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R.I.O.T. is a perfect example of the alchemical process of transmutation. Sixteen riot helmets began their journey on the front lines of public disorder operations for law enforcement in the United Kingdom. It was important for the art project that the riot helmets were ex-issue, so they still retained the sweat, raw emotion and memory of the moments experienced by the wearer. As riot helmets they served two functions on the streets, firstly they helped protect police heads and, secondly, they helped produce an element of fear once deployed.

The curator’s objective was the reclamation of these riot helmets with the intention of bringing balance to these unloved objects by reversing the negative energy pent-up within each unit through the medium of art. What were once objects designed to elicit fear now trigger entirely different emotional responses. Sixteen international artists were specifically invited for their personal skill sets, from fine artists to street art graffiti artists; and tasked with transforming riot helmets into Peace Helmets. Created up to ten years ago, this is the first time they have ever been displayed.

Curated and produced by Wayne Anthony. Supported by STIK

Featured Artists

Stik (UK ), Carrie Reichardt (UK), Ghalamdar (Iran), Busk (UK), Dr Zadok (UK), JF-Ink (France), Gnasher (UK), Wild Drawing (Indonesia), NME (UK), Dmark (Germany), Si2 (UK), Xenz ( UK), Kay One (France), Otto Schade (Chile), Charlie McFarley (UK), My Dog Sighs (UK) and Wayne Anthony (Photography)

 

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Since its founding in 2014, StART art fair has helped to springboard the careers of both emerging and established artists and galleries from around the globe. In celebration of the King’s Coronation, together with the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts (PFSTA), 50 former MA students who graduated during the past decade will also be exhibited.

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Since 1988 British Art Fair has been the flagship fair for Modern and Contemporary British Art, representing celebrated artists including Bridget Riley, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, Terry Frost, John Piper and many more, with fine and rare works released to the art market especially for the event.

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The Simple Things is Bunt’s most brilliantly conceived exhibition to date. It focuses on life’s purest pleasures, including friendship, physical affection, gardening, fishing, and even the sweet sensation of being tucked up at home when it’s raining outside. Each of the show’s ten sections contains one large, virtuosic canvas depicting the inside of a house looking out through a window, and a group of smaller, related, pictures looking back.

Each painting has a poem on the reverse of the canvas.
Where Flowers Grow
Oil on canvas
40 x 48 inches

In a room with a view, it could be me or you
Together or maybe alone
Felling good, bad, happy or sad
Sitting in a room of one’s own
Life is much like a book, inside we must look
Each chapter leading us to the end
As the story is told, our journey unfolds
We meet lovers, villains, and friends
From day to day, we must listen and pray
Be grateful for each God-given breath
Read a line at a time as one day we will find
We only have one page left
That’s when the robin shall sing, the church bells will ring
Pull the sally on the end of the rope
And the gardener will know, as he weeds and he hoes
Where flowers grow there will always be hope

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Beyond the Gaze – Reclaiming the Landscape demonstrates the increasing interest in landscape painting within contemporary art. Historically, the genre was predominantly the domain of male painters. When women were present, they appeared as subjects within landscapes, often as workers, mythical figures, muses or nudes.

In contrast, this exhibition subverts the traditional tendencies of historical landscape painting and concentrates on contemporary women artists who work with full agency to define the worldview from their own perspective. From miniature to monumental painting, each artist approaches the subject distinctively, and in combination explores landscape as an arena for human endeavour; nature as memento mori; the imaginary; the ritualistic; and the archaic.

Featured artists include: Emma Bennett, Kiera Bennett, Kirsty Harris, Dannielle Hodson, Lisa Ivory, Melissa Kime, Joanna Whittle
Curated by Zavier Ellis

Zavier Ellis commented:
“I’m delighted to curate Beyond the Gaze – Reclaiming the Landscape at Saatchi Gallery in London. The gallery has always been at the forefront of progressive contemporary art and it’s exciting to present one of the most traditional genres with a new perspective.”

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