PREVIEW: Graffiti Collective Show 2010 - Tuesday 7th September 2010, 6-9pm

THE MUSE AT 269 - Group Graffiti Show 2010

The Muse Gallery and Portobello Film Festival are proud to present some of London's finest graffiti artists including:
Code Seize Solo Snug Busk Traffick Wreakage Tizer
and many more.

Opening: Tuesday 7th September 2010, 6-9pm

Exhibition 8th-26th September (Wed-Sun 12-7pm)
(Bar open until midnight)
Entry Free




The Muse at 269 Portobello Rd
London, W11 1LR
020 7792 8588
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Space for expression without compromise.

The gallery hosts exhibitions every three weeks from a programme designed to include resident, emerging and established artists.
Selection focuses on content rather than
education or experience.

PREVIEW: Flooded Tunnels by Rosie Leventon, Tues 10th August '10

flooded tunnels

the muse at 269



Opening: 10 August 6-9pm

269 Portobello Road London W11 (just south of the Westway) Tube: Ladbroke Grove. Bus: 52, 23, 7, 70

Wednesdays to Saturdays 12-10pm or by appointment. Tel: 0207 792 8588 www.themuseat269.com

Show continues until September 5th 2010



drawings by rosie leventon



Best known for her large installations that have been made for museums, sculpture parks and galleries in many countries, Rosie Leventon is now showing her drawings for the first time in London.

“ Leventon’s drawings combine expressive energy with a sculptor’s instinct for ground and depth. Surfaces are tactile, often evoking organic sculptural materials, or referencing the elemental aspects of landscape. Some of the drawings also contain Middle Eastern hand writing and calligraphy” Tom Flynn

Her work has recently been bought by the Henry Moore Institute, and recent shows include: The Workshop of Hereafter, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College,

Unfold, Nettie Horn Gallery, Concrete & Glass, Shoreditch Town Hall, Prospects & Interiors, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

Video interview and four art works on www.channel4.com/bigart

PREVIEW: Richard Taylor, A Solo Show by Artist-in-residence, Tues 20th July, 6-9pm

The Muse at 269 is pleased to present the Aritst-in-residence Exhibition, A body of work created over the last 7 months by British artist Richard Taylor.

Richard Taylor’s work brings a fresh contemporary twist to an otherwise traditional process of landscape painting. The first departure comes with an initial gestural approach to mark-making, which, through a considered eye, captures the immediacy and urgency of a glance across the hustle and bustle of Portobello’s busy market place. These visual and auditory experiences find their way onto the canvas and make themselves known through splashes of vibrancy and a lyrical, ‘synaestheisiastic’ handling of paint, which results in a finished painting that brings together a myriad of experiences into one, captivating, semi-abstract space.

Richard Taylor’s 7 month residency has been a mixture of great pleasure and intense development. Having a studio on London's famous Portobello Road, free from financial burden has enabled Richard to fully concentrate on his work. With these added benefits he has been free to explore why he has chosen to be an artist. After graduating, Fine art students often find themselves in a strange halfway house; suddenly coming from a comfortable, friendly environment of the campus, to the lonely, sometimes faithless world of being an artist is a hard transition to make. The residency at the Muse 269 has helped soften that blow and given Richard the opportunity to become a better, more understanding artist.

PREVIEW: 'All Square' - The Muse Summer Group Show 2010, Tues 29th June, 6-9pm

Private View: All Square
The Muse Summer Group Show 2010

PREVIEW: Tuesday 29th June 2010, 6-9pm

EXHIBITION:
Wednesday 30th June - Sunday 18th July 2010
Gallery opening times: Wednesday - Sunday, 12pm-6pm and by appointment
Entry Free

THE SUMMER GROUP SHOW

The Summer Group Show at the Muse features a selection of past artists who have shown at the gallery over the last seven years.

There is no theme as such, but each piece must measure 52cm square. The intention behind this, is to allow each artist to fully express their individuality. The format of the square captures the essence of uniformity in the space without compromising the artists chosen subject.

The Muse is proud to exhibit such a diversity of talented emerging artists. If you have become acquainted with these artists through past shows, you will be able to witness their development in their current work. For those who are unfamiliar with these artists, it will be a good opportunity to discover their talents.

Artists to include:
Richard Taylor
Anne Windsor
Cecilia Sandrini
Patricio Bosich
India Ritchie
John Bishop
Code FC
Mat Cahill
Cat James
Evy Jokhova
K Hare
Janie Rayne
Nelly Dimitranova
Heidi Locker
Sheena Russell

Information:
The Muse at 269 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LR
Tel: 0207 792 8588
map
Nearest Tube: Ladbroke Grove
Bus: 52,23,7,70

www.themuseat269.com
info@themuatse269.com

PREVIEW: Quietude, An Exhibition of Photographs by Janie Rayne, Tuesday 8th June 2010

QUIETUDE
AN EXHIBITION
of Photographs by Janie Rayne in collaboration with Roy Snell.

