Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva is one of eight artists to have been shortlisted for the Spitalfield Sculpture Prize commission. Elpida Hadzi Vasileva’s proposal, ‘The Beauty of Detail’, is for a semi-transparent maze of woven metal sheets, using silver and copper silk-like threads to create new vistas of Spitalfields. The public would be able to wander through its fragile, organic form, viewing the local landmarks in new ways. You can view her proposal in greater detail here

Please vote for Elpida’s proposal online (http://surveys.clarityinmarketing.com/vote) or by visiting the Spitalfields Sculpture Prize Exhibition (Friday 15 January to Friday 12 February 2010) until 4pm on Sunday 7 February 2010.

For further information visit http://www.spitalfields.co.uk/vote. The winning sculpture will go on display in October 2010.

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, The Beauty of Detail, 2010.

Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy’s The Anatomy of Desire (click here for further information) is nearing its opening on Monday 8 February 2010. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication featuring three newly commissioned texts by fellow ArtSway Associate, Alistair Gentry, Feminist and Cultural Theorist, Luce Irigaray, and New York-based sexologist, Leonore Tiefer.

Dates for your diary:

Charlie Murphy on Radio 4

Thursday 21 January 2010 at 1.30pm

Tune in to Radio 4’s Questions Questions to hear Charlie Murphy discussing her kiss-in events and her forthcoming show, The Anatomy of Desire at the Gallery, the Arts University College at Bournemouth.

The Anatomy of Desire artist talk, performance, book launch and reception for the artist

Friday 12 February 2010, 6.30pm-9.00pm

The Gallery, the Arts University College at Bournemouth

Charlie Murphy will present a short artist talk about The Anatomy of Desire, followed by a live performance of the commissioned score by Jorge Queijo. A book launch and reception will be held in the Gallery from 8.00pm.

Coach to event from Bournemouth train station

A coach will run from Bournemouth train station to the text+work Gallery at 6.00pm and will return to Bournemouth train station for 9.00pm.

Booking is essential as spaces are limited.

The last train to Bournemouth from London Waterloo for 6.00pm will leave at 3.25pm, arriving at 5.23pm. The returning train leaves Bournemouth at 9.12pm, arriving in London at 

23.23pm.

Charlie Murphy, The Anatomy of Desire

(installation image), 2010.

Hannah Maybank

Hannah Maybank’s recent exhibition at Gimpel Fils, London, ended on 16 January 2009. Our pre-Christmas Xtra coach trip (image right) to see the exhibition was complemented by a great talk delivered by Hannah on her working methods, her influences and inspirations.

ArtSway is also pleased to announce that the winner of the Hannah Maybank ink drawing is Stephen Morrison from Fordingbridge, who was drawn at random from over 100 entries.

Congratulations to Stephen, we hope you enjoy this great prize!

Dinu Li

Dinu Li has recently returned from a three-month residency in China, where he spent time researching and drawing inspiration for a new piece of work.  QUAD, Derby, have commissioned Dinu to make anew work based on his time in China and the exhibition which will be shown in July 2010 will also include 'Family Village'. Until then, Dinu’s ‘Mother of All Journeys’ will feature in Asia Feature at the Gallery Christian Roellin in Zurich (22 March - 24 April 2010). ArtSway will be undertaking additional marketing for his QUAD show.

Alistair Gentry

Alistair Gentry’s ‘Magickal Realism’ will premiere at Colchester Arts Centre on Wednesday 24 February 2010.

Produced with an Arts Council England Grants for the arts award and with support from ArtSway Associates, ‘Magickal Realism’ is Alistair’s new live video/live performance project based on Dr John Dee, the proto-scientist, court magician and fortune-teller to Queen Elizabeth I, who was a much respected scientist in his own time, but subsequently derided as a conjurer and a trickster.

Mentoring

In addition to the support offered by ArtSway, a few of the artists are also receiving mentoring from other arts professionals. For instance, Simon Faithfull is discussing his practice with Andrew Wheatley, while Emilia Telese has undertaken the first of a series of meetings with Robin Klassnik.