Art Britannia, The Best of New British, Miami

Installation shot of Art Britannia in Miami.

Art Britannia, The Best of New British, Miami

Art Britannia, The Best of New British

Madonna Building, 3940 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127, USA



British art has always had a distinctive quality perhaps stemming from the mix of post-Empire eclecticism with a touch of eccentricity. ‘Art Britannia’ is an Art Basel Miami Beach satellite exhibition curated by Londoner Ben Austin and produced by Karelle Levy, a Miami resident. The event explores contemporary practice from UK with an emphasis on painting and craft. The exhibition features a ‘mini show within a show’, taken directly from The Lion and Lamb Gallery’s ‘Summer Saloon’ exhibition. The Lion and Lamb is an artists run space, located in the back of an East End pub.

The British are well known for having an idiosyncratic penchant for experimentation and exploration. In art throughout the 20th Century the British have constantly pushed boundaries be it with the advent of Modernism through to the beginnings of Pop, with artists like Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and Sir Peter Blake before the genre took off to New York with Warhol and Co. This set up a cultural dialogue between the old and new worlds, which still exists today.

By the 70’s and 80’s British artists continued be progressive and taboo breaking with the likes of Gilbert and George becoming ‘living sculptures’ and are now considered ‘national treasures’. By the 90’s a new wave of artists appear on the scene, graduates from Goldsmiths with plenty of attitude and with the backing of the Charles Saatchi become universally known as the YBAs (Young British Artists). Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas grabbed headlines with art that shocked and amazed in equal measure. Pickled sharks and unmade beds surrounded by detritus created a new visual language laced with Post-Modern motifs. This art was bursting with bravado and possessed a visceral quality that demanded attention.

Twenty-five years on, ‘Art Britannia’ takes a rather different view. This is an exhibition that proudly celebrates craft, technical skill, mark making and gestures. An art with an alternative aesthetic, where the process is critical to the practice, be it through the act of painting or through considered constructions.

‘Art Britannia’ has no over arching theme, no curatorial dictate, merely a commitment to work that reflects a subtle yet seismic shift in British contemporary practice. Here we have bold and elemental abstractions, richly saturated landscapes, nude figure painting, romantic visions, unsettling video work and a mechanical construct.

The group is a healthy mix of slightly older, more established artists together with the next generation of recent graduates who are already appearing in important collections and shows.

The exhibition runs 1st - 21st December 2013.

The Discerning Eye 2013

Mall Galleries, 14th to 24th November.
Selected to exhibit by Professor Deborah Swallow.

Painting Show and Performances, Winter Projects

Painting Show and Performances

Saturday and Sunday, 5-6 October, 11-8 pm. A cluster-hanged painting show with performances organised by Mathis Gasser.

Exhibition at Winter Projects, Elephant & Castle, as part of the Art Licks Weekend 2013.

Painting
Phillip Allen, Frank Ammerlaan, Lucy Boyle, Benjamin Brett, Vittorio Brodmann, Cristina Cojanu, Charlotte Delvetter, Freya Douglas-Morris, Grant Foster, Simon Foxall, Sabrina Fritsch, Mathis Gasser, Nelly Haliti, Dido Hallett, Julia Hayes, Milli Jannides, Vivian Kasel, Frank Kent, Katrin Koskaru, Gabriel Lima, Daniel Lipp, George Little, Simon Mathers, Wendy McLean, Matthew Musgrave, France-Lise McGurn, Ben Newton, Nick Nowicki, Nicholas Pankhurst, Jon Pilkington, Glen Pudvine, Neil Raitt, Emanuel Rohss, Max Ruf, Sven Sachsalber, Lukas Schmenger, Joshua Sex, Zoé de Soumagnat, Tobias Teschner, Tyra Tingleff, Sanja Todorovic
Kate Warner, Freya Wright, Thomas Yeomans, Urban Zellweger, Tim Zercie, Lian Zhang.

Performances, Saturday 5 October, 5pm
Barbara Gamper, Abri de Swardt, Ben Newton, Heidi Smith, Julia Hayes
Rob Lye, Anne Rochat, Gilles Furtwängler and Sarah Anthony : Say Yes or Die.

Summer Saloon Show, Lion + Lamb Gallery

Installation shots of Summer Saloon Show, Lion + Lamb Gallery.

Journey Between Homes

A painting from diptych 'Journey Between Homes' will be featuring in the Summer Saloon Show at Lion + Lamb Gallery.

Summer Saloon Show PV

PV for the Summer Saloon Show 6.30pm 24 July.

Summer Saloon Show, Lion + Lamb Gallery

Lion + Lamb Gallery
Summer Saloon Show

25 July - 1 September 2013. Private view 24 July.
Opening times: Monday 1pm to 11pm, Tuesday - Saturday 12pm to 11pm, Sunday 12pm to 10pm.
Phillip Allen, Kiera Bennett, Simon Bill, Juan Bolivar, Claudia Böse, John Bunker, Jane Bustin, Stephen Chambers, John Chilver, Dan Coombs, Ashley Davies, Benjamin Deakin, Hayley Field, Mick Finch, Kirsten Glass, Andrew Graves, Hanz Hancock, Dan Hays, Mark Jones, David Leeson, Caroline List, Declan McMullan, Patrick Morrisey, Alex Gene Morrison, Darren Murray, Joe Packer, Andy Parkinson, Dan Perfect, Daniel Pettitt, Clare Price, Fiona Rae, Andrew Seto, Francesca Simon, Lucy Stein, Michael Stubbs, Emma Talbot,  Dolly Thompsett, Michelle Ussher, Jacqueline Utley, Covadonga Valdes, Caroline Walker, Freya Wright, Mark Wright.

RCA Secret Postcards 2013

RCA Secret 2013

RCA Secret, one of London’s most popular art sales, returns for its 20th year. Some 2,700 postcard-sized works of art will go on display from Thursday 14 March to Friday 22 March. The postcards will go on sale on Saturday 23 March. The mini artworks have been donated by more than 1,000 artists, designers, illustrators and film-makers.

14 - 22 March