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Nicholas James
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VISITING DOMOBAAL with NICHOLAS JAMES
by Nicholas James
2009-06-22
Felicity Powell to 25th July DOMOBAAL 3 JOHN STREET LONDON WC1N 2ES T +44 20 7242 9604 Open: Thursday to Saturday 12 to 6 pm and by appointment. Free
Strange fruit at Domobaal, a private gallery in a 17th century mansion in John Street WC1, with an exhibition of beautiful wax bas-reliefs by Felicity Powell. In 2000 the artist was the Winner of the Millennium Medal competition organised by The Royal Mint and The British Art Medal Society. She recently curated 'Medals of Dishonour' with Philip... [more]
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The Wolseley Café and Restaurant
by Nicholas James
Posted
6/19/09
The Wolesley 160 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EB020 7499 6996http://www.thewolseley.com Monday to Friday 7.00am to midnight,Saturday 8.00am to midnight and Sunday 8.00am to 11.00pm
I recently dropped into the Wolesley Restaurant in Piccadilly for tea and stayed over two hours (my chatty acquaintance!). We enjoyed afternoon tea at £19.75, presented on an ornate stand, with several levels of pastries and finger sandwiches. Originally built in 1921 as a prestigious showroom for Wolesley cars, the renovated... [more]
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Littlewhitehead plays Dog at Gimpel Fils
by Nicholas James
littlewhitehead at Gimpel Fils Gallery
May 28th, 2009 - July 4th, 2009
Posted
6/19/09
What is it with emerging artists? They love to take a walk on the dark side, and an atmosphere of lurking danger and death is tangible in a crop of current installations. Not that I dislike them, the morbid sets are often more like a scary movie, and there’s a tongue in cheek quality that retains a lighter touch. Downstairs at Gimpel Fils I found an installation by the duo littlewhitehead (Craig Little and Blake Whitehead b.1965); littlewhitehead have recently exhibited in Bloomberg... [more]
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Thomas Schütte: United Enemies at Faggionato Fine Art
by Nicholas James
Thomas Schütte at Faggionato Fine Art
May 8th, 2009 - July 8th, 2009
Posted
6/19/09
We know Thomas Schütte, the Düsseldorf based artist, from his colourful glass sculpture, ‘Model for a Hotel’, that has occupied the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square (soon to be colonised by Antony Gormley’s constant changing appearance of citizen performers). Schütte is a polymath, with an immensely varied portfolio ranging from iconic figure sculptures to architectural models, ceramics and graphic pieces. His work is at once disturbing, repellent and hugely entertaining... [more]
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OTHER CRITERIA
by Nicholas James
Posted
4/10/09
Other Criteria 14 Hinde StreetLondon W1U 3BGTel: +44 (0)207 935 5550
https://www.othercriteria.com
Fashionable art, tart, imaginative and unpredictable: opened at the beginning of February the new branch of Damien Hirst’s shop: Other Criteria, stocks an eclectic collection of artefacts, accessories, books and T-shirts. Some finely produced titles to browse, such as newly published, The Mug, a compendium of working notes and images of creations by Sarah Lucas and Olivier Garbay. There is a vol... [more]
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JOHN RIDDY: LOW RELIEF Photographs of London
by Nicholas James
John Riddy at Frith Street Gallery
March 13th, 2009 - May 1st, 2009
Posted
4/10/09
‘I hope that we occasionally can see them; the solid constructions that surround us, that we can defeat our expectations and leave behind the pessimism that says all worlds will look and feel the same.’ -John Riddy
The fourth exhibition of photographs by John Riddy takes a deceptively subdued look at the London landscape. Riddy makes a quiet journey around the urban sprawl recording a wide range of subjects from council estates to institutions such as the Bank of England, w... [more]
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ISA GENZKEN 'OPEN SESAME' at The Whitechapel Art Gallery
by Nicholas James
Isa Genzken at Whitechapel Gallery
April 5th, 2009 - June 21st, 2009
Posted
4/10/09
