Wow! “It is Green.” Cultivate Vyner Street exhibition opening 1.3.12.

The strength of London art scene and its richness is one of the reasons why I settled exactly here. You can see a new show almost every day of the year. You can go to West, North, South London to see artists from across the globe. Today I actually want to write about the art scene in East London, where one of the busiest “gallery streets” is located. Of course it is The Vyner Street. Vyner Street is a place where in one night, you can visit four, five, six or even seven new shows! If that’s what you are planning to do this special “First Thursday” I’ll be seing you. I’ll be in Cultivate Gallery exhibiting in a group show called “It’s Green.” Here is a facebook event with details.

These green artists will be exhibiting :   ALKE SCHMIDT, ANDREA ARTZ, ANNA PIENIAZEK, BELLE ROBINSON, CLAIRE JACKSON, FROSO PAPADIMITRIOU, GARETH MORGAN, HILARY BARRY, JOHNNY DOE, JULIE CAVES, KATE LEPPER, KATE WARDINGLEY, KIRSTY GREENWOOD, LAURA IOSIFESCU, LEWIS BANISTER, MADELEINE STRINDBERG, MARK WORRALL, MYDOGSIGHS, NORIKO MICHIGAMI, RUTH PHILO, SEAN WORRALL, SILVIA KRUPINSKA, STEVEN RAWLINGS, TIM GOFFE and TOM BANKS.

 

 

The exhibition will be opening at 6pm on First Thursday, March 1st, and then running through to March 14th. Cultivate is open Thursday through to Sunday, 11.30am until 6pm (or by appointment).

Here is a pre-view of my sculpture, installed in the space differently but in the same spirit. “Green Moon Transition” sculpture made from recycled tennis balls:

S. Krupinska, Green Moon Transition, Margate, 16.4.2011, 04

S.Krupinska, Green Moon Transition sculpture, detail, Margate, 16.4.2011, 05

I hope you can come. See you there! Silvia.

Khojaly Commemoration Concert.

This is my first entry in my blog that is musically inspired. I’ve been recently following The European Azerbaijan Society in London. After my visit and exhibition in Azerbaijan in December 2011, I’ve become increasingly interested in the country and its culture and that brought me to a special concert last Wednesday, 22.Feb.2012 – Khojaly Commemoration Concert, at St. John’s, Smith Square. This event, organised by The European Azerbaijan Society, commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre, during which 613 civilians lost their lives. The Orion Orchestra  performed, featuring Sue Perkins and Nicholas Collon (conductors), Guy Johnston (cello) and gorgeous Sabina Rakcheyeva (violin).  The atmosphere of the music and the whole place was intense and the sounds were very powerful. I found the concert enriching and inspiring. One might ask how is this post relevant to an artist’s sculpture blog? Well, I find inspiration in many places, they interestingly change. The experience of the concert made me think. I find difficult to put those feelings experienced during the evening in words. But I know, this isn’t the end of the Azerbaijan chapter for me.

Khojaly Commemoration Concert, 22.2.2012 (2)

Khojaly Commemoration Concert, 22.2.2012

Sabina Rakcheyeva and Silvia Krupinska, 22.2.2012

Artist of the Month – Nicola Anthony and the Edible Art Movement.

I was pleased I could visit a studio of an artist and an art writer who I’ve been following for some time. The perfect opportunity came when I attended Fabelist’s Imprint Festival in Serpentine’s Gallery project space. I was captivated by a performance/art installation organized by invited Edible Art Movement – “Sing for your Supper – Draw for your Dinner”. I’ll talk about this in more detail later on in this article, but first I’d like to introduce Nicola Anthony. I’ll be introducing her in two ways really. Here in my blog and live on Colourful Radio on 16th Feb. at 12.10pm in my “Silvia Krupinska’s Artist of the Month”. My slot features as a part of Rosemary Laryea‘s “Art and Culture Show”. Now you can listen to the 15 min recording of the slot on Colourful Radio below -

 

 

Anthony herself exhibited at the Imprint Festival and also took part in the mentioned performance. I could copy and paste her very well written and polished Artist Statement, but I’m not going to do that. I’d like to give you my personal perspective on her work and her studio.

As I entered Anthony’s studio in cultured and busy Southwark, I could smell traces of resin in the air. It was a good sign of a busy and experimental studio, which I fully expected. I’ve known Anthony for a few months, nevertheless I never talked to her about her work in much detail, nor visited her creative hub before.

The walls are covered with textural drawings, lines, words, texts and cut-outs from magazines and papers. Under her window on the right is a desk, where she writes her art reviews and other works. The wall on the opposite side is very well lit. It’s a photography corner with two amazing glass and resin glass sculptures. There are works in progress on the floor and leaning on the walls, but the whole space is very organized and planned. The remaining wall, as I came in on my right, is full of date drawings, other textures and generally paper works dominate.

