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India Art Fair 2012 - Booth F11
Art 18/21 is kicking off 2012 by returning to New Delhi for the 4th edition of the India Art Fair. We're proud to be the only UK gallery to have participated in each fair to date, and are once again very pleased to offer the work of two of our represented artists to a hungry audience in India.
Isabel Rock is the only UK artist to have exhibited at every India Art Fair, and she returns to New Delhi with Art 18/21 this January.
Alec Cumming is wrapping up his four month...
Happy New Year
Everyone here at Art 18/21 would like to wish all our visitors a happy and prosperous New Year.
The gallery is now open once again, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Christmas Break
A quick note to let everyone know about our Christmas schedule. There's less than a week left to grab some excellent work by emerging and established artists.
The gallery will be closing for Christmas on Wednesday 21st December at around 1pm.
We will be reopening on Thursday 5th January at 10am.
Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year from everyone at the gallery.
Love and best wishes from Laura, Adam and Natalie.
Feast
Art 18/21 is very pleased to offer our winter show, an early Christmas treat for all those who can make it along.
Featured artists include Isabel Rock, Alec Cumming, Maggi Hambling, John Hoyland, Clarissa Upchurch, Leonora Carrington, Sir Terry Frost, Mary Webb, Adam Edwards, Cornelia Fitzroy, Michael King and Gary Bunt, as well as a special collection of work by Roy Turner Durrant.
Whether you can make it in for some Christmas cheer, or pop in later for a New Year's treat,...
Bruer Tidman
Art 18/21 is pleased to present an exhibition of works by internationally renowned Norfolk-based artist Bruer Tidman.
The show will be open between 5th November and 23rd November.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Present Practice Extended until 29th October
We have extended our current exhibition, Present Practice, which will now close on Saturday 29th October. With only one week left to see it, please pop in 10-5pm Tuesday - Saturday.
a language of its own
Alec Cumming
a language of its own
29th September - 21st October 2011
Present Practice
Present Practice: 24th September - 29th October 2011
Celebrates the artwork of several leading professionals from the field of Architecture; the late Sir Bernard Feilden, Will Alsop, Birkin Haward, John Maddison, David Rock and Jeremy Taylor.
Displaying dinstinct practices the work in the exhibition is an eclectic mix of mediums and styles.
The exhibition Present Practice is being held...
Summer Exhibition 2011 II
PLEASE NOTE THE GALLERY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER BREAK
FROM TUESDAY 16TH AUGUST
RE-OPENING ON TUESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER
Art 18/21 is thrilled to be able to offer the second part of its 2011 summer show.
Including works by young, emerging talents and established artists alike, the show brings together work from across the Eastern region and further afield.
Featured...
Uncertain Landscape
June 23rd - July 16th 2011
Ideas of the Uncertain Landscape immediately tantalises viewers of the forthcoming exhibition at the Art 18/21 Gallery, with the art on show offering hints of images and working practices that push our notions of landscape in different and fresh directions.
The exhibition features eight Norfolk based artists Mark Cator, James Colman, Alex Egan, Katie Falcon, Tor Falcon, Cornelia Fitzroy, Fred Ingrams and Auriol Innes. The artists...
Summer Exhibition now showing
May 24th - June 14th, 2011
A fantastic array of work by distinguished artists and emerging new talent:
Featuring Peter Blunsden, Alec Cumming, Alan Davie, Francis Davison, Aristi Fournari, Maggi Hambling, Birkin Howard, John Hoyland, Tory Lawrence, Padraig Macmiadhachain, Anna Mcrae, Isabel Rock, Colin Self, Telfer Stokes, Graham Sutherland, Margaret Thomas, Mary Webb and Joanna Young
The Aesthetics of Disappearance
Mark Cator
The Aesthetics of Disappearance
26th March - 28th April
Mark Cator’s latest exhibition, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, far from being a direct criticism on the representation of war, is a project of complicity, where the artist in a subtle twist is actively engaged in that which he challenges.
The negotiation of artist and viewer in relation to the promotion of war is nothing new and has...
Collision Course
Michael Horsley
Louise Richardson
26th February to 19th March
A physical, brutal and upfront world meets intrigue, curiosity and the preservation of imagined objects. Visually and mentally contrasting each artist is equally engaging with highly laboured and precise working practises.
Richardson’s work is absorbed with process; the putting on and taking off of things, of discovery and investigation. From a stock of hoarded goods the...
Winter show
continuing until 26th February
....Alec Cumming, Jason Gathorne-Hardy, John Hoyland, John Kiki, Michael King, John Maddison, Ana Maria Pacheco, John Piper, Colin Self, Margaret Thomas, Tessa Newcomb, Stephen Teeuw amongst others ....
Art1821 at the Indian Art Summit
India Art Summit provides an unparalled opportunity for collectors and art enthusiasts to view the largest and most diverse showcase of modern and contemporary art in India.
Gwyneth Johnstone, who died on December 8, aged 96, was a daughter of Augustus John and the niece of Gwen John — two of the most prominent British painters of the 20th century — and was herself a gifted artist.
Her quietly lyrical work, however, had no obvious kinship with that of her famous relatives, save for its quality and singularity. The critic Terence Mullaly once described her as “a gentle, wayward poet of paint ... unsullied by fashionable trends ......
The Touch of Paint
The Touch of Paint sees celebrated artist Maggi Hambling’s work being shown for the first time in a Norwich gallery.
Maggi Hambling, Tory Lawrence, Chris Newson, Alec Cumming
Exhibition dates: Sat 30th October, 2010 – Sat 27th November 2010
India Art Summit 2011
India Art Summit 20-23 January, 2011
Pragati Maiden, New Delhi India
Art 1821 returns to the next edition of the hugely successful Indian arts summit. The biggest and most diverse showcase of art in the region with over 40000 visitors expected. Galleries from across India, the Asian region, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas displaying the works of over 500 emerging and established artists. Proving to be an exciting show of contemporary...
Current exhibition: Derek Morris- 25 Years Thinking
Derek Morris will be presenting a selection of sculptures, drawings and prints in his solo show- '25 Years thinking.'
Saturday 11th September- Friday 22nd October 2010.
Derek Morris:
"I consider myself to be operating within the European Modernist tradition of Constructed Art. The formal language of my current work is based upon simple geometry which emanates from the built environment, most particularly from the architectural device known as the...
Rebirth- in collaboration with the 'Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.'
Rebirth:
An exhibition of contemporary Japanese art and Japanese inspired art curated by Lorraine Cooke in collaboration with the Unearthed exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Art1821 presents Rebirth (Thursday 29th July – Saturday 4th September). The exhibition showcases the work of eight contemporary artists. Japanese artists...
Inspired Women Artists
Exhibition 4-26 June, 2010
Emily Gwynne-Jones, Margaret Mellis, Tessa Newcomb and Margaret Thomas
Inspired Women Artists – featuring four recent and current Waveney Valley near-neighbours who have made major marks.
Constructivist Margaret Mellis (1914-2009), latterly of Syleham and finally of Southwold, was famously encouraged by Ben Nicholson and a mentor to the...
Alec Cumming: Forms that Flow. Forthcoming Show
Art1821 in collaboration with Alan Wheatley Art, Mason's Yard, St James, London
PV Thursday 3 June - please contact Gallery for an invitation
Exhibition: Fri 4th- Thur 24th June 2010.
Press Release: How refreshing, to encounter coyness in an artist who following three sell-out shows has his first London exhibition hitting the Capital this June. But there is nothing diffident in Alec Cumming's paintings. One of East Anglia's most...
Russian, Eastern and Oriental Art Fair
9th - 12th June, Park Lane Hotel, London
Stand 34
Art 18/21 in conjuncton with ICA Gallery, India will be showing an exciting mix of work by Modern and Contemporary South Asian Artists including Shishir Bhatt, Birendra Pani, Mukesh Sharma and Ramesh Sharma.
Please contact the Gallery for more information or for tickets to the Reception.
Seductive Perspectives
Friday 26th March- Saturday 17th April.
Seductive perspectives explores the work of artists couple Roderick Newlands MA.RCA and Lorraine Cooke. Whilst each artist develops their own family of images, the viewer is invited to navigate the intertwining perspectives…
Raw Gestures
Saturday 27th February- Saturday 20th March.
Art 1821 kicks off its 2010 season with the work of Alec Cumming, John Midgely and Frank Pond. The exhibition includes a collection of work by Terry Frost.
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2010 Opening Show
Monday 4th January- Wednesday 24th February.
The Art 18/21 Gallery begins 2010 with a dynamic and exciting exhibition that brings together a wide ranging selection of well established and emerging artists, including sculpture, painting, printmaking and installation. The exhibition showcases the work of Alan Davie, Jason Gathorne- Hardy, Derek Morris, Ana Maria Pacheco, Eduardo Paolozzi, Colin Self...
Festive Cornucopia
Festive Cornucopia!
A sumptuous cornucopia of wondourous things, including work by:
Peter Baldwin, Jason Gathorne-Hardy, Derek Morris, Jeremy Taylor, Andrew Schumann, Ian Starsmore, Trevor Bell, Sonia Delaunay, Terry Frost, Alan Davie, John Hoyland, Piranesi, David Roberts, James Stark, Craigie Aitchson & many, many, more ...
Open from Monday 30th November - Thursday 24th December...
Colin Self -Springs Fireplace Road, 30 etchings from the new suite, Sat 24th Oct - Sat 21st Nov
“Sometimes I like to go out. Sometimes I stay indoors and get things done.”...
India Art Summit 2009
India Art Summit 19th-22nd August 2009
Pragati Maiden, New Delhi India
Stand A 03, Hall A
Art 18/21 will once again be exhibiting at India's premier Modern and Contemporary Art Fair to be held in New Delhi this August. Fifty-five international Galleries together with curated project collectives will bring together some of the freshest and most exciting contemporary work. Alongside the Art Fair, the three day Sympossium will offer the chance to be...
ICA Gallery, Jaipur. Art 18/21 announces the opening of its partner Gallery
Following the knock-out exhibition of a retrospective of the celebrated Indian artist Laxma Goud, Art 18/21 is pleased to congratulate the ICA Gallery in Jaipur on its inaugural show.
Opened this autumn by the Art Dealer Abhinav Bansal, the ICA Gallery will promote established and emerging talent from India. With many years experience and knowledge gained from his father's insightful involvement with the art market, Abhinav Bansal has created an exciting contemporary...
Website Update
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Bank Holiday Opening Hours
22nd April Good Friday - Closed
23rd April - Closed
24th April Easter Sunday - Closed
25th April Easter Monday - Closed
29th April - Closed
30th April - Closed
1st May - Closed
2nd May - Closed
a language of its own
Alec Cumming
a language of its own
September 29th - October 21st 2011
Alan Wheatley Art, 22 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, St James's, London. SW1Y 6BU
The second solo show of new paintings by Alec Cumming. The exhibition features wroks made following Cumming's recent visits to India.