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Zoë Landau Konson: A self-portrait

Zoë Landau Konson I was born and grew up in London and this is where I've lived ever since. I have an ever increasing love affair with this place and its vitality. Everything about it appeals to me and I find it a continual source of inspiration and energy.  I was born into a refugee family who escaped from Germany but were deeply affected by the aftermath of their displacement, betrayal and huge loss. These experiences translated themselves into a series of legacies which in turn affected our daily family life; a preoccupation with death, survival, identity, unacceptance...... and all the while hidden beneath a veneer of success and jollity. Our bohemian home brimmed with secrets, stories, an eclectic range of unusual visitors and huge creativity. My mother was the first female Photo Journalist to work on Fleet Street and used to travel abroad photographing the rich and famous, later becoming a Jeweller. My father was a doctor and gifted musician who preferred playing,

CROSS OVERS. A Summer’s Journey through Modernism and Post-Modernism

CROSS OVERS. A Summer’s Journey through Modernism  and Post-Modernism Reflections on Contemporary Art by Bruni Schling What is art? This question is as old as art itself, but has probably never been asked more frequently than these days when apparently “anything goes”. Never before has the wind of change and innovation blown more vehemently through the art scene, leaving behind a trail of confusion for the public and the artist alike. And yet most people will agree that far from producing only ephemeral and tangential creations, there are artists who succeed in integrating the onslaught of influences from everywhere and create works, which epitomise the spirit of the age. Among the encounters of art I had last summer there were four that stood out for me as attempts to bringing together established notions of art with new and unusual elements. Each work or artist took a different route in mediating between cultures, genres, generations and styles. For i

solo show by artist Ida Ivanka Kubler

“THE BIRTH OF AN IDEA” Curated by Laura Cave A solo show by artist Ida Ivanka Kubler At Westbourne Grove Church ArtSpace Notting Hill  21st November 2013 – 4th January 2014 (private view on the 21 st  of November 2013, 6-9pm)   For this exhibition Ida Ivanka Kubler will present new artwork pieces from her successful series “The Birth of an Idea”. These artworks are rectangular painted canvases with sculptured, colored and arranged silk cocoons. The resulting half-object paintings are kaleidoscopic. Tension is created by the silk cocoon groupings and contrasting colors. The repetition in her artwork is at once geometric and ordered but is also subversive in its use of color. The overall effect is one that the viewer finds instantly known, visceral and transcendent or what the artist calls “imaginative touch”. The artist says “My art introduces the viewer to the passions of tactile experiences, which I feel when I am producing those artworks”. “The Birth of an Idea” series ha

DODO MODERN POETS:

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Friday 13 December 2013 WINTER LIGHTS JENNY RIDLEY Classic poems set to acoustic music P.R.MURRY Obese Advocate of Cannibalising Royalty LISA HITCHEN Passionate poetry that doesn´t shrink from the personal PAUL McGRANE fine London poet making his Dodo debut Friday 13 December 2013 8pm The Poetry Café 22 Betterton Street, WC2H 9BX £7/6 0207 420 9880, Covent Garden tube dodo modern poets letting fly with words 0208 687 1930; 07769 777022 http://dodomodpoets.com/dodo.shtml patric.poet@zen.co.uk

la galleria xmas party

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DODO MODERN POETS: Friday 18 October

DODO MODERN POETS October odes with a Cornish flavour SUE JOHNS  Blending Cornish roots with urban edge ANGELA STONER  Award-winning Cornish-based poet LESLEY HALE  Fine verse from the St Ives school PATRIC CUNNANE  Poetry & passion with a Celtic air Friday 18 October 2013 , 8pm POETRY CAFÉ, 22 Betterton St, WC2H 9BX £7/6 – Covent Garden tube 0208 687  1930;patric.poet@zen.co.uk http://dodomodpoets.com/dodo. shtml

Susan Absolon: recent paintings at the Waterloo Action Centre Gallery 7-19 October

Dear artist colleagues, I'm currently showing 15 of my recent paintings at the Waterloo Action Centre Gallery, as guest artist of SEAM - a biennial collaboration initiated by artists Jenny Lock, Elly Wright and Jacqueline Merry Bernard. The exhibition runs from today until  Saturday 19th October .  Private view  tomorrow 6 - 8pm  and 'Meet the artists'  on Saturday 12th 2 - 4pm . WAC Gallery is a really nice self-hire venue, a few paces from Waterloo Station.  If you are in town and free  tomorrow  evening do please come along to the private view; card with details attached to this email. Thanks for your support Susan Absolon http://www.susanabsolon.co.uk/

