Doug Ashford is a teacher, artist and writer. He is Associate Professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he has taught three-dimensional design, sculpture, public art and theory seminars since 1989. In 1981, Ashford became a member of the artists’ collective Group Material, his principal art practice until 1996. … Stanley Picker Public Lectures 2015 at ICA London: Doug Ashford
Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British-born, international artist. His installations and sculptures deal with issues of authorship, authenticity and identity. Concerned with the ‘myth’ of the artist and the ‘authorship’ of a work, Turk’s engagement with this modernist, avant-garde debate stretches back to the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp. Turk uses his signature as a … Stanley Picker Public Lectures 2015 at ICA London: Gavin Turk
Born in 1975 in Munich, Sophie von Hellermann lives and works in London. She studied at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf and the Royal College of Art, London. Her subject matter ranges from Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights to Einstein’s revolutionary physics to the life of Nico from The Velvet Underground. She portrays these subjects with the same … Stanley Picker Public Lectures 2015 at ICA London: Sophie Von Hellermann
Rose Wylie (born 1934, Kent, UK) lives and works in Kent. Wylie went to Folkestone and Dover School of Art, 1952–1956 and later attained a postgraduate degree in Painting from the Royal Academy Schools London, 1979–1981. Wylie’s imagery references current affairs and the media, as well as a diverse range of sources including ancient wall … Stanley Picker Public Lectures 2015 at ICA London: Rose Wylie
Preparing for the re-launch of Dorch House Museum, technician Marc Bultitude makes use of Dora Gordine’s bespoke hoist to re-locate one of her sculptures. Captured by Ezzidin Alwan, September 2015.
Dora presents works by Russian sculptor, artist and designer Dora Gordine (1895-1991), personally selected by a group of major contemporary artists. Each artist presents works of their own alongside that of Gordine, to reflect upon her artistic legacy, whilst considering her fascinating life story and the impressive studio home Dorich House that she designed for … Dora
Streetscape is an audio-visual collaboration between filmmaker Rachel Davies and designer Fabien Cappello to accompany Cappello’s Stanley Picker Fellowship exhibition at the Gallery from 23 April – 13 June 2015. Streetscape seeks to explore how public furniture inhabits and relates to its surroundings. Taking into consideration the provenance, uses and contexts of existing London street … Fabien Cappello & Rachel Davies
The Mobile Landscape is a slideshow with a documentary-style narrative that describes Ferguson’s journeys around the highways of England. In search of a site for a public art project, the artist takes the viewer along rural stretches of the motorway to inspect a series of roadside advertising hoardings in South East England. They are the … Nick Ferguson: The Mobile Landscape
‘I don’t want to design solutions…I want to design possibilities.’ Streetscape Offsite: Locations around Kingston upon Thames throughout Summer 2015. Streetscape seeks to explore how street furniture inhabits and relates to its surroundings. Designer Fabien Cappello is inspired by the everyday and how we negotiate our urban spaces. From bollards, bike stands to public benches … Streetscape
The House of Fairy Tales has flown through time and space and all 15 dimensions to take up residency on the Stanley Picker Gallery Island, as part of a programme of events and exhibitions happening across the Borough of Kingston throughout February and March for Histories in the Making: Celebrating 140 years of Kingston School … The Misplaced Museum