Guest Invitation Exhibition
Southall Trading Estate
A mixed media exhibition available for viewing by appointment from 14th February 2011 to 3rd April 2011.
To view - contact: enquiries@departuregallery.com.
Departure Gallery Art Competition
1st prize £500 sponsored by Valad, 2 x runners up £150 each
Address: Elizabeth House, 13-19 Queen Street, Leeds LS1 2TW
Private View/judging 6pm - 9pm Thursday 17th Feburary 2011
Open for viewing 10am - 4pm Friday 18th February 2011
By appointment 13th January - 23rd February inclusive
For more information please contact enquiries@departuregallery.com.
New Exhibitions
RHIZOMATIC
1st October - 12th November 2010 by appointment
Private View Friday 8th October, 6 - 9.30pm
(free taxi shuttle from Southall, see below)
Address: Departure Gallery, 5 - 6 Boeing Way, The International Trading Estate, Brent Road, Southall, London UB2 5LF.
Rhizomatic is an experimental, decentralised curatorial system based on the concept of the Rhizome, as explored in Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical masterpiece A Thousand Plateaus. This is Departure Gallery’s largest and most ambitious show so far and includes work by over two hundred artists exhibiting in 100,000 sq ft of warehouse space.
Selected artists associated with Departure Gallery were each invited to choose up to six artists to exhibit alongside them. In turn, this second generation were encouraged to invite a further six participants, making a third generation, who could then invite six more. This six-link structure was inspired by the idea that all humans are connected by ‘six degrees of separation’.
A rhizome is a sprawling, unhierarchical system of connections that are constantly in flux and can spring up at any moment in space and time. This exhibition does not seek to fix the rhizome by presenting it in a finished form, but, rather, it represents an attempt to freeze a moment of this rhizomatic process in the interests of examining its structure more closely. Furthermore, the show aims to catch a glimpse of the creative networks within which Departure Gallery’s artists operate, in order to locate ourselves within the wider art world.
"Principles of connection and heterogeneity: at any point a rhizome can be connected to anything other, and must be... A rhizome ceaselessly establishes connections between semiotic chains, organisations of power, and circumstances relevant to the arts, sciences and social struggles." Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus.
This rhizomatic structure has particular resonance in the context of The International Trading Estate, which is a hub of haulage and distribution companies sorting and transporting goods in flux between producer and consumer.
The exhibition will not constitute the end of the rhizome, because a true rhizome has no beginning or end, but is ongoing and unlimited. Each artist involved will continue to make connections during and after the exhibition through the contacts and ideas that emerge as a result of the show. This opens up the possibility of creating a larger sequel exhibition at some point in the future. Who knows where this will go and what might result?
Louise Ashcroft, Curator.
Getting There: Take national rail from Paddington to Southall (14 minutes) then buses 105, h32, 105 or 482 to Brent Road. On the private view night there will be a free taxi shuttle from Southall Station between 6pm and 9.30pm- turn left out of the station and follow the signs to the shuttle stop.
For more information please contact enquiries@departuregallery.com.
Prop: Objects, images and interventions that suggest narrative or theatrical action
Private View Friday 17th September 6 - 9.30pm
Viewings by appointment 4th September - 23rd October 2010
Address: 8 Trident Way, The International Trading Estate, Brent Road, Southall, West London UB2 5LF
For more information please contact enquiries@departuregallery.com.
Past Exhibitions
ALL SYSTEMS GO
Monday 21st June - Sunday 4th July 2010.
6 Trident Way, The International Trading Estate, Southall, UB2 5LF.
A group exhibition of artwork by:
David Angus, Louise Ashcroft, Aglae Bassens, Nathan Birchenough, Claire Blundell-Jones, Helen Collett and Lois Macdonald, Lawrence Daley, Danielle Drainey, Sandra Erbacher, Rita Evans, Rafael Farias,Doug Jones, Helene Kazan, Jonathan Kipps, Paul Lewthwaite, Jo Lathwood, Ben Lloyd, William Mackrell, Nicola McCartney, Savvas Papasavva, Rob Pugh, Ilona Sagar, Tracy Sarroff, Steve Smith, Jackson Sprague, Andrew Sunderland, Unidentified Art Group: Robert Hunt, James Pepper, Rosanne Robertson, Imogen Welch, Rich White, Sarah Tew, Sam Zealey.
Private View: Friday 25th June 2010, 6.30pm- 9.30pm. Refreshments will be served. Free taxi shuttles from Southall Station (12mins from Paddington). Free haircuts from a professional stylist will be available as part of an installation by Unidentified Art Group.
Exhibition: Monday 21st June - Sunday 4th July 2010. Open 7 days a week, 10am-5pm.
All Systems Go brings together a diverse group of artists who work in relation to physical and conceptual systems, which they have created or adapted as frameworks for artistic experimentation. Patterns, rules, collaborative techniques, interventions, mechanical systems and improvisation provide structured starting points which open up a multitude of possibilities for exciting artistic outcomes.
This show is the latest in Departure Gallery’s acclaimed series of exhibitions and residencies on The International Trading Estate, Southall. The exhibition explores the contradictions and parallels between systematic experimentation in contemporary art and the industrial systems used in the factories and distribution units surrounding our vast warehouse space.
Address: Departure Gallery, 7 Trident Way, The International Trading Estate, Southall, UB2 5LF.
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Getting There: Take national rail from Paddington to Southall (12mins), then buses 105, 195, H32 or 482 to Brent Road (5mins). Cross over and walk down Brent Road until you see the estate entrance. Ask the security guards in the cabin to direct you to warehouse 7 Trident Way. Trains and buses run regularly until midnight. On the private view night there will be a free taxi shuttle from Southall Station, Merrick Road (follow signs as you exit the station).
For more information please contact enquiries@departuregallery.com.
The Middle of Nowhere: Objects and Actions in the Abyss
Saturday 6th - Wednesday 10th March 2010.
6 Trident Way, The International Trading Estate, Southall, UB2 5LF.
Departure Gallery’s fourth exhibition on The International Trading Estate: Amidst a labyrinth of factories and haulage depots, over 40 artists conquer this cavernous space with ambitious sculpture, video and wall-based work, each offering a different perspective on the idea of ‘the middle of nowhere’, through exploration of themes such as disorientation, transience, camouflage, liminal space, spectrality and non-place.
Artists:
Kayde Anobile, Louise Ashcroft, Helen Barff, Gabriel Birch, Justine Blau, Amy Brooks, Eitan Buchalter, Roisin Byrne, Sarah Casey, Ben Cave, Charlesworth Lewandowski & Mann, Richard Cramp, Doris, Danielle Drainey, Everything is Number, Amy Ferguson, Rebecca Gould, Ben Heasman, Andrew Hladky, JooHee Hwang, Doug Jones, Helene Kazan, Jo Lathwood, William Mackrell, Clinton De Menezes, Ilse Mikula, Parlour Collective, Catalina Garces de los Rios, Mark Scott-Wood, Neil C Smith, Joel Somerfield, Andrew Sunderland, Andrea Tyrimos, Jonathan Velardi, Josh Whitaker, Andy Wicks, David Snoo Wilson, Chris Wright.
Curated by Louise Ashcroft.
Trident Way 2: The Southall Project
Private View: Thursday 10th December 2009, 6pm-9.30pm.
Refreshments will be served. Free taxis from Southall Station.
Exhibition: Friday 11th - Friday 18th December, 11am-4pm daily.
