Galleries - December 2010

MAP 24 LONDON BLOOMSBURY & FITZROVIA 44. GALLERIES DECEMBER 10 a ABBOTT & HOLDER 30 MuseumStreet, WC1A 1LH Hundreds of watercolours, drawings, oils and prints 1760–2000. For ‘Lists’ (catalogues) introducing all new stock, every 7 weeks and Exhibition news visit: www.abbottandholder.co.uk gallery@abbottandholder.co.uk t 020 7637 3981 f 020 7631 0575 b AUSTIN/DESMOND FINE ART Pied Bull Yard, 68/69 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BN Aspects of Modern British Art. Nov 19–Dec 16. Mixedexhibition of painting and sculpture displaying the breadth and diversity of British art in the 20th C. Mon–Fri 10.30–5.30, Sat 11–2.30 (during exhibs) tube Holborn, Tottenham Court Road gallery@austindesmond.com www.austindesmond.com t 020 7242 4443 f 020 7404 4480 c CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ARTS 2 Percy Street, London W1T 1DD Made to Cherish: The Best of British Craft from CAA. Nov 12–Jan 8. Carefully edited selection of new work from some of the top British craftspeople working today. Particular emphasis on the importance of the inherent value in handmade British objects. All one-off work is for sale, made to last! Mon–Sat 10–6 sales@caa.org.uk www.caa.org.uk t 020 74362344 d CURWEN & NEW ACADEMY GALLERY 34 Windmill Street (off Charlotte St) London W1T 2JR Main Gallery: ‘Winter Treats’; Upper Gallery: David Haste – 3D Works. Dec 2–23. Mon–Fri 10–6, Thur 10–8, Sat 11–5 tube Goodge Street www.curwengallery.com t 020 7323 4700 f 020 74363059 e DÉBUT ART & THE CONINGSBY GALLERY 30 TottenhamStreet, London W1T 4RJ Sidika Owen d’Hauteville: ‘The End of Things’. Nov 29–Dec 4. Celebrated Posters by Vince McIndoe. Dec 6–11 (PV Dec 7). Standfirst: Paintings and Advertising O L D GL OUC E S T E R S T G TORMONDST R E D L I O N S Q U A R E B EDFORDPL M U S E U M L I N C OL N 'S I N N F W I N D M ILL C H ENI E SS T TO T T E N H A M S T S T S T SQ U A R E R U S S E L L MO N TAG U E ST REE T S TO R E S T HOWLAN D ST MO NT A GU E P L G R E A T R US SE LL S T GUI L FO R D STREET G T S T J A M E S S B L O O M SBU RY KIN GS B E R N ERS S T N E W M A N S T B Y N G P L A C E BEDFORD W AY M A L ET ST R E E T M APLE S T R E ET WH IT FIELD S TR E ET GR AFT ON WA Y M ORTIMER S T G O O DG E S T C H A R L O T T E S T GOWER STREET WOBURN P L AC E S OU T HAM PTO N R O W T H E O B A L D S R O A D L A MB' S C O NDUIT ST RED LION ST W A Y CLEV E L A ND S TREET GT . TITCHF I ELD ST G R E A T PO RT L A N D S TR E E T OXFORD STREET N EW O XFOR D ST RE E T HOLB O R TOTT E NHA M CO U R T ROAD E U S T O N S TREET BRITISH MUSEUM UCL Tottenham Court Rd Euston Sq Russell Sq Holborn Goodge St Warren St a e g d f c b h h Posters createdby celebrated illustrator andartist Vince McIndoe in the Suwon, South Korea studio. Mon–Fri 9.30–6, Sat by appt coningsbygallery@debutart.com www.debutart.com www.coningsbygallery.com t 020 7636 7478 f THE GALLERY AT 94 94 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia London W1T 6NW Natasha Barnes: BeyondBorders. Sep 30–Jan 15. Featuring the work of South African born artist Natasha Barnes – “Every brushstroke is a journey. Sometimes we get lost. If we didn’t, the end wouldalways be the same”. Mon–Fri 10–6, all other times appt only info@galleryat94.com www.galleryat94.com t 020 7388 7868 g OCTOBER GALLERY 24 Old Gloucester St, WC1N 3AL Golnaz Fathi: Liminal – Subliminal. Nov 11–Jan 22. New solo exhibition by leading Iranian female artist. Trainedin Persian calligraphy, she now creates large scale, free-flowing acrylic paintings. Tue–Sat 12.30–5.30 tube Holborn/Russell Square art@octobergallery.co.uk www.octobergallery.co.uk t 020 7242 7367 h REBECCA HOSSACK ART GALLERY 2a Conway Street, Fitzrovia, W1T 6BA Balint Zsako: Drawings. Dec 10–24. rebecca@r-h-g.co.uk www.r-h-g.co.uk t 020 74364899 REBECCA HOSSACK ART GALLERY AT CHARLOTTE STREET 28 Charlotte Street, W1T 2NA Peter Clark: Dogs Are for Christmas Not Just for Life. Nov 26–Dec 19. Mon–Sat 10–6 rebecca@r-h-g.co.uk www.r-h-g.co.uk t 020 7255 2828 A giftedstudent emerging out of Glasgow School of Art in the mid-70s, Helen Wilson is one of those classic products of the Scottish art school system. Thoroughly grounded in the basic skills of painting and drawing, she makes those most difficult and testing of subjects, the human figure andstill-life, look deceptively simple and undemonstrative, as this handsome new show at Thompson's makes apparent, time andagain. But, don’t be taken in, this is figurative painting of the highest order, the drawing always firm and crisp, the touch subtle and ambiguous, the colour clear , precise andtender. What pleasures! NU THUMB nails Helen Wilson ‘Mackerel x 3’