'God's in the Living Room'
13th - 20th September 2019
Private View: 13th September 7 - 9pm
'God's in the Living Room' is a show born from dreams, an exploration of the subconscious through symbols, archetypes and magic. Using drawing and painting Arizona Smith creates snapshots of the psyche, the everyday connection to the divine and the pain and joy of being alive. 'Rooms and furniture are important in my work as they are in my life, they are filled with meaning, they are energy just like everything else - on a physics level. I have played with giving ordinary things emotional qualities which has reminded me of my childhood, where everything was magical and simple patterns in rugs or fabric could be totally transporting.'
Arizona Smith is a self taught artist also training to be a transpersonal psychotherapist,
Arizona Smith is a self taught artist also training to be a transpersonal psychotherapist,
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21st - 27th September 2019
Private View: 20th September 7 - 9pm
reframe edit: is Monica’s first ever solo exhibition showcasing her latest work of ‘Photo-graphic Montages’ - alongside her life drawing, plein air paintings and instagram photography - all of which have inspired and influenced this new body of work.
Monica teaches Drawing & Painting classes & Saturday short courses at the Islington Arts Factory.
Monica teaches Drawing & Painting classes & Saturday short courses at the Islington Arts Factory.
Martin Church
An exhibition of reproductions, digital prints and real media
4 - 18th October 2019
'My current practice is to draw on an iPhone to make digital prints or use coloured biros on blank postcards. The work is figurative but tends to be expressionistic. Most of the images are made whilst commuting on the Metropolitan Line tube and labeled with a date and time.
In the café gallery there are 39 digital prints in date order. I would draw each time over the previous session’s work modifying or obliterating. This is something which cannot be done with traditional media so easily.
The main gallery at IAF is huge and I was motivated to make two large grids in an attempt to exploit that unique space. The first piece (Sea) is a grid of 25 frames; a square turned on its end to create a diamond shape four metres high. This is a composition made by printing three different images on the same sheet separately, using an obsolete dot matrix printer. The second piece comprises of 100 white frames containing reproductions of the biro sketches again hung in sequence to form a time line. Around the perimeter are 44 dated photographs in black frames. These are family snaps from the 1950’s cropped to make little portraits: a reference to my late mother.'
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In the café gallery there are 39 digital prints in date order. I would draw each time over the previous session’s work modifying or obliterating. This is something which cannot be done with traditional media so easily.
The main gallery at IAF is huge and I was motivated to make two large grids in an attempt to exploit that unique space. The first piece (Sea) is a grid of 25 frames; a square turned on its end to create a diamond shape four metres high. This is a composition made by printing three different images on the same sheet separately, using an obsolete dot matrix printer. The second piece comprises of 100 white frames containing reproductions of the biro sketches again hung in sequence to form a time line. Around the perimeter are 44 dated photographs in black frames. These are family snaps from the 1950’s cropped to make little portraits: a reference to my late mother.'
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Intermissus Academy
1st Annual Show
1st - 15th November 2019
Private View: 1st November 7 -9pm
'Artists have been selected by our small team of artist-led curators. We like the way our artists see the world and make some sense of its wild unknowing nature. Our international gathering exhibitors are from UK, Italy, Spain, South Africa, USA.
Some of our artists are gathering quite a profile, for example featuring in vogue, or supported by well known art critics, and some of our artists are teachers and mentors, and others simply don't know how good they are. One of our artists deceased in 2017 and is now represented by his son. Many of our artists are completely unknown and operate outside of mainstream art society. We sincerely hope you like and appreciate their work, and thank you in advance if you put these dates in your diary and visit the show.'
Some of our artists are gathering quite a profile, for example featuring in vogue, or supported by well known art critics, and some of our artists are teachers and mentors, and others simply don't know how good they are. One of our artists deceased in 2017 and is now represented by his son. Many of our artists are completely unknown and operate outside of mainstream art society. We sincerely hope you like and appreciate their work, and thank you in advance if you put these dates in your diary and visit the show.'