Pump House Gallery
Battersea Park
London
Greater London
SW11 4NJ
England
Website
Telephone
020 7350 0523
Fax
020 7228 9062
Pump House Gallery is a public artspace on the lakeside in Battersea Park, offering a unique venue for experiencing the contemporary visual arts. In a beautiful park setting the Victorian listed tower building dates from 1861 in which we offer an exciting programme of exhibitions with events, workshops and talks. The gallery shop stocks art magazines, cards, childrens books and jewellery.
Venue Type:
Gallery, Heritage site, Garden, parklands or rural site
Battersea Park
London
Greater London
SW11 4NJ
England
Website
Telephone
020 7350 0523
Fax
020 7228 9062
Art, Performance & Activism in Contemporary Japan
Art, Performance & Activism features the work of artists/activists based in Japan who push the boundaries of where art, performance and activism intersect.
Presenting visually powerful and pioneering works from the mid-1990s to the present the exhibition explores differing strategies of intervention that seek to engage in contemporary debates and to change how we think and act.
Engaging with contemporary themes of art and action, private and public, memory and identity, the exhibition is the first to present their work in the UK and to provide a context for their interventions. Works include Teiji Furuhashi’s mesmerising solo production, The Lovers (Dying Pictures, Loving Pictures) and S/N performance by the Kyoto-based art collective DumbType, the print-based activist work of Yoshiko Shimada, and the visceral performance-based film work of emergent artists Soni Kum and Chikako Yamashiro. Provocative, beautiful, haunting, disturbing…moving.
Curated by Professor Fran Lloyd of Kingston University, London and Professor Rebecca Jennison of Kyoto Seika University, Japan,
Performance and Activism in Contemporary Japan has been kindly supported by:
POLA Art Foundation
Japan Foundation
Japan Foundation Endowment Committee
Japan Society
British Council
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
The Saison Foundation
Kingston University
Kyoto Seika University
DumbType work is presented with cooperation of Shiro and Yoko Takatani, DumbType, Kyoto & Shinya Yamaki, Kyoto Seika University; Chikako Yamashiro’s work is presented with cooperation of Yumiko Chiba Associates; Yoshiko Shimada and Bubu de la Madeleine courtesy of Ota Fine Arts.
Where
Pump House Gallery
Admission
FREE
Website
http://www.pumphousegallery.org.uk/exhibitions/currentexhibition
Battersea Park
London
Greater London
SW11 4NJ
England
Website
Telephone
020 7350 0523
Fax
020 7228 9062
Performance Workshop with artist Soni Kum
Soni Kum, a third generation Korean artist born in Japan, will present Sacrifice, Sacral Dance at the gallery on 19 February 2012. Join Kum for a hands-on origami making workshop from 11am-2pm, in preparation for her performance event that will explore notions of dance as a sacred ritual at 3pm. The day will conclude with a talk by the artist from 3pm.
‘…..dance was not only for spectacle but a sacred ritual, it was essential as a healing practice, which integrates our psychosomatic state of being. When our bodies are submerged in daily inertia, the only means to retrieve ourselves is to awaken this subdued dormant state of mind…….’ Soni Kum 2012
Soni Kum is an interdisciplinary artist who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan as a third generation Korean. She grew up in the North Korean Community in Japan but only spent about 8 days in North Korea when she was a teenager. Kum obtained South Korean citizenship in 2006.
FREE, all welcome to take part.
When
11am-3pm
Where
Pump House Gallery
Admission
FREE
Website
http://www.pumphousegallery.org.uk/events/allevents/artist%E2%80%99s-talk-soni-kum
Come and Play at Pump House!!
Presented by Pump House Gallery and Spots vs Stripes
In conjunction with Museums at Night, Pump House Gallery's Monthly Do will expand in May to be a weekend of fun and games for all ages. In this exciting year of sport ahead, we have invited artists to explore the art within games and present performances, workshops and activities for you to compete in. Adding another layer to a strong history of artists exploring games within their practice, from the Surrealists use of them as a method of investigation to Joseph Beuys Infamous Boxing match, this is sure to be an exciting weekend. Come along and pick a side.
Two seesions of play per say, up to date information at www.pumphousegallery.org.uk
Open Saturday 19th May 11am – 9pm (pay bar from 5pm) and Sunday 20th May 11am- 4pm.
Why not catch the final weekend of our exhibition while you’re here? Pump House Gallery is pleased to present artists Baptist Coelho and Nadia Kaabi-Linke in an exhibition of new works developed during their residencies at Delfina Foundation in autumn 2011. The artists are responding to the environment of the gallery, exploring it’s social and physical landscapes, and the juxtaposition of social and personal contexts. Baptist Coelho lives and works in Mumbai, India. Born in Tunisia, Kaabi-Linke lives and works in Berlin.
When
11am-4pm
Where
Pump House Gallery
Admission
FREE, all welcome
Website
Battersea Park
London
Greater London
SW11 4NJ
England
Website
Telephone
020 7350 0523
Fax
020 7228 9062
Getting there
Pump House Gallery is located on the lakeside in Battersea Park, a five minute stroll from park entrances.
Buses: 19, 44, 49, 137, 239, 319, 344, 345
Train: Battersea Park or Queenstown Road
Tube: Sloane Square
Car: There are three pay and display car parks in Battersea Park. They are situated at Albert Gate, Chelsea Gate and Rosery Gate.
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