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'Artists of the Resistance'

10/12/2010 Dear Guardian letters Len McCluskey calls for a "broad strike movement" to stop the coalition's  "explicitly ideological" programme of cuts. ('Unions Warn of Massive Wave of Strikes', Guardian 19 December 2010) This will happen. Government cuts are  decimating education, welfare, health, sports and the arts. We are told t; that they are as inevitable as the rain; that the only choice we have is between  music classes for our kids or care for our elderly. We need both and do not  accept that jobs, services and the quality of life have to be jettisoned for  the greed of those who are asked to sacrifice nothing. Cutbacks in the arts  mean that access will be limited to those who have the money to pay while  many who work in the arts will lose their jobs.  The closing of public  libraries is the most obvious example. They are where literature, art and culture are available to everyone without charge. Some authorities are already selling the

FPS Winter Exhibition 2010: Review by Philip Worth

FPS Winter Exhibition 2010  ‘Place’, South Kensington  The selection by FPS of Campbells of London as the venue for their winter exhibition was an inspiration.  To begin with, its location is a plus.  The whole area within a substantial radius of South Kensington station has a terrific buzz.  It contains many of the world’s outstanding museums, there is the Royal Albert Hall with its summer music fest a bit further up the road, there are broad, elegant boulevards but also the unexpected, narrow side streets and alley ways in which central London specialises which seem to jump out at you and tempt you to explore and where you can discover the only shop in the UK which specialises in the sale of bagpipes (well, maybe I made that one up, but you get the gist!) – and, finally, mention could be made of some of the most mouth-watering eating places in the entire metropolis.             At the hub of this exhilarating locale is Campbells Of London, an artist’s dream of an establishment.  It

Passion for Freedom art Exhibition to be held in November 2010

H i All, This promises to be a controversial show by activists against violating women's rights in the name of Islam- 2 of my pieces in it, quite radical stuff-do come if you can, (the way I go is to travel to St Paul's tube and then walk towards the Tate Modern and the gallery is close to that) -anyway this is the invite: 'You are cordially invited to a Group Show presenting 'One Law for All' art competition’s winners 20 November - 27 November 2010  UNIT24 GALLERY 24 Great Guildford Street SE1 OFD London Private View: Saturday 20 November 6.30-9.30pm RSVP: onelawforall@googlemail.com www.onelawforall.org.uk ‘Little Bride’ by L. Dobrucki screening: 7pm.' Press Release Passion for Freedom art Exhibition to be held in November 2010 Private View: Saturday 20 November, 18.30 – 21.30 hours Exhibition: 20 – 27 November 2010 Open: Monday – Wednesday 8.00 – 17.00 hours; Thursday – Friday 8.00 – 18.30 hours Gallery: UNIT 24 Gallery, 24 Great Gu

Janet Scott: SUMMER in CYPRUS Exhibition 1-25 February 2011

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Lemba Valley Lemba Sheep Janet Scott is a longstanding FPS member. In September she exhibited successfully, ("Albert  Bridge Under Repair"), in the Westminster Open Exhibition. All FPS members are invited to the "Summer in Cyprus" Exhibition of her Cyprus works. The Private view is on 1st February 2011 6-9pm at the Friends Room of the Hellenic Institute,  16-18 Paddington St, London W1U 5AS  (Baker St tube). The exhibition runs from 1st until 25 th February 2011. Contact 0207 487 5060 for opening times. Contact Janet Scott 0207 834 4541
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FPS Winter 2010 exhibition 'Place' Student Art Competition

Welcome. The Free Painters and Sculptors were established in 1952, a break away group from the ICA. Believing in freedom of expression, exhibitions have a theme but a range of styles is encouraged. We are inviting submissions from art students who are not members of FPS. The winner will get their work shown in the exhibition and will win £200. Art students must be over 17 and studying on a formal art course. The exhibition will be at Campbells of London in South Kensington: http://www.campbellsoflondon.co.uk/ Drop off Wednesday 10th November, 10-5pm Private View: Friday 12th November 6-8pm Exhibition close: Monday 22nd November 10-5pm If you wish Campbells to frame your work, you will get a 15% discount on pale or black wood frames as an FPS member. You need to get work to them by 4th November. Contact Beth at the gallery on 020 7584 9268 to arrange if you wish. Please fill in all the details for each work you are submitting. Please also send a JPG of each work labelle

UNPRECEDENTED COALITION FROM THE ARTS CONDEMNS BP SPONSORSHIP OF THE TATE

171 FIGURES FROM THE ARTS SIGN LETTER ON THE DAY TATE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF BP FUNDING A letter was published today signed by 171 figures from the art world condemning BP's sponsorship of cultural institutions in the UK. The letter has been published on the day that Tate Britain is hosting a party to celebrate 20 years of BP's sponsorship. [1] A group of artists under the banner of 'The Good Crude Britannia' are planning on protesting outside the event, and will be handing out the "Licence to Spill' briefing to people attending the party. [2] Arts/activist organisation Platform [3] has gathered 171 signatories from the international arts community, for a letter that says: "As crude oil continues to devastate coastlines and communities in the Gulf of Mexico, BP executives will be enjoying a cocktail reception with curators and artists in the Tate Britain. These relationships enable big oil companies to mask the environmentally destructive nature

