Blessings Of Life - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Laura I.Gallery
Starts: Friday, October 7, 2016
Ends: Thursday, December 1, 2016
Address: IceHouse Court,Abbey Road
Location: London
Organiser: Laura I.Gallery

“Blessings of Life” is the inaugural exhibition for the Laura I. Gallery displaying a compilation of remarkable paintings from different collections from 2013 to 2016 by Laura Iosifescu. “Blessings of Life” is a collection of dynamic sculptural paintings by Laura Iosifescu playing on themes of nature, the human world and technology. This powerful exhibition celebrates the synergy and wonder of the world we live in.

In a world where mass media and social media revel indarkness, “Blessings of Life” celebrates the best of humankind. Here the artist wonders at the diversity of cultures, faith and our love for our environment. Our connection with the natural, with each other and even with technology is celebrated in evocative layered paintings. In this exhibition the artist has strived to create a living Eden that arrests the senses and challenges traditional views of painting.

Laura has already attracted considerable praise and attention in the art world following her creation of “Blossom Escape”, a dress sculpted entirely from paint. Showcased at a Princes Trust Event, hosted by the Saatchi Gallery, this creation highlights the artist’s passion for pushing the boundaries of art and her innovative application of paint. This unique piece was displayed alongside the work of well known artists such as Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn and Xavier Mascaro.

As Laura Iosifescu unpicks the relationship between humans and environment, the gallery itself is creating modern history as Barking Riverside area comes back to life, emerging from its previous industrial life and preparing to challenge, engage and delight the community.

This gallery is not just a gallery where you display artwork. It is a creative space where magic happens. It is the heart of the artist, a unique and individual space, where every corner has its own individual special touch by the artist and where the artist creates and engages with the people of Barking and beyond.

Laura I. Gallery has already captured the interest of the press,being now featured in Barking and Dagenham News Post and Newham Recorder Newspaper.Also this space along with other local creative businesses and artists’ spaces will be on the radar of the mayor of London himself, Sadik Khan, who will inaugurate the spaces on the 6th of October 2016 as part of a unique collaboration between Bow Arts Charity and the Council to help shape,inspire and regenerate the Barking and Dagenham area.

With music and drinks as well as a unique opportunity to see “Blossom Escape” being modelled live, this is guaranteed to be one of the most exciting events of the year. For those who are interested in discovering unique things, this is definitely a space to watch out for.

Laura Iosifescu

Laura is a professional artist and the founder of Laura I.Art Gallery.She currently lives and works in London. She developed her basic skills in traditional art during her time at the Fine Art High school in Romania but found herself reaching her full potential as a student in the Department of Fine Art at the University of East London. From there she went on to open her own local gallery where she is currently curating a series of exhibitions. As an artist, Laura is best known for her re-interpretation of the medium of paint as an aesthetic vehicle. Utilising self-designed machines and other unconventional techniques as tools to manipulate paint, she challenges the viewer by re-examining how paint can be transformed in her collection of wall mounted “living paintings” - flowerscapes with depth and colour introduced by her signature style.. The flower motifs are intended to represent and investigate an accumulation of life experiences and ideals to do with freedom and courage, life and death, identity and belief, which are channelled into her art through her three dimensional forms and colours. Eventually dissatisfaction with the format of wall mounted paintings, a feeling that the medium was imprisoned by the canvas, led to a series of experiments culminating in Laura’s revolutionary Blossom Escape, which transformed her flowerscapes into the real world in the form of a floral dress made entirely of paint. It has been recognized and highly praised by the press, and by well established professionals in the art world and was shown in an exhibition at Saatchi Gallery alongside work shown by artists such as Tracey Emin ,Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk, Idris Khan and Xavier Mascaro. She has displayed her work throughout the UK and in France and Portugal and in New Orleans and Los Angeles in the USA. Her work has been published in Landscape Art Review, La Dolce Vita magazine, HESA Inprint magazine, and in The State of Art vol 2 published by Bare Hill and there has been press coverage in the Financial Times, the Guardian and in the local press and on the web. Sixty per cent of Laura’s work is now in private collections around the world which makes her work a great investment. In 2016 Laura opened the first contemporary art gallery in Barking, Essex, an area which is now at the forefront of regeneration in East London. The gallery was inaugurated by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London and Darren Rodwell, the leader of the local Council. She is currently curating a series of exhibitions in her own space at the Gallery, including the highly successful Blessings of Life and Codes of Faith, and is embarking upon a series of art workshops. Laura Iosifescu is an idealistic young artist who believes in a world where beliefs and cultures no longer separate people but can be shared and celebrated. Her aim is to break down barriers, including those between artist and audience, and foster a collaborative and creative community in this part of London. With highly successful curatorial exhibitions and painting workshops in The Laura I. Gallery in Barking, Laura is truly inspired towards making this world a better place through art.