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INSTALLATION VIEWS
As part of the ‘Burtynsky: Extraction/Abstraction’ exhibition, Saatchi Lates offer Art After Dark on selected Fridays from 6.30PM – 9PM.
26 April
Threads of Change: Art, Conversation, Action
Edward Burtynsky’s striking images ask us what we can do collectively to confront the ongoing climate crisis. In an act of collaborative making, participants at this workshop are invited to create a large-scale artwork using recycled materials whilst openly discussing these global issues.
Rug making – here, Rag Rug making – has a strong history of being a space for open conversation and communion through the act of creation. We ask participants to consider what we leave behind, and how can we come together to create a better world.
Art from Nature: Dendritic Monoprinting
In this session, participants will have the opportunity to explore the remarkable natural forms and patterns seen in Burtynsky’s images using dendritic monoprinting. This technique involves the use of recycled and organic materials, to create your own piece of artwork. You will explore the natural and abstract forms that occur throughout Burtynsky’s imagery.
Breast Cancer Now brings to the Saatchi Gallery an exhibition of photographs from the future. A groundbreaking series of images created by renowned photographer Jillian Edelstein with the assistance of cutting-edge AI technology. See the moments ten people living with secondary breast cancer want to see and learn how research could give people with the disease more time to live their lives.
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Everyday Monuments showcases works by three emerging UK artists – Catriona Robertson, Jacob Talkowski and Alaric Hammond. Each uses everyday materials in innovative ways – re-utilising and revitalising materials that would otherwise be taken for granted, ignored, or discarded. The artists have taken base materials and infused them with power, meaning and significance.
Their works are beautiful objects in themselves but also invite contemplation of how we routinely use and interact with objects, technology, and architecture. The works invite us to take a fresh look at materials and objects in our own everyday life, outside of a gallery space.
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The Way of All Flesh beckons visitors to contemplate the ephemeral nature of existence, to gaze
into the mirror of mortality, and to recognise the universal embrace of life’s impermanence. This
exhibition is more than a collection of artefacts; it is a communion of minds, hearts, and flesh.
The exhibition promotes questions but promises no answers: it asks us to contemplate the fleeting
nature of life, the fragility of our mortal existence, and the universality of our journey toward the
inevitable. It is an invitation to introspection, a quiet moment of reckoning with the eternal mysteries
that bind us all.
Artists featured in The Way of All Flesh include:
Cristiano Di Martino
Solanne Bernard
Mohanna Fazli-Alishah
Luna Sue Huang
Michel Onésio
Sofía Alrich Veytia
Leon Scott-Engel
Rowley Haynes
Georgie Wileman
Erica Hsu
Pippa El-kadhi Brown
Matt Macken
Einari Hyvönen
Maggie Menghan Chen
Mia Wilkinson
Sally Hewett
Laurie Cole
Fipsi Seilern
Shenying Fan
Joanna Wierzbicka
Curtis Anderson
Eva Dixon
Ben Wakeling
Kitty Rice
Benjamin Murphy
Ant Hamlyn
Manon Steyaert
Edward Thompson
Sunyoung Hwang
Jamie John Davies
Salomé Wu
Marc-Aurèle Debut
Adèle Aproh
Naomi Boiko-Stapleton
Hannah Smith
Mary West
Curated by Delphian GalleryDelphian Gallery, the artist-run, nomadic gallery and arts platform was launched back in 2017 by
Benjamin Murphy and Nick JS Thompson. Primarily London-based, their joint passion is to discover
and show the most captivating and challenging work by emerging and early-career contemporary
artists.
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Saatchi Gallery collaborates with curators to select works direct from the studios of artists in order to present a range of diverse & experimental artworks to a larger audience.
Artists featured in Studio: Response [#4] are:
Saelia Aparico
Mike Ballard
Tim Ellis
Maria Positano
Christopher Stead
Melania Toma
Andrea V Wright
As part of Saatchi Gallery’s major exhibition BURTYNSKY: Extraction/Abstraction, we are delighted to announce a one-off event.
Photographer Edward Burtynsky will be joined by Sir Simon Schama, Professor of Art History for an exclusive discussion on the power of art in addressing the urgent issues of our times.
Tickets for the evening include access to the talk, a screening of In the Wake of Progress, the opportunity to explore the exhibition BURTYNSKY: Extraction/Abstraction, and a glass of champagne on arrival. The talk will commence at 7PM, and there are limited tickets available.
Sir Simon Schama is a University Professor of Art History and History at Colombia University. He is a writer-presenter of over 50 documentaries on art and history for BBC television. Most recently, his ‘History of Now’ series aired on BBC.
Edward Burtynsky is regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished contemporary photographers. His remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes represent over 40 years of his bearing witness to the impact of humans on the planet. In 2020 he was awarded a Royal Photographic Society Honorary Fellowship and 2022 honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award by the World Photography Organization.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
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As part of our Season of Sculpture, our co-headline Winter exhibition, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Boundless takes a retrospective look at the career and achievements of artistic collaborators and life partners Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Boundless introduces visitors to the couple’s seminal projects, ranging from their early collaborations to monumental masterpieces, among them Wrapped Coast in Australia (1968/69), Surrounded Islands (1983) in Miami/Florida, The Pont Neuf Wrapped in Paris (1985), The Umbrellas (1991), installed simultaneously in Japan and the USA, The Gates in Central Park, New York City (2005) and The Floating Piers at Lake Iseo in Italy (2016).
It also includes the perspective of The Mastaba project in Abu Dhabi. This exhibition is the last to ever be signed off by Christo before his death and is divided into ten thematic chapters.
The exhibition reveals a story of love and artistic collaboration between Christo and Jeanne-Claude. It celebrates their synergy and profound connection, contextualised alongside their artistic contemporaries, including Jean Dubuffet, Yves Klein, and Lucio Fontana.
Boundless unveils a vivid narrative of passionate determination, highlighting the couple’s refusal to be confined by traditional norms and how this distinctive approach, fuelled their creative vision and shaped their artistic journey.
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ADMISSION
Saatchi Gallery Members: Free Entry.
General Admission: £16
Concession* £10
Family** £38
Children under 6 years: Free entry when accompanied by an adult ticket holder.
*Students, Seniors 65+, or children 6-16 yrs. Valid proof of status must be presented upon entry if requested.
**2 adults & 2 children under the age of 18
Free Access for Carers
A carer accompanying a ticketholder with accessibility needs will be admitted free alongside the ticketholder. Both parties should enquire with staff upon arrival.
SAATCHI LATES MEMBERS ONLY BOOKING LINK
Saatchi Gallery Members are invited to explore our Season of Sculpture, including co-headline exhibitions Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Boundless and If Not Now, When? until 9pm.
1 December – MEMBER RSVP LINK, BOOK HERE
19 January – MEMBER RSVP LINK, BOOK HERE