West Wednesday | June

An art walk Featuring:

• Drawing Into Sculpture at Griffin Gallery
• A Tour of Bridget Riley’s ACAVA Studio 
• Presentations by artists Barbara Nicholls and Epoh Beech

Griffin Gallery and ACAVA are happy to announce the launch of the first summer season of West Wednesdays, a walking art tour of the Latimer Road area of London where we are located.  The evening begins at Griffin Gallery, 21 Evesham Street, London, W11 4AJ.

West Wednesdays are an evening of art and conversation that flows between Griffin Gallery and ACAVA’s Blechynden Street studio building.  The evening will begin at 6:30pm with a curatorial talk by Rebecca Pelly-Fry, director of Griffin Gallery, and a tour of the exhibition ‘Drawing Into Sculpture’ before proceeding to the ACAVA studio building where we will tour several studios, including the studio of celebrated artist Bridget Riley.

We are especially pleased that Bridget Riley’s assistant, Maria Timperi, is welcoming us into Riley’s studio to be the first to see her new work, soon to be exhibited at David Zwirner, London:

‘Maria Timperi is one of Bridget Riley’s assistants, she has worked in Riley’s studio for 25 years, having answered an ad in Time Out. The team, made up of artists and musicians, work through the processes involved in creating work under the direction of Bridget Riley, who at 83, is as busy as ever. Two studio’s at Blechynden St are currently used for the production of work, in addition to a studio in east London, all three spaces are being used to make new work for a major survey ‘Bridget Riley: The Stripe Paintings 1961-2014’ running from June 13 – July 25, 2014 at David Zwirner, Grafton St, London. Maria will invite West Wednesdays into the Blechynden St studio and talk about her experiences of working in Bridget Riley’s studio, she will demonstrate the techniques used in the production of the stripe paintings and discuss the process the team engage in with Bridget Riley in the production of new work before opening the floor up to questions.’

In addition, artists Barbara Nicholls and Epoh Beech will be giving a special presentation of their work in their studios.

Barbara Nicholls. Lives and works in London. Studied at Goldsmiths College BA (hons), University of East London MA and Doctorate. Her exhibitions include Industry Paper Gallery Manchester 2014, Pierogi Gallery New York 2014, Amalgam Tourhaus Rombergpark Dortmund Germany 2013, In Front of Behind ArToll Germany 2012, Specular KARST Plymouth UK 2012, Dok25a Dusseldorf 2012, Projektraum-bahnhof25 Kleve Germany 2012, Turnaround Pavillon am Milchhof Berlin 2011, Borderlines ArToll Germany 2010, Borders, Codes and Crossings APT Gallery London 2008, The Trench, Imperial War Museum London.

Epoh Beech. Lives and works in London.  Studied as a fine artist in Florence, at Cheltenham Art School and Chelsea College of Art. Her recent series in animated drawing explores the relationship between still images, moving images and music. Beech hand draws animations in charcoal on paper using a palimpsest technique, inspired by the animations of William Kentridge. Her exhibitions include solo shos ‘The Marriage of the Thames and the Rhine’, The Gallery in Redchurch Street, London (2010), and film festival screening  ‘Animfest’, Athens International Film Festival, Greece (2011).

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