Printmaking courses that are starting in October at City Lit

From:  Simon Burder < simonburder@oaksfineart.co.uk > To:  Simon Burder < simonburder@oaksfineart.co.uk > Sent:  Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 23:43 Subject:  New Printmaking courses at City Lit I thought you might like to know about some new Printmaking courses that are starting in October at City Lit where I teach. I have attached a promotional flyer, but the basic details are listed here:   Code     Title                                                                                  Start date/time                          VS816    Introduction to etching                                                 Tuesday 1 st  Oct 18.00 – 21.00 VS787    Wood-block printmaking                                              Thursday 3 rd  Oct 18.00 – 21.00 VH433    Sketchbook course                                                         Saturday 12 th  Oct 10.30 – 16.30 VS790A  Printmaking with found objects                                    Friday

brentartistsresource.com: Autumn Show Transformations

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                                                                     Supporting Artists since 1984 EXHIBITIONS TRANSFORMATIONS  Open Call to All BAR Members  We invite submissions from BAR Members to exhibit in our Autumn Show Transformations. Welcoming in a new season and a new chapter for BAR Gallery,  this show is an opportunity to launch our new space exclusively to Bar Members.  All mediums welcome  Hand in date: 10th & 11th October Exhibition Dates: 16/10 - 9/11 Private View 15/10 Only £6 submission for BAR Members Please submit Title of work - Price - Medium - Size - JPEG Image to info@brentartistsresource.com Submission Deadline: 8th October Gallery Address: 5 Queens Parade, Willesden Lane, London NW2 5HT If you want to become a member or renew your subscription please see details below BAR gets Creative for Carnival BAR gets Creative for Carnival 2013 –  The first exhibit

WITHOUT BOUNDARIES 2-7 DECEMBER 2013

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DODO MODERN POETS

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Friday18 October DODO MODERN POETS OCTOBER ODES WITH A CORNISH FLAVOUR SUE JOHNS Blending Cornish roots with urban edge ANGELA STONER Award-winning Cornish-based poet LESLEY HALE Fine verse from the St Ives school PATRIC CUNNANE Celtic connections with a drop of the Irish Friday 18 October 2013 8pm The Poetry Café 22 Betterton Street, WC2H 9BX £7/6 0207 420 9880, Covent Garden tube dodo modern poets letting fly with words 0208 687 1930; 07769 777022 http://dodomodpoets.com/dodo.shtml patric.poet@zen.co.uk

CAPITALISM works for me!

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from the blog of Ben Duncan, Brighton and Hove Green Party councillor at http://www.kemptownben.com/capitalism-works-for-me-artwork-in-brightons-jubilee-square/ ‘Capitalism Works For Me!’ artwork in Brighton’s Jubilee Square? Posted on September 24, 2013 by Ben Capitalism-works-for-me-Lambert-785x523Artist Steve Lambert has just installed his latest travelling piece in New York’s Times Square. It’s a massive illuminated billboard and voting platform, asking passers by whether they agree or not with a simple statement: ‘Capitalism Works For Me!’ The votes are tallied up and displayed in real time. Of course, the point isn’t really the eventual tally, it’s the fact that the illuminated sign will itself be competing with hundreds of others, all promoting capitalist consumption, in a location chosen because some have argued is the very heart of modern capitalism as we know it – and, hopefully, it will make some of the estimated 13,000 visitors an hour expected to

alberta bamonte

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alberta bamonte  has had four of her port drawings accepted by this year's Discerning Eye show

Free Painters and Sculptors OPEN Exhibition 2013

Free Painters and Sculptors OPEN Exhibition 2013   WHEN:  2-7 th  December 2013 WHERE:  Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU   GALLERY DETAILS:   The Menier Gallery offers a dramatic space to view and exhibit works of contemporary art and design. The gallery is situated within the historic Menier Chocolate Factory, minutes from London Bridge, Borough Market and Tate Modern. The gallery is located at the heart of one of London’s artistic hubs, andattracts many visitors, including art lovers, theatregoers, local residents and tourists.   The venue has approx 110m of linear wall space and 140 m2 of floor space.   http://www.meniergallery.co.uk   http://www.meniergallery.co. uk/Menier_Gallery/Gallery_ Hire.html     SUBMISSION DEADLINES:   Friday 1 st  November:  Submission form and images of proposed work   Friday 8 th  November:  Selection of work notification   DELIVERY AND COLLECTION OF WORK:   Delivery dates:   Sunday 1 st

Free Painters and Sculptors OPEN Exhibition 2013

Free Painters and Sculptors OPEN Exhibition 2013   WHEN:  2-7 th  December 2013 WHERE:  Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU   GALLERY DETAILS:   The Menier Gallery offers a dramatic space to view and exhibit works of contemporary art and design. The gallery is situated within the historic Menier Chocolate Factory, minutes from London Bridge, Borough Market and Tate Modern. The gallery is located at the heart of one of London’s artistic hubs, andattracts many visitors, including art lovers, theatregoers, local residents and tourists.   The venue has approx 110m of linear wall space and 140 m2 of floor space.   http://www.meniergallery.co.uk   http://www.meniergallery.co. uk/Menier_Gallery/Gallery_ Hire.html     SUBMISSION DEADLINES:   Friday 1 st  November:  Submission form and images of proposed work   Friday 8 th  November:  Selection of work notification   DELIVERY AND COLLECTION OF WORK:   Delivery dates:   Sunday 1 st