1st and 3rd place at the IPA Photography Awards competition for Beauty Portrait category 2015 and 2016. The International Photography Awards conducts an annual photography competition for professional photographers on a global level, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today´s industry.
Diese Netflix-Verfilmung aus 2022 beschreibt die reale Geschichte von Yusra Mardini und ihrer älteren Schwester Sara. Sie beginnt mit den Teenagerinnen in Damaskus, deren Leben sich auch dann noch zwischen Schwimmtraining und Dachpartys bewegt, als am Horizont schon Bomben fallen. Sie waren zwei von den Hunderttausenden, die im Sommer 2015 vor dem Krieg aus Syrien nach Deutschland geflohen sind. Und geübte Schwimmerinnen. So konnten sie ihr kaum seetüchtiges, komplett überfülltes Schlauchboot, mit dem sie von der Türkei die nahe gelegene griechische Insel Lesbos erreichen wollten, stundenlang durchs Meer ziehen, bis sie und ihre Mit-Flüchtlinge das rettende Ufer erreichten. Über dramatische Szenen der Balkanroute erreichen die beiden ihre Destination Berlin. Den Traum von Olympia hegt Yusra Mardini bereits als Kind in Syrien. Nach etlichen vergeblichen Versuchen fast durch Zufall erfährt sie von der Möglichkeit als Schwimmerin am Flüchtlingsteam bei Olympia teilzunehmen. Der Drang nach Leben und den Kampf in Lebensenergie zu verwandeln bringt sie zu den Olympischen Spielen nach Rio. Erfolgreich trotz keiner Medaillen ernenne die Vereinten Nationen Yusra Mardini zur UN-Sonderbotschafterin. Sie ist die bis dahin jüngste Person, die diesen Posten jemals bekleidet hat und steht stellvertretend für die weltweiten Flüchtlingskrisen. (Textausschnitte @vodaphone, taz, sublime) Sublime Postproduction hatte die Ehre mit XY die Print-Visuals umzusetzen. Ein Aufwändiges Compositing Verfahren verbindet visuell den Kampf sowohl durch die Gewalten des Mittelmeeres als auch die disziplinierten Wettkampfsport im Trainingsbecken. Die Umsetzung wurde auf Superblowup angelegt und hing prominent in Berlin vertikal in einer Größe von 22m. Vielen Dank an Netflix und die Agentur XY
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
Archival pigment print, 135 x 108 cm, © Stephan Vanfleteren I Courtesy Gallery FIFTY ONE.
Inszenierung des Augenblickes - Thema der Fotoarbeiten war die "Inszenierung des Augenblicks " Gegenstand die Trabantenstadt Märkisches Viertel, die 2014 Ihr 50. Jubiläum feierte und entstanden sind sie allesamt mit einer Linhof Technika 2014/2015. Die Bildserie der Ausstellung "das Märkische " zeigen Ihnen Intime Einblicke in das Viertel, Porträts der Bewohner, die Hochhausarchitektur und wie grün sich seinen Weg bahnt, Inszenierungen und dokumentarisches wechseln sich ab und dazu sieht man Betonlandschaften und Insignien hipper Großstadtkultur, die meilenweit entfernt scheint!
Inszenierung des Augenblickes - Thema der Fotoarbeiten war die "Inszenierung des Augenblicks " Gegenstand die Trabantenstadt Märkisches Viertel, die 2014 Ihr 50. Jubiläum feierte und entstanden sind sie allesamt mit einer Linhof Technika 2014/2015. Die Bildserie der Ausstellung "das Märkische " zeigen Ihnen Intime Einblicke in das Viertel, Porträts der Bewohner, die Hochhausarchitektur und wie grün sich seinen Weg bahnt, Inszenierungen und dokumentarisches wechseln sich ab und dazu sieht man Betonlandschaften und Insignien hipper Großstadtkultur, die meilenweit entfernt scheint!
Inszenierung des Augenblickes - Thema der Fotoarbeiten war die "Inszenierung des Augenblicks " Gegenstand die Trabantenstadt Märkisches Viertel, die 2014 Ihr 50. Jubiläum feierte und entstanden sind sie allesamt mit einer Linhof Technika 2014/2015. Die Bildserie der Ausstellung "das Märkische " zeigen Ihnen Intime Einblicke in das Viertel, Porträts der Bewohner, die Hochhausarchitektur und wie grün sich seinen Weg bahnt, Inszenierungen und dokumentarisches wechseln sich ab und dazu sieht man Betonlandschaften und Insignien hipper Großstadtkultur, die meilenweit entfernt scheint!
Naked Nature🌲Menschliche Individuen. Körper in jeglichen Formen.Reine Natur. Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit. Der Zyklus der Jahreszeiten und des Lebens in Inszenierungen dargestellt, die wie Gemälde anmuten. Seminararbeit der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie unter Sven Marquardt mit dem Seminarthema " Schönheit & Vergänglichkeit" Mein Ziel war es den menschlichen Körper vollkommen natürlich zu Inszenieren, altersunabhängig im Kontext der Natur. Pur und unretuschiert. Entstanden 2015/2016.
Naked Nature🌲Menschliche Individuen. Körper in jeglichen Formen.Reine Natur. Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit. Der Zyklus der Jahreszeiten und des Lebens in Inszenierungen dargestellt, die wie Gemälde anmuten. Seminararbeit der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie unter Sven Marquardt mit dem Seminarthema " Schönheit & Vergänglichkeit" Mein Ziel war es den menschlichen Körper vollkommen natürlich zu Inszenieren, altersunabhängig im Kontext der Natur. Pur und unretuschiert. Entstanden 2015/2016.
Naked Nature🌲Menschliche Individuen. Körper in jeglichen Formen.Reine Natur. Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit. Der Zyklus der Jahreszeiten und des Lebens in Inszenierungen dargestellt, die wie Gemälde anmuten. Seminararbeit der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie unter Sven Marquardt mit dem Seminarthema " Schönheit & Vergänglichkeit" Mein Ziel war es den menschlichen Körper vollkommen natürlich zu Inszenieren, altersunabhängig im Kontext der Natur. Pur und unretuschiert. Entstanden 2015/2016.
Michal Chelbin’s photographs of acrobats, and travelling troupes in Eastern Europe has earned her wide acclaim. In this new body of work taken over the last five years Chelbin trains her eye on students in military boarding schools, matador training academies and teenagers in Ukraine preparing for their proms. Chelbin explores the connection between the use of dress codes and uniforms to shape identity and instill traditional roles in boys and girls. Young cadets in formal military garb look fragile and sweet. Young women in oversized debutante dresses evoke an old glamour but also outdated views of women in society. This tension is at the heart of Chelbin’s photographs and give them a deep power.
Launched in 2005 and repeated every five years, the reGeneration project devoted to emerging international photography will be holding its fourth event for the Musée de l’Elysée’s 35th anniversary.
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