- Venue
- The Retail Unit
- Starts
- Thursday, May 18, 2023
- Ends
- Saturday, May 27, 2023
- Address
- 6 Mitre Passage London SE10 0ER
- Location
- London
FLUX has established itself as the platform for contemporary artists to be discovered and to be part of an exceptional, inspirational art event. Held at The Design District – Greenwich Peninsula in London and curated by Lisa Gray, the founder of FLUX, this much-anticipated edition brings 50 artists to the fore. Gray has selected the very best emerging and established artists for a ten-day event.
The exhibition represents an opportunity to gain access to a vast and diverse group of gifted artists, on the path to being the big names of tomorrow, showcasing international talent in a collaborative, inclusive show. FLUX celebrates artists on the precipice of wider accolades and fame.
Our opening night music will be Jazz Sax ‘n’ Trax – the sound of a vintage jazz band but with only one musician. Ben, according to the Guardian is a soloist of immaculate taste and lyricism – a saxophonist who has been performing all over the world for over 30 years.
He has vast experience, he even played at an event for Sir Paul McCartney who was so impressed he jumped on stage and performed a few songs with him. Ben has played many festivals including North Sea, Brecon, Rotterdam and London EFG and world-famous jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s in Soho and Smalls in New York.
Performers at the private view include drag legends Anna Phylactic and Liquorish Black. The queen of fetish cabaret Marnie Scarlet will also be hosting.
All guests who make a purchase will receive a Limited-Edition artwork by Marcus Jake worth £200.
FREE Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flux-exhibition-at-the-design-district-tickets-578811529867
Featured Artists
Angel-London
Angel was always keen to draw and paint as a boy which eventually led him to a Diploma in Art and Design, followed by a Higher National Diploma in Signwriting and Calligraphy.
His initial moves towards a career as a professional artist were not realised until 2013 when following the loss of his teenage daughter to Batten Disease Angel rediscovered his calling. Moving to London in 2014, shortly after leaving a management role Angel began to channel his grief into artwork, communicating a message of hope and positivity in the face of unforgiving adversity from sharing his vulnerability and raw passion, he managed to attract a strong social media following.
Working single-handedly Angel garnered the attention of galleries both in the UK & the United States. Through the use of symbolism and pop culture references, he primarily creates mixed media pieces on up-cycled materials using various painting methods, including traditional oil painting, sublimation pigment transfer and collage.
Angel creates within London and in the U.S. where he manages a gallery and curates the space for a small number of local and acclaimed international artists, as well as showcasing his paintings in solo shows. Angel works with staging companies to place his work into luxurious homes in Key West, Florida.
Flora Borsi
Flora Borsi is a young fine art photographer from Hungary. She uses exquisite photo manipulation to create surreal images that are thematically focused on identity, relationships, emotions and dreams. Her immaculate technique and subtle conceptual ideas create beautiful evocations of universal emotions, from lust and desire to despair and loss. Borsi at once captures the complex strength and fragility of the human psyche. She expertly visualises dark fantasies and atmospheric dreams, utilising the uncanny and clever metaphor, while unlocking what it means to think, feel, dream and express in the urban world. Her work often features the female body, and she plays with hiding and revealing the eyes or face to leave only the feminine form, exploring questions of female representation and the relationship between body and self. Borsi has exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions in Europe and the USA and has most notably taken part in the Continental Shift group exhibition at Saatchi Gallery. She has also exhibited at the Louvre, in France.
