The Bookery Gallerie is a repository of mainly nonfiction secondhand books, embedded within a vibrant gallery space
The Bookery Gallerie is a repository of mainly nonfiction secondhand books, embedded within a vibrant gallery space
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The Bookery Gallerie is a repository of mainly nonfiction secondhand books, embedded within a vibrant gallery space
The Bookery Gallerie is a repository of mainly nonfiction secondhand books, embedded within a vibrant gallery space
The Bookery, wishes to invite you to come along to our exciting new exhibition.
The Opening and Private view of:
The Graphic Novels of Mary Talbot
10th of June 2022
6.30-9.30pm
and
'A Evening with the Talbots.'
A talk and Q&A with refreshment.
11th of June 7.30-9pm
This evening will be dedicated to the ongoing collaboration of two creative minds, combining the expansive reach of Dr Mary Talbot's writings and the brilliance of Bryan's graphic storytelling. Together they have co-created thought- provoking graphic works that combine novels, memoir and historical biography such as Dotter of her Father's Eye's, Sally Heathcote, Suffragette, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia and Rain.
This evening will be hosted by Mark Stafford and Aaron Barschak.
Exhibition runs from the 11th of June till the 8th of July 2022.
A fascinated events looking at the author and illustrators practices around storytelling with Mary Bryan Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Alwyn Talbot.
The Bookery Gallerie is delighted to present an exhibition about the works of Dr Mary Talbot, an academic who has turned into a graphic novelist, writing in collaboration with artists Bryan Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Alwyn Talbot, some of whose work is on display. Her novels have ventured into memoir and biography, firstly contrasting her own younger life with that of the daughter of James Joyce, Lucia, in the Costa award winning work Dotter of her Father’s Eyes with art by husband Bryan. Then on to the life of Sally Heathcote, Suffragette’ which explored the travails of Sally, a composite character caught up in the birth throes of feminist activism in the Edwardian era, with amazing detail and powerful energies racing throughout, this time brought to life by Kate Charlesworth's expressive ink. With The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia, Mary drives home the strength of one woman, Louise Michel. Set in 1871, the year of the Paris Commune, it was a time of revolution and ruin richly evoked by Bryan's two-colour art. Then Mary and Bryan co-created their latest, but not last novel Rain, with its environmental and climate issues under discussion weaving in and out of the expressive and changing landscape vistas Bryan created to accompany Mary’s words. Aside from the novels, Mary has collaborated on shorter pieces. She stepped into the world of SF with Kate Charlesworth with their contribution to IDP2043 and created a short strip with son Alwyn Talbot for Cross: A Political Satire Anthology. She has also worked again with Bryan on ‘Make Germany Pay!’ in Traces of the Great War and with both Kate and Bryan for Here I Stand, an Amnesty International anthology.
Enjoy the show.
'SHAMANS TURNED MASQUERADERS'
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHIARA CONTRINO
EXHIBITION ON FROM 21ST APRIL - now on till the 8TH May 2022
Finissage evening for Chiara Contrino 8th of May 2022, 6.30-9.30PM
We at the Bookery, would to invite you to come along to the last evening of Chiara Contrino's fascinating exhibition, with reception and to talk to the artist too. Her book is now on sale, which shows photographs from the exhibition.
It will also be the last chance to see the amazing video footage of carnivals and festival by the renowned anthropologies Giovanni Kezich too, which runs long side Contrino's Photograph's.
Chiara is fascinated by the events and practices around folklore which she has found flourishing in many parts of Europe over the last decades, the strength of these tradition which has seen out the hostility of the ottoman empire, the church and communist regimes.
LAUNCH EVENT: ALTER US PUBLICATION / NOT THE END OF US Date: Thursday 5th of May 18 – 22hrs Publication Description: Alter Us is an emergent London-based multidisciplinary collective that attempts to question and offer solutions regarding our contemporary context. The collective’s concerns relate to the challenges we encounter in a world impacted by humanity including sustainability; dis/connection; individualism, capitalism and inequality; and the relationship between nature and new technologies. The collective aimed to find solutions to face the Anthropocene. To counteract contemporary arts practice, where the individual ego of the artist prevails; the name “Alter Us” was selected to highlight the ego of the collective over the individual ego. The collective was founded on November 2018 as a non-hierarchical organisation without rules. It has worked almost as a social experiment, to understand social dynamic’s flow. There was no entry requirement to belong in Alter Us, rather than wanting to participate. Monthly meetings have been held since. After the pandemic hit on 2020, meetings changed to an online format. The collective has organised talks, panels, exhibitions, performances, online events among others. This publication is the last Alter Us project which compilates all the activities organised together. Rather than an ‘end’ this publication comes across as a ‘long goodbye’ which seeks to open new collaboration opportunities. Read more about Alter Us: https://www.terechad.com/alter-us Tickets: As the publication is being funded by the artists of the collective, the group would like to sell drinks and the publication during the event to recover the money invested. Of course, that the earnings would be shared with the venue. (The venue will get the 15% of the sales / Eventbrite fee needs to be considered) EARLY BIRD: - £7 Publication + complimentary drink - £4 complimentary drink SALES ON THE EVENT: - £10 Publication - £5 Drinks (tokens for complimentary drink) *People can attend to the event without pre-booking tickets Itinerary: 18 – 22hrs - 18:00 – 18:30: Reception - 18:30 – 18:45: Opening speech (Alter Us member) - 19:45 – 19:00: Break - 19:00 – 19:30: Teresa Paiva performance (performance format tbc early April) - 19:30 – 20:00: Break - 20:00 – 20:15: Closing speech (external review/ tbc) - 20:15 – 22:00: Drinks & socialising
'SHAMANS TURNED MASQUERADERS'
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHIARA CONTRINO
EXHIBITION ON FROM 21ST APRIL - 5TH MAY
Finissage evening for Chiara Contrino 8th of May 2022, 6.30-9.30PM
The Bookery Gallerie presents the Magic and rituals of Bulgarian and Romanian folkloric festivals through the art of photographs by Italian born, London based artist Chiara Contrino, in her solo exhibition.
Chiara is fascinated by the events and practices around folklore which she has found flourishing in many parts of Europe over the last decades, the strength of these tradition which has seen out the hostility of the ottoman empire, the church and communist regimes.
Chiara has had the great privilege of being allowed to be present, witness and to have documented the intriguing and fascinating photographs exploring the costumes which feature in her work, from frightening masks to heavy bronze cowbells worn by the performer, which create deafening noise in the villages to chase out evil spirits with performances of auspicious fertility rituals in exchange. These practices can be traced back to the agrarian cults in the ancient Rome and even further to primordial shamanic religion.
The photos presented in this exhibition are part of Chiara's work in progress on the winter traditions of carnivals, which she hopes to resume when the pandemic will allow travelling more freely.
This exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue of the photos with introduction by Giovanni Kezich one of the world's leading experts on this subject, whose fascinating research , 'Carnival King of Europe' has been a great inspiration for Chiara's work.Giovanni will be giving a lecture at the exhibition opening night.
Chiara studied painting and photography in Perugia, Italy, graduating in Fine Arts before moving to the U.K. in 1995.
Believing that photography can be a very effective way of capturing the incredible variety of the world as well of expressing her own thoughts and emotions, in her work she seeks to reach a balance between documenting and interpreting reality. In so many occasions photography has been for her a kind of passport, a great tool for exploring reality and for entering in contact with others.
In the year 2000 Chiara started photographing Gipsy horse fairs in Great Britain and Ireland, where English Romani and Irish Travellers, against all the odds, are keeping alive their traditional culture of horse breeding and horse dealing.
Since 2005 Chiara has been working with the community of Tamils here in London, just on her doorstep. Chiara documented rituals, traditions and life stories of the Sri Lankan refugees. This work resulted in several exhibitions and a photo-book, “Voices of the Diaspora”.
Chiara also has been an in-house photographer at the Camden People Theatre and at the art space and ' The Shunt Lounge', London.
In recent years she has been exploring winter festivals and masquerades in Eastern Europe, interested in folklore, popular customs and religious rituals, has prompted her to travel to several European countries, perhaps in search of something she feel is missing in the modern world.
Chiara's latest project, presented in this exhibition at the Bookery Gallerie, is the returned to her favourite media, black and white film, which also allows her to do her own printing in the darkroom.
I also would like to thank support of Firak di Bello, visual and performing artist, for his brilliant ideas, time and advice.
Bookery Gallerie is tonight holding a Finissage for the final evenings event for Paul's solo exhibition.
‘A Spaceship for the Imagination’.
Paul Friedlander is an extraordinary explorer of light and form stretching the boundaries of mathematical equations and bending them into colour and light, by pushing waves into a mastery of other worldly shapes and etherial figures.
You will be transported into a realm of calculations transformed into visual landscapes and undulating forms of Friedlander’s acrylic light artworks.
Along with the static pieces, there is a dancing kinetic coloured light waves sculpture, at the back of the gallery, so preparer to be amazed.
There are also multi-media screens, sequencing through Friedlander’s collection of around 20,000 photographs and videos documenting earlier work. Where the physics mind collaborating with the artistic, brings together the hypnotic through to the exquisite. We do hope you enjoy the journey.
Paul Friedlander was raised in Cambridge on a diet of relativity, cosmology and contemporary art.
One time aspiring cosmologist and interstellar propulsion expert, inspired by kinetic art and psychedelics, he metamorphosed into stage lighting designer, scientific artist and light sculptor.
His work has been shown on four continents and more than twenty countries.
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