The Art Diary October 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
I begin the October Art Diary with several monographs, which are also linked to launch exhibitions.
2 October 2024
MOCA London
Museum of Installation
Launch event for Museum of Installation Archive at Tate Britain.
3-5pm
Gloria Carlos: Enveloped – MOCA London – Dr Michael Petry
Two of the main schools of art practice in the early 21st century are dominant. The conceptual school, which draws its inspiration from Marcel Duchamp…
13 June 2024
Lucia Veronesi: The Extