Nick Garrett

Tag: London

  • RA Schools Show 2012

    RA Schools Show 2012

    20 June—1 July 2012

    Schools Studios

     

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    This exhibition has now closed

    The Royal Academy Schools hosts the annual exhibition of final year postgraduate students’ work, profiling the work of 16 artists that has been developed over the three-year period of intensive study.

    The exhibition sees the transformation of the students’ studios into a stunning contemporary gallery space and provides visitors with a rare opportunity to view exceptional pieces from an ambitious generation of international artists that rigorously questions what it means to be producing visual art in 2012.

    The repertoire of work this year ranges from painting to photography and embraces sculpture, digital print and film.

    John Robertson, 'Untitled', 2012.
    John Robertson, ‘Untitled’, 2012. 150 x 192 cm. Oil on anodized aluminum, digital print on canvas.

     

    The Royal Academy Schools is a leading centre for the postgraduate study of fine art, run by artists for artists, and offering the only three-year, full time postgraduate course in fine art in the UK. Established in 1768 as an integral element of the Royal Academy, the Schools’ distinguished heritage provides a unique environment and a rich setting in which the students can develop their individual practices, each tightly knit year group adding a new chapter to the Schools’ history and the possibilities of contemporary art making. Attracting applicants from across the world, the exhibiting students reflect the international reputation of the Schools. With a total of 60 places available, the Schools offer a wide range of opportunities including tutorials and lectures given by leading figures in the art world, including Royal Academicians.

    Opening hours and admission
    10am – 6pm daily (last admission 5.30pm)
    Admission free

     

  • Writing the glass: Issey Miyake shop Sloane Street 1983 – NGS

    It should come as no surprise that the city hosting the first major retrospective of much fawned and famed Architect David Chipperfield’s work, Idea e Realita, is Padua, Italy. 

    Chipperfield has built in Britain, but very little, considering his international reputation.  At the beginning of his solo career in the mid-1980s, he created a shop for Issey Miyake on London’s Sloane Street and that is where I met him. This was when Chipperfield left Foster Associates and set up his own practice, in an office of his own design, in Camden.

    Most recently, there has been the purposeful north London studio for the sculptor Antony Gormley. He also designed the acclaimed National Rowing Museum at Henley-on-Thames and a house for Nick Knight, the fashion photographer.

     

    Issey Miyake Store Sloane Street – The Brief 

    Signwrite on glass set Issey Miyake running vertically:  Helvetica extra bold upper lower case in deep ultramarine blue.

    Preparation hand drawn artwork and brand new kit:  New pallet dippers and fresh signwriting enamel colours by Keeps of Clerkenwell. New ground sheet, top quality twill canvas.

    Colour test – Approved by David Copperfield Architect, Issey Miyake and admin design coordinator

    Set out pallet and mixed vibrant blue

    Applied colour to glass – Chipperfield approved it

    New dipper leaked – blue tinted turpentine cascaded onto £150.000 lime stone steps…

    Design coordinator screamed

    Issey Miyake turned whiteish

    Chipperfield’s mouth hung wide open and motionless

    Action required

    Swiftly set pallet down on newspaper

    Rolled canvas sheet onto area – stood on it … prayed

    Pretended everything was totally cool… told the three that everything would be just fine…

    Thought seriously about running away very quickly (I was 22 yrs old and quite fit)

    Realised I had to move at some point – so did they…

    Stepped off… with faux confidence, removed the dust sheet and to my complete astonishment the stain had completely gone.

    Painted the sign.

    Never trusted new kit from that day on,

    Now use large coffee jar lids taped in place on pallet.

    Ground sheets

    Writing

    Signwriting progressed as normal – client watched process and approved on site

    Fee:  £220.00

    NGS