RE:CENTRE PRESS RELEASE - 'CHOOSE YOUR HERO'

‘CHOOSE YOUR HERO’ OPENS AT RE:CENTRE, HAMMERSMITH
PRESS RELEASE: 19TH SEPTEMBER

Re:Centre Present ‘Choose Your Hero’ Exhibition
Private View: Thursday 4th October 6.30 - 8.30pm
Address: Re:Centre, Thames Wharf, Rainville Road, London W6 9HA
Photocall: Thursday 4th October 4.30 - 5.30pm
Exhibition runs until 17th October 2018, 11am - 5pm daily

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Timothy Gatenby, Sabrina Rowan Hamilton, Jo Holland,
Harriet Hoult, Emma Johansen, Ru Knox, Stephanie Mill, Fleur van der Minne,
Rita de Sa, Simon Stephenson, James Vaulkhard

CURATOR: Ben Moore

In the communal Riverside studio at Re:Centre, Hammersmith, nine London based artists have been given the chance to step out of their traditional modes of working, and enter a reflective and inspiring space to reconnect to themselves, to others and to their creative practice.

Each three month residency culminates in a two week long exhibition at Re:Centre’s 4000 square feet event space.
The first exhibition titled ‘Choose Your Hero’ is based on the theme of The Hero’s Journey (Joseph Campbell) and is curated by public art curator Ben Moore.

‘Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.’ Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

‘Choose your Hero’ opens with a private view on 4th October 6.30 - 8.30 pm at Re:Centre. Following the private view the exhibition is open to the pubic (admission free) 11 am - 5 pm daily until 17th October.

Selected works by each of the nine artists will go on display across billboard space at Regent’s Park from 24 September for four weeks supported by Art Below.
25% of the proceeds go towards developing Special Yoga at Re:Centre which aims to support and facilitate the practice of yoga for children and adults with special needs. --

ENDS

PRESS INFORMATION:

To attend the photocall please contact:
Beck Moreno
E: beck@rbkmarketing.co.uk
T: 07879334308

For interview requests and high resolution images please contact:
Beck Moreno
E: beck@rbkmarketing.co.uk
T: 07879334308

For sales Enquiries please contact:
Fleur van der Minne
E: artsales@recentre.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

Exhibiting Artists:Timothy Gatenby, Sabrina Rowan Hamilton, Jo Holland,
Harriet Hoult, Emma Johansen, Ru Knox, Stephanie Mill, Fleur van der Minne,
Rita de Sa, Simon Stephenson, James Vaulkhard www.artbelow.org.uk/artists/chooseyourhero

RE:CENTRE

Re:Centre is a new concept opening on the Thames Path where visitors can find a sanctuary of rest and reflection – a space to connect to ourselves and others in an authentic and balanced way. In this fast-paced and action-oriented world, it is here we are able to find a connection to ourselves, and to our innate inner creative flow. The space will comprise a main event space, a rentable workshop space, an artist programme, a café, yoga studio, treatment rooms and a rest area.

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ART BELOW
Art Below is a London based public art enterprise. With a wide range of international artists and its various campaigns in cities worldwide, the organization has an important position within the movement of contemporary art in public space. Art Below uses billboard space in underground stations to display artworks in London and overseas. The group has nurtured an international community of artistic talent and has displayed the works of over 3,000 artists in London, Tokyo, Berlin, New Orleans and Los Angeles.

www.artbelow.org.uk

BEN MOORE

Ben Moore, Founder of Art Below, has had over 12 years experience working with artists, museums, charities and arts organisations, initiating and managing partnerships to deliver new public arts projects. In 2006 he founded public arts organisation Art Below. He has produced and curated public exhibitions in London, Tokyo, Berlin, and Los Angeles working with high profile international and British artists including Turner Prize Winners and Royal Academicians. Recent projects and exhibitions curated by Moore include 'Art Wars', 'Stations of the Cross' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Moore_(curator)

Special Yoga
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THE HERO'S JOURNEY

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This masterfully crafted book interweaves conversations between Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, filmmaker David Kennard, Doors drummer John Densmore, psychiatric pioneer Stanislov Grof, Nobel laureate Roger Guillemen, and others. Campbell reflects on subjects ranging from the origins and functions of myth, the role of the artist, and the need for ritual to the ordeals of love and romance. With poetry and humor, Campbell recounts his own quest and conveys the excitement of his lifelong exploration of our mythic traditions, what he called “the one great story of mankind.”