Archive for the ‘Exhibitions’ Category

Bristol Gone Titchner

During the May Bank Holiday, all of Mark Titchner’s s[edition] artworks were on public display on the BBC Big Screen, at Millenium Square, Bristol, every 20 minutes: Up!, Fear of Life, Tantric Separation, and Love and Work were shown in conjunction with the launch of Titchner’s new sculpture A Naiad. The latter is based on a Victorian piece of machinery and named after the water nymphs of Greek Mythology – naiads – to evoke the aquatic theme of the work and the city of Bristol.

Titchner’s exclusive digital limited editions are available on s[edition] at $16/£10/€12.

Credits: Mark Titchner, A Naiad, 2013.
Commissioned by Bristol City Council. Courtesy of the artist and Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives.
Photo © Max McClure.

Mat Collishaw: THIS IS NOT AN EXIT

14 February – 30 March 2013
Blain|Southern, 4 Hanover Square, London W1S 1BP

For his second solo exhibition at Blain|Southern, THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, the British artist Mat Collishaw returns to the medium of oil painting. However, as is usual with his practice, nothing is literal; the primary source material – magnified images drawn from the pages of glossy magazines – is a simple metaphor, one part of a prism conceived to examine moral questions provoked by the excessive binge culture that preceded the global financial crisis.

Mat Collishaw has nine digital limited editions available on s[edition]. Find out more about his work here.

Sinners, 2012

Elysium, 2012

Urban Legends, 2012

Images Courtesy of the Artist and Blain|Southern
Photographer: Matthew Hollow, 2012

s[edition] x Lumen Prize Charity Auction

s[edition] is proud to be supporting The Lumen Prize an international award that celebrates the very best fine art created digitally. This week the Lumen Prize held their Exhibition Charity Auction with an exhibition of over 50 works available for purchase in print and digital form. The event raised over £6,000 for Peace Direct in an auction conducted by Christie’s auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, held on 21 January 2013. The exhibition will be on from 22-26 January at Gallery 27, 27 Cork Street, London, W1S 3NG.

s[edition] CEO Robert Norton, will be speaking on a panel for the Lumen Prize Breakfast Briefing on ‘Digital Fine Art: A contradiction in terms or poised for take-off?’ with speakers including Coline Millard, UK editor of Louise Blouin Media. The event will take place from 9am at Gallery 27, Thursday 24 January 2013.

Recap: The panel explored the integration of digital practices into the wider field of ‘Art’ and the decreasing need to make the separation of ‘Digital Art’. Can we assume all art today will involve digital given the way we already engage and work in the world in our daily lives? There was a mention of platforms for art and means of sharing and experience work that is embodied in the form of the art, but what challenge does interactive art have if the work must be experienced in a particular shared moment or experience? What channels can there be for art today? Can experiences be transcended through screens and devices? The panel raised many interesting questions which we hope to further explore.

s[edition] x DLD Conference 2013

Hans Ulrich Obrist and the new ‘diamond’ generation of artists born after 1989

DLD (Digital – Life – Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital media, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation and inspiration. The DLD13 Conference will take place from 20-22 January 2013 in Munich, Germany. Speakers this year include artist and designer Aaron Koblin, artist and computer scientist, John Maeda, art curator and director of Serpentine Gallery, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chinese publisher and curator, Ou Ning among others.

s[edition] will be presenting an exhibition of artworks at the conference featuring works by Elmgreen & Dragset, Jenny Holzer, Angelo Plessas, Peter Saville, Mark Titchner and Liu Ye. s[edition] CEO, Robert Norton will be attending and providing updates from the event next week.

Photos from the DLD arts projects 2013. Exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Johannes Fricke Waldthausen including artworks by s[edition].

Video: s[edition] Pop-Up Digital Art Gallery

Last December we had our first ever Pop-Up Digital Art Gallery on Regent Street in London at the WIRED Pop-Up Store. The exhibition featured work from leading contemporary artists on Samsung Smart TVs. Check out this video from our space. View photos from the launch: here.

