An art tourist in Peckham
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- Blenheim Grove, Peckham.
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- Timur Si-Qin at The Sunday Painter
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- Tyra Tingleff at the Sunday Painter
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- Cinema 6, by Arcadia Missa.
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- Nick Jeffrey solo show at Hanna Barry Gallery, ground floor.
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- Nick Jeffrey, On the heap, 2011-2013. Ink, acrylic, oil, pigment, spray paint, bleach on linen, 180 x 160 cm.
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- Nick Jeffrey, Untitled (Roy Orbison), 2012-2014. Ink, acrylic, acetate, fabric, spraypaint, pigment on polyester, 170 x 170 cm.
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- James Blamforth, Internal reasons, 2012. Aluminium, steel, 29 x 42 x 17 cm.
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- James Blamforth, Do not tighten (5/5), Engrave bronze, 22 carat gold, 6 x 2 cm.
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- James Blamforth, Load bearning point, 2012. Steel and concrete, 66 x 58 x 58 cm.
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- Hanna Barry gallery, first floor.
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- James Blamforth, We don’t have drawings we think and build, 2010. Welded steel I-Beams with hand painted lettering, 98 x 195 x 10 cm.
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- James Blamforth, We don’t have drawings we think and build, 2010. Welded steel I-Beams with hand painted lettering, 98 x 195 x 10 cm.
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- Bold Tendencies, gate.
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- Bold tendencies, view.
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- Bold tendencies, roof top.
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- Bold tendencies, roof top.
Yesterday Conceptual Fine Arts spent the afternoon visiting galleries in Peckham, London, with our friend architecture critic and lecturer Lucy Bullivant. Our Foursquare’s list will come soon, in the meantime here are a few first impressions.
Even before going there, what you immediately notice is that this area is perfectly communicated. With a comprehensive web site plus an app for smart-phones and a specific paper map at his disposal, the visitor arrives to Peckham well informed; moving around is easy. We had only three hours to spend there, which have been just enough to visit The Sunday Painter, the new Rod Barton‘s space, Arcadia Missa (that was closed) and the wide two floors Hannah Barry‘s gallery, a fascinating former meat warehouse, with a pleasant natural light on the first floor and a great open area on the ground. Barry kindly welcomed us and showed us Bold Tendencies‘ place, now empty and close to the public. Here we also visited the “vertical” studio of sculptor James Blamforth and the building’s amazing rooftop.
The time at our disposal was of course too short to understand such a fascinating area, and to figure out what are the energies that are attracting a lot of new galleries to open here. Overall, we had a good feeling, and the rumors we heard about the fast growing prices of the real estate seem definitely credible also considering how many young people you do see around. To make a comparison, Peckham is not yet as developed as the area south-east of the New Museum, in New York, but it probably won’t take too long before this London hotspot will reach its New York competitor.
July 18, 2015
