Assefa Gebrekidan. In recent work the artist scoured the locality for found materials such as plastic containers for carrying water. Introducing electric lights, he transformed the everyday colourful plastic objects into luminous abstract forms. The Way We Work Now. An exhibition including painting, sculpture, installation and animation of seven artists.
Gallery 3
Assefa Gebrekidan
For his first solo international project, Ethiopian artist Assefa Gebrekidan will undertake a residency in the Artists' Studio, producing a new sculptural installation for Gallery III. In recent work Gebrekidan, based in Addis Ababa, scoured the locality for found materials such as plastic containers for carrying water. Introducing electric lights, he transformed the everyday colourful plastic objects into luminous abstract forms. This project is part of Africa 2005, for more details visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/africa05
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Galleries 1 & 2
The Way We Work Now
This exhibition showcases the work of seven London-based artists, both established and emerging, who test the temperature and textures of current art practice. It includes painting, sculpture, installation and animation. See Stuart Cumberland's take on 1950s modernism, Adam Gillam's handmade wooden structures in which painting moves away from the wall into three-dimensions and Francis Upritchard's anthropomorphic adaptations.
Image: Assefa Gebrekidan, 'A Cracking Night', 2004
Camden Arts Centre
Arkwright Road London NW3 6DG UK