22 April - 31 May 2009

The Jerwood Contemporary Painters exhibition is now open. This vibrant collection of 26 emerging artists is concerned with the debate of what painting is, and what it may become. The exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to emerging artists who are at a particular stage in their development and who have graduated since 2000. The 26 artists selected for the 2009 exhibition are:

Lee Broughall, Carla Busuttil, Michael Cassidy, Paul Doran, Aidan Doherty, Aleana Egan, Fergus Feehily, Alistair Frost, Andrew Graves, Geraldine Gliubislavich, Gabriel Hartley, William Monk, Ryan Mosley, Matt Musgrave, Scott O’Rourke, Jamie Partridge, Oliver Perkins, Emma Puntis, Robert Rush, Ellen Stanford, Alan Stanners, Paul Taylor, Phoebe Unwin, Mathew Weir, Sam Windett, David Webb.

Each artist received an equal share of the £30,000 participation fee. The fee is an important part of nurturing serious support for artists at this crucial point in their careers.

The selection panel includes: Mali Morris (chair), Phillip Allen and Alexis Harding.

Image: Emma Puntis, Big Head, 2008

Exhibition talks

6 – 8pm Monday 27 April
Meet the Artists: gallery tour and talk introduced by 2009 exhibition selector Mali Morris

6 – 8pm Monday 11 May
Panel Discussion: 2009 exhibition selector Alexis Harding in conversation with writer Martin Holman and artists from the exhibition

6 – 8pm Monday 18 May
Turps Banana: Peter Jones and Marcus Harvey, Editors of Turps Banana, discuss the exhibition, their magazine and issues raised about contemporary painting

To book a place please call: 01372 462 190 or email jcp@parkerharris.co.uk
 

Image: Phoebe Unwin, Reel, 2007 (courtesy of Wilkinson Gallery)

10 June - 19 July

2009 Jerwood Contemporary Makers to explore collaboration and a diversity of approaches to making

The X- Factor for knitters, interactive wallpaper and objects transformed by mutating marine organisms will fill the Jerwood Space in the next Jerwood Contemporary Makers exhibition. Seven makers whose practices are transforming the ways we think about craft have been selected for the 2009 show, which opens at the Jerwood Space in London on 10 June. Responding to the theme of Impact, these emerging makers will be presenting work that explores the unknown, the virtual, the risk and desire of making.

This exhibition will acknowledge how today’s craft operates in society – connecting through social interaction and collaboration between people and disciplines, as well as inhabiting the spaces of consumer society: the factory, the retail environment, the home and the garbage tip.

The seven makers have been selected by award winning designer and environmental researcher Rebecca Earley, product and furniture designer Tomoko Azumi and exhibitions manager at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Andy Horn. They will be awarded an equal share of a £30,000 prize to take part in the exhibition. They are:

Committee – product design, Linda Florence – surface textiles, Julia Lohmann – design object installation, Geoffrey Mann – glass, Rachael Matthews – knitting, Claire Norcross – lighting,  Ismini Samanidou - weaving.

Jerwood Contemporary Makers will show at the Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1, from 10 June to 19 July 2009, with tour dates in the UK to be announced shortly.

Image: Linda Florence, Doodle Wall

Laboratory 29 July - 30 August

The Gallery at Jerwood Space will become a laboratory between; 29 July – 30 August. As part of the Jerwood Visual Art exhibition series, three artists have been selected to join an experimental project which will turn the galleries into an active research site. Selected artists include: Steven Eastwood, Mia Taylor (plus collaborators) and Jock Mooney.

The selected artists all share the ambition to turn the gallery into an active environment for art production; a site for experimentation and artist development with a rolling, ever-changing exhibition environment. Visitors to the space can expect to see artists working on site on a vibrant array of works in progress, as well as exhibiting a varied selection of finished pieces. A Twitter profile will be active for the duration of the show, documenting the exhibition and work space.

Image: Jock Mooney ‘Drying Rack’ Photo: Alan Dimmick
 

Ellie Plevin

Family Treasures
Project Space
21 April - 1 June
Open: Mon - Fri 9 - 5pm, Sat 11 - 3pm

Family Treasures is an installation of drawn works produced over the last year in several different media using frames sourced from a variety of charity shops, markets and boot sales. Set within the windows are a series of stand up frames that you might find in a family home on a mantelpiece. These drawings mimic personal photographs including images of cabaret acts, pensioners, friends, enemies, owls and bears which build up a story of an unknown family.

Ellie Plevin is interested in traditional craft, folklore and other kinds of hand-me-down history and culture. Using this as a starting point she explores and communicates her understanding and experiences of these worlds, past and present.
 

Image: Ellie Plevin, Family Treasures (detail), 2009

New Director for Jerwood Charitable Foundation

The Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation since its inception in 1999, Roanne Dods, is leaving. Roanne’s vision to create significant schemes, projects and opportunities in the arts – not least of which is Jerwood Visual Arts - has had enormous benefit for artists throughout the UK. We are sad to see her go but wish her well in her new ventures. We welcome Shonagh Manson as the new Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

ANOPSEUDONONYMOUS 17 April to 10 May

Five Hundred Dollars is a new temporary exhibition space opening with the generous support of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. For the inaugural show, fifteen artists have been invited to explore the possibilities of anonymity through a variety of media, including painting, sculpture and video. For some, working under a pseudonym is a liberation, permitting the new or hidden to surface; for others, it raises questions about individuality, identity and disclosure. Without the usual coordinates that an artist’s signature brings, viewers will be free to judge the work on its own merits whilst reflecting on the implications of namelessness.
 

Five Hundred Dollars is a temporary artist-run space opening on Vyner Street in East London. From April 2009 there will be six months of group and one-person shows, accompanied by a diverse programme of events. By offering a non-corporate and experimental exhibition environment, Five Hundred Dollars aims to encourage mid-career and emerging artists to develop their work in new and unexpected ways.

Five Hundred Dollars, 12 Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG (nearest tube: Bethnal Green). Opening times: Friday to Sunday, 12 – 6pm, First Thursdays, and by appointment.

Image: from Anopseudononymous