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September 8 2005, Thursday,
12pm-6pm (ends on September 10 2005, Saturday, 12pm-6pm)
We just made it
- on Monday, to the last hour of the well-attended opening reception
for, “Young at Art,” an exhibition at the Lennox Gallery of ten
recently-graduated A-level pupils, from schools as far away as Eton.
Well, it was the start of the new season and there were many art
galleries to get around to see – both in Cork Street and in Shepherd’s
Market! Surprising to say, the two or three galleries we did visit in
Mayfair did not appear to have either the quality or the selection of
works that we had briefly seen, earlier that day, in Fulham. So, come
seven o’clock, there was no way we were going to even get to Payne and
Relph’s show, at the Serpentine Gallery, so we hastened our way back on
the bus, through Knightsbridge and Chelsea and finally to Fulham’s Moore
Park Road. When we eventually got to the Lennox Gallery, it seemed that
each of the ten exhibitors had invited a dozen or so friends and family.
The place was heaving! So much so, it was a challenge just to get in,
then to discern who was an artist and who was not. Whilst help had been
offered to us earlier, it was thanks to one young-at-heart mother, who
saw us hurriedly scribbling notes in a corner - in between sipping, what
was left of several cases of white wine – that we began to make inroads,
as to who was who. After briefly being quizzed as to whom we were
writing for, she introduced us to her son, who in turn pointed us in the
direction of other members of the Talented Ten. One of these happened to
be Oliver Proudlock, who – we believe - is one of just two exhibitors at
this exhibition, who is planning to go on to art school. So, before
everyone at Central St Martin’s gets to see his pictures (currently
worth snapping up, at only £120 each) you can discover them for
yourself. They are hung near to the bottom of the stairs, used to
descend from the entrance, down into the gallery’s main exhibition area.
And when you are on the gallery’s lower level, do look towards one of
the far corners, to see Olivia Maconie’s range of photographs. Maconie
has photographed various scenes of London and New York. As you walk
towards them you will see, on your right, the reduction lino prints
produced by music and guitar enthusiast, George Eddy. They are entitled,
“Pepper Studies” (£240 each) and show peppers with a variety of texts.
What these are, we have forgotten! They could be song lyrics… or, could
they be poetry? What do you think?
On another wall,
Oxfordshire’s James Boycott has produced a series of 16 silk screens, nine of
which are on show here. He is also showing several collages (£190 each), as well
as a couple of drypoint and chine colle works, simply entitled, “Childhood I”
and “Childhood II” (£150 each). On the opposite wall, Oliver Bampfylde’s
photographs (£30-£45 each) can be viewed. Three of his black and white
photographs show scenes of Helsinki, with the others showing the Berlin Wall and
– closer to home, the Embankment and Gabriel’s Wharf. As for the prices of all
the exhibits on show, they range from £90 up to £700. Unfortunately, there were
three other pupils we did not manage to meet. But, nevertheless, their works
appeared to be of the same high standard of those we did meet. As for the
organiser of the entire event, ace pupil Jamie Byrom - who we were in contact
with, by phone and in person, a few times that day - he also has a number of
artworks on show. We particularly liked his picture, inspired by a number of
large-denomination dollar bills, which can be seen on the gallery’s upper level.
Nearby you will see a series of portraits, produced by Jessica Alston. In short,
if you like Tamara Lempicka’s works, then you will like Alston’s collection of
portraiture – especially that portrait of female head, priced at a very
reasonable £200! We couldn’t help admiring it, whilst talking to Alston about
her work, all shortly before leaving what we had found to be an excellent
exhibition of artworks by a young and talented group of A-level pupils and… who
knows… possibly with several, “fine artists of the future,” amongst them. So, do
be sure to go along, and enjoy the last three days of the show as much as we
enjoyed the opening reception’s last three-quarters of an hour!
MENU A: Free
B: 14, 414, etc
L: Lennox Gallery, 77 Moore Park Road, London, SW6
N: 020 7736 3326
T: Fulham Broadway (District line)
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