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Brainwashing Machine
Londoners, Prepare to Be Brainwashed 9 – 22 September Open daily: 10.30-13.00 14.00-17.00 22nd Sep 10.00-13.00 The “Brainwashing Machine” is coming to London. The highly anticipated Madrid exhibition, which explores propaganda techniques using contemporary Russia as a case study, will open on September 8 at The Crypt Gallery. Renowned artists from around the world will engage in the ‘brainwashing’ of visitors through a variety of mediums, including painting, graphics, embroidery, ceramics, installation, animation, and digital art. Visitors will enter a giant ‘washing…
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LABYRINTH OF ALCHEMISED HONEY
September 24 -29 OPENING EVENT: PRIVATE VIEWING FRIDAY 27 SEPT, 6pm-9pm Community Ritual Ceremony (6pm-6.45pm) Honey Mead, ceremonial cacao, apothecary tinctures & BYO PERFORMANCE & ART NIGHT: SATURDAY 28: Orryelle performs with voice (inc throat singing) and violin (through loops and FX pedals), butoh dance More info to come… Honey Mead, ceremonial cacao, apothecary tinctures & BYO Labyrinth of Alchemised Honey: is an invitation to step into a world of hand-crafted, soul-sculpted Art, myth, poetry and magic created by MELISSA…
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RITUALS AND RELIQUARIES: Francesca Hummler
September 30 – October 6 Open Daily from 11 am – 6 pm Private View for UC Alumni: 3 October, 6 – 9 pm Private View Tickets here Public Opening: 4 October, 6 – 9 pm “Rituals and Reliquaries” is a solo show by London-based photographic artist and researcher Francesca Hummler, MA in Photography. Hosted in the evocative setting of the Crypt Gallery, the work engages with a crisis of faith initiated by the artist’s entry into adulthood. Raised in…
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CRYPTIC 42 – DAVID BEGBIE
8 – 16 October 2024 Opening times: Mon-Fri 10am – 5:30pm Sat 10am – 5pm Vernissage: Tuesday 8 October 6:30 – 8:30pm RSVP by 4 October 2024 to: rsvp@criscontinicontemporary.com CRYPTIC 42 is an exhibition that encapsulates 42 years of David Begbie’s creative journey, covering the period from 1982 to 2024. The show delves into a variety of themes, such as the duality of angel and demon present within every individual, the profound influence of primitive tribal art, and the…
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‘SEEING THRO’, NOT WITH THE EYE’ – AN EXHIBITION BY JAMES MABERLY
Opening Dates and Times: 19 – 23 October 202410am-6pm daily Private View Date and Time: 18 October 20246-9pm Was William Blake right? Can we see more than just what we see? Or is it a metaphor? How else do we see if not with the eye? With drawings, sculpture, illustrated poems, prints and woodcuts, James Maberly takes us on a journey through our own lives and the lives of those around us and asks three fundamental questions – do we…
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Two Ships Two Trees – Julian Wootton
26 October – 2 November 10am – 6pm Private View: 25 October For invitations please contact hocking.reid@gmail.com The themes of Julian’s work derive from the sense of impermanence and instability many of us now feel. As we once constructed grand edifices expressing the certainty of our cultural beliefs, temples, churches, vast factories and grand parliament buildings, Julian’s sculptures express ambiguity, uncertainty, even the foreboding that underly our lives. His influences from the art world are Surrealism and the work…
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The Elegance of Knots Nancy Reid Hocking
26 October – 2 November Open daily: 10 am to 6 pm Private View 25th October For invitations please contact hocking.reid@gmail.com Mystery and beauty are the central and common creative origins of art and mathematics. The complex mathematical field of Knot Theory yields some rather lovely imagery when interpreted through artist hands. Nancy Hocking uses aspects of the theory as an exacting tool to mine for the sensuous imagery of her drawings, photos and sculpture. Through knots and continuous deformation,…
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ENGINEERS CREATE
Opening Times: 7 – 16 November 2024 12-6pm Closed Sunday An exhibition of projects, research, models, sketches and objects by members of the Engineering Club, showing the creative things that building engineers (and some architects) do. More info on the Engineering Club here
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Unveiling Hidden Masterpieces – Nick Fraser Exhibition: Chapter 1
Unveiling Hidden Masterpieces – Nick Fraser Exhibition: Chapter 1 Opening Dates and Times: 21-23 November 2024 11am – 7pm Private View: 21 November 2024 5pm – 9pm Links: • RSVP for the Private View • Friday & Saturday Open View Tickets This rare and special event marks the first public unveiling Chapter one to Fraser’s vast collection, hidden away in East London for the last 30 years. Be among the first to witness never-before-seen original artworks, unveiled for the very first time.…
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The Black Dog: Crypt Residency November 2024 – Katie Marland
The Black Dog: Crypt Residency November 2024 – Katie Marland Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 November Open 2-4pm: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Open 12-5pm: Friday, Saturday Private view Thursday 28 6-9pm “No matter ‘ow dark a night it is, you can allus see the Dog because ‘e’s so much blacker” In British folklore, the Black Dog acts as a revenant: resurfacing again and again throughout our history. The Dog appears in many forms, categorised by folklorist Theo Brown as: The Barguest, a…
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