Saturday 4th November: Hattie Stewart at KKOutlet

KKOutlet opened it's doors for "First Thursday's" this month with illustrator Hattie Stewart to coincide with the launch of her sticker book Doodlebomb.  Free stickers and posters were plentiful to pick up in addition to her books in the shop including her other title "Living With: Hattie Stewart".  The solo show presents new material alongside the lenticular and hologram artworks which I featured from her previous show "Dollhouse" and her residency at Firstsite.  See archive posts here and here.

Monday 7th March: "Cuts, Shapes, Breaks and Scrapes" at Seventeen Gallery

A group show of paintings, curated by two painters.  

It's so nice to see thick brushstrokes, daubs of paint and experimental mark-making when the majority of colour that I absorb now is digital pixels.  The tactile pieces selected, span time from 1978 thru to the current day (potentially that very day, if the oil paint aroma was anything to go by).  When the circuit of gallery doors open on "First Thursdays" it can turn into a safari around East London hitting as many spots as possible ......... but this show is so nice, I felt nourished and content with these 19 works.  Each is given its own space hung in the midst of white expanse to allow the each one to have its own vibration / voice.  They sit together in harmony of hue, including a couple of the curators own pieces ( Rhys Coren & Gabriel Hartley ).  Its open for a clear month, til 9th April and I fully recommend searching it out at Seventeen's new home on the fringes of Shoredtich.  

(Top to bottom:  Gabriel Hartley, Rhys Coren, Mali Morris, Alfred Boman, Rhys Coren)