Jessica Kilpatrick @ Seven

Friday 6th April – Sunday 6th May

Through her experiments in photography and light, Jessica Kilpatrick explores the human face to present the cool and heat of otherworldliness. Spectral, luminous and lonely creatures from a deep sea dream. Psychedelic intimacy, provoking feelings of the bizarre and the unknown. Glowing and distorted negatives, duplicating features, creating movement, swimming in rich dream-glo colours. A soaring sense of anxious energy flowing into the release from a trap of strange fantasies…

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Find us upstairs @ Seven at Brixton, 7 Market Row, off Electric Lane, off Coldharbour Lane.
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Jack Gobsmob + International Nobody: Live Drawing

TRANSITION COLLECTIVE presents…

A 4 hour live drawing by the infamous Jack Gobsmob and International Nobody. Event kicks off at 6pm @ Seven at Brixton this Friday 17th February 2012. Seven are relaunching their exhibition space, so there are sure to be plenty of other treats in store…

'Guernica With Meatballs' by Jack Gobsmob + International Nobody (drawn live at Con:FRONT 2012 @ Vibe Gallery)

Jack Gobsmob
http://jackgobsmob.wordpress.com/designprint-stuff/

Jack Gobsmob is from London and likes punk music, low-brow art and comic books. He screen prints posters and flyers for gigs, slogans, and things that he has made. Jack bakes nice cakes, plays guitar in legendary south-east London punk band ‘Mummy Says I’m Special’ and helps out at Screaming Matriarch – an online art store specialising in vinyl and knitted dolls. If you meet Jack be sure not to look him directly in the face, he takes this as a sign of disrespect and can become violent. Always show deference.

International Nobody
http://www.internationalnobody.com/

International Nobody attempts to make pretty pictures for walls, ceilings and
skateboards often, without much luck but sometimes they turn out alright and people think about buying them.

East London based screen-printer and illustrator, International Nobody, creates vibrant and bold imagery in a style that the artist describes as ‘low-brow’, ‘subversive’ and ‘infantile’. Having completed 4 years of art school, International Nobody’s creative career began in the vinyl toy industry as a designer/maker after rejecting (and being rejected by) the fine art world.

Comic book monsters, femme fatales, apocalyptic angels and creatures that attract and repulse frequently appear in International Nobody’s work. Think separated, stylized and ‘street’.

Influences include: everyday occurrences in the inner city, gothic fairytales, freaks, circus & carney show culture, racy art nouveau, lucha libre, punk rock, hippity hop, Halloween, retro film posters, comic book universes, J-horror, amateur pornography, and the kind of British-ness one would find in the Carry-On movies of the 60′s and 70′s.

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Seven at Brixton, 7 Market Row, just off Electric Lane, SW9 8LB

Patrick Collier and Lee Pitman: THE MONOMYTH

TRANSITION COLLECTIVE present a new installation by Patrick Collier and Lee Pitman in one of five exhibition rooms @ SEVEN at Brixton. Opening 6pm, 5th Jan

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“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from the mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” Joseph Campbell in his seminal work The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)

Patrick Collier and Lee Pitman share a fascination with modern and classical mythologies. This collaborative installation explores the hero myth. Universal motifs of adventure and transformation are employed in a multi-faceted visual homage to Campbell’s concept of the ‘monomyth’, which has served as a cultural framework for countless contemporary narratives.

The intricately laser cut imagery of the sculptural rings are inspired by the Book of Revelations and the opening of the Seven Seals, bringing forth the Horsemen of Conquest, War, Famine, Death before the final end of the world.

Screen printed illustrations evoke the narrative of the hero’s adventure, depicting the archetypal characters and their gifts, knowledge and tests to be encountered along the way: the wise old man, the goddess, the trickster, herald and villain. Above looms the belly of the whale – an unknown void that threatens to swallow the hero but ultimately represents a sphere of rebirth.

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Con:FRONT 2012

TRANSITION COLLECTIVE

take over VIBE GALLERY!!!

Private view: 6pm Friday 6th January 2012

Join us at the private view for a night of explosive colour performance and twisted sound journeys. 10 glorious days of art to kick us into 2012.

Opening from 10am Saturday 7th January 2012 until 10pm Tuesday 17 January 2012

In the cold light of January themes of Confrontation and Transition are strong in all our hearts and heads. Transition Collective confront you with their myriad interpretations.

Con:FRONT 2012  – THIS IS A TIME OF TRANSITION

Image created by Vasilisa Forbes

raw ► bite ► face ► chase ► take it ► own it ► bring it ► lose it ► wallow ► dwell ► analyse ► move on ► forgive ► hunt ► linger ► grab ► jump ► showdown ► dare ► test ► leap ► full force ► explode ► phoenix ► hurt ► heal ► punch ► smother ► honour ► rule ► reach in ► feel ► move forward ► arrive ► grip ► elevate ► celebrate ► conquer ► shock ► impact ► confront ► transition ► raw ► bite ► face ► chase ► take it ► own it ► bring it ► lose it ► wallow ► dwell ► analyse ► move on ► forgive ► hunt ► linger ► grab ► jump ► showdown ► dare ► test ► leap ► full force ► explode ► phoenix ► hurt ► heal ► punch ► smother ► honour ► rule ► reach in ► feel ► move forward ► arrive ► grip ► elevate ► celebrate ► conquer ► shock ► impact ► confront ► transition ►►►►►

Participating artists:

► Aephie Huimi
► Andrea Rossi
► Anna Jung Seo
► Benedict Romain
► Bruno Jamaica
► Celia Arias
► International Nobody
► Jack Gobsmob
► Jessica Kilpatrick
► Lyndsay Martin
► Maria Almena
► Miguel Ivorra
► Valentina Piras
► Vasilisa Forbes
► Wei Lou

Vibe Gallery is located in the old Biscuit Factory. 5 minutes from Bermondsey tube, go right on the main road, and turn right into Drummond Road. Turn right at Clements Road. Walk through the big central gates to the back, turn left down the alleyway – the gallery is next door to the cafe and reception. Vibe Gallery will have a fully licensed bar.

Vibe Gallery
100 Clements Road
N 001 Tower Bridge Business Complex
Bermondsey

London
SE16 4DG

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