PREVIEW: Recent Works by Rhonda Whitehead, Tues 13th October, 7-9pm

Recent Works by Rhonda Whitehead

Exhibition : Tuesday 13th October until Sunday 1st November 2009

Rhonda Whitehead is returning to London for her solo exhibition at the Muse at 269. She last exhibitited in London at the art fair in Islington in 2007.

All works included in the exhibition are from the last ten years, She now lives and works on the Norfolk, Suffolk borders. Since leaving London she has been professionally active having 6 solo exhibitions. Two at the Grapevine Gallery, Norwich reviewed enthusiastically by the critics Christopher Smith and Mary Rudd. Two at the AWD gallery Halesworth, Suffolk and two in Cambridge. One at Clare Hall Gallery and one at Kings Arts Centre. Her painting Venice Ochre won first prize at the
Byard Open exhibition in 2006 in Cambridge. She has also taken part in various mixed shows and open studios exhibitions.

Her preoccupation with colour and structure remain constant in recent works in oil on paper and oil on canvas, drawing a link between the forces in nature and the patterns of weathering and erosion on structures and buildings. In 'Italian city buildings', colours appear flattened onto the canvas revealing what is there ---- peeling surfaces, spidery scratchy writings in the paint ---- all executed with a generous freedom.

Open daily Wednesday to Sunday 12 noon -- 6pm or by appointment
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Human Nature by Susan Eyre, Tues 22nd Sept - 10th Oct '09

Susan Eyre


‘Human Nature’

Private view: Tues 22nd September '09

Show runs: Wednesday 23rd September - 10th October 2009


Susan Eyre completed a BA in Textiles at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2007. She lives and works in London and from the Ochre Print Studio, Guildford.



In her practice Eyre is interested in the search for the sublime within the man made environment.

Working with textiles, silk-screen print, digital print and a technique of cutting and heat fusing materials she creates both two and three dimensional pieces which combine and contrast natural and synthetic fabrics to echo themes within her work.



Eyre invites the viewer to look beyond the un-romanticised reality of urban life to discover an illusory world that is inauthentic yet familiar. Reflecting on personal and shared cultural influences she engages with fantasies of secret gardens, archetypal romantic scenes and ideas of paradise to construct her landscapes. Images absorbed from advertising media, film and fiction are regurgitated into her work exposing the collective vision of a perfect natural world as illusion. Ambiguously desirable these false landscapes acknowledge an urge to create a space that is a haven of beauty and harmony. Inspired by a prevalent nostalgia for a utopian idyll amid the fragmented and synthetic experience of nature, her work explores the gap where reality falls short of aspiration.

Portobello Film Festival, Group Graffiti Show, Tues 8th Sept, 6-9pm

The Muse at 269 is very pleased to be collaborating with the Portobello Film Festival for the fifth consecutive year. This year we will be exhibiting the work of skilled and talented graffiti artists SEIZE, CODEFC, SNUG and SOLO alongside the MUTOID creations of JOE RUSH.

This show will run from 9th September to 20th September 2009 with a launch event on the evening of 8th September from 6pm to 9pm (bar open till 12pm)