FLUX Exhibition at 178 - Piccadilly, London, UK, showcasing the work of 70 contemporary artists. 10th edition celebration. 7th - 10th December 2023.
Find out more about FLUX here: thefluxreview.com
Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery - Strange Materials Group Show
Group show at Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery, Christchurch, 25 Sept - 21 Oct, 2023.
18 local artists exhibit weird and wonderful works made with materials not commonly used in the making of art, including xrays, shopping lists, cutlery, onion skins, coltan, electronics, knitted seaweed, curtains and kitchen spices.
Artists exhibiting: Julie Davey, Jimmy Philpott, Verity Scarlett, George Brunton, Luca McDonnell, Donna Allfrey, Zoë Lovell-Smith, Adriana Attan, Catherine Day, Éliece Button, Tracey Osborne, Marisa Cappetta, Sarah Brown, John Clare, Gina Hubert, Vicki Mangan, Seth Grainger-James and Ros Goulding.
I Come in Pieces - Solo Show
Growing up in the harsh reality of South London has exposed me to the themes and realities most of us face to some degree and which are amplified and highly visible in robust urban spaces. Poverty and the individual struggle within the pre-designed systems not only do not support but actively suppress and disadvantage the individual’s humanity; those are the themes at the forefront of what I reflect on and what I engage with in my artistic practice.
The collection shown dealt with the subjects not usually raised around the dinner table or at casual social gatherings. The issues which occupy my mental space on a daily basis are the matters we all face but those we often push down and ignore at the expense of our own wellbeing and the welfare of those closest to us. The passing of time and the impermanence of our lives. Death and legacy. The struggles of the adolescents, the crime and the violence our kids are exposed to and ultimately involved with as a result of the context they are born into. Addiction and the need to fill the existential void with the escapism which breaks the minds in the long run. The fragility of our own mental state. The societal divisions and the innate fear of “the other”. Racism. Homophobia. Immigration. Hate speech. Classism. Sexism. The themes that are are so prevalent and present in our ongoing narratives and that we unconsciously inherit and perpetuate without examining what those concepts mean on the most human of levels.
My work is here to pose the questions and to challenge the assumptions. It aims to place the uncomfortable in the centre of the conversations we are having with ourselves and with each other in order for those to be examined and ultimately transformed for the benefit of all of us.
The finissage event was extremely well attended and featured work not exhibited before and a new work created specifically for the show. Several of the pieces on show have found new homes.
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February 2015
- Feb 19, 2015 FLUX Gallery exhibition opening Feb 19, 2015
- Feb 26, 2015 More from FLUX exhibition Feb 26, 2015
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June 2016
- Jun 7, 2016 The Christchurch Exchange - Solo show Jun 7, 2016
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August 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 Reverie Exhibition Aug 29, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 I Come in Pieces - Solo Show Oct 1, 2019
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November 2023
- Nov 25, 2023 Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery - Strange Materials Group Show Nov 25, 2023
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December 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 FLUX Exhibition at The Design District Dec 12, 2023
Reverie Exhibition
Earlier this month John was invited to take part in the Reverie group show in Christchurch. It was organised by Glitterbox Pursuits - an organisation specialising in arts and entertainment, and whose focus is on bringing out the queer, quirky and creative in Ōtautahi.
The exhibition itself was one of a series of events in their first pop up arts festival in the central city and was hosted by the BNZ Centre with the help of the Christchurch City Council and the CHCH Central. The festival named Winter Wander took place across eight days in various retail and art spaces around the Cashel Mall and included Lunch Time Sketch Club sessions and a series of pop up exhibitions by local artists.
John’s interpretation of the theme “reverie” and some snapshots from the opening night below.
Organisers and supporters:
https://www.chchcentral.co.nz/
https://momentumcreative.co.nz/
Photos by @Momentum
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December 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 FLUX Exhibition at The Design District Dec 12, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 25, 2023 Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery - Strange Materials Group Show Nov 25, 2023
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October 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 I Come in Pieces - Solo Show Oct 1, 2019
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August 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 Reverie Exhibition Aug 29, 2019
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June 2016
- Jun 7, 2016 The Christchurch Exchange - Solo show Jun 7, 2016
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February 2015
- Feb 26, 2015 More from FLUX exhibition Feb 26, 2015
- Feb 19, 2015 FLUX Gallery exhibition opening Feb 19, 2015
The Christchurch Exchange - Solo show
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February 2015
- Feb 19, 2015 FLUX Gallery exhibition opening Feb 19, 2015
- Feb 26, 2015 More from FLUX exhibition Feb 26, 2015
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June 2016
- Jun 7, 2016 The Christchurch Exchange - Solo show Jun 7, 2016
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August 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 Reverie Exhibition Aug 29, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 I Come in Pieces - Solo Show Oct 1, 2019
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November 2023
- Nov 25, 2023 Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery - Strange Materials Group Show Nov 25, 2023
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December 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 FLUX Exhibition at The Design District Dec 12, 2023
More from FLUX exhibition
A selection of images from the February 18th, FLUX event.
All photographs by Darren MacPherson.
Art by Pernilla Iggstrom
Art by Patrick Colhoun
Art by Patric Colhoun (left) and Malik Ibheis
Art by Justin Caroll
Art by Dannielle Hodson
Art by Christine Leibich
Carlos Martyn Burgos
Art by John Clare
Art by John Clare
FLUX Gallery exhibition opening
Last night, 18th Feb, Lisa Gray (Palette Pages / Gray’s Art Gallery) put on a show like no other, with a jam packed opening event of FLUX at the Rag Factory, London.
Read more here: https://www.chrom-art.org/2015/02/19/flux-big-success/
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December 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 FLUX Exhibition at The Design District Dec 12, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 25, 2023 Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery - Strange Materials Group Show Nov 25, 2023
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October 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 I Come in Pieces - Solo Show Oct 1, 2019
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August 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 Reverie Exhibition Aug 29, 2019
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June 2016
- Jun 7, 2016 The Christchurch Exchange - Solo show Jun 7, 2016
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February 2015
- Feb 26, 2015 More from FLUX exhibition Feb 26, 2015
- Feb 19, 2015 FLUX Gallery exhibition opening Feb 19, 2015