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12th October 2009 |
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With the Royal Mail on the verge of a national strike and the postal system grinding to a halt we wanted to bring you some cheerful news about our delivery service. While we can't claim to be completely strike proof, so far we have a 100% success rate and all orders have been delivered safe and sound. So any order placed this week, before the national strike comes into force, should reach you without any problem. For the duration of any national postal strike we will guarantee the delivery of all orders over the value of £350 by using alternative door to door couriers while maintaining our existing delivery charges. Awarded the Judges Award in the Exeter Contemporary Open in 2008 and selected for exhibition at the Royal West of England "Through the Lens" group show, 2008, this week's show case of Jon Spencer's "Bandstands" are a beautiful re-presentation of the victorian recreational monument. |
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Jon SpencerBattersea Park Jon Spencer's fascination with bandstands stems from his interest in how history leaves visible traces through architecture. Described as "noble sentinels" watching over us, the bandstand is the focal point of the Victorian municipal parks. |
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Jon SpencerMyatt's Fields Often sited in the middle of these parks, with footpaths leading to them from all directions, the bandstands play host to society's changing uses for them, acting as silent witnesses to the layers of history that are slowly laid down. |
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Jon SpencerNottingham Using the octagonal symmetry of the structure, Jon creates eight images that emphasis the importance of the building within its environment. The ethereal nature of Jon's work gives a sense of the passage of time. Even as the people coming to visit change and as the seasons pass the bandstand remains constant, standing proud |
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We Recommend: Robert MapplethorpeOpening this week is an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's work "A Season in Hell". Famous for his controversial documentation of the gay scene in New York in the 1980's this show explores the scared and profane combining his still life with extreme sexual imagery. Perhaps not for the faint hearted nevertheless this exhibition is a rare opportunity to view the totality of Mapplethorpe's approach to image making. It runs from October 14th to November 21 at the Alison Jacques Gallery in London. |
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Artist News: Bill JacksonFeatured on Troika Editions last week, artist Bill Jackson has been selected for inclusion in two new shows both sides of the Atlantic. Three works from his current portrait project "Biographies" have been included in the annual London Independent Photographer's show, curated this year by Magda Keaney, Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery and Susanna Brown, Curator of Photography at the V & A. And from the same series; "The Man Who Shot Weegee" and "The Book Illuminator" have been selected by the photographer Mary Ellen Mark for the International Portrait Exhibition at The Center For Fine Art Photography in Colorado. |
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