Galleries - January 2014

32 GALLERIES JANUARY 2014 MAP 22 LONDON BLOOMSBURY & FITZROVIA a ABBOTT & HOLDER 30 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH Watercolours, Drawings, Oils and Prints 1750 to the Present. For ‘Lists’ (catalogues) introducing new stock on the first Wednesday of every month visit: www.abbottandholder.co.uk gallery@abbottandholder.co.uk t 020 7637 3981 b AUSTIN/DESMOND FINE ART Pied Bull Yard, 68/69 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BN Specialist in Modern British, International and Contemporary Art. Aspects of Modern British Art 2013: Paintings, Graphics and Prints. Until end of January. gallery@austindesmond.com www.austindesmond.com t 020 7242 4443 f 020 7404 4480 c CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS CENTRE 63 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BF The only gallery in London specialising exclusively in British studio pottery. Over 100 makers on show in a continually changing display of individually handmade ceramic objects. Mon–Sat 10.30–6 info@cpaceramics.com www.cpaceramics.com t 020 7242 9644 d DÉBUT ART & THE CONINGSBY GALLERY 30 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RJ Stephan Walter: New Works by leading young illustrator and graphic designer. Jan 27–Feb 7. 10–7 coningsbygallery@debutart.com www.debutart.com www.coningsbygallery.com t 020 7636 7478 e ENGLAND & CO 90–92 Great Portland Street, W1W 7NT Artists of the Colony Room. Until Jan 11. info@englandgallery.com www.englandgallery.com Tue–Fri 11–6, Sat 1–5, or by appt t 020 7436 1873 f GALLERY DIFFERENT 14 Percy Street, Fitzrovia, W1T 1DR The Kiss – A Dark Affair. In its third year The Kiss will explore thedark sideof lovefeaturing work from invited artists. To culminate in our traditional cocktail party on Valentine’s Day. Tue–Fri 10.30–6, Thur 10.30–8, Sat 11–5 info@gallerydifferent.co.uk www.gallerydifferent.co.uk t 020 7637 3775 g OCTOBER GALLERY 24 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AL Jukhee Kwon. Until Feb 1. Premiere solo show by the South Korean artist at October Gallery. Kwon creates captivating OL D G LO U C E ST ER S T OR M OND ST GU I L FORD ST R EET G T S T J A M E S S T R E D L I O N B E D F O R D S Q U A R E BED FO RD P L BLO O MSBURY M U SE U M CO L N' S I N N K IN BE RN ER S S T N E W M A N S T R E E T OX FORD ST R EET N E W OX F ORD ST R E ET HO LB O RN WI ND MI L L CH E N IES B Y N G P L A C E BEDFORD WAY S Q UA RE RU SS ELL M ONT A GU E S T R EET MA L ET S T REET S T O R E S T MA P L E ST R E ET WH IT FI E LD STRE E T HOWLAND ST G RA F TO N WAY T O T T E N HA M M ORTIMER S T G OO D GE S T R A T H B O N E P L C L E V E L A N D S T GT. TITCHFIELD S T G RE AT R US SEL L S T TOTTE N HAM C OURT R O A D G OWE R STREET M ON TAGUE P L S OUTHAMP TO N R O W T H E O B A L D S R O A D L A M B'S C O N D U I T S T RE D LION ST ST R OW BRITISH MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF LONDON G R T . ST BEDFORD SQUARE S T W A Y EA S T C AS TLE ST P ORT L A ND P L R E G E N T S T D GLO U C E STE R ST GT OR M ON D ST R B E D F O R D R O W E B DF O RD PL S E M L 'S IN FI E L D S WI N D MIL L C HE N I ES ST T O T E HA M ST ST U AR E E L O T A G UE STRE ET ST RE ST N D ST M O N T AG UE A T RUS ELL ST GUILFORD STREET G T S T J A M E S T B L R Y B E R N ER S ST N E W M A N S T G P A E B ED F O R D W A Y MAL ET STR EE T E ST E T W HI TFIELD S T R E T N A Y M RTI E ST G O E C H A R L O T T E S T W STREET BURN PLACE SOUTHAMPTON R W T H E O B A L D S R O A D L A M B'S C O ND IT D LI N ST A CLEVELAND STREET G T. TITCHFIELD ST G REAT PORTLAND ST R EET FORD S TRE ET NE W OXFO R D STRE E T HOLBOR N TO TTE N HA M CO U R T R O AD E U S TO N STR UCL Tottenham Court Rd Russell Sq Holborn Goodge St Warren St a g d h j i c f e b h Jukhee Kwon ‘Water Vase’ 2013 It is easy to forget, in an increasingly e-dominated reading society, how significant a part of a printed book’s appeal lies in its sheer weight and heft, its simple physicality. Something not lost on Jukhee Kwon, South Korean-born with an MA from Camberwell, whose astonishing sculptural pieces use a slicing and cutting technique to, very literally, deconstruct books into wonderful cascading waterfalls, flows and growths of printed paper – “Who would have thought a book had so much paper in it?” as Lady Macbeth might perhaps have remarked. More serious is the way in which Kwon gives these often abandoned and disused books a new life, one that, albeit in a very different way to a book, gives free rein to the imagination to play and to dream. ( October Gallery ) NU THUMB nails