Top 5 #LondonExhibitions 6th – 13th February
Take it easy this weekend before the mad rush of romance next week by visiting a few exhibitons.
Lunar may have finished, and with it the great abundance of work on show, but do not despair , the gallery has gone large scale this week with works from steel sheet artist Sam Peacock and Simone’s Truong’s beautiful Fragments of Matter.
Now – 28th February.
Curious Duke Gallery
173 Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8JT
Opening hours: Monday – Friday 11:30 -6:30, Saturday 12-4
Nearest Stations: Old Street exit 6 and Barbican
Free
A Trip To The Moon
Silent film by cinematic magician Georges Méliès (1902) [re-coloured version]
Nasa recently released a massive library of sound samples on Soundcloud, including solar wind noises, rockets launching and radio transmissions. Improvising and collaborating with other musicians, Antwerp will manipulate NASA sounds to create an otherworldly soundscape.
Wednesday 11th February 2015
Hackney Attic
270 Mare Street, London E8 1HE
7:30pm-9:30pm
Nearest Station: Hackney Central
£9, tickets here.
Joao Maria Gusmao + Pedro Paiva Papagaio
Portuguese artists João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiva present a magical, immersive film installation for their first major show in London. The kaleidoscopic world created by 27 16mm films and two camera obscura installations takes viewers on an imaginative journey into science, philosophy and religion.
30th January-29th March 2015
Camden Arts Centre
Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG
Tues-Sun 10am-6pm
Wed 10am-9pm
Closed Mondays
Nearest Stations: Finchley Road and Hampstead
Free
¿ ? María Isabel Arango
María Isabel Arango gathers information and modifies it by withdrawing or alienating its content and shifting communication to a non-narrative, metaphysical level. The title series of the exhibition, ¿?, is based on the daily collection, investigation and transcription of selected Colombian print media between 2010 and 2014.
22nd January – 7th March 2015
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art
11 Church Street, London NW8 8EE
Wednesday-Friday 11-6pm
Saturday 11-4
Nearest Station: Edgware Road
Free
Thaier Helal – Landmarks
‘Landmarks’, Thaier Helal’s debut exhibition in the United Kingdom, demonstrates the seminal Syrian artist’s return to neo-expressionist painting after exploring the war in Syria through silkscreened imagery for several years.
22nd January – 14th March
Ayyam Gallery
143 New Bond Street, London W1S 2TP
Mon-Sat 10-6pm
Closed Sundays
Nearest Station: Oxford Circus/ Bond Street
Free
Happy weekend! From Christine and Sinéad