Interview with Harry Pye for The Rebel Magazine

I first met Harry Pye several years ago when I approached him to be in the Punk exhibition I was co-curating. I LOVE his paintings! And I have always been really interested in the many different projects and exhibitions he is involved in. Harry has just interviewed my for his magazine, The Rebel.

You can read the interview in full here:

http://therebelmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/01/q-with-tinsel-edwards.html

Dant on drink at Hales gallery

Whilst down in London for the Here Today exhibition, I nipped out of the gallery to have a look at a few of the other shows going on. The Adam Dant exhibition at Hales gallery is well worth a visit.

The drawings on display are vast but filled with meticulous detail, they seem like ageing documents or historial illustrations, all executed with sepia pen and ink.

The subject of the work in the show is DRINK! and more specifically Drinking in Britain and the media representation of our relationship with the bottle.

I studied the drawings for ages, there is so much detail to take in! He depicts recognisable street scenes, filling them with drunken characters.

I loved his work! It reminded me a little bit of a painting I had seen by George Cruikshank which was on display at the Rude Britannia show at Tate Britain this summer. 'The Worship of Bacchus' also all about drink....!

It also made me think that nothing much changes, the drunken shenanigans that go on in the streets of every town in this country have been going on for centuries. I remember thinking along similar lines when I saw the film The Libertine, set in Charles the 2nds 17th century it depicts the streets of London as debauched and alcohol fueled.

Adam Dant 'Royal Drinking' 2010

George Cruikshank 'The Worship of Bacchus' 1860-2

Here Today

Thanks to everyone who came down to the exhibition over the weekend and to the opening night. There was a brilliant turnout, over 500 people and queues out the door despite the snow and ice!

The show is on until 6pm tomorrow so there's still a chance to pop in.

Here's some pics from the show:

And some pics from the Private View night:

Thankyou to all the contributing artists for all the hard work and a big thanks to Cate Halpin at The Outside World gallery (and Bambi the chiwawa of course!).

Twinkle and I are planning to curate another group show together, perhaps Summer next time, we will keep you posted on that!

December 2nd...

First Thursday in December looks like its going to be an extra busy one!

Twinkle and I have curated 'Here Today which opens at The Outside World Gallery on Redchurch street that evening.

The exciting and ambitious show Remasters also opens at The Rag Factory on Heneage street, loads of artists have been busy re-working the old masters, the results will be on display and for sale as limited edition digital prints. Me and Twinkle have both produced prints for the show, we are also exhibiting paintings, so we will definitely be popping down to that after our show!

- scroll further down to find all the info about Here Today and Remasters, please email me if you would like a copy of the press release.

Pure Evil is also curating '3', a big show which opens on the same night, just down the road at number 28 Redchurch street.

Here's a sneak preview of the brand new painting I will be exhibiting in Here Today:

'Collecting Fossils in 2058'

Oil on canvas.

I took up oils two years ago, and this is my first painting in oils to be exhibited.

Remasters sneak preview!

'David Antoinette' - A sneak preview of my design for the Artswipe Remasters exhibition at The RagFactory.

Limited edition A2 signed prints will be on sale for £50!

Opening night is on Thursday 2nd, 6.30pm, with mulled wine and DJs

Here Today - curated by Tinsel and Twinkle

Twinkle and I are pleased to present 'Here Today' our first collaborative curatorial project!

The exhibition features the work of 11 contemporary female artists (including brand new paintings from both me and Twinkle), it opens on December 2nd at The Outside World Gallery, 44, Redchurch street. The show runs until December 8th.

Here Today's artists are taking glimpses, ideas, fantasies and facts from history and bringing them into the now.

Working with a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, found objects, drawing and multi-media, each of the artists selected for this show has a very individual practice.

The main common ground between the works is that of nostalgia, history and time gone by. Some works are political, some humorous, some emotive, surreal or aesthetically beautiful yet it is from a contemporary viewpoint that each artist considers how the past has informed our present.

Remasters

Remasters opens at the Rag Factory on Heneage street on December 2nd. I have produced a piece for it which will be sold at £50, limited edition of 50... I will post a sneak preview soon! I'm also very excited to be exhibiting some new paintings at the show too.

6' Jellybaby, Agent Provocateur, Dave Anderson, Gerry Baptist, J Boy, Cartrain, Tinsel Edwards, European Bob, Giana, Natalie Hughes, Ben Oakley, Jo Peel, Mark Perronet, Jonas Ranson, Maria Rivans, Ryca, Schnulli, Snub 23, Swifty, Michelle Thompson and Twinkle Troughton....................

Have all produced a 'Remaster' ( the dark image above is Snub's) they are all in the show as quality digital prints on fine art paper approx A2 size in signed limited editions of 50 for an incredible £50 each!