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Start Your Collection!1 August – 21 September 2008
Private View: Friday, 1st August 6:30-8:30
First Thursday August Reception: Thursday 7TH August 6-9 pm
First Thursday September Reception: Thursday 4TH September 6-9 pm
Location: Contemporary Art Projects, 20 Rivington St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3DU. Old Street exit 3
Gallery Hours: Monday – Sunday noon – 8pmWithout art collections, how would we understand our cultural roots and trace its development to
the present?While viewing great institutional collections of art by historic figures is educational and
inspirational, personally collecting artwork made by a contemporary artist in his/her formative
stage is infinitely more exciting and rewarding. In this annual gathering of highly collectible
artworks by over 100 emerging contemporary artists, Contemporary Art Projects invites you to
Start Your Collection!Artists inviting their work to be collected through this show include;
Alex Dewart, Alex Hudson, Alexander Adams, Alexander Heaton, Alice Peillon, Anka Dabrowska, Anna Dickerson, Anssi
Sojakka, Baron Gilvan, Ben Walker, Brian Cheeswright, Bruce Ingram, Carolyn Gowdy, Cathy Lomax, Celia Hempton,
Chris Humphreys, Claire Beale, Coral Churchill, Daisy Richardson, Dana Suckling, David Leapman, Debra Swann, Dilys
Finlay-Stephens, DJ Robert, Dominic Kennedy, Donna Irvine, Elinor Evans, Emily Jo Sargent, Facetk, Farah Syed, Fiona
Lumbers, Freya Douglas-Morris, Gabriel Tejada, Gavin Maughfling, Glauce Cerveira, Graham Carrick, Grant Foster,
Gregory Smart, Guocheng Chen, Hannah Brown, Hee Seon, Helen Melland, Hermione Carline, Hitoko Urago, Hogan
Brown, Hugh Gillan, Hugh Gilmour, Imogen Welch, Isabel Young, JA Nicholls, Jake Clark, James Faure Walker, James
Mcmeakin, Jane Gifford, Jane Ward, Jeni Snell, Jennifer Merrell, Jessica Wolfson, Jo Wilmot, Joceline Howe, John
Guest, John Holland, John Hooper, Joseph Richards, Julie Greenslade, Julie Umerle, Karl England, Katherine Russell,
Kevin Broughton & Fiona Birnie, Lara Viana , Lauren Foulkes, Lily Schroder, Linda Jane James, Lizi Sanchez, Louisa
Chambers, Lucie Winterson, Lucinda Oestreicher, Madeleine Hunter, Madeleine Strindberg, Majed Aslam, Mandy J
Hudson, Marie Mackay, Marisol Malatesta, Masashi Echigo, Matthew Stradling, Max Mulhern, Mia Taylor, Michael
Bartlett, Michele Fletcher, Natasha Kahn, Natasha Rydlewski, Nerys Mathias, Nicky Hodge, Nina Mangalanayagam, Paul
Butler, Paul Davis, Robin Dixon, Rosalind Davis, Rose Gibbs, Sarah Sparkes, Shi Chi Lin, Sophie Bedingham Smith,
Sumiko Seki, Tamara Dubnyckyj, Tarragon Smith, Tempy Osborne, Theo Kaccoufa, Tina Gibbard, Tomas Georgeson,
Veronica Slater, Yuco Ota, Yuki Snow, Zoe CrosseEducated at top international art colleges, many have won prestigious art prizes, and all form part
of the contemporary art matrix. This exhibition is an excellent opportunity to survey current
thought and new trends and see early stage development of a number of interesting, up-andcoming
artists.The exhibition takes the form of a dynamic mini-Art Fair and includes painting, watercolours,
drawings, photographs and sculptures. To aid collectors in starting or extending their private
collections of contemporary art, all artworks are priced up to £200 (framing may be extra).Gallery opening hours will be extended to 12 – 8 pm daily, including weekends, throughout the
exhibition. Works will be displayed on a rotating basis, and may be collected from the gallery at
the time of purchase. We will have an entire list of available works along with artist bios in the
gallery and on the comment website http://www.commentart.com. Please contact us for images of
works or other information.
20 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3DU
020 7739 1743 | 07799 776 016
info@caprojects.com | http://www.commentart.com
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Marina Giostra 3:41 pm on September 7, 2008 | #
Start your collection 2008 is an annual exhibition at Contemporary Art Projects Gallery whose aim is to show collectible artworks of budding artists to a wide audience composed by collectors and amateurs of contemporary art.
It is a real commitment taken by the gallery in order to encourage people to invest small amounts of money in contemporary art by creating or extending their own private collection. With this purpose all artworks have a maximum price of £200 and represent a good deal for those who intend to collect pieces of contemporary art and enjoy them daily at home.
At the first sight, the artworks exposed include drawings, watercolours, small paintings, installations, prints and photographs seem a crowded collection located on two floors but actually the installation follows a specific order whose purpose is to impress and capture the attention of the public. For example, I saw drawings close to paintings even if their colours didn’t match together and when the feelings they evoked were completely opposite. In other cases, photographs were hung next to watercolours because they were different in technique. This kind of installation allows a quick viewing of the entire exhibition with a great viewing pleasure.
As far as I am concerned I like paintings most and I have a strong preference for artists with skilled drawing ability. Firstly, I had a good impression of Hogan Brown’s paintings. They are quite small-sized canvas and the marked use of the black colour calls to my mind the feeling of fear and chilliness around the mysterious figures painted there. He effectively represents an atmosphere coming from a thriller movie where the time and the space appear surreal and kept aloft.
I would like also to consider Alexander Heaton’s paintings which are really mindful to details. His way to describe forests and figures dressed with the traditional costumes of alpine countries expresses a very good knowledge of the topic handled. It is as if he himself was present in the scene in order to catch every single light beam and shadow which strike the objects in question. He seems to be in charge of illustrating a book about folk tales whose features are steeped in a rarefied and melancholy atmosphere.
I can’t conclude this review without talking about the innovative and avant-garde technique used by Jane Ward. She puts the images together on the canvas as small pieces of various colours that actually look like detailed fragments of a world made of houses and landscapes captured by a satellite. Her collaged, digital images of idealised environments combined with elements taken from the nature, invite you to stand really close to observe carefully what is represented. Even though she doesn’t utilise paint on canvas in a conventional way, her style impressed me greatly.
While I’ve described the work of three artists I like, with over 100 artists participating, there is sure to be something interesting for everyone. For this reason, I recommend this exhibition as a good place to view and buy contemporary art. A score of artworks were sold in the first two days, giving evidence of the success of this concept. Hopefully, the exhibition will continue to be staged in coming years as the idea of showing affordable artworks with the aim to invite people to enjoy contemporary art is priceless.