Bowieart And Bloc Present New London Exhibition

I opened doors that would have BLOCked their way…

I’m sure the majority of you are subscribed to the Bowieart newsletter and take regular looks at the site anyway. But, if neither assumption is correct in your case, then you’re missing out on a lot of great stuff.

The latest project that Bowieart is involved with is an exhibition in conjunction with BLOC in London next month. Here’s a bit from the press release:

Bowieart and County Hall Gallery, in association with Bloc media, presents the inaugural exhibition which opens at County Hall Gallery, London, on 10 March 2005. BLOC provides exposure for 16 of the UK?s most promising emerging artists at a crucial time in their career. Sourcing talent from our most prestigious institutions, BLOC explores the trends, concerns, techniques and diversity of a new generation of British artists. You can read the whole press release here.

The artists selected include Eleonora Aguiari, Ruth Barker, Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir, Erica Eyres, Doug Fishbone, Mathieu Gallois, Anthony Gross, Colin Guillemet, Simon Keenleyside, Catherine Morland, Raul Ortega Ayala, Ben Sadler, Matt Stevenson, Naglaa Walker, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Neil Zakiewicz…all of whom are represented at the bloc-art.com exhibition site, which is well worth an online browse at least, even if you can’t make it to the exhibition itself.

Beth Greenacre of Bowieart had this to say about the BLOC:

BLOC provides an invaluable platform for a selection of the most exciting up-and-coming artists in the UK. For several years now serious international attention has been paid to British based artists and more than at any other time in history, British art is booming. BLOC presents the work of tomorrow?s stars, positioning itself as the space to encounter the strongest young artistic talent around.

BLOC is at White Space, County Hall Gallery, London SE1, from 10th March to 22nd May 2005.
Opening times: Friday to Monday 10:00am ? 6:00pm. Admission Free.
Telephone: 0870 744 7485.

Other news stories that have arrived via the Bowieart newsletter but seem to have generally slipped under the radar include this one regarding the Glasgow School of Art going online at Bowieart at the end of last year…

Bowieart is delighted to announce the handover of Bowieart pages from last years MFA at Glasgow School of Art to those currently in their second year at the college.

The Master of Fine Art programme at Glasgow is a two-year, full-time, research-based postgraduate degree. Throughout the 1990s, the City of Glasgow witnessed an explosion of activity in the visual arts. Artists, critics and curators from all over the world have visited Glasgow to see for themselves what curator Hans Ulrich Obrist has termed ‘the Glasgow miracle’.

There are many young practising artists working in Glasgow who have helped shape a thriving creative community generating artist-led initiatives, permanent and temporary gallery spaces, and innovative approaches to public and site specific work.

The Glasgow School of Art, Master of Fine Art programme began in 1988 and has achieved international recognition as a centre of excellence in postgraduate education in the visual arts. The course occupies a unique and influential position within the extraordinary dynamic that characterises the visual art community in Glasgow.

Whilst in the wider international art community the MFA has developed a wide range of international links and formal exchange agreements with other prestigious art schools and students have been invited to participate in four international exchange exhibitions: Berlin, Brussels, Chicago and most recently New York.

You can check out the work of the Glasgow School of Art in the COLLEGE section of Bowieart under Student Artists. While you’re there, take a look at the other 10 colleges in the US and the UK that are represented on Bowieart.