FPS UNFIXED @ THE ESPACIO

By DON'T dis US

       
          PRESS RELEASE 

          FPS UNFIXED @ 

          THE ESPACIO


                    24th – 29th March Preview 26th March 7-9pm

                   Espacio Gallery | 159 Bethnal Green Road |
                   London E2 7DG | United Kingdom |
                   www.espaciogallery.com

                

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The Free Painters and Sculptors have uprooted themselves from the Menier Gallery in London Bridge for an impromptu exhibition at the Espacio Gallery. This exhibition will feature a small selection of FPS members as well as a few new faces, including Marco Alessi, Rachael Bailey,
Camilla Bliss, Joanna Ciechanowska, Annabel Cullen, Zoe Landau Konson, Maria Kaleta, David Lee, Sam Meredith, Peter Murry, Roy Osborne, Maria Pierides, Bruni Schling and Wojciech Sobczynski.


ABOUT THE FREE PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS

FPS is an artist lead organisation based at the Menier Gallery that supports and promotes artists to develop their work on their own terms. The group builds long-term relationships with artists and promotes the dialogue and exchange of ideas within the visual arts through annual exhibitions and events.

Established in 1952, FPS was originally associated with the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts). Founding members featured many high profile and influential artists, including Roy Rasmussen, Lyall Watson and Maurice Jadot.

FPS played a significant part in the establishment of abstract art in the 1950's and 60's and was the first of a number of post war movements that freed artists from the orthodoxy of rigid and purely technical judgements.  This ethos continues today and we welcome applications from talented artists at all stages of their career.






CONTACT
Lead Curator Sally Buchanan
FPS Exhibitions Manager Gabriel Parfitt
info@freepaintersandsculptors.co.uk

www.freepaintersandsculptors.co.uk

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