Galleries - November 2011

a ARCH 402 GALLERY Cremer Street, London E2 8HD Mia Nelle Drøschler: ‘TheForest Within’. Oct 21–Nov 16. Exhibition of Paintings presenting a fantastical landscape vision, combining relationships of contemporary urban psyche with prehistory and nature. Wed–Fri 11–6, Sat–Sun 11–3, admn free overground Hoxton buses 394, 55, 48, 149, 67, 242, 26 gallery@arch402.com www.arch402.com t 020 7043 2027 b BARBICAN ART GALLERY Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Barbican Art Gallery OMA/Progress. Until Feb 19. Oneof themost influential architecturepractices working today – coincides with opening of their first buildings here: Rothschild Bank HQ in theCity of London and a Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow. Daily 11–8, Wed 11–6, Thur until 10, Sat 10–8 tickets online £8, on the door £10, concs £7online £8 on the door, Secondary School (groups of ten or more) £4 u-12 free www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery t 0845 120 7550 (info) c THE EAGLE GALLERY/EMH ARTS 159 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3AL James Fisher: Uchiwa-e. Nov 4–Dec 16. Fisher’s recent VER S H O LT RD B L A C K W A L L T U N N E L N O R T H E R N A P P R O A C H P A N C R A S R O A D C A M D C A R P E N T E R H I G H S T S T P E T E R ' S S T FA RRI N G D O N RD G O S W E L L R D RO S E B E R Y A VE BR I C K L A N E Q UE E NSBR I DG E R D R I C HM O ND R D S O U T H G A T E R D W OB U R N R D G RA Y' S I N N RD ST JOH N S T L O N D ON W AL L H O X T O N S T K I N G S L A N D R O A D GR AH A M ROA D M A R E S T R E E T R O M A N R D ESSEX ROAD N E W N O R T H R O A D U P P E R S T B A L L S P O N D R O A D YORK W AY D O N I A N R O A D I V E R P O O L R O A D H A C K N E Y RO A D B E T H N A L G R E E N R D V I C T O R I A P A R K R O A D F E N C H URC H S T B I S H O P S G A T E CI TY R D F L E E T S T A N D N EW G A T E S T F A I R F IE L D R D I N G L A N E P E N T O N V I L L E E U S T O N R O A D R D C I T Y R O A D HIGHWAY C O MM ERCI AL ROAD T O R I A E M B A N K M E N T X F O R D S T R E E T H O L B O R N C L E R K E N W E L L R D O L D S T R E E T W H I T E C H A P E L H I G H S T B O W R D B Liverpool Street Moorgate Aldgate East Temple Angel Old Street Tower Hill King's Cross Bethnal Green Highbury & Isl. Whitechapel Farringdon Barbican Cannon St a g d j f c b i h a 50. GALLERIES NOVEMBER 11 MAP 31 LONDON CITY, ISLINGTON & EAST END paintings use a recurrent motif of the Japanese painted uchiwa-e fan to construct a series of images within images. Wed–Fri 11–6, Sat 11–4 emmahilleagle@aol.com www.emmahilleagle.com t 020 7833 2674 d ESTORICK COLLECTION OF MODERN ITALIAN ART 39a Canonbury Square, London N1 2AN The Poster King: Edward McKnight Kauffer. Sep 14–Dec 18. Posters and other artworks by McKnight Kauffer, who created some of the most iconic and influential commercial imagery produced in Britain in the early 20th Century. Wed–Sat 11–6, Sun 12–5 www.estorickcollection.com t 020 7704 9522 f 020 7704 9531 e FLOWERS 82 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DP Nicola Hicks: Aesops Fables. Oct 14–Nov 19. Simon Roberts: WeEnglish. Oct 14–Nov 19. MichaelWolf. Nov 25–Jan 7. Tue–Sat 10–6 tube Liverpool Street, Old Street buses 55, 48, 149, 67, 242, 26 info@flowersgalleries.com www.flowersgalleries.com t 020 7920 7777 f 020 7920 7770 See Flowers on Cork Street map & City/Islington map P A U L S T R E E T G R EA T E AST E RN ST OLD S TRE ET PI TF I E L D S T K I NG SLAN D S H O R EDI T C H H. S T B E T HNAL G R E EN R H A C K N E Y R D H O X T O N S T C U RTA I N R O A e k a Steffen Dam ‘Popular Mechanics’ In appearance somewhere between a cabinet of curiosities and a laboratory specimen jar, Steffen Dam’s astonishing glass works are, on closer inspection, nothing to do with either. The petrified creatures and plants his glass jars and panels display, though based on close drawing and observation, are works of pure fiction, their three- dimensionality created simply by the magnification of the glass and the artist’s astounding technical skill at blowing, casting, grinding. Finding the colours he wants with metal oxides, silver and gold, the chance chemical reactions this can involve are akin to alchemy – and just as mysterious and intriguing. ( Joanna Bird ) NU THUMB nails