The opening event will introduce the exhibition and some of the inspirational Muslim women nominated by students and staff of the university.
There will be an informal discussion about the contributions of and challenges faced by Muslim women, and the conversation will continue with refreshments.
The women featured in the exhibition are: Sharifa Yukubu; Rania Hafez, Poppy Jaman; Nudzejma Softic; Momina Ullah; Fatima al-Fihri; Gülden Sönmez; Khadlijah bint Khuwaylid; Tasnim Ali; Suhaiyma Manzoor-Khan; Halima Aden
Organising committee: Nazmin Akhtar, Parbina Begum, Claire Eustance, Vanessa Taylor, Charlotte Sowerby, Sara Pennell, Michael Talbot. With thanks to Gavin Rand and Zoe Pettit for funding the exhibition, and to David Waterworth for his support.
Join Tatty Devine‘s Co-founders Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden for a unique insight into the creation of Misshapes: The Making of Tatty Devine exhibition and an in-depth look at the development of their aesthetic, techniques and creativity over the last twenty years.
With an inclusive ‘We did it, you can too’ ethos, Rosie and Harriet will share anecdotes, their creative processes, favourite pieces from their archive and top tips gleaned from 20 years of iconic, rule-breaking design and business know-how.
The talk (5:30 – 7pm) will be followed by an evening preview of the exhibition until 9 pm.
Phase IV: Intersections Art/Architecture installation, Stephen Lawrence Gallery 2020. Artists l-r Mary Maclean, George Charman, Jaime Gili; Photo Benet Spencer
The Phase IV symposium brings together creatives, academics and researchers to discuss the relationship between arts and architecture, as well as the process of co-curating the Phase IV exhibition—on display at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery and Project Space between 15 January and 21 February 2020.
The exhibition, symposium, and related events are led by Benet Spencer (Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University) in collaboration with David Waterworth (Curator, University of Greenwich).
Schedule:
10:30 am Coffee / Arrival
11:00 Welcome & Introduction: Benet Spencer
11:40 Keynote: Olivier Gourvil
12:10 Questions / Discussion
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch (not provided)
1:30 Panel 1, introduced by David Waterworth
Felix Robbins (a-projects, London); Fran Cottell (artist); Daniela Yaneva (architect)
2:45 Break (Coffee / Tea)
3:00 Panel 2: Outside Architecture
Helen Robertson (UAL); Bernice Donszelmann (UAL); Tim Renshaw (University of Reading)
4:00 Close
Keynote by Olivier Gourvil (artist, founder of Réseau Peinture, and former professor at École Supérieure d’Art et Design Grenoble, Valence)
Thinking in Painting This quote from the question “What is thinking in painting?” by Hubert Damish is from his brilliant 1984 essay Fenêtre jaune cadmium*. In 2010, this question was the starting point for the enquiry that was addressed by Réseau Peinture**, which covered the relationship between painting and language. It also lead to critical research around communication in painting in relation to drawing and architecture, which was explored in the collaborative project Paper-Architecture. Gourvil developed this project with the New York-based painter Marjorie Welish between 2000-2013.
Olivier Gourvil, 2020
* Hubert Damish, Fenêtre jaune cadmium, publ. Seuil, Paris 1984. **Réseau Peinture is painting network that fosters collaboration between European schools of art and design, initiated by Olivier Gourvil, École Supérieure d’Art et Design Grenoble, Valence.
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If you like this event, you might be interested in attending the Public Lecture by exhibitor Jaime Gili, Private View and Exhibition Catalogue launch on Saturday 14 February. Visit this link for more information about the programme
On Friday 14 February we are hosting a public lecture by exhibitor Jaime Gili, followed by a private view and launch of the Phase IV Exhibition Catalogue.
The exhibition, talks, and symposium are jointly led by Benet Spencer and Dr David Ryan (Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University), in collaboration with David Waterworth (University of Greenwich).
Jaime Gili
Jaime Gili was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1972 and now lives in London. His work has been contextualised as a critical development of Latin American abstraction—especially Venezuelan visual art from the 20th Century—or, as an art critic once put it, as “a mix of Pop, Minimalism, Vorticism, Futurism and Street art”.
Gili received his MA in painting from the Royal College of Art (London) in 1998, after studying in Caracas (IDD and Prodiseño) and Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). He has exhibited widely in the US, Europe and many Latin American countries, especially his native Venezuela.
His recent exhibitions in London and New York, have enquired into the (im)possibility of painting and abstraction, tackling current affairs in the context of his native Venezuela and the UK.
For two decades he has embraced an expanded understanding of painting, not only on canvas but in the form of small scale murals and large site-specific installations on and about architecture designed directly with architects. These can be found in private and public buildings, like the ones produced in London, Miami, and Portland Maine.
Click on Book Now below or follow this link to Eventbrite to RSVP to this event.
If you like this event, you might be interested in attending the Phase IV symposium on Saturday 14 February. Expect a day of public talks and panel discussions bringing together creatives, academics and researchers to discuss the relationship between arts and architecture, as well as the process of co-curating the Phase IV exhibition.