A turbulent voice of new German sculpture launches the brilliantly expanded Whitechapel Art Gallery, re-opened to an eager audience in April. It's a kind of split identity exhibition that assaults the senses and kicks into the imagination. A graduate of the Berlin and Dusseldorf academies in the 1970s Genzken's sculptural playground bears the hallmarks of Professor Joseph Beuys, in her direct acknowledgement of raw material, concrete, aluminium plates and epoxy resin moulds, trans... [more]
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Mark Wallinger curates The Russian Linesman
by Nicholas James
Vija Celmins, Thomas Demand, Albrecht Durer, Bruce Nauman, Giuseppe Penone, Fred Sandback at Hayward Gallery
February 18th, 2009 - May 4th, 2009
Posted
2/27/09
Coming from a bright spring day on the South Bank where weekend visitors enjoy the street performers and living statues, and ride the fun fair carousel, the mood of light hearted reverie is echoed by Mark Wallinger’s idiosyncratic collection. Entitled The Russian Linesman from a notorious 1966 football match decision, the show draws on disparate sources ranging from Albrecht Dűrer to Fred Sandback, from a three millennia old Sphinx to fearful unedited news footage of the recent ci... [more]
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Village Soho Café Bar
by Nicholas James
Posted
2/27/09
Village Soho Café Bar
81` Wardour Street London W1D 6QD
Tel: 020 7434 2124
Leicester Square
A really popular destination for Soho visitors; drinks around £2 (that's good value for the area). Entertainment includes live cabaret during the week, a great DJ on Friday nights and go-go dancers on Saturday. Mix with the lively crowd for a definite mood boost.
--Nicholas James
(*Image: Village, Soho, W1, photo by Ewan-M.) [more]
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Gerhard Richter Portraits
by Nicholas James
Gerhard Richter at National Portrait Gallery
February 26th, 2009 - May 31st, 2009
Posted
2/26/09
‘The most perfect picture' Gerhard Richter, the great and elusive German artist, described his choice in the early ‘60s to use found snapshots as the primary source for his neo-realist paintings. Born in Dresden, East Germany in 1932 Richter began his career as a social realist mural artist under the communist regime, escaping to the West in 1961 just before the Berlin Wall went up. A student at the Düsseldorf Academy under Professor Joseph Beuys, Richter connected with avant... [more]
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93 Feet East
by Nicholas James
Posted
1/25/09
93 Feet East(Eclectic British Bar) 150 Bricklane London E1 6QL 020 7247 3293 info@93feeteast.co.uk www.93feeteast.co.uk
Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East
93 Feet East is a lively venue in the heart of Spitalfields. Open seven days a week with live music and club events. There’s a pink bar, DJ and a dance platform, or use the benches outside for conversation.
--Nicholas James
(*Image, 93 Feet East, Pink Bar.) [more]
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Between Painting and Sculpture
by Nicholas James
Ruth Root at Maureen Paley
January 15th, 2009 - February 22nd, 2009
Posted
1/25/09
Located in a narrow side street amidst light industrial premises near Bethnal Green, leading gallerist Maureen Paley has established an impressive art site with two levels of beautifully judged exhibition spaces. Here she works with significant mid and younger generation artists including Hamish Fulton, Paul Noble, Wolfgang Tillmans and Gillian Wearing. The current exhibitor, Ruth Root (b. Chicago 1967, graduated Brown University, Rhode Island, and the Art Institute of Chica... [more]
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A Fairy Tale of New York
by Nicholas James
Dan Colen at Gagosian Gallery - Davies Street
December 18th, 2008 - February 7th, 2009
Posted
1/25/09
An encounter with Dan Colen's new work at Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street, was strange to say the least. An attendant opened the large glass door to an elegant exhibition space with only one work presented for view. The effect of emptiness was immediate and disorienting and attention wandered to find anchor points; a white chair, a small stack of booklets on a plinth, and back to the painting to absorb its suggestive impact. Colen's two-part exhibition has run since November with an... [more]
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