Open Studios
dal 20/9/2006 al 23/9/2006
Segnalato da
20/9/2006
Open Studios
Gasworks Gallery, London
Works in progress by visiting artists Hamra Abbas, Krishna Luchoomun and Anup Mathew Thomas. This is an opportunity to meet the artists and catch a glimpse of their ongoing projects and ideas in development.
Hamra Abbas, Krishna Luchoomun and Anup Mathew Thomas
Gasworks International Residency Programme presents an Open Studio of works in
progress by visiting artists Hamra Abbas, Krishna Luchoomun and Anup Mathew Thomas.
This is an opportunity to meet the artists and catch a glimpse of their ongoing
projects and ideas in development. Refreshments will be served at the preview.
Hamra Abbas takes a playful approach towards traditional stories and iconography,
appropriating imagery from a range of cultural sources, transforming them across
media into works with humour and renewed contemporary relevance. Through special
access to the V&A's collection of Mughal miniature paintings, Abbas has made a
series of contemporary recreations in photography and animation, featuring London
park-goers. This event is sponsored by and part of the Festival of Muslim Cultures.
For more information on this UK-wide Festival please click here. It is organised in
conjunction with Green Cardamom. With thanks to the Ministry of Culture, Pakistan,
and Albion Gallery for their support.
Through paintings and site-specific installations, Krishna Luchoomun reconstructs
and redefines familiar images and spaces found in nature and popular culture. In
London Luchoomun has been working experimentally in painting and collage in response
to the recurrence of the colour red in London's tourist landscape. Luchoomun
is coordinator and founder of pArtage, an independent art organisation in Mauritius,
part of Triangle Arts Trust. His residency is supported by Air Mauritius.
Anup Mathew Thomas' photography draws on various genres including
photojournalism, documentary and fashion, in order to present a diverse set of
approaches to the human subject. One project developed during his residency is the
continuation of New Friends, in which he asks the subjects of his portraiture to
share in the art direction and styling of the shoot. Thomas' residency is
supported by the Charles Wallace India Trust.
Preview: Thurs 21 Sept, 6-8pm
Open: 22 ; 24 Sept, 12-6pm
Gasworks
155 Vauxhall Street - London
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12-6pm.
Admission is free.
Gasworks' exhibition space and Krishna Luchoomun's studio have full wheelchair
access. We regret the other studios are accesible only by stairs.