Exhibitions
RSVP Exhibition tours to Streets of Growth Headquarters, Marsh Wall, London
November 9th 2018 until 14th December
As part of this relocation we are organised an
Small sized works sold anonymously for £50
RSVP is an exhibition that brings together a group of artists who engaged with the CWND artists’ residency in 2017. The Canary Wharf New District residency (CWND) was established by Andrea Coltman in 2016 and is a pioneering artist led residency, it being the first (and only) annual opportunity of this type within the Canary Wharf estate. The residency itself is housed deep within the construction site of the Wood Wharf ‘New District’ development to the east of the estate. Over the course of the summer the residency artists are encouraged to explore the nature of the site by developing a critical dialogue between their diverse practices and the unique environment of one of the world’s major financial districts that surrounds them. During the 2017 residency there were a range of visiting artists invited in to facilitate seminars, lectures and workshops, there were official site tours and even a visit to the top of the iconic tower at One Canada Square, the defining symbol of the London Docklands project.
Deptford is an appropriate venue for this exhibition, from here the buildings of the Docklands on the Isle of Dogs seem to be both very near and paradoxically very far away due to their close proximity to Deptford ‘as the crow flies’ but decisively separated by the fast-flowing waters of the river Thames. This sense of being both physically near and yet mentally far away from the site is the most obvious common thread in the experience of the artists during the residency, their position as artists affords them the privileged position of being unclassifiable outsiders embedded deep inside a community populated by easily classified ‘insiders’ ranging from the office workers in their business suits, construction workers in hard hats and hi-vis vests, uniformed retail workers, street cleaners and day tripping tourists. Their residency artist status afforded them official approval to move freely within this archetypal 21st century space (health and safety permitting!) and so with the luxury of time they have been free to observe, think, look and talk much like a 19th century flâneur or flâneuse.
The practical results presented here are as diverse and exciting as the artists themselves. Some explore the psychogeographic implications of this intensely controlled environment others have responded to the unseen or overlooked peripheral elements whilst some have revelled in the formalism inherent in the geometry of glass and steel structures and the unique way riparian light is reflected off these surfaces. Despite the various nature of these responses they are all unified by the quality of the collaborations initiated during the residency and, as is clear from the work in this exhibition, it is an ongoing and vital dialogue that will continue to feed and enrich their practices in the future.
In October 2018 we were given a double opportunity to show resolved work from the artists involved in CWND residency 2017.
Open Daily from
12th October - 6th November 2018
Artists:
Andrea Coltman, Jane Pickersgill
and Fiona G. Roberts
Community Gallery Window
Jubilee Walk
Canada Place
Canary Wharf
Devised and run by artist Andrea Coltman, the CWND Artist Residency offers a rare opportunity for professional artists to respond to Canary Wharf interrogating the multifaceted nature of the Estate.
Due to its unique location based at Wood Wharf Construction Site, the residency presents new opportunities and exciting challenges.
Now in its third edition, the residency reflects the symbiotic community relationship between professional artists and Canary Wharf Contractors.
The work showing has been developed over a 12 month period and will run in conjunction with an exhibition, entitled R.S.V.P, no format Gallery, Deptford, SE8 5JB, from 17-28th October 2018.
. Simon Brewster .
. Andrea Coltman .
. Samuel L. Herbert .
. Rita Isaac .
www. ritaisaac.com
. Ian Monroe .
. Carolyn Morris .
www. carolynmorris.co.uk
. Ventia Nevill .
. Amy Peace Buzzard .
www. amypeacebuzzard.com
. Jane Pickersgill .
www. janepickersgill.com
. Fiona G. Roberts .
https://fionagroberts.wordpress.com
. Monique Wan.
https://moniquewan830.wixsite.com/moniquewebfolio3
. Yuting Wang .
http://anntywang01.wixsite.com/artyuting
R.S.V.P
Streets of Growth Headquarters, 30 Marsh Wall, London E14 9TP
Curated by Andrea Coltman
Art Fundraiser
Friday 7th December 2018
R.S.V.P
no format Gallery, Arch 29, Rolt Street, Deptford, SE8 5JB
Curated by Andrea Coltman
17th - 28th October 2018
13.00 - 18.00pm Daily
Opening Event 18th October
Join us for a drink* and chat with the artists:
18.00 - 21.00pm
Panel Discussion 20th October
14.00-16.00pm
FOLLOWED BY DRINKS*
Chair:
Ian Monroe
Panel:
Rebecca Byrne, Andrea Coltman, Liz Elton, Samuel L Herbert
Informal discussion centred around:
"Working with Limited Resources"
Closing Event Sunday 28th October
Please join us for an informal:
Artist Talk and Tour of the show
14.00-16.00pm
FOLLOWED BY DRINKS*
This show has been sponsored by Canary Wharf Contractors Limited (CWCL).
*We are raising money for Streets of Growth through a donation bar at all the above events
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
June 2019
Ideas Store, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5RB
October 2019
TBC Exhibition and events with CWND 2018 Artists