Pictures from the Framers Gallery show: June 2010

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Pictures by Penelope MacEwen

Framers' Gallery opening June 2010

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Review of ‘Life’ FPS Show, Framers Gallery, June 2010 by Penelope MacEwen

The bright emerald green frontage of ‘The Framer’s Gallery’ invites the curious eye; even more so on a private View night! A buzz of people holding wine glasses drew my eye, before it settled on the work in the window by John McKenzie: ‘Head’. This sculpture, in timeless white alabaster, with its regal air, reminiscent of some ancient patriarch, struck me immediately. And to its right was hanging a drawing by an artist I was already familiar with: a former FPS prize winner; Mariusz Kaldowski. Mariusz’s unmistakeable fervent, almost abstract use of line, passionately describes the figure. Inside, another drawing by him ‘In Her Garden’ also drew the viewer into the dynamic, romantic and sensual world of the artist’s imagination. But back to the window; next to Mariusz’s work hung two works by the sculptor Malcolm Franklin, also a previous FPS competition prize winner. These two mixed media pieces, with their Zen simplicity, contrasted circular black lines with sand. The colours worked

LIBERATE TATE COMMUNIQUE #1 MAY 2010

Dear Tate Happy Birthday. We wish we could celebrate with you. But we can’t. As we write, your corporate sponsor BP is creating the largest oil painting in the world, inspired by profit margins and a culture that puts money in front of life, its shadowy stain shimmers across the Gulf of Mexico. A toxic tide that turns thriving ecosystems into deserts and deprives cultures of their way of life, it is one of the world’s greatest works of corporate art, a work that reeks of death and speaks of our society’s failure of imagination. Every day Tate scrubs clean BP’s public image with the detergent of cool progressive culture. But there is nothing innovative or cutting edge about a company that knowingly feeds our addiction to fossil fuels despite a climate crisis, a company whose greed has killed twenty-one employees in just over a year, a company that continues to invest in the cancer-causing climate crimes of tar sands in Alberta, Canada. By placing the words BP and Art together, th

FPS show The Framer's Gallery 12th- 26th June submission details

Dear all,  Here are the details of our forthcoming exhibition. Date: 12th- 26th June Theme: Life Venue: The Framer's Gallery 26 Windmill Street London  W1T 2JT This gallery has space for approx 40 2D works.  Submission Process:  1. Fill in the online form for each work: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/579XCTS It will ask you to state your name, the title, medium, length, width of work and price including 15% commission. We suggest prices ranging from £200-£1000 for this gallery. 2. Send an image, named with your name and the works title, to freepaintersandsculptors@rocketmail.com by MAY 9TH for the committee to select work 3. You will hear by May 16th if you have been accepted.  4. If you have been accepted you will be asked to pay £20 per work by May 30th, in order to secure your place in the exhibition.  5. If you do not pay by May 30th, unfortunately we will have to offer your place to someone else.  We hope you will be able to submit work for this and look for

Drawings by Mariusz Kaldowski: Fridays and Saturdays at POSK

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Drawings by Mariusz Kaldowski on show Fridays and Saturdays at POSK, 238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 0RF until after Easter. Contact: mkaldowski@hotmail.com http://www.blogger.com/www.kaldowskigallery.co.uk Mariusz Kałdowski Tel: 01959 562 501 Mob: 07940 972 351 Blind Witness Face of wisdom Light_is_manifestation_of_life,_ Now_the_world_no_longer_belongs_to_me. Now_I_belong_to_the_world SPIRITUAL_MOVEMENT What Next Heart Transplant

“Wild Thing” (Jacob Epstein et al.) Sackler Wing, Royal Academy

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REVIEW BY CORAL BOWER Ezra Pound in 1913 likened the young French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska to “a well made young wolf or some soft moving, bright eyed wild thing.” At the Academie Julian, Paris, Jacob Epstein was referred to by his teacher as “ce sauvage Americain”. Eric Gill’s clergyman father introduced him to the cultures of non European civilization at an early age ( the Calvinist Methodist had been a Missionary in the South Seas). But the image of the Eye of God, in the breakfast room for the thirteen children had the inscription “Thou God seest me” and had a strong influence on the eldect son, Eric. Both Epstein and Gill had to come to terms with sexual drives in conflict with orthodox Judaism. This would be a fertile pre-condition for artistic expression. Sophie Brzeska agreed to live with her friend on the condition that their relationship was platonic, which might also produce those fertile conditions. The men met in London bringing ideas and influences from Paris. Par