‘CHOOSE YOUR HERO’ OPENS AT RE:CENTRE, HAMMERSMITH
PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
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
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
Harriet Hoult, Emma Johansen, Ru Knox, Stephanie Mill, Fleur van der Minne,
Rita de Sa, Simon Stephenson, James Vaulkhard
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’ is a group exhibition curated by Ben Moore at the communal Riverside studio at Re:Centre, Hammersmith.
Twelve London based artists have been given the chance to step out of their traditional modes of working and enter a reflective space to reconnect to themselves, to others and to their creative practice. Re:Centre is not simply a place, it is a vision born of a wish to bring balance back into our lives and our world. By reconnecting to ourselves inspired action naturally arises, making “Choose Your Hero’ a fitting theme to the transformative spirit being nurtured here.
The exhibition is open daily from 9am – 5pm from 4th–17th October and explores the theory of The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell.
Myths & Legends are a vital and ongoing part of our society... all the greatest stories spanning centuries and crossing cultures follow the narrative of The Hero’s Journey. It is the ultimate narrative archetype, with the external challenges and temptations as we are called to adventure and cross the threshold from the known to the unknown world, mirroring internal revelations and transformations. With Death and destruction, also comes Rebirth and new life.... it is the the great circle that we are all a part of.
If loosing everything doesn't destroy hope completely, then what you find on the other side is a new sense of freedom.
This is the make or break moment for our Hero where he either rises and continues on his journey, or fails and turns back... What happens when we apply this thinking to Society and the World as a whole?
Selected works by each of the twelve artists are on display across billboard space at Regent’s Park from 24 September for four weeks supported by Art Below.
25% of all art sales 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.
Exhibiting artists are :
TIMOTHY GATENBY
Is a contemporary British figurative artist whose work focuses on the subjects of nostalgia, dreams and memory. Working predominantly in oil paint there is a certain reverence to classical painting acknowledged in Gatenby's work but evidently subverted.
SABRINA ROWAN HAMILTON
Studied at City and Guilds of London Art school achieving a first class degree in painting 1989-1992 and an MA ten years later in 2001.
JO HOLLAND
Creates unique photographic images without a camera or film. Exhibiting a diptych titled Afterbirth | Afterlife offering a reflective piece on the human journey between Birth and Death.
HARRIET HOLT
Is an abstract artist based in London, with an instinctive approach to her work. She works mainly with acrylic on paper and also uses collage, oil pastels and watercolour.
EMMA JOHANSEN
Painting abstract on canvas using mixed media such as acrylic paints, oil pastels and markers.
RU KNOX
His work has developed from pure traditional representation to a more contemporary approach, but retains references to his training. His work now is about his responses to the mood and atmosphere generated by life's constant state of flux, which can be perceived by a thousand angles at once from different spaces in time; thereby warping or fragmenting reality.
STEPHANIE MILL
Using color theory combined with an abstract approach she encourages you to feel your way with each piece, engaging intuitively with how color speaks uniquely to your experience, as well as our shared visual language.
FLEUR VAN DER MINNE
Fleur works with photography, film, chalk, words and other mixed media to deepen and express personal quests.
RITA DE SA
My process demands a raw process of gesture and repetition, suggesting essential drawing techniques, normally used in landscapes or portrait.
SIMON STEPHENSON
Simon is a London based artist, he's also a creative director at an advertising agency in his spare time. His love of furry animals and Urban art has led to a unique approach to portraits of his London street friends.
JAMES VAULKHARD
His present work revisits and refracts his roots in portraiture, taking his subjects from popular culture, and crafting images that are at once naturalistic, representing a commitment to the rendering of optical reality but also incorporating a multi-media approach with elements of collage work at the forefront.
- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth.
‘Choose Your Hero’ is a group exhibition curated by Ben Moore at the communal Riverside studio at Re:Centre, Hammersmith.
Twelve London based artists have been given the chance to step out of their traditional modes of working and enter a reflective space to reconnect to themselves, to others and to their creative practice. Re:Centre is not simply a place, it is a vision born of a wish to bring balance back into our lives and our world. By reconnecting to ourselves inspired action naturally arises, making “Choose Your Hero’ a fitting theme to the transformative spirit being nurtured here.
The exhibition is open daily from 9am – 5pm from 4th–17th October and explores the theory of The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell.
Myths & Legends are a vital and ongoing part of our society... all the greatest stories spanning centuries and crossing cultures follow the narrative of The Hero’s Journey. It is the ultimate narrative archetype, with the external challenges and temptations as we are called to adventure and cross the threshold from the known to the unknown world, mirroring internal revelations and transformations. With Death and destruction, also comes Rebirth and new life.... it is the the great circle that we are all a part of.
If loosing everything doesn't destroy hope completely, then what you find on the other side is a new sense of freedom.
This is the make or break moment for our Hero where he either rises and continues on his journey, or fails and turns back... What happens when we apply this thinking to Society and the World as a whole?
Selected works by each of the twelve artists are on display across billboard space at Regent’s Park from 24 September for four weeks supported by Art Below.
25% of all art sales 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.
Exhibiting artists are :
TIMOTHY GATENBY
Is a contemporary British figurative artist whose work focuses on the subjects of nostalgia, dreams and memory. Working predominantly in oil paint there is a certain reverence to classical painting acknowledged in Gatenby's work but evidently subverted.
SABRINA ROWAN HAMILTON
Studied at City and Guilds of London Art school achieving a first class degree in painting 1989-1992 and an MA ten years later in 2001.
JO HOLLAND
Creates unique photographic images without a camera or film. Exhibiting a diptych titled Afterbirth | Afterlife offering a reflective piece on the human journey between Birth and Death.
HARRIET HOLT
Is an abstract artist based in London, with an instinctive approach to her work. She works mainly with acrylic on paper and also uses collage, oil pastels and watercolour.
EMMA JOHANSEN
Painting abstract on canvas using mixed media such as acrylic paints, oil pastels and markers.
RU KNOX
His work has developed from pure traditional representation to a more contemporary approach, but retains references to his training. His work now is about his responses to the mood and atmosphere generated by life's constant state of flux, which can be perceived by a thousand angles at once from different spaces in time; thereby warping or fragmenting reality.
STEPHANIE MILL
Using color theory combined with an abstract approach she encourages you to feel your way with each piece, engaging intuitively with how color speaks uniquely to your experience, as well as our shared visual language.
FLEUR VAN DER MINNE
Fleur works with photography, film, chalk, words and other mixed media to deepen and express personal quests.
RITA DE SA
My process demands a raw process of gesture and repetition, suggesting essential drawing techniques, normally used in landscapes or portrait.
SIMON STEPHENSON
Simon is a London based artist, he's also a creative director at an advertising agency in his spare time. His love of furry animals and Urban art has led to a unique approach to portraits of his London street friends.
JAMES VAULKHARD
His present work revisits and refracts his roots in portraiture, taking his subjects from popular culture, and crafting images that are at once naturalistic, representing a commitment to the rendering of optical reality but also incorporating a multi-media approach with elements of collage work at the forefront.
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PRESS INFORMATION:
To attend Private View please email rsvp@artbelow.org.uk by 28th September
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
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
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.
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.
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'
Special Yoga was initialised by Francesca Arpino who over the last two years has been training to provide Special Yoga Therapy to children with special needs, in and around the South West London area. Special Yoga’s methodology includes the classical yoga practices of movement, breathing, deep relaxation combined with sound, rhythm, massage and sensory integration techniques. 'Taking the child out of stress and into a relaxed state creates the optimum condition and possibility for positive change.' Francesca Arpino.
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.”
