Take a closer look at 'The Gardener's Bar', a site specific artwork built by Tamara Henderson for her exhibition 'Green in the Grooves' 🌿
This piece is a glass-house, situated in our Artist's Studio. Visitors are invited to step inside and discover the many artworks, objects and pieces that are housed in it.
Visit us today to see 'The Gardener's Bar' for yourself.
Tues-Sun: 11am-6pm
Thursdays: 11am-9pm
Free entry ✨
Join us this Thursday for the opening of our upcoming exhibitions:
Tamara Henderson
Green in the Grooves 🪱
Marina Xenofontos
Public Domain 🚪
Free entry, all are welcome. RSVP via the link in our bio 💫
Tamara Henderson's 'Green in the Grooves' opens next week 🌱🪱
Watch the trailer for Henderson's new film commission which will be on show in our galleries.
Join us for the private view next Thursday from 6.30pm. Free, all are welcome 💫
Thanks to everyone who came to Garden Nights with City Flowers 🏵️
Curated by Ollie Olanipekun, the evening featured a bespoke group performance from Joviale, Laura Groves, Fabiana Palladino and Camelia, and a special performance by Lord Tusk who debuted The Orion Syndicate. City Flowers is about passing it forward: connecting established artists with up-and-coming artists from non-traditional backgrounds to democratise access into the art world.
We are looking forward to more from City Flowers in our 2024 programme! Watch this space ✨
Only two weeks left to see 💥
Martin Wong, Malicious Mischief closes on 17 September 🎱
The exhibition and this Artist Film explore Wong's personal history with the euphoric environments of San Francisco, Eureka (California); a dilapidated New York City; and the East and West Coast Chinatowns. The film explores Wong's relation to these places, and how his art encompasses depictions of social, sexual and political scenographies.
You can watch the full film by visiting the link in our bio.
Visit us to see the exhibition before it closes. Free entry, all are welcome✨
One month left to see Martin Wong, 'Malicious Mischief' at Camden Art Centre 🎱
In this artist film, curators Krist Gruijthuijsen, Agustin Pérez Rubio and Martin Clark (Camden Art Centre Director), discuss the repeating motif of language and signs.
Closing on September 17, visit us soon before it's too late ✨
Plan your visit: https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/martin-wong?elevation=Featured
The androgynous figure portrayed in the photo, titled 'NM11', is from Atiéna R. Kilfa's collection of mannequins, predominantly fabricated in the 1980s and casted after existing people in response to social concerns the time. The image is shot using a high-definition camera, and highlights a CGI-like plasticity which, put in contrast with the fly next to the mannequin's eye, questions both obsolescence and decomposition. The title of the work refers to the catalogue number of the mannequin from its manufacturers at the time.
Kilfa speaks about this photograph and its place within the exhibition as a whole in her Artist Film. You can watch the full film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laX-7svy1Zo&t=153s 🎥
Visit us this weekend to see 'The Unhomely', open until 28 May
In her Artist Film, Atiéna R. Kilfa talks us through the different components of artworks that build up her exhibition.
The floorboards, built especially for 'The Unhomely', were designed to emulate the video's narrative. Visitors are invited to walk on the creaking floorboards in this interactive artwork.
You can watch the full artist film On Demand, visit the link in our bio to find out more.
We are open this weekend, visit us from 11am-6pm. Camden Art Centre's exhibitions are free and open to all 🎟️
Visit us this weekend✨
Mohammed Sami's 'The Point 0' was featured on Frieze's top 5 shows to see in March. Take a trip to Camden Art Centre this weekend to see the critically acclaimed exhibition yourself.
In his Artist Film, Sami talks about the process behind painting his large works. You can watch the full film On Demand, our website or our youtube channel.
Visit the link in our bio to book your free timed entry slot.
Last chance! It's the final week to submit your application for New Contemporaries 2023 Programme✨
Internationally renowned artists Helen Cammock, Sunil Gupta and Heather Phillipson will select the artists for the 2023 exhibition. Check out the New Contemporaries website (newcontemporaries.org.uk) for eligibility information and application guidelines. Submit your work before 20th Feb.
Being selected for the 2023 Programme includes:
🖌️ Your work included as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023 exhibitions;
🖌️ Participating in New Contemporaries Bridget Riley Artists’ Development Programme;
🖌️ Contributing to NC's Digital Programme;
🖌️ Being eligible, as #NCalumni, for Studio Bursaries, Residencies, Fellowships, Scholarships and other opportunities
🖌️ Becoming part of a network of other participating artists and previous alumni that spans over 70+ years
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Design by Ashley Kinnard
#newcontemps #BNC23 #emergingartists #opencall #callforartists
Join us this Thursday for the opening of our new exhibitions, Mohammed Sami, 'The Point 0' and Atiéna R. Kilfa, 'The Unhomely'.
