Surface Tension
Angela Smith’s first solo show at Lacey Contemporary presents her malleable and mysterious series of creatures. Abstract and figurative at once, these beings emerge from poured gloss and enamel paint. Smith’s manipulation of these pigments allow her to convey a psychologically tense sense of foreboding.
Until 29 October 2016, Lacey Contemporary Gallery, 8 Clarendon Cross, London W11.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/surface-tension-3
Garden of Earthly Delights
Taking the Hieronymus Bosch painting Garden of Earthly Delights as its starting point, this multi-media exhibition takes over the disused former Customs & Immigration building in the historic area of Cardiff Bay. Part of the citywide Cardiff Contemporary festival – which will be featured on the a-n Instagram this weekend – over 60 artists contribute video, painting, photography, sonic art and site-specific works that offer a contemporary take on Bosch’s enigmatic, intense and fantastical imagery, providing an atmospheric journey for the audience as they wander through this vast space.
22 October – 19 November 2016, tactileBOSCH, Former Customs & Immigration Building, 56 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/garden-of-earthly-delights
fête de l’obscurité
Drawing on the haunting origins of the mask, Sean Fairman’s paintings confront death. Accessing mythological symbols and ideas of metamorphosis and shapeshifting, this exhibition celebrates 25 years of Fairman’s work and coincides with a number of transformative festivals including the Day of the Dead and Halloween.
25 October – 5 November 2016, ARTHOUSE1, 45 Grange Road, London SE1.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/fete-de-lobscurite-by-sean-fairman
Open Forum 2016 – Southampton
Matt Roberts Arts partners with John Hansard gallery to bring its professional advice sessions to Southampton. A number of free one-to-one 45-minute sessions are available and can be booked in advance: sessions with Will Lunn, director of Copperfield Gallery, will look at how artists can develop their commercial practice, while Roberts will focus on ways in which each artist can fund their practice.
Saturday 29 October 2016, Southampton Solent University, The Spark, East park Terrace, Southampton.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/open-forum-2016-free-feedback-in-partnership-with-john-hansard-gallery-2
S.M.I.I.F 2016
Threads, an artist-led curatorial and peer support organisation based in Kent, organise the pop-up exhibition ‘Sculpture, Moving Image, Installation, Folkestone’, showing works that have been created in the last year by six artists. Alongside the project, Threads has expanded on its signature activity, the crit, and will host a discussion on Saturday looking at DIY projects and how artist-led learning can support artists’ professional development.
Until 24 October 2016, The Brewery Tap Project Space, 53 Tontine Street, Folkestone.
https://www.a-n.co.uk/events/s-m-i-i-f-2016
All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members
Images:
1. Angela Smith, Guardian, 44 cm x 44 cm framed, enamel and gloss on canvas, 2016
2. Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights
3. Sean Fairman, fête de l’obscurité
4. S.M.I.I.F 2016 flyer
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