Shoreditch Arts Club, Wednesday 21st February, 7pm
At a time when so many historic buildings and works of art are being demolished or desecrated, our understanding of what should be erected in public spaces is challenged. Is it the responsibility of experts, landowners, or a committee of public (and populist) opinion? Perhaps it’s a slice of each. Artists and commissioners are tasked with negotiating these interests and who exactly public art should serve. Is public art a problem “forever” or “in our time”?
join the artist Abbas Zahediartist, writer stewart homedirected by Lacuna Stella Ioannoufor informal conversations art review Editor JJ Charlesworth explores what is “public” in public art.
Abbas Zahedi Abbas fuses contemporary philosophy, poetics, and social dynamics with performative and new media modes. Selected exhibitions include: pay attention to techniqueNottingham Contemporary (2023). Metatopia 10013Anonymous Gallery, New York (2022). London Open 2022, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2022). Postwar Modern, Barbican, London (2022). willGoldsmiths CCA, London (2022). temporary composition, Gallery 31 Somerset House, London (2021); Yarmonix 2021, Great Yarmoth, UK (2021).and Decrease in ratings; Messene du Sud, Montpellier (2021). Abbas is an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London, and also teaches at universities in the UK and abroad.
stewart home I was born in London in 1962 and still live there. He has been active as an artist since his early 1980s, and in 2011 had a mid-career retrospective at White’s Columns in New York. His recent works include: fictophiliaDarling Pearls & Co (London, 2023); a live art presentation of his 2023 novel art school orgy At Queen’s Park Railway Club (Glasgow, 2023). sexus maleficarumDarling Pearls & Company (London, 2020-2021). Theory of Porn – Fantasy in Practicea two-film installation at Cable Depot (London, 2019). dual flying kick, 5 Years (London, 2018).and Re-Enter the Dragon (Part of Glasgow International, 2016). His home has works in the Arts Council England collection. He is the author of his 17 novels, 7 cultural commentary books, and collections of short stories and poetry.
Stella Yoannou We launched Lacuna in 2010 to bring visionary public art projects and events to life. Her established relationships with London’s business and arts communities enrich her curatorial and leadership roles and contribute to Lacuna’s successful growth. Prior to joining Lacuna, Ioannou was Founding Deputy Director of the London Festival of Architecture (2003-2007) and Client Director of Profirst (2007-2009), an international luxury events agency. Ta. Ioannou is Artistic Director of Sculpture in the City, the UK’s largest annual urban sculpture park, and a member of the City Arts Initiative (since 2011). She is a former Culture Mile Curator of Outdoor Art (2017-2019) and Creative Lead for Celebrate the City (2012), the Square Mile’s cultural program for the London Olympics. Ioannou is an accredited consultant to the Mayor of London and London Boroughs of Culture, a trained architect and dancer, a liveryman member and court assistant with the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, and a member of the Urban Architecture Forum. there is. Mr Ioannou was also an advisor to the City of London’s Eastern Cities Cluster Region Strategy (2017-2019) and joined the Mayor’s Culture and Commerce Taskforce in 2021. Ioannou regularly lectures and serves as an art juror in the UK and abroad.
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venue: Shoreditch Arts Club6 Redchurch St, London E2 7DD
date: Wednesday February 21st
time: 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
Features: Abbas Zahediartist; stewart homeartist, writer. Stella Ioannoudirected by Lacuna. JJ Charlesworth,Editor art review.
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