Free, all are welcome from 6.30pm ✨
Please RSVP via the link in our bio.
Ahead of his exhibition at Camden Art Centre, Mohammed Sami opened the doors to his studio to talk about his artistic process and how memories inform his paintings.
'The Point 0' opens on Friday 27 January at Camden Art Centre.
Join us for the Private View of this exhibition on 26 January from 6.30pm, all are welcome ✨
RSVP here: http://ow.ly/IL0j50MsNhm
Film produced by Jared Schiller.
Submissions for the New Contemporaries' 2023 Programme are now open !
Check out the New Contemporaries website for eligibility information and application guidelines. Submit your work before 2pm, 20th Feb.
Being selected for the 2023 Programme includes:
✨ Your work included as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023 exhibitions;
✨ Participating in New Contemporaries Bridget Riley Artists’ Development Programme;
✨ Contributing to NC's Digital Programme;
✨ Being eligible, as #NCalumni, for Studio Bursaries, Residencies, Fellowships, Scholarships and other opportunities
✨ Becoming part of a network of other participating artists and previous alumni that spans over 70+ years
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Design by Ashley Kinnard
#newcontemps #BNC23 #emergingartists #opencall #callforartists
Bess is often mistakenly identified as an ‘outsider’ artist, as he lived in relative isolation and his radical beliefs and ideas alienated him from the mainstreams of contemporary art and society. However, his work was presented in a series of solo exhibitions during his lifetime at Betty Parsons Gallery, arguably the nexus of the mid-century New York art world.
Despite this, he remained largely misunderstood by his peers and public, becoming increasingly isolated in later life due to his persistent focus on what might now be considered esoteric, non-normative and/or queer systems of thought and knowledge.
Watch the rest of the Artist's Film on Forrest Bess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS7UrBmbfG4
In their artist film, Dani and Sheilah ReStack reflect on their spaital proximity to Forrest Bess, and his status as a 'Queer Hero'.
They also discuss the position of the 'artist' in society, and how artists ultimately connect to everyone and everything. This ties into how collaborating as artists feels for them both, leading to these connections and ties to other people and artists.
You can view the rest of the film on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zabUTrB7o
"Framed in beaten, weathered driftwood, Forrest Bess’s paintings might almost have been found washed up on the shore one bleak morning after a storm. This weather-beaten aesthetic pervades ‘Out of the Blue’, Camden Art Centre’s retrospective of more than 40 works by Bess produced between the 1940s and ‘70s, thanks to the artist’s ability to play with texture, cracking and scratching abstract shapes. Thick drops of acrylic make you want to reach out and run your fingers over their surfaces to discern Bess’s visions through touch, not just sight".
Read Vaishna Surjid's review of 'Out of the Blue' on Frieze's pick of the best exhibitions to see in the UK: https://www.frieze.com/article/frieze-new-writers-UK-shows-2022
Our latest Artist Film with Dani and Sheilah ReStack is now available to watch 📺
The film dives into the creative processes and artistic influences that the ReStack's drew on when forming their exhibition 'Cuts in the Day'. Taking the viewer around the works in the exhibition, the film gives us an insight into connections the Restacks have formed with Forrest Bess through the medium of water and how their work was collaboratively created.
Watch our latest Artist Film to see Martin Clark, Director of Camden Art Centre, talk about 'Out of the Blue' an exhibition of the works of Forrest Bess 📹
The film gives viewers an insight into Bess's life, living in a shack in Texas, and his experiences within the contemporary art world. The film also explores Bess' 'Thesis' and the archival material on show throughout the gallery spaces.
This film was produced by Jared Schiller on the occasion of 'Out of the Blue', an exhibition of the works of Forrest Bess at Camden Art Centre, 2022.
Visit our website to book your free entry slot and to see the exhibition for yourself :
https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/forrest-bess?elevation=Headline
We are looking forward to announcing the Emerging Prize at Frieze on Wednesday. To Celebrate, we are reflecting on the inagural Emerging Prize winner Wong Ping and his exhibition at Camden Art Centre in 2019.
In this film, you can get a behind-the-scenes look at 'Heart Digger', Wong Ping's exhibition, where he created digital and sculptural works that revealed human, often universal fantasies, through absurd narratives.
Other winners of the prize include Julien Crezeut, who exhibited at Camden Art Centre in 2021/22 and Tenant of Culture, who recently exhibited in 2022.
Credits to:
Edouard Malingue Gallery
Soft Opening Gallery
High Art Paris
📣 CALLING ALL YOUNG ARTISTS 📣
Led by artists, this free weekly workshop gives you the chance to develop your own skills alongside getting an insight into the wider creative industry.
Transformative Futures at Camden Art Centre is a space to make, discuss and explore art. No experience is necessary and refreshments are included. Sign up to our Saturday sessions today.
