16 & 15 October 2011
SLUICE Art Fair
26 South Molton Lane
Mayfair
London
W1

Post Sluice updates, opinion, pictures and more….

blog posts: Cathy Lomax: Art fairs Vs Artist Led Crystal Bennes: Artists are a moany bunch of bastards
Photographs by Laura Mott here
Photographs on my Flickr here
Down Load the Sluice discussion here
Frieze week and beyond:The best new art fairs in London on spoonfed
Mark Sheerin interviews Karl England & Ben Street on Culture 24

For Sluice Art Fair Transition is showing Strip, an exhibition made up of groups of specially selected 2D works by 20 artists presented with a distinct nod towards the filmstrip (Transition).

All of the artists featured in Strip employ a sequential approach to their varying subject matter. But although each ‘strip’ is composed of works made in a series, adjoining frames do not necessarily correspond to each other. There are in fact no traditional narrative structures; instead it is for the viewer to create their own connectivity (Transition).

I will be exhibiting paintings from The Collector series and copies of The Collector Zine Issue 1 will be available to buy.

Artists: Michael Ajerman / Carolina Ambida / Michael Bartlett / Andrew Bracey / Kirsty Buchanan / Jake Clark / Julie Cockburn / Gary Colclough / Annabel Dover / Sarah Doyle /
Andrew Graves / Cathy Lomax / Alex Michon / Alli Sharma / Corinna Spencer /
Emma Talbot / Mimei Thompson / Katherine Tulloh / Jessica Voorsanger / Jo Wilmot

SLUICE is organised by the London based artist Karl England and curator Ben Street…both exhibition space and platform for discussion and creation. Featuring an open layout for expansive installations, performative works and screenings including a multifaceted supporting programme consisting of a preview breakfast, panel discussions, art-making educational activities for children and young people and artist publishing bookstands.

Primarily (but not solely) focusing on artist run not-for-profit spaces, SLUICE does not wish to be didactic but rather provide an informal and accessible temporary platform for young galleries and project spaces to exhibit their artists’ work, gain exposure and encourage dialogue between artists, curators and audiences. (Sluice)

Paintings: Maureen, Watching Over me, Georges & Madeleine, 2011, oil on paper, 15x10cm. From the series ‘The Collector’.