Exhibition “Nature: 10 Artists from London”

“Nature: 10 Artists from London” (curators: Harry Pye, August Künnapu) opens at the Kadrioru Gallery on Tuesday, 16 September at 5 p.m.

​The exhibition offers a snapshot of the current art scene in London. Participating artists have previously taken part or curated exhibitions at Saatchi Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Royal Academy of Arts in London etc.

The whole undertaking is really necessary as nothing similar has happened in Estonia for decades. The last overview display of British painting and sculpture “Tailsliding” (curator Stephen Hepworth, organised by the British Council) took place in 2002 at Rotermanni Salt Storage. “Nature” helps to strengthen contacts between British and Estonian artists, curators and other art-involved people and enliven our cultural life.

The participating artists from the big city (Harry Adams, Huddie Hamper, Edie Flowers, Raksha Patel, Harry Pye, Suzanne Spiro, Corin Johnson, Gordon Beswick, Cedar Lewisohn and Georgia Hayes) are united by certain yearning for nature, sincerity, heightened sense of beauty, metaphorical and romantic perception of the world, refined English sense of humour and largely the imagery. Their style differs, the artists include representatives of realist painting, those with more naïve style as well as expressionists.

You can find information about the exhibition in Epifanio no 22:

https://www.epifanio.eu/nr22/nr22sisukord_eng.html
(Corin Johnson’s sculptural group on the cover)    

https://www.epifanio.eu/nr22/eng/art-and-nature.html
(brief texts by author Tine Frellesen and artist Jo Mama)

https://www.epifanio.eu/nr22/eng/artist-interviews.html
(Harry Pye’s interview with the participating artists). Interview with Huddie Hamper will be published in the November issue, Epifanio 23.

* The exhibition is open until 18 October.

* At the opening, DJ Rhythm Doctor plays the most delicious British music on vinyl, from the 1950s until today.

* A tour with the participating artists Harry Pye, Georgia Hayes, Corin Johnson, Raksha Patel, Gordon Beswick, Suzanne Spiro and others is organised on Wednesday, 17 September at 5 p.m. We explore 38 British close-to-nature works of art on four floors of the gallery.

We are grateful to our supporters: Viru Centre, Hamburg & Partners, Mionetto, Pynto,

​https://www.maal.ee/10britti  
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082836642524

More info: August Künnapu, augustkunnapu@gmail.com