Press release
(Un)Done
50 Celebration Avenue, Stratford, London E20
13 October – 12 November
Thursday – Sunday 12:00 – 18:00
Private View: 12 October 18:00 – 21:00
(Un)done is an exciting group exhibition that introduces the work of recent MAFA 2023 graduates from Central Saint Martins. This eclectic cohort includes ALON, Charles Nyiha, David Koh, Duong Thuy Nguyen, Ellie Day, Gabriela Schultz, Haige Wu, Irum Rahat, Keer Zhang, Paula Parole, Paula Zvane, Rabiya Nagi, Rayya Khuri, Rianti Gautama, Vesper Alexander, Wen Shuyu, Yasmin Teniola Idris, and Zhenzhen Ma, who present a dynamic fusion of cultural perspectives from both within and outside the UK.
Coming together two years ago, these artists embarked on a creative journey marked by a fearless exploration of materials and concepts. Their collective pursuit has resulted in a diverse and thought-provoking body of work, encompassing paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, videos, installations, and live performances.
Delving beneath the surface, these emerging artists navigate themes that are as diverse as their backgrounds. They delve into the realms of memory, cultural identity, the female perspective, corporal disability, and urban decay. Their art engages in a dialogue that spans snatched conversations, the blurring of reality and wearable sculptures, the aesthetics of violence, environmental concerns, urbanization, spirituality in both human and non-human forms, and the facets of modern life. Together, these creations weave a captivating narrative.
This extraordinary exhibition will be hosted within the unconventional setting of a former supermarket in Stratford, generously supported by Hypha Studios, a champion of positive social impact and change within local communities, harnessing the potential of vacant properties.
Curated by the talented duo of Gabby Zhong, currently pursuing her MA in Culture, Criticism, and Curation at Central Saint Martins, and Hyunah Kim, who is pursuing her MFA Curating at Goldsmiths, (Un)Done promises to be an intriguing experience.
For further details and inquiries, please contact:
Rabiya Nagi
e: rabiya_nagi@yahoo.co.uk.
m: 07771740785
OST
THOMAS ALLISON • RIHANATA BIGEY • DAWN CODEX • COMPOUND 13 LAB • IAN DAWSON • ESI ESHUN • DARBY HERMAN • JOSEPH IJOYEMI • LENNON MHISHI • LOUISA MINKIN • RABIYA NAGI • ADANMA NWANKWO • CHARLES NYIHA • DESERAE TAILFEATHERS
PREVIEW / PERFORMANCES: Friday 29th September, 6 - 8pm
OPEN: Friday 29th & Saturday 30th September, 12 - 6pm
VENUE: OPENing, 11 Angel Court, Moorgate, London EC2R 7HB
Promo Image by @Charlesnyiha
Reflectance Transformation Imaging makes visible the timespace of the erased and overlooked. We are haunted in this old underground bank at the heart of the City of London by hOSTs of ghOSTs. The building is a shell holding itself up by memory, being prepared for regeneration. Lost rivers echo in the basement. Traces of past occupation point to the future, divining by acronym: Open Source Threat, Outer Space Treaty, Observed Survival Time. For the past year we have been working and talking, thinking about material culture, cultural capital, power and estrangement. We’ve visited with entities in museum stores, jumped time zones and calibrated calendars to make connections. We present here actions, images, sounds and objects. On Second Thoughts... Original Sound Track...
OST is a project developed by participants in the Prisoners of Love project. Prisoners of Love: Affect, containment and alternative futures [funded by the AHRC GCRF project Imagining Futures] aims to connect UK museum collection items with their trans-national home peoples and bring emerging artists from diasporic communities in the UK, curators and researchers into conversation, to work responsively with complex histories and material practices, opening out extra-institutional art and archival practices in the form of artwork, story and theory.