‘See not aloneness as the absence of others but as the presence of self’

Private View 8th June 2010, 6PM-9PM

Wednesday 9th -Sunday 27th JUNE 2010

www.themuseat269.com www.janierayne.com www.roysnell.com

The Exhibition can be viewed on line at www.janierayne.com from 8th.June 2010

…………”you don’t have to go far away from the crowd, the party or your friends to find a quiet and beautiful place. You can lie on your back in a park or garden and just look up to see the beauty of the sky; sit on a bench and throw back your head to look up through the branches of a tree; sit on your window sill and watch the clouds drift across the moon.
Every one of these pictures I saw when I left the crowd, the gang of friends, the party just for a short while and stood alone very still and looked. And there they were. I just took the photograph”

Extract from Artist’s Statement, Janie Rayne 2010


Open daily Wednesday to Sunday 12noon - 6pm or by appointment

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London W11 1LR
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PREVIEW: By Nature, Paintings by Katkin Pringle, 18th May 2010, 6-9pm

Private View: By Nature
Paintings by Katkin Pringle
PREVIEW:

Tuesday 18th May 2010, 6-9pm

EXHIBITION

Wednesday 19th May - Sunday 6th June 2010
Gallery opening times: Wednesday - Sunday, 12pm-6pm and by appointment
Entry Free

KATKIN PRINGLE

By Nature’ refers not to the subject matter of the works, but to the manner in which they are made. The encouragement of chance means the results are undetermined; the paint inevitably acquires independence and travels by the course of nature. As gravity pulls the fluids across the surface, evaporation, chemical reactions, temperature, paint viscosity, volume and order of play, unite to form a composition that is reminiscent of the natural world and it’s landscapes – a nebula, a volcanic explosion, a crashing wave…The energy of the process, causality and the diverse results, suggest themes of flux, endlessness and organic decay.

"I like thinking with materials; you move, it moves, towards a destination you haven't envisaged. The most rewarding thing is to come to a brand new form - what the Greeks call 'poesis' you get to a point where no one has been before."

(Quote by the sculptor Tony Cragg that amounts Katkin’s thoughts)

Katkin’s interests lie in the disposition of causality, the effect that possibilities can have on human experience, and the limits and potential of human knowledge. This show, ‘By Nature’ illustrates a combination of physical presence with abstract language; a mystical world in which one searches for recognition.

www.katkinpringle.com


A dynamic place where collaborations with the community, private corporations and artists flourish, The Muse at 269 continues to pursue its goal to be the local artistic hub of West London.

Information:
The Muse at 269 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LR
Tel: 0207 792 8588
map
Nearest Tube: Ladbroke Grove
Bus: 52,23,7,70

www.themuseat269.com
info@themuatse269.com

PREVIEW: At Home by India Ritchie, Tues 27th April 2010, 6-9pm

India Ritchie
At Home

The Muse at 269 Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by the British artist India Ritchie. Having exhibited in group shows in the UK, USA and Pakistan, Ritchie presents a collection of old and new work at Muse, consisting of printmaking, painting and photography.

Ritchie’s work investigates the overlapping of private and public space in the home and the effect, both emotional and behavioural, of habitation on the inhabitant.

Installation piece Behaviour Patterns, 2009 and the accompanying series of prints entitled Interior I and Interior II, 2009, focus specifically on the presence of public space in the home, and the trend in interior design for the idealistic representation of domestic living, achieved through the ordering of objects and ritualistic cleaning.

This ordering of objects in the home is apparent in Ritchie’s latest series of prints entitled Period Living, 2010. These new prints incorporate domestic compositions reminiscent of those found in museums; the television set placed at the heart of the space. These scenes appear to not only examine the role of television in the home, but also seem to question the validity of period representations of domestic interiors.

The general absence of figures in Ritchie’s work gives the viewer a sense that she examines the prevalent themes in her work objectively. However, from discussion with the artist, it becomes apparent that many of the elements in her work are a deliberate, if somewhat secretive, reference to her own experience of home life. This playful interweaving of memory with an extensive body of theoretical research is characteristic of Ritchie’s work.

Previous group shows include New Prints/Autumn’09 at IPCNY, New York; Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious at The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia; Spinning Tongues at Vibe Bar Gallery, London; This Is England at The Spiral Staircase, Lancashire then traveling to Lahore, Pakistan; Presenting The Top 100 at Jealous Gallery, London, London Group Open at Menier Gallery, London; The 7th Annual British Mini Print Exhibition at The London Print Studio, London and 11 other UK venues.