FREE PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS

  Hurrah ! A fantastic and exciting new show. This will be a proper treat so please try to get along if at all possible. I shall be there at the PV and in the evening of the 17th and it will be marvellous if you can be there too. I shall be showing 'Rowler Bowler'  Photo by Peter Griffiths

Ramzi Mallat Fault Lines 9 - 25 November 2023 Private View: Thursday 9 November, 6-9pm P21 Gallery | 21-27 Chalton Street | London NW1 1JD   RSVP Fault Lines is  a solo presentation of recent works by Lebanese artist Ramzi Mallat, curated by Kirsty Flockhart. The exhibition title makes reference to the geological and cultural divisions that inform the artist's practice. Living and working between London and Beirut, Mallat explores the socio-political impact of globalisation on notions of identity and self. He hopes to broaden cross-cultural awareness with works that blend familiar and unfamiliar aspects of culture and question the idea of the respective Other. The artist taps into personal and collective memories through objects and symbols, which range from alluring references to Levantine pastries and coffee culture to stark depictions of political monuments and ambiguous Arabic calligraphy. Titles like  Shock & Awe  or  Not Your Martyr  add a layer of provocation to encourag

  Kate Goodrich Gunneraceae  29 September - 8 October 2023 (by appointment only) Private View: Friday 29 September, 6-8pm 195 Mare Street | London E8 3QE   RSVP Kate Goodrich was the first artist-in-residence invited into 195 Mare Street at the beginning of the year, and hers will be the final exhibition at the address before the house will be closed for restoration work from October. Gunneraceae  is Goodrich's first solo exhibition, the title referencing the botanical name of the ancient plant family that inspired her current body of work. Large-scale cyanotypes are presented alongside pressed leaves of the majestic plant that can grow to several metres in height. With a well-documented fossil history the plant is known to have originated in South America during the Cretaceous era and was introduced into cultivation in Western Europe towards the end of the 19th century. Popular with Victorian gardeners, exotic plants have historical links to Mare Street, in particular that of Lodd

  Thiago Mazza PLANT POWER Mural Unveiling: Saturday 23 September, 6pm 165 Mare Street | Hackney | London E8 3QE   RSVP Outdoor muralist Thiago Mazza has been commissioned by the owners of 195 Mare Street to create a botanical mural inspired by the exotic plants imported by Loddiges Nursery, whose long-since demolished Hackney hothouse was one of the largest in Europe in the early nineteenth century. Many of the plants grown in Hackney's gardens today are thought to be direct descendants of the plants introduced by Loddiges, who imported specimens from countries all over the world, including Brazil, Mazza's homeland. For  Plant Power , the artist chose a variety of hydrangea which is native to south-east Asia and amongst the many species included in the nursery's plant catalogue. The selection honours the neighbourhood's long-standing Asian community. Passers-by will be able to witness the growth of the mural from an intriguing grid of inspiring words to a vibrant paint

  Sam Haynes HOORAY FOR THE HERE AND NOW   21 – 30 September 2023 Private View Wednesday 20 September, 6-9pm RSVP BLOOM GALLERY | Sound Minds | 20-22 York Road | London SW11 3QA Hooray for the Here and Now  is the first solo exhibition by multi disciplinary artist Sam Haynes. The exhibition title reflects the positive outlook that defines her practice.  Straddling sculpture and photography to balance an intuitive, playful process within a structural framework the artist presents an ambiguous body of work that defies categorisation. Assemblage photo works will be shown alongside a series of sculptures constructed using materials sourced from the recent renovation of the gallery space itself. Haynes uses light and shadow to manipulate perspective and perception. Found objects and everyday materials are elevated to luxury items, precarious constructions are granted longevity in fine art photography, introducing an element of drama and celebration to a fleeting moment. A background in publ

  Katya Granova Voices From A Suitcase   13 September - 6 October 2023 Preview Tuesday 12 September, 6-9pm   RSVP Shtager&Shch | 51-53 Margaret Street | London W1W 8SQ Shtager&Shch is pleased to present a new body of work by Katya Granova who moved from St Petersburg to London in 2017. Granova's practice explores the fallibility of personal memory and collective history and the intersection at which both meet. Initially turning to family albums in search for cultural belonging as a recent immigrant, she has more recently expanded her subjects to anonymous vintage photographs.  Katya Granova describes her life-size paintings as portals to the past. Working from black and white photographs, she inserts herself through the use of colour and propels historical scenes into the present. By selecting ubiquitous settings of bathers or celebrations, her subjects are at once individual and universal. Soldiers are another recurring subject in Granova's work, who was born in the So