Juergen Teller Private View @ ICA

Juergen Teller: Woo

23 January 2013 – 17 March 2013

Private view: 22 January 2013

ICA, London

Considered one of the most important photographers of his generation, Juergen Teller is one of a few artists who has been able to operate successfully both in the art world and the world of commercial photography. This exhibition will provide a seamless journey through his landmark fashion and commercial photography from the 90s, presenting classic images of celebrities such as Lily Cole, Kurt Cobain and Vivienne Westwood, as well as more recent landscapes and family portraits.

Teller entered the London photography scene through the music industry taking photographs for record covers, it was Teller’s photograph of Sinéad O’Connor for her single Nothing Compares 2 You that marked an important moment in his career. Teller’s photographs first appeared in fashion magazines in the late 80s, and included portraits of Kate Moss when she was just fifteen years old. Teller’s images could be described as the antithesis of conventional fashion photography seen perhaps most markedly in his campaigns for Marc Jacobs. Read more >

Juergen Teller is a renown German photographer who immigrated to England in the 1980s and is today based in London. His work has been focused equally in the fashion world as in the domain of music. Over the years he has worked alongside great personalities such as, for example, in the fashion houses like Yves Saint Laurent for which he has directed advertising campaigns, or for famous singers. He is widely recognized as one of the most popular contemporary fashion photographers in spite of his “bad boy” reputation in the world of fashion.

s[edition] Pop-Up Digital Art Gallery Launch

Check out photos from the launch of our first Pop-Up Digital Art Gallery at the WIRED Pop-Up Store, 29 November 2012. Come visit our space at 80-82 Regent Street, London before it closes on 5 December. Check out the fill details of events throughout the week at the WIRED Pop-Up Store.

Idris Khan’s exhibition opens in Berlin

s[edition] artist Idris Khan’s exhibition Photographs and Drawings opens at Galerie Thomas Schulte in Berlin. The exhibition is on from 17 Nov 2012 until 12th Jan 2013.

Idris Khan is a London-based artist born in the UK in 1978. Since completing his Master’s Degree with a Distinction in Research at the Royal College of Art in London in 2004, he has received international acclaim for his minimal, yet emotionally charged photographs, videos and sculptures and is without question one of the most exciting British artists of his generation.

See some of his latest works with chalk and photographs here:

Samsung Smart TV app launched @ WIRED 2012

s[edition] has launched our new Samsung Smart TV app last week at the WIRED 2012 conference with an artistic display on Samsung’s 75-inch ES9000 LED Smart TV for delegates as they explored the exhibition zone. With some of the industries leading tech professionals, s[edition] demoed and shared our work on some of the largest, most impressive, motion-sensitive screens from Samsung.

The exhibition zone curated by Lucy Johnston from The Neon Birdcage included a selection of work from the last Digital Sizzle 6 hackathon event at Whitechapel last month and new innovations in 3D printing to picture-based password authentication products from PixelPIN. We were happy to have shared the a space with some of the most exciting digital innovations happening today.

Shepard Fairey: Sound and Vision @ Stolen Space

Last Friday, s[edition] went down to the opening of Shepard Fairey’s ‘Sound and Vision’ exhibition at Stolen Space at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. His first exhibition in 5 years with crowds queued up around the block. DJ Z-Trip warmed the crowd as they mingled through the gallery featuring some of his screen-prints, mixed media collages as portraits of notable people and cover sleeves. Read the review of the opening with pictures here on Juxtapoz.

The exhibition uses a mix of media including canvas, collage and cuts, along with numerous appearances of his trademark stencils and some lively murals that are definitely worth checking out.

Fairey whose art reached a new height of prominence in 2008 with his iconic “HOPE” portrait of Barack Obama brings along friend and collaborator Z-Trip to supply the soundtrack to the artwork in Sound and Vision (named after the David Bowie album).

Sound and Vision embodies both the political and social influences on Fairey’s work, particularly that which are directly inspired by music. To encourage visitors to fully experience the interaction between music and art, Fairey is also showcasing his own record collection. Visitors will get chance to listen to Fairey’s music collection – which include the Sex Pistols, the Clash and Roxy Music on vintage turntables.

The exhibit taking place at the StolenSpace Gallery (http://www.stolenspace.com/), Brick Lane, opened on the evening of October 19th and will running to November 4th, 2012.

Shepard Fairey, Día de los Muertos digital edition available on s[edition]

Shepard Fairey, Peace Guard digital edition available on s[edition]

DJ Z-Trip on the decks

Frieze thus far: Tim Noble & Sue Webster and an American Skips Over the Pond

And it’s official -Frieze has hit London. The international art crowds have descended upon the capital to view and buy the best and most coveted contemporary and Old Master’s works available. Without getting caught up in the hoopla of the white tents, it is always better to venture to the galleries themselves to see some of the most talked about exhibitions of the year.

Monday saw the opening of Bedlam, Steve Lazarides’ finale to his trilogy of pop-up exhibitions at the The Old Vic Tunnels. The dingy tunnels were filled with a gothic funhouse of installations by an array of artists. And even Shepard Fairey, in town for his own show opening in two weeks in London, stopped in to take in the madness. Hurry up, the tunnels will close up for the final time 21 October 2012.

Last night saw opening of husband and wife duo Tim Noble & Sue Webster‘s latest solo exhibition at Blain|Southern Hanover Square. The brand new space highlighted new work from the artists, including a new take on their beloved “Forever” and self-portraits made from their shadow sculptures. Written about in The Observer, Guardian and online through countless websites and art blogs including Dazed Digital, Nihilistic Optimistic is definitely not a show to miss during the Frieze season. The show will be open until 24 November 2012

And for those of you want to own their own artwork form the show than head over to s[edition] to purchase an exclusive edition, Nihilistic Optimistic, created by the duo to coincide with the exhibition. As an edition of 500, prices have now jumped to £10 so hurry up and buy yours before it increases to the next price bracket.

Images: (1) Bedlam – (c) Ian Gavin/Getty Images/ (2,3) courtesy of Blain|Southern/ (4) (c) Tim Noble & Sue Webster courtesy of s[edition]

Checkmate! The Art of Chess at Saatchi Gallery

This weekend, I finally went to see “The Art of Chess” at the Saatchi Gallery. Not only is the gallery free, but is hardly ever that crowded, so you can take your time interacting and experiencing with the amazing artworks before you. So Saatchi was the perfect place to view “The Art of Chess.”

The exhibition included 16 chess sets that were created by some of the world’s leading contemporary artists. They ranged from video (Gavin Turk) to a woven quilt (Tracey Emin) and everything in-between. Each truly reflected the artist’s aesthetic and how they are inspired by the “game of kings.” The Exhibition is only on until 3 October, so hurry up to see it before it closes this week. Some of our favorites were The Chapman Brothers (above), Damien Hirst and Tim Noble & Sue Webster.

AKA Peace at ICA

Last weekend some of our favorite artists participated in a chartiable exhibition entitled AKA Peace. Artists like Tim Noble & Sue Webster, The Chapman Brothers, Damien Hirst, and Mat Collishaw transformed decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles into works of art to raise money for Peace One Day, an international organisation promoting peace and conflict resolution.

s[edition] was invited to the private view where we saw the unveiling of the works before they are auctioned by Philips de Pury London on 4 October. In attendance were many of the artists including Sue Webster, Charming Baker and Jake Chapman, who curated the exhibition.

s[edition] at Art Gwangju

From September 5 – 9, s[edition] was invited to show at Art Gwangju in Korea. An exciting four days, we had the opportunity to bring s[edition] to new buyers and audiences the East. Like us, most buyers were excited to see the digital version of Prada Marfa by Elmgreen & Dragset. We even gave new buyers a credit towards their first purchase.