Artists: Louise Ashcroft, Helen Barff, Nathan Birchenough, Neela Basu, Doug Burton, Anka Dabrowska, Danielle Drainey, Livia Garcia, Nathalie Guinamard, Elizabeth Hancock, Investigation Three (Lucie Galand, Anna Kontopoulou, Rashmi Munikempanna, Robbie Lockwood), Doug Jones, Helene Kazan, William Mackrell, Gemma Nelson, Savvas Papasavva, Assunta Ruocco, Jeni Snell, Sara Twomey, Nicolas Vass, David Snoo Wilson, Charlotte Young.
Curated by Louise Ashcroft.
Getting there: Southall Station is 12 minutes from Paddington by train. Services run regularly until midnight.
Free taxi shuttles from Southall Station on private view night from Merrick Road (first left from Southall Station, please wait by the Departure Gallery sign). Parking is also available on the estate.
8 Trident Way, The International Trading Estate, Southall, UB2 5LF.
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Departure Gallery is a nomadic platform for contemporary art, which temporarily reclaims empty urban spaces to provide unique architectural contexts, showcasing cutting edge work by exceptional emerging and established artists.
Trident Way 2: The Southall Project is the sequel to a site-specific residency and exhibition that took place in September and October 2009 where 14 artists were invited to inhabit an empty warehouse in Southall’s busy International Trading Estate and create new work in response to these surroundings.
In this current exhibition, Departure Gallery celebrates its first year of ongoing curatorial experiments, extending the project to a host of new participants, making this its most ambitious exhibition to date. A total of 25 diverse artists will create new or develop existing works during a month long communal residency, culminating in an exhibition from 10 December. These new artists have been carefully selected to either compliment or counteract themes and aesthetics from the original Trident Way exhibition.
Located on a busy trading estate in the heart of Southall’s residential sprawl dubbed ‘Little India’, the football pitch sized (35, 000 sq ft) warehouse offers artists a unique opportunity to experiment with its aesthetic and conceptual possibilities. Each artist will be encouraged to interpret and engage critically with the vast space, creating a range of works in sculpture, painting and multi-media. Themes will include exploring the sculptural qualities of the building to investigating the location’s political history and identity.
Trident Way
Artists in residence throughout September 2009. Exhibition: 2nd-5th October 2009.
A group residency and exhibition at 7 Trident Way on The International Trading Estate, Southall, London UB2 5LF.
Artists:
Louise Ashcroft, Helen Barff, Nathan Birchenough, Anka Dabrowska, Elizabeth Hancock, Doug Jones, Helene Kazan, William Mackrell, Beatriz Olabarrieta, Neil C Smith, Jeni Snell, Jennifer Taylor, Sara Twomey and David Snoo Wilson.
The Departure Gallery University Art Prize
10th July 2009.
An exhibition of work by selected students from Sheffield Hallam and Leeds Universities.
Prize Winners:
Keith Barley
Robert Brown
Rebecca Cartwright
Livia Garcia
David McNab
James Prescott
The Fleet Rises
18th-21st June 2009.
10 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DP.
A group show of painting, sculpture and mixed media work by 16 rising artists in a Victorian office building.
Artists:
Neela Basu, Alex Brenchley, Floss Cobb, Anka Dabrowska, Claire Dorsett, Nathalie Guinamard, Nicholas Hatfull, Julia Hayes, James Irwin, Amelia Power, Robert Rivers, Jeni Snell, Gili Tal, Daley Walton, Sarah Woodburn, Neil Zakiewicz.
Boeing Way
Artists' Residency: March - April 2009.
Exhibition: 24th - 27th April 2009.
Boeing Way was the first in an ongoing series of Departure Gallery artist residencies on the International Trading Estate in Southall, West London. The residency and resulting exhibition took its name from a road on the estate, which refers to the site's proximity to Heathrow Airport. Departure Gallery invited seven artists to make new work responding to the aesthetics and identity of their surroundings.
Artists:
Louise Ashcroft, Charlesworth, Lewandowski & Mann, Edward Fornieles, Lucie Galand, Stewart Gough and Alexander Groves.