Artist Nicola Anthony in her art studio, 13.2.2012

Have you ever seen the drawings done entirely with text or dates? If not, you might like to look at these experimental pieces that Nicola Anthony produced.

Mneme, drawing, Nicola Anthony

Detail 1 -'Arbitrage', N.Anthony - collage drawing

These are a couple of 2D examples of Anthony’s work. I personally love their texture and originality. However my personal favourites are Anthony’s 3D sculptural glass and glass resin pieces. The shape, ideas and technical finish of those are to me some of the reasons, why she deserves to be admired. Here are a couple of her small studio examples of the 3D works – which followed by this sculpture.

N. Anthony, Green Glass Sculpture, 13.2.2012

N. Anthony, White Glass Sculpture, 13.2.2012

Before I have to move on to the amazing Edible Art Movement and it’s installation, you have a chance to look though this gallery of the rest of the photos taken on my visit in Anthony’s studio. I can strongly recommend you to visit Anthony’s website and her blog. Do follow her, she has always something informative to say, with her art and and also with her articles! I and the artist herself would appreciate any comments regarding this post or her work. Thanks.

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The second part of this blog article, as you know from the beginning will be dedicated to the Edible Art Movement. This is a definition of the movement I found on one of their sites:

“The Edible Art Movement (‘EAM’) was founded in the early 1920s by a group of experimental artists, intellectuals, poets and philosophers drawn together by a shared passion for food and art.
Members sought to subvert conventional ideas of what food and art should be whilst at all times seeking to create incr-edible art. Their overarching philosophy may be summed up in their motto, recited at the start of every meeting: “We Art what we Eat”.”

My understanding of the movement is that a group of creative people put on events, that celebrate food in more than “to be eaten” sense. They underline food as a way of artistic expression, food often being the art and a catalist between the art and the audience by engaging the visitors fully in the process. The EAM underline the textures, shapes and other unsual characters of food, which might be unnoticed in an everyday life. As an example I’d like to show you a video I did, while taking part in the recent installation done in Serpentine’s Centre of Possible Studies, in the Fabelist’s Imprint Festival – “Sing for your Supper – Draw for your Dinner”.

I’m going to finish with an image of EAM’s installation but if you liked to hear more about events and exhibitions that EAM put on, you can register to be on their mailing list here. For more visit EAM Facebook page or their website. Thanks for reading my blog, and come back again!

My interview from TEAS TV.

I was interviewed by The European Azerbaijan Society in London, and this way I’d like to say “Thanks so much  TEAS for posting up my interview on your website and being so kind with the editing as well! It’s been an absolute pleasure.”  This is a short extract from their website.

“In late 2011, Silvia visited Azerbaijan for the first time, where she participated in the Second Gabala International Art Exhibition entitled Art! Life! Earth!, jointly organised by the Cultural Fund of Azerbaijan and the Seoul-Baku (SEBA) Azerbaijani-Korean Cultural Exchange Association. Following her return, she spoke to TEAS about her experiences, works and thoughts on the Fly to Baku contemporary art exhibition, which opened at the Phillips de Pury Gallery, London, on 17 January.”  To read the full article click here.

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Spill by Alke Schmidt and Della Rees in The Stone Space.

Today’s video card is from my local community run gallery The Stone Space in Leytonstone. I’m pleased that a gallery is taking off nicely. With the effort that has been put in already The Stone Space is becoming a respected and loved place not only for the local artists, but also all the art enthusiasts and art collectors. I went to the Stone Space for the opening of an exhibition called “Spill” by artists Alke Schmidt and Della Rees. I had my reporter glasses on and I had my pocket video camera in my hand to bring you some visuals and sound (watch it below). A friend on Facebook commented on my post last night calling me “the art world equivalent of Tintin” which I thought was very funny. I hope you enjoy my venture and if you like the video card, why not to visit the gallery ? All you need to know about this exhibition and coming shows too, can be found here http://thestonespace.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/spill-private-view/ .

Thanks for your visit

Silvia

 

The Stone Space Gallery, Leytonstone

Della Rees, Twenty Ship Spills, detail

Alke Schmidt, History of a Curios Incident in the Gulf of Mexico - Part 2

Artists Alke Schmidt, Silvia Krupinska, Della Rees

My video diary 27.01.12. Sing for your Supper / Draw for your Dinner by EAM at Imprint.

This video is representing a part of my personal experience of the Fabelist’s Imprint Festival at the Serpentine’s Centre for Possible Studies in London. A group of artists, Edible Art Movement have set up this amazing installation called “Sing for your Supper / Draw for your Dinner”.  I loved it.