| ART AT FIRST OUT |
| First Out is incredibly proud to play host to the work of many established and up-and-coming LGBT, queer and queer friendly artists. Exhibitions change on a regular basis and most work is available for sale. If you are interested in exhibiting work please feel free to contact us here, or email Malcolm Comley for more information. |
| CURRENT EXHIBITION |
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| FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION |
Anna Thomas
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Anna Thomas presents 'Me, Myself &
Him' , a collection of pieces taken from extracts from the 16th and 17th
of her 18 journals to date. The work explores the themes of sexuality,
gender, desire and the strength found in weakness. Her work is brutally honest, raw and is
presented, unaltered as written and her work is reflective of a new generation
of gay women. |
| PAST EXHIBITIONS |
| ROCIO REYES-CORTEZ Dress Code II Paintings 22nd June - 20th July 08 |
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| Dress Code explores the re-creation and projection of identity as a means to explore boundaries of gender, identity,and cultural stereotypes. It is an exploration of how one can project a chosen persona, self created, for artistic and personal expression. "You are more authentic the more you become what you dreamed you are" Pedro Almodovar. http://rocioart.com/ |
| WOTEVER 5 - A RETROSPECTIVE 1st - 22nd June 08 |
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| Wotever 5 is a photo exhibition of pictures from Wotever events between 2003-2008 taken of and by Wotevers. It's a documentation of Wotever's history and transgression over five years of gender bending in London, Glasgow, Stockholm, Warsaw and Brighton. Performances, party nights, events and people we have met and enjoyed sharing a moment in time with. Exhibition at First Out cafe, 1-22 June 2008. Launch party Monday 2 June. You are mostly Welcome! Photos by; Johanna Samuelson, Sara Davidman, Sam Nightingale, AbsoluteQueer, Christa Holka, Aaron Madiot, Kash Szuztoff , Ingo and many more.... More information at http://www.woteverworld.com/ or join the facebook event here |
| EDWARD RELPH Drawings 30th March - 1st June 08 |
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| The honest exploration of the human form as an abstract landscape and figurative study. The interaction and movement between isolated rhythms of the flesh. The unique tension within every subject. The life within stillness. edrelph@gmail.com |
| Adam Robinson "Tribute" 2nd March - 30th March 08 |
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| A collection of artworks inspired by popular music Each piece is constructed from individual wooden letters that are painted and then arranged on a box canvas. They spell out well known song titles of a particular music artist and hence form a tribute. Adam Robinson has been living and working in London for the past six years and originates from Australia. He has a degree in creative arts and has been producing art in varying forms for the past 10 years. http://www.collectingmatchboxes.com/ |
| PAUL - ANTHONY SMITH PAINTINGS 3rd FEBRUARY - 2nd MARCH 08 |
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| This body of art reflects the artist's attraction to afro-centric cliques and the foundation women have within the community. His work incorporates the essence of spirituality and kinship,which he feels is engrained within the black diaspora. Paul -Anthony Smith's work is a continuing journey of self discovery and he often incorporates the spirit of belonging. He was worn in England of Jamaican descent and was raised in Canada. His images are often faceless to enable the viewer to visualize the essence of a homogenous community. p.anthonysmith@googlemail.com |
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TIM PERKINS 9th December 07 - 2nd February 08
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| Tim Perkins is an artist/designer presenting a selection of portraits featuring from Marlene Dietrich to Quentin Crisp in glorious technicolor. The cafe area will host more conventional Hollywood images whilst in the downstairs bar there will be a selection of those for whom appearance is central to their lives. http://timperkinsart.com/ |
| EDWIGE BERNANOCE "LOVE HAS NO LAW" photographs 4th November - 9th December 07 |
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| Edwige G Bernanoce is part of a new generation of photographers blurring the demarcartion between photography and conceptual art. Bernanoce 's vision passes through the superficial. With childlike intensity, she transforms the commonplace, creating images the intercept dream and reality. Showing in the Cafe - Apparition is a wish to delay forgetfulness, to keep memory. Using the prism of a derelict factory, Bernanoce invites the viewer to reflect on the fragility of his or her existence. The black and white stills of now defunct machinery harken to a time of industrious productivity. Drifting through the remains, a hunting figures ask us - what will become when we are traces on other people's memories? Showing in the Bar - The latest work " Love has no Law", offers a different take on love and desire within gay relationships. Avoiding traditional gender stereotypes, Bernanoce uses compositions of faceless mannequins to illustrate the diversity of attraction. Their blank canvas allows the viewer to project onto them their emotional experiences. Looking closely, the viewer sees these inert statues come alive, as in a dream. Viewers will be surprised by these sensual and evocative photographs: a thought-provoking insight into the elusive nature of memory and love. http://www.egbernanoce.com/ |
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NICK MOSIENKO
OIL PAINTINGS 7th October - 3rd November 07
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| This exhibition encompasses work produced since arriving in France, up to the present moment, and traces the development of the constant discoveries, both physical and emotional, engendered by a new environment and a new life direction. My work is non-figurative, and I usually work in oils on canvas. I find inspiration from the impressions engendered by my environment, (landscape, light, time of day, weather, seasons, architecture, nature) or by a particular place at a certain time, and some times by my own experiences and feelings at the time I create the work. My work could be said to be representational in the sense of it being an interpretation of the many aspects that inspire me - a combination of the physical and the emotional. nickmos202000@yahoo.co.uk |
