Events
New Exhibition:
Will Alsop: A Sense of Enquiry
Exhibition at South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre (alongside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital), 1 Nightingale Place, London SW10 9NG
Will Alsop is one of Britain’s most prominent architects. He has designed buildings in numerous countries, including the Sharp Centre for Design in Toronto, the ferry terminal in Hamburg, and the regional government building in Marseille, known as ‘Le Grand Bleu’. In the UK his buildings include Peckham Library (for which he won the Stirling Prize in 2000), and the acclaimed ‘Chips‘ building in Manchester.
Painting famously plays a crucial role in Alsop’s creative process – some of his building designs begin as a splash of colour on paper or canvas. The Nightingale Project – of which he is a patron – here presents the first London exhibition of his paintings since 2002.
Will Alsop says: ‘The works in this show are all made with a sense of enquiry. It is not always necessary to know what one is enquiring into. It is the work that dictates a direction. All the artist can do is start. Some of my paintings result in buildings and some do not – or at least at the moment. I am interested in what happens when there is no intention. Some of the drawings/paintings are made from the residue of making others. I make no distinction between art and architecture. To me they both begin in the same place.’
Stephen Bayley said in the Observer: ‘Alsop has a ludic approach to building designs: often his designs start as paintings. His pictures are full of colour and a tipsy bravura. These images feed into his architecture.’
The exhibition will include previously unseen paintings as well as a brand new limited edition giclee print, signed and numbered by Will Alsop, and illustrated on our homepage. The print is available for £350. A price list for the paintings is available on request.
Painting by Will Alsop
Fundraising Concert: Save the Date!
A fundraising concert will be held at Southbank Centre’s, Purcell Room, on Sunday 28 March 2010, in aid of the Nightingale Project.
Soojung Lim, pianist, and the Tippett Quartet, will play Beethoven, Korngold and Chopin. All proceeds will be used by the Nightingale Project to bring more art and live music into hospitals.
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(Tickets will be bookable through Southbank Centre as soon as the event appears on their website.)