 2007. The works, priced from £800 - £10,000, are influenced and inspired by his passion for sailing.ontent of his item
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Blue Jib |
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Shimmer New Work By Tony Heywood
At Fas 12 - 20 January 2007
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A series of giant interlocking jewelled sculptures, originally inspired by plankton, amoeba and pollen grains, will occupy the gallery floor and walls.
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