Unnameable … signed SANTA is the title of a punchy little exhibition at studio1.1, Shoreditch.
A random group of artists contribute to this display of creative talent on the walls of one of London’s least conventional and offbeat galleries.
Curated by Keran James, potentially disparate content is woven together to ‘speak with one voice’. Keran produces a show of charm and Surrealistic vision. Tackling the absurd and the academic, dispelling the notion artists should be caged by a style or gimmick to ‘crack the market’.
Left-of-field cynicism aside, these visual treasures are for sale! At affordable prices, so get down to 57a, Redchurch Street in Shoreditch NOW and take a look at:
Jane Walker’s ‘deep textures, personal co-ordinates and sense of place’ …
Euan Stewart’s ‘radiant, concentrated and existential’ figures, Guy Allott’s ‘ghosts and aliens that can speak to an elusive subject’ …
Alan Dedman’s ‘drawings of the nude – made with energy and envelopment’,
Guiseppe Marasco’s ‘formalist Colourfield watercolours, incorporating Mexican pigments’ …
Peter Sylveire’s ‘use of the post-card for democratizing visual culture in Pop Surrelaist collages’ …
Forget Tate Modern, come and see Unnamable … signed SANTA; art that will make you think and enjoy the process of doing so. And maybe even buy something to add to your collection or home interior.
The beauty of this social enterprise (studio1.1 gallery) is … it gives a voice to ‘the little people’ of the art world.
Not as gauche but, a visual speaker’s corner allowing serious practitioners to showcase their efforts in a formal context, in one of the World’s significant capital cities.
Unnamable … signed SANTA is on NOW, 12 midday until 6pm and runs until the 21st of December. Go on, treat someone to art this Christmas!
All works are for sale, the following list relates to what is shown on this blog.
Works by Jane Walker: Patchwork Village, £110, Red Rhythm, £110, Settlement in a Valley, £350.
Works by Alan Dedman: Das Boot, £500, Blue Heart, £225, Reclining nude, £375, Das Boot II, £500.
Work by Guy Allott: Eleven Boats, £3,600.
Work by Euan Stewart: Suspicion, £700.
Work by Peter Sylveire: Looking ahead, £450.
Work by Guiseppe Marasco: Mayan Orange and Yellow Mexican colourfield series, £200 each.
Photos and video by Alan Dedman
‘Retail Champion of the Year’ pic by Chris Finch, GYCAD.
Thanks to: Michael & Keran, Max, Steve & Ljuba, Anna and … the Hillside Hillbillys.