September 2018 - Women Constructed, Swiss Cottage Gallery - various
Susan Allix, Prunella Clough, Linda Heywood, Phillippa James, Tess Jaray, Charlotte Jennings, Edwina Leapman, Jeannie Masoero and Valerie Thornton
Women Constructed presents 9 female artists from the Camden Collection, all of whom look at line, abstraction, grids and construction as central themes in their work. This show profiles traditionally thought masculine artworks in an attempt to start a conversation around the idea that women are a construct of patriarchal society.
Most importantly this is an exhibition that examines the amount of women in art collections and aims to question how we can better diversify and re-examine which works get collected and how archives can help define eras in a more representative manner.
Women Constructed presents 9 female artists from the Camden Collection, all of whom look at line, abstraction, grids and construction as central themes in their work. This show profiles traditionally thought masculine artworks in an attempt to start a conversation around the idea that women are a construct of patriarchal society.
Most importantly this is an exhibition that examines the amount of women in art collections and aims to question how we can better diversify and re-examine which works get collected and how archives can help define eras in a more representative manner.
April 2018 - Citizen, Swiss Cottage Gallery - John Ros and Tash Kahn
Citizen was co-curated with Rosie Van Mierlo at Swiss Cottage Gallery.
A collaborative exhibition by UK artist Tash Kahn and hosting US artist John Ros Citizen see both artists respond to the themes of Camden VOX (Camden Council's 2018 annual programme celebrating the 100th anniversary of some women in the UK getting the vote), exploring ideas of community, ethics, and why people do what they do.
Tash Kahn is interested in the differences and character of each of Camden’s voting wards. How have things changed over the years? Has history left its mark or have areas changed beyond recognition? Do today's inhabitants use the area differently to their predecessors? Using these questions as starting points she has travelled to each of the borough’s 18 wards, taking Polaroids, collecting ‘finds’ and recording local sounds in an effort to find answers.
Ros has looked back at the history of voting districts throughout the borough, considering how they influence our identities as citizens. How does each new boundary shape our identity? Ros has researched several spaces and times within the current boundaries of the borough, looking at voting trends since women have been given the right to vote. In doing so, he has marked out visual representations of the area questioning: What is a boundary? What is citizenry? How does one affect the other?
I am interested in the differences and character of each ward. Are they overtly noticeable? How has history left its mark? How has the area changed over the years? How do the inhabitants ‘inhabit’ the new, constantly changing space?
- Tash Kahn
The right to vote has not always been a guarantee. Looking back at voting districts and previous boundaries and maps of the London Borough of Camden, I develop sketches of space through time. The resulting visual representations ask deeper questions like: What is boundary? What is citizenry? How does one affect the other?
- John Ros
A collaborative exhibition by UK artist Tash Kahn and hosting US artist John Ros Citizen see both artists respond to the themes of Camden VOX (Camden Council's 2018 annual programme celebrating the 100th anniversary of some women in the UK getting the vote), exploring ideas of community, ethics, and why people do what they do.
Tash Kahn is interested in the differences and character of each of Camden’s voting wards. How have things changed over the years? Has history left its mark or have areas changed beyond recognition? Do today's inhabitants use the area differently to their predecessors? Using these questions as starting points she has travelled to each of the borough’s 18 wards, taking Polaroids, collecting ‘finds’ and recording local sounds in an effort to find answers.
Ros has looked back at the history of voting districts throughout the borough, considering how they influence our identities as citizens. How does each new boundary shape our identity? Ros has researched several spaces and times within the current boundaries of the borough, looking at voting trends since women have been given the right to vote. In doing so, he has marked out visual representations of the area questioning: What is a boundary? What is citizenry? How does one affect the other?
I am interested in the differences and character of each ward. Are they overtly noticeable? How has history left its mark? How has the area changed over the years? How do the inhabitants ‘inhabit’ the new, constantly changing space?
- Tash Kahn
The right to vote has not always been a guarantee. Looking back at voting districts and previous boundaries and maps of the London Borough of Camden, I develop sketches of space through time. The resulting visual representations ask deeper questions like: What is boundary? What is citizenry? How does one affect the other?
- John Ros
February 2018 - While we belong to ourselves, a little bit of us belongs to everyone, Swiss Cottage Gallery - Caitlin Griffiths
Following a period of research with a diverse group of experts, including a clairvoyant, a writer, an impressionist, a cognitive anthropologist, a community psychologist, a neuroscientist and a tulpamancer, artist Caitlin Griffiths presents her new exhibition: While we belong to ourselves, a little bit of us belongs to everyone. Drawing from their knowledge and experience this exhibition investigates how we build our identities, navigate our wellbeing and relate to other people. A number of key themes are threaded throughout the work, as the artist explores the areas of romantic love, connection and healing.
Using performance, installation, photography and film, as well as text-based media, the artist exposes how our identity formation comes into being through a complex arrangement of social, emotional, cultural and political formations and asks if an increased understanding of how we build our identities can have a positive impact our well-being.
Caitlin worked with: Andrew Lightheart, Andrew Lancaster, Carrie Kirkpatrick, Dr Daniel Fulton, Firiro, Grant Gillespie, Dr Nina Browne and Dr Samuel Veissière.
Using performance, installation, photography and film, as well as text-based media, the artist exposes how our identity formation comes into being through a complex arrangement of social, emotional, cultural and political formations and asks if an increased understanding of how we build our identities can have a positive impact our well-being.
Caitlin worked with: Andrew Lightheart, Andrew Lancaster, Carrie Kirkpatrick, Dr Daniel Fulton, Firiro, Grant Gillespie, Dr Nina Browne and Dr Samuel Veissière.
