Susan Stockwell | World Bank Commission | Royal Shakespeare Company Artist In Residence

 

Susan Stockwell’s The World Bank, which was recently completed as a special commission, is a stunning world map meticulously hand-crafted by the artist using hundreds of individual bank notes. The work exemplifies Susan’s practice of transforming everyday materials into aesthetically beautiful artworks, that also comment on issues of ecology, geo-politics and global commerce.

Among Susan’s next projects is an exciting new residency at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon. She will be developing new work for exhibition at the RSC in April 2015, responding to their Spring 2015 season, which is to include Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and Death of a Salesman. As well as looking at what is taking place on stage, her work will also consider the range of carefully choreographed hidden activity, from costume making to rigging, that exists behind the scenes.

Susan Stockwell | The World Bank, 2014 | Bank notes, paper and glue on back board | 140 x 294 cm

Justine Smith | Show Me The Money | New Editions

   

Now available on our website are two stunning new limited edition prints by Justine Smith; A Bigger Bang Black - Diamond Dust, and Blow. The former (see above) was created especially for the exhibition 'Show Me The Money' which is currently being shown in two parts at Chawton House Library, Hampshire, and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton University.

The exhibition explores how art and culture has engaged with various aspects of the financial world over the last three centuries, illuminating its mechanisms and encouraging the viewer to think anew about the nature of finance.

Justine's exploration of currency is also present in Blow. This powerful and provocative print is the partner image of 2012's Boom, a highly successful limited edition, which was produced as a special commission for the Manchester City Galleries exhibition 'The First Cut.'

We will be exhibiting A Bigger Bang and Blow during Frieze Week at Moniker Art Fair, Shoreditch. During the fair's Private View Justine will be joining us on our stand to turn money into art with her 'Value English' and 'Luxury English' embossed, signed and numbered editions.

 

Moniker Projects | Living Walls | Moniker Art Fair

16-19 October | Stand 5 | The Old Truman Brewery | London | E1 6QR

This week sees the launch of Moniker Projects public art programme 'Living Walls' at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Featuring specially commissioned works from artists including Jeremy Deller, David Shillinglaw, Jo Peel and Mark McClure, the project connects the vibrant artistic community of East London with local businesses, residents and schools, in a celebration of local London.

Moniker Projects commitment to art's relation to urban culture is also highlighted in their annual flagship event, Moniker Art Fair, which returns to the Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch this October.

We are delighted to be taking part in the fair, where we will be exhibiting a selection of new works from artists including Stanley Donwood, Chris Mitton and Justine Smith. We have a limited number of complimentary invitations available for Moniker Art Fair. Please email us to request yours.

Adam Dant's '10 Creatures of London Legend' Portfolio Lottery Tickets Now Available

The hot-off-the-press print portfolio 'Ten Creatures of London Legend' consists of 10 Chiaroscuro Woodblock prints by celebrated draughtsman and printmaker Adam Dant. Each image is constructed in the manner of a medieval bestiary, and depicts legendary creatures of London lore, both ancient and modern.

These mystical creatures have been depicted in the environment they inhabit, either currently or previously, allowing viewers of the prints to tour the city of London and encounter the beasts in their 'natural' homes. 

To coincide with the launch of these wonderful prints, the artist and TAG Fine Arts will be holding a lottery raffle, in the fashion of 18th century popular print promotion. You can now purchase one of 200 personalised woodcut lottery tickets here, giving you the opportunity to win a complete boxed set.

Adam Dant | 10 Creatures of London Legend | 10 Chiaroscuro woodcuts, title page and description | Edition of 40 | Signed and editioned by the artist | Image size 20.3 x 25.4 cm; Paper size 25.4 x 35.5 cm | All images can be viewed here.

London Original Print Fair | Royal Academy

24 - 27 April | RA Burlington House | London W1J 0BD | Stand 37

Next week we look forward to returning to the Royal Academy for the London Original Print Fair. We will be launching exclusive new works from artists including Ryan Callanan, Stanley Donwood and Robin Duttson.

The fair will be hosting a special 'Young Collectors' Evening' from 6 - 10 pm on Friday 25th April, with talks, tours and demonstrations by professionals taking place throughout.

As part of the event acclaimed paper-cut artist Justine Smith will be joining us on Stand 37 to launch her 'Value English' and 'Luxury English' embossed, signed and numbered open editions. Join us to see Justine turning money, including bank notes direct from the Royal Mint, into art, which will be available to purchase in exchange for donations to the charity St Margaret's Hospice.

Stephen Walter | Group Exhibition | Danielle Arnaud

123 Kennington Road | London | SE11 6SF | Until 13 April 2014
Open Fri, Sat and Sun, 2-6pm and by appointment

A group exhibition featuring the work of Stephen Walter is currently on show at Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art. Titled Enclosure, it focuses on 6 contemporary artists and their exploration of ideas around utopian dreams, containment and escape.

Among the artworks on display is Stephen's extraordinary original drawing, Nova Utopia, which is being exhibited in its bespoke hagioscope frame. This map revisits Thomas More's famous fictional state of Utopia a century after it has been transformed by a capitalist revolution.

Stephen Walter | Nova Utopia | 2013 | Archival Inkjet Print Available

Heidi Whitman | Heaven, Hell and Here | Until April 20

Christopher Henry Gallery | 127 Elizabeth St. | New York | NY 10013

Heidi Whitman's stunningly intricate imagined maps can currently be explored at the artist's solo show, Heaven, Hell and Here at the Christopher Henry Gallery, New York City. 

The exhibition consists of three site specific artworks - Heaven, Hell  and Here - which have been created by the artist through the deconstuction and rearrangement of hundreds of sheets of paper.

Heaven resembles a delicately woven series of blue celestial islands that rise gracefully from the floor to ceiling of the gallery. Hell, which is partly inspired by the horrors of Dante's Inferno, is a compendium of reds and blacks that evoke an apocalyptic landscape and the fires of the underworld. Finally, Here brings the viewer back to the 'real' world with the charting of an individual's journey through the urban landscape, which is here visualised in a network of interconnected paper, string and wires.

Overall the unique vision put forward in Heaven, Hell and Here brings together the imagined and the real to create a wonderfully complex and ethereal paper universe.