It is quite something to have your third professional exhibition before your 19th birthday, but this was what 18-year-old Imogen Davis is celebrating this week, her startling black-and-white photographs having their first north London display thanks to a new art venue: The Haggerston Tearoom. Posing for publicity shots amid the tables and cakes, Imogen […]
A Hackney arts centre ran exclusively by practicing artists and musicians, for artists and musicians who have, or have had, severe and enduring mental health issues, will be showcasing their work this Friday, 9 November in Homerton. Featured will be works of St Martins graduate and emerging Sophie O’Neill, whose work borders figurative portrait painting, […]
Long before the big hair and glam-rock make-up, T-Rex’s front man Marc Bolan was a fresh faced 15 year old Mark Feld of Stamford Hill, who hung out with his friends at the local amusement arcade. Stamford Hill Mods – The Genesis of Marc Bolan will tell the story of early modernist culture, fashion […]
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
Urban, gritty and daring, Behold and Believe perfectly reflects the contemporary metropolitan landscape that it both depicts and takes place in the midst of. On display at minimalistic east London gallery The Vyner Studio between Saturday February 25th and Thursday March 1st, the exhibition, showcasing a mixed media fusion of photography, video art and installation […]
Dazed and Confused photographer Amy Gwatkin, has spent two years taking pictures of naked men with bags over their heads. She says: “I felt that after two years I’d become disgusted and exhausted with nudity, sex, sexuality, exhibitionism and all that.” She has now delved further into her past to consider the embryonic beginnings of […]
Nine Hackney Based Photographers over 1 Weekend Friday 6.30-9.30pm Saturday & Sunday 11.00-6.00pm www.bradburysgallery.co.uk
click photo to enlarge Platform One at Hackney Downs station has been transformed to a reading room and art exhibition area available to residents, visitors and passengers. The contemporary art space brings back into use empty units on the railway platform and includes a programme of exhibitions, events and performance. The reading room holds a […]
Photographs by Martin Lau Soundtrack by Cos Chapman and Isnaj Dui 14th-24th October 2010 The Hermit and The Sleeping Beast comprises the first two installments of the ongoing series The Menagerie. I have been fascinated by industrial vehicles such as the ones featured here for as long as I can remember. They are undoubtedly impressive […]
8th October – 27th November In this exhibition, words and images gathered over the last year tell the story of Chatsworth Road. This high street, filled almost exclusively with independent shops, is a rarity in modern Britain. Shops like ‘Chatsworth Tyre Service’ and the butcher ‘Mighty Meats’ have been run by the same family for […]
