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THE CLOSED DOORS
UCL Drama Society present The Closed Doors- By Pauline Albarnese A Performance The Closed Doors, a book of sixty pages, is a play written by Pauline Albanese. It was published in 2015. The poetic quality of it has some people shelved The Closed Doors as poetry as its genre as well in the Goodreads website. It recounts the story of Hades and Persephone, two deities from Greek mythology, which are commonly known as a pair of god and goddess who…
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The Renaissance Nude: Leonardo, Titian, Bronzoni
Join London Drawing for a fabulous afternoon of theatrical life drawing as they collaborate with artist John Close to explore the classical and the modern, the idealised and the aging, the transformative and exquisite beauty of the Renaissance body. Draw from performers and theatrical sets inspired by the block buster exhibition at the Royal Academy- The Renaissance Nude, all set against the spectacular interiors of St Pancras church in Euston. London Drawing will be creating sets based on Bronzino’s Venus Cupid…
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The Body Exquisite – Shibari Life Drawing Salons
Let London Drawing take you by the hand into the fabulously atmospheric chambers of The Crypt Gallery for a candle lit life drawing session of sensuality and physicality with the brilliant Anatomie Studio In Japanese, “Shibari” simply means “to tie”. The contemporary meaning of Shibari describes an ancient Japanese artistic form of rope bondage. Shibari style rigging creates geometric patterns and shapes with rope that contrast beautifully with the human body’s natural shapes. The aesthetic arrangement of ropes and knots on the…
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Fantastic Properties
14-16 June Open: Fri-Sat 11-7pm Sun 11-4pm Private View 13 June “Fantastic Properties” will be a multi-media show where each member of the collective explores his or her response to the exhibition space as a place where personal and collective histories collide. Our experimental engagement with materials leads to unexpected outcomes. Unit 303 is a London collective of twelve artists working across painting, sculpture, film, performance and installation. Formed in 2018 and associated with the ‘Contemporary practice’ advanced course at City Lit, our work deals in known and…
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Substrata
Open: 21-25 June 12-7pm Private View: 20 June 6-9pm Substratum in British noun plural -strata (-ˈstrɑːtə, -ˈstreɪtə) Any layer or stratum lying underneath another, a basis or foundation; groundwork, the non-living material on which an animal or plant grows or lives Geology – the solid rock underlying soils, gravels, etc; bedrock, the surface to which a fixed organism is attached Sociology – any of several subdivisions or grades within a stratum Photography- a binding layer by which an emulsion is made to…
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Sustainable Architecture: an Immersive Exhibition
Opening times: 29 June -2 July 11am – 9pm Opening night: Friday 28 June 7pm – 9pm An exhibition of students’ work from the Centre for Alternative Technology, one of the most forward-looking and innovative higher education institutions in the UK. Explore architecture that is rooted in sustainable design, within an installation that blurs spatial boundaries. Situated in the crypts of a Georgian church, we examine what part of architecture must also be buried for us to move forward into a…
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Break Blow Burn
9-13 July 2019 Opening times: Tuesday to Friday 12-6pm Saturday – 10-6pm Private View Thurs 6-9pm 2019 exhibition of artworks by students from the City Lit Sculpture Course #breakblowburn
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Beating the Bounds
17-19 July 17 July: 1pm – 7pm / Private View 5pm til 7pm 18 July: 3pm – 7pm 19 July: 12-7pm 20 July: 12-5pm Private View: 17 July 5 -7pm Beating the Bounds is a group exhibition of Central Saint Martins graduates, staff and students exploring the theme of boundaries, barriers and thresholds in Kings Cross and further afield. The Parish of Old St Pancras contains the Kings Cross redevelopment and Argent’s1 67-acre private estate. The act of local people beating the…
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RUBENS- A DRAWING THEATRE EPIC
Saturday 20 July 1-5pm £35 All materials included More info and booking Prepare for an unforgettable afternoon of lush sensuality and visual drama as London Drawing and artist and art history fan John Close explore the Baroque drama in the art of the fabulous Rubens for you to draw. Be inspired by dramatic set ups and expressive models based on Ruben’s epic paintings in one of the most atmospheric spaces in London- and prepare to leave your average life drawing…
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ASYLUM II: RETURN TO THE CRYPT
26-28 July 12-6pm daily Admission free Private View: 25 July 5-9pm The Asylum Gallery promotes and shows the most exciting and inspiring contemporary artists, championing the up and coming the undiscovered and the already established making it one of the most eagerly awaited shows on the art calendar. Artists line up and more info
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