Spectrum London
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Spectrum London was a London art gallery which showed contemporary figurative painting, photography and sculpture. It staged Go West, the first commercial West End show of the Stuckists, and a retrospective by Sebastian Horsley. It closed in 2008.
Location
[edit]The gallery was at 77 Great Titchfield Street, London W1.
History
[edit]In June 2005, the Spectrum London had a show of photographs by Dennis Morris documenting the daily lives, ceremonies and rituals of the Mowanjum Australian Aborigine community.[1] The gallery was blessed by Aboriginal tribe leader, Francis Firebrace, wearing body paint and tribal dress.[1]
Spectrum London was the first West End commercial gallery to show the Stuckists, in the exhibition Go West in October 2006.[2][3][4] This exhibition elevated the hitherto artworld outsiders into "major players", and occasioned controversy because of a satirical painting of Sir Nicholas Serota and nude paintings of Stella Vine by her ex-husband Charles Thomson."[5][6][7] Ten leading Stuckist artists were exhibited.[8] Thomson's and Joe Machine's paintings sold, before the show opened, to buyers from the UK, Japan and the US.[9]
The gallery also exhibited work by Michael Dickinson,[10] who was released from ten days in a Turkish jail without charge after exhibiting a collage of the Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdoğan, as a dog.[11]
In March 2006, Venetian artist Ludovico de Luigi had his first solo show in the UK.[12]
In September 2007, it staged Hookers, Dealers, Tailors, a retrospective by Sebastian Horsley.[13] Horsley became known when he underwent a crucifixion in the Philippines; this show documented his diving in Australian shark-infested water and copiously ingesting deadly drugs.[14]
Other artists shown at the gallery include Lennie Lee,[15] Rita Duffy, Peter Murphy, Sir Peter Blake and Eduardo Paolozzi.[16]
The gallery shut in 2008.
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b "Gallery is blessed by Aborigine", BBC News, 6 June 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Stuckists art group in major show" BBC online, 23 August 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ "The Stuckists go west at Spectrum London" Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine artdaily.com. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ "Go West" telegraph.co.uk online gallery. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ Morris, Jane (2006)"Getting stuck in" The Guardian online, 24 August 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ Barnes, Anthony (2006) "Portrait of an ex-husband's revenge" The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 9 October 2006, from findarticles.com
- ^ Teodorczuk, Tom (2006) "Modern art is pants" Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Evening Standard, 22 August 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2006 from thisislondon.co.uk.
- ^ "Go West", The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ Gleadell, Colin (2006) "Market news: Roger Hilton's child-like drawings, 'stuckist' paintings and Edward Seago" Daily Telegraph online, 3 October 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ "Michael Dickinson, Stuckist artist jailed in Turkey for a collage, now free. See his work at Go West" stuckism.com. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ "Keeping Turkey out of the EU" (Video interview with Michael Dickinson on More 4) channel4.com. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ "Ludovico De Luigi in Conversation with John Berendt" Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Italian Cultural Institute web site. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ Higgins, Ria. "Relative Values: Sebastian Horsley and his mother, Valerie", The Sunday Times, 9 September 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
- ^ Lack, Jessica. "Preview: Sebastian Horsley", The Guardian, 8 September 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
- ^ "Spectrum London" Artfacts.net. Retrieved 9 October 2006
- ^ "Laptop dinner by Pii at Spectrum London" allinlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2006
