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"Underground Maps" by Maxwell Roberts

Had Harry Beck, the creator of the original iconic Tube Map, been a psychologist at the University of Essex then this exhibition shows the range of work he would have created. Maxwell Roberts has pushed the boundaries of the diagrammatic mapping from the rules set by tools of the trade at the time, a draughting board with a T-square and 45% set-square, and change the rules not just by angles but by lines being curved and also wavy.

David Hall "End Piece..."

16 March - 22 April 2012
Venue: Ambika P3 Galleries - University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS
nearest underground Baker Street (op Mme Tussaud)

The Passing of Keith New and A disappearing culture

A student, lecturer, and Fellow at The Royal College of Art and Committee member and friend to the RCA Society.

Kim James

The RCA Society were sad to hear of the death of Kim James... Kim took an active part in the Society and was a dynamic “judge” in the RCA Society and Thames & Hudson Art Book Prize (2002). That year he also had a retrospective exhibition at St Mattews Church in Bethnal Green where he had completed his first commission in 1960

Kim James FRSA MA (RCA) Msc Phd.  Born Wollaston Northants 31st July 1928 Died Northampton Hospital 16th July 2011.

Güler Ateş - "No Past Is Mine..."

No Past Is Mine, No Future: Look at Me
An exhibition and installation by Güler Ateş
1- 26 September - Leighton House, Kensington.

Lord Frederic Leighton's former home and studio is an example of Victorian opulence, fashionable exoticism, and the industrial dynamic of 19th Century trading. It is a reminder of the British Empire's ability to absorb outside influences, manufacture them as its own, then export and capitalise upon them world-wide. An environment which underlines a history of universal hegemony and cultural hybrids.

From Floor to Sky Exhibition • Private View

As expected the exhibition ‘From Floor to Sky’ curated by Peter Kardia attracted huge interest at its opening night at P3 Ambika Galleries in London. The gallery was packed with hundreds of visitors including artists, students, and lecturers of all ages. The large turnout was a significant response to what is a signifying exhibition.

Thames Gateway Forum, 3 - 4 November 2009

This year's Forum took place at the Indigo2 (aka The Dome) - a move away from it's original venue at the spacy and impressive Dockland's Excel Centre. The squeeze into a new environment was almost reflective of the financial squeeze of the 'world banking crisis' has brought up us. Not that anyone would admit as much. In acclimatizing to the reduced size and attendance at the show the forum took on a more intimate and human ethos than the "flash corporate land grabbing money grubbing" approach seen in previous years.

Countdown to the Fourth Plinth

Ken Livingstone, when Mayor of London, not only looked at Trafalgar Square and transformed it into a unique pedestrianised (pigeon-free) area he took the opportunity to engineer into it an invaluable role for the vacant plinth. It became the location for specially commissioned, though temporary, artworks, where each year artists are specially invited to submit proposals for works to be located on the plinth. There is something very refreshing about maintaining a space for change. It's very 'emptiness' has significance - in itself it could be an art work expressing potentiality...

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David Sherriff

Take off your clothes... leave them on a work table with other discarded clothes... slip on some temporary covering... let the imagination take flight... Come back in an hour... Have a glass of wine... chat with disrobed friends... collect your transformed clothes... take to the catwalk... have photos taken... appear in ‘Vague’.

Interested... Take part in CUT

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Architects O'Donnell + Tuomey appointed to design new photography gallery in London

The international design team, O’Donnell + Tuomey, has been selected to design and build the new home for London’s “Photographers’ Gallery”. Sheila O’Donnell, a graduate of the RCA School of Architecture (1978 – 1980) and her partner John Tuomey have built up an international reputation for cultural and educational projects and produce spectacular buildings that enhance visitors’ experiences while expanding the language of modernism. The Gallery will be located at 16 – 18 Ramillies Street - just off Oxford Street, in the heart of London’s Soho district.

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