As much as this issue’s No Borders, No Boundaries sub-section pushed the boat out in terms of vibrant design, Angel Chen’s motley collection is a clear stand out for me.
ROOMS 17 presents Phil Ashcroft
Cave Paintings (Ramsey 1 & 2), studio view, both works acrylic on canvas, 122 x 92cm, 2014. photo: Joe Plommer
London based artist Phil Ashcroft combines influence from abstract expressionism, landscape painting, Japanese woodcuts and graphic street art to present a vision of environmental, financial and political threats.
The Writer's Selection : Ping Wang Xin
Miranda Hill reviews Ping Wang's photography, featured in our current issue ROOMS 17, Who decides what you see?
Resistance is futile against the slick new album Alone by the iconic Terakaft
Terakaft presents album Alone at the Rich Mix, London.
REVIEW | Klangkarussell @ The Nest
Austrian house duo Klangkarussell showcase an impressive ability to mesh thrusting bass lines with electronica and jazz-infused house.
Rafaël Rozendaal: The Internet’s Artist
In the rising field of Digital Art, Rafaël Rozendaal’s interactive websites, colour-changing paintings, and immersive installations offer a fresh take on the definitions and limits of contemporary art.
Hackney-made acrobatic expression of ‘Bromance’
Bertil Nilsson’s new short film ‘Bromance’ tells a story of brotherly affection through the artistic movement of acrobatic dance.
ROOMS 17 | Who decides what you see? Unravelling Perspective
We invite you to embrace the un-embraced, explore the unexplored, in an adventure of perception. Will you unravel yours? NEW ISSUE OUT NOW!
Greg Barth: Icons of the Unpredictable
Greg Barth is a London based award winning artist and director from Geneva, Switzerland, and the cover artist of our brand new issue ROOMS 17, photographed by Alexandra Uhart.
Visionaries and reporters united : Unknown Fields Division
This summer on the salt flats of south-west Bolivia, a pan-global group of artists, designers, architects and filmmakers are digging down through the caked up layers of sodium chloride.
NEW PRINT | Benjamin Murphy’s Conversation Among the Ruins
ROOMS are delighted to announce the release of London’s super talented Benjamin Murphy’s popular print Conversation Among the Ruins.
Simon Payne’s NOT AND OR to screen at Close-Up Film Centre
On the 16th April the Close-up Film Centre in Shoreditch will play host to a night of weird and wonderful digital creations by abstract filmmaker Simon Payne.
Time-lapse | An interview with Jeffry Spekenbrink
Jeffry Spekenbrink is a photographer, filmmaker and visual image artist whose works are the result of a very long and dedicated process involving his camera and the unremitting power of earth’s multifarious landscapes.
Michael Porten: The Spinning Beach Ball of Death
Made up of 50 self-portraits of near pop-art impact, The Spinning Beach Ball of Death collection typifies the artistic intensity and creative endurance of one of America’s finest surrealist painters.
Marlene Dumas Retrospective – The Image as Burden
“Art is not a Mirror. Art is a translation of that which you do not know.”
Shorts On Tap present WOMEN IN REVOLT
There doesn’t need to be a special day to celebrate the talents and triumphs of women, particularly in film. As this event proves in every essence, celebrating the theme of women by female filmmakers.
6 picks: our Photo London favourites
SELL: Photo London is back with up to 70 exhibitors. We’ve chosen our six favourite galleries we think you should check out at Somerset House this May
Unknown Mortal Orchestra release video game
Unknown Mortal Orchestra have unveiled a video game to coincide with the release of their latest single, Multi-Love.
Abstract Creations: Robert Sosner at John Marchant Gallery
Brighton’s John Marchant Gallery presents Robert Sosner’s new works; entitled SOS, the exhibition is characterised by bold use of colour and bright abstract shapes in the artist’s usual style.
52 Words a Year
On Tuesday 7th April the Nancy Victor Gallery in Fitzrovia will display the culmination of a year’s intense work from three London based artists.