19 – 22 September 2008

An exhibition of works by 20 artists & designers in the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall.

Private View: 18 September 6.30 – 9.30pm
Exhibition Dates: 19 – 22 September 2008
Opening Times: 19 – 21 September 11.00 – 18.00, 22 September 12.00 – 21.00

Participating artists & designers:
Alex Bettler, BDP Sound + Light, Chelsey Browne, John Cake, Margaret Calvert, Michael Czerwinski, Simon Donald, Joel Dunmore, Rosy Greaves, Kay Harwood, Tomas Klassnik, Lee Maelzer, Paulo Munn, Darren Neave, Delphine Perrot, Lucienne Roberts, Amanprit Sandhu, Sinta Tantra, Chris Turrell, Melanie Watkins and Ben Youngman.

Getting There:
By Underground or rail: Liverpool Street or Old Street stations (10 min walk from either).
By Bus: Routes 5, 22A, 35, 47, 48, 55, 67, 78, 149, 242 and 245 stop nearby.

For further information visit:
http://nothingworks2008.blogspot.com

Dan Hays Roderick Harris Marc Hulson Peter Lloyd Lewis

Garden of the Sleep of Love is an exhibition featuring work that investigates ideas of the sublime, artificiality, beauty, mortality and the grotesque in relation to painting.

Through a variety of mediums four artists present works that explore these concepts in terms of contemporary phenomena including the media, digital imagery, rock concerts and horror movies.

Taken from the series Colorado Impressions, Dan Hays’ work utilises digital photographic imagery sourced from the internet as a basis for painting.

Roderick Harris presents a series of works which focus on and refigure images taken from a Michael Jackson concert.

Marc Hulson’s work sites itself at the edge of figuration, exploring the imaginary through both representation and abstraction.

Beginning with painting, Peter Lloyd Lewis uses digital manipulation to blur the relationship between painting, object and photography.

Five Years Gallery
Regent Studios
8 Andrews Road
Unit 66
E8 4QN
http://www.fiveyears-unit66.blogspot.com/

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