| GAVIN LUKER "CONCENTRIC SQUARES" A SERIES OF OIL PAINTINGS 12th AUGUST - 6th OCTOBER 07 |
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Gavin Luker is a London based artist who graduated from the Sir John Cass School of Art. His work is known for its aesthetic quality and underlying reflective message. He draws inspiration from contrast in light, tone and dimensions and aims to inspire the viewer to see not only what it is obvious but also what is not. "Concentric Squares" The deliverately simple geometric patterns are focused around a common centre. The basic use of colour of each painting is different and limited only by the infinite posibility of colours of the spectrum. Here you can see how subtle but clear changes in colour and tone add volume and depth to the painting. The viewer is drawn into the centre of the painting thus helps the mind focus on the task ahead. As each painting is different, so too are the unique qualities of the individual viewer. As with this set of paintings which work together, the audience is encouraged to see the enormous potential of jointly working as a team. On their own each painting is just an abstract emotion, however together they are a group which extends and works as one collaboration. |
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ESZTER RADAK PAINTINGS 23rd July 07 - 11th August 07 |
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| At first glance, Eszter Radak's art creates a seductive, figurative world of colourful everyday objects and distinctive Central European landscapes. But there is more to these shining displays of feminine domesticity and picture book reality than cute pink houses and washing machines to die for. Eszter's sardonic titles slice through the apparent femininity of her work, proclaiming a lethargic resistence of the never depicted "I" behind the works to her life in the duller world of reality. Meanwhile, her strikingly figurative approach is subverted by the abstract colours and textures of the paint as they vie to steal the viewer's gaze from the depictions we are automatically drawn towards. Eszter is a lecturer in painting at Budapest's Academy of Art and is currently one of the most sought - after painters in her native Hungary. Her work has already been aquired by modern art museums like the Ludwig Museum in Budapest and the Lentos Museum in Austria and her work has been shown around the world in cities from New Delhi to Paris and Berlin. |
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STEVEN BARRETT 17th June 07- |
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| To coincide with this years London Pride Festival, Steven Barrett’s second exhibition at First Out, will include glittering portrayals of Pride celebrations, whilst on the lower floor he will be showing several portraits of celebrities, from the worlds of popular film, TV and Pop! Steven graduated from Central St. Martins College of Art in 2000, and has since gone on to exhibit in numerous exhibitions throughout London, the UK, and abroad. In 2004 Steven started to produce work using only glitter. The response has been overwhelming. Steven describes his work as “Trash with a hint of sophistication” s.j.barrett@chelsea.arts.ac.uk |
| NICKO STRANIERO Paintings 20th May-17th June |
 Nicko Straniero is an italian artist based in London. He paints mainly stamping previously coloured shapes on the canvas. The shapes comes from recycled objects and the results are very abstract and organic with lots of texture and dynamic movements. Recently he has been using tea, wine and other liquids not regarded as "artist colours"pouring them directly onto the canvas www.myspace.com/nickostraniero |
| SARAH ALECK PAINTINGS 22nd April 07 - 109th May 07 |
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DAN HILLIER 12th November 06 - 22nd April 07
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Dan Hillier is showing his latest work, produced over the last 6 months,
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| PETER HERBERT "INTIMATE SURFACES" Photographs 15th October - 11th November 2006 |
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This exhibition is about the way we colour our lives with layers of identification markers - where the everyday, including advertising, objects and the environment, spill over into our private lives and the often fantastique dreamer that lies within us. INTIMATE SURFACES is the fourth exhibition by a New Zealand born London based photographer that follows on from previous exhibitions that include REFLECTION AND LIGHT ( 2004) , ALTERED SPACES QUIET PLACES ( 2005) and IDENTIKITSCH {2006).
mailto:blowuppeter@hotmail.com http://www.peterherbert.piczo.com/ |
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| EMILY ENGLISH "LESBIAN EROTICA" Drawings 18th September 06 - 14th October 06 |
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Emily English presents an exhibition of work entitled “Lesbian Erotica”. |
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| ÅSA JOHANNESSON Photographs 21st August 06 - 17th September 06 |
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| DAVID ROBERT BRAZIER "QUIET BOY" PHOTOGRAPHS 23rd JULY 06 - 3rd AUGUST 06 |
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Brighton based photographer David Robert Brazier presents an exhibition of work entitled ‘Quiet Boy’ from 23rd July to 20th August 2006 at ‘First Out’ as part of its twentieth anniversary celebrations. |
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| TEREZA BUSCOVA Paintings 24th May to 24th June 06
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We Must Forget that She is Beautiful,
"We Must Forget that She is Beautiful" is a play on identity and gender, drawing on the work of surrealist painter René Magritte. The series is a search for new meanings, bringing forth an inverted landscape of reflective human forms and desire. Inviting to modern muses and diverse looks, these portraits challenge the traditions of the male gaze in surrealist art.
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