Jake Clark will be in conversation with Jan Carlos Kucharek on Saturday 7th September 3pm, all welcome
An informal and fascinating insight into the memories and materials which inspired the artist’s new paintings
The Great Pulteney Street gallery website launches this month!
We were fortunate to enjoy a pop-up season at the gallery to celebrate our third birthday in May and April. The gallery is now launching as an exhibition space for hire, and we’re managing it for its initial period.
For those who haven’t been, it’s a beautiful Grade II listed building in the heart of Soho, with three newly refurbished great rooms, all with high ceilings, wooden floors, natural light and great flexibility around what kind of work can be exhibited there.
The gallery is owned by Soho Housing Association, a charity which exists to provide affordable housing in central London. All income from the association’s commercial properties is used to build and maintain affordable housing in the capital’s centre.
We’ve invited long-time collaborator Mary Yacoob to display some work in the gallery to show it off to its best advantage! If you’d like to visit the gallery, please get in touch. We also have a guest night on Wednesday 4th September 6-8pm when there’ll be an opportunity to see both the gallery and Mary Yacoob’s stunning drawings in a display entitled ‘Constellations’. All welcome.
Please contact Monika Bobinska on 07866063663 or info@gpsgallery.com for more information
Great Pulteney Street gallery, 36 Great Pulteney Street, London W1F 9NS www.gpsgallery.co.uk
Our summer show The Package Holiday: new paintings by Jake Clark opens Saturday 13 July 6-8pm
Diana Taylor will be in conversation with Rosalind Davis about the works in her solo exhibition Borrowed Time on Saturday 1st June at 3pm, all welcome
Rosalind Davis is a curator, artist, mentor and writer. Her most recent curatorial project was No Place Like Home at Arthouse Jersey (2023). She was the curator at Collyer Bristow Gallery London (2016-2020) and co-directed Zeitgeist Art Projects (2012-2015) and Core Gallery (2010-2012). She is co-author of What they didn't teach you at art school and lectures at universities, galleries and organisations across the world. She has exhibited widely, and her work is held in numerous public and private art collections, including Soho House.
The gallery is featured this week by Paul Carey-Kent in World of Fad
We celebrate our third birthday in April, with a solo show - Borrowed Time - by Diana Taylor, plus Stop - Repeat, a two-person exhibition by Jost Munster and Jacob Wolff, in 34 Great Pulteney Street in Soho. The season runs from 19 April - 31 May, opening on Thursday 18 April 6-8pm (please RSVP to confirm your attendance).
There will be an artist tour of Brutal Space with Mary Yacoob and William Stewart on the last day of the exhibition.
William Stewart is a PhD candidate in Human Geography at University College London. He researches the geopolitics of the International Space Station and explores the ways that the cosmic imaginary intersects with the politics of outer space. William is a cofounder of the Speculative Worlds Research Collective which focuses on speculative thinking and collaborative creative methods.
Sarah-Joy Ford will be in conversation with Veronica Slater on the final day of Ford’s exhibition HARE.
Veronica Slater is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brighton. Her work is currently featured in the Tate Britain survey Women in Revolt: Art, Activism and the Women’s Movement in the United Kingdom 1970-1990.
She is pictured with Sarah-Joy Ford here, in her persona as the Lady Anatomist.
Jacob Wolff will be at the gallery on Thursday 31st August 7-9pm for a last view of his exhibition and a chance to chat informally to the artist, all welcome
Would you be interested in attending a different kind of private view? A ‘quiet view’ free from clamour and noise, with a calm and restful atmosphere?
On the final day of the exhibition, the artist invites you to join her as she reflects on the works in the show. This seated event, with accompanying refreshments, will present an alternative view of the work, focusing on speech rather than action.
As with previous tours, there will be opportunity to handle/wear the works, but for this event only, we are offering you the chance to have your portrait taken wearing the work.
This event and the portrait are FREE and we can assist with transport costs. Please let us know how best to make coming to the gallery possible and comfortable for you, whether it’s about transport, disability access or anything else.
Join artist Nicola Dale to develop a performance using the works in ‘Head On’.
Nicola has made a series of sculptures that invite the viewer in. They may be placed on the head, or hang off it. They may contain more than one occupant. They may be held up, mulled over, turned whichever way up or differently placed.
This is an invitation to artists, performers, improvisers and experimenters to develop a performance using the different shapes, moods and colours of the sculptures as a jumping off point. What can we come up with as a group?
Contact the gallery for more info and to book a place - 0786 606 3663/info@bbnrgallery.com
Join artist Nicola Dale for a performative tour of ‘Head On’ focusing on movement and sound.
Nicola has made a series of sculptures that invite the viewer in. They may be placed on the head, or hang off it. They may contain more than one occupant. They may be held up, mulled over, turned whichever way up or differently placed.
Each sculpture has a different shape, colour and mood. What kinds of sound and movement do these headpieces encourage? Will we move as a group or in isolation? Make a pleasant choir? Or a terrible racket?
This tour is for anyone who enjoys experimenting with words, tones, sounds and related movements .
Contact the gallery to book a place and for more information - 0786 606 3663/info@bbnrgallery.com
Join artist Nicola Dale for a performative tour of ‘Head On’ focusing on pose and poise.
Nicola has made a series of sculptures that invite the viewer in. They may be placed on the head, or hang off it. They may contain more than one occupant. They may be held up, mulled over, turned whichever way up or differently placed.
Each sculpture presents a different shape, mood and colour – what kinds of poses do they invite? Can we work it out together?
This tour is for anyone who enjoys experimenting with balance, stillness and form.
Contact the gallery to book a place and for more information 0786 606 3663/info@bbnrgallery.com
We’re delighted that Nicola Dale’s forthcoming exhibition Head On has received Arts Council of England funding
Cherry Smyth presents a poetry salon, featuring a fantastic array of voices, both new and established, plus film and performance.
Our third Saturday afternoon salon is a relaxed music-based session with John Hegley, accompanied by Eleanor Moreton on violin. Eleanor Moreton’s painting Somewhere in Europe 1912 can be viewed in our current exhibition Generator, which accompanies our season of fundraising salons for civilians in Ukraine
The salon runs from 4-6pm, doors open 3.30pm, entry by £10 donation, cash or card on the door (cash preferred), all welcome
We kick off the Generator season with the ever-popular poet, musician and comic John Hegley & his band, plus Ukrainian bandura duo Dvi Doli ! The salon runs from 4-6pm, donations £10 on the door (cash preferred), book a place on info@bbnrgallery.com or turn up on the door
An enormous yes is Exhibition of the Week in The Guardian.
Thanks to Jonathan Jones!
Frances Richardson will be in the gallery to chat informally to visitors on Saturday 8th (2-5pm and Saturday 22nd October (2-6pm)
North Devon Artist Residency presents Incomers and Insiders, a collaboration between NDAR (which is run by Bobinska Brownlee), Bay View Gallery in Combe Martin and Studio KIND in Braunton.
The exhibition runs from 23 August - 4 September, with a launch event on Thursday 25 August 5-8pm (all welcome), with over 20 artists taking part. We even have a piece by Damien Hirst, who was based in Combe Martin for a number of years!
North Devon Artist Residency was founded by Monika Bobinska and Barbara Brownlee in 2018, and has welcomed artists from the UK, USA, Norway and Korea, including David Leapman (co-curator of Bed at BBNR), Rhiannon Inman-Simpson (A heavy tether at BBNR) and Mary Yacoob (solo show at BBNR in November 2023).
Bay View Gallery | Borough Road | Combe Martin EX34 0AN
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12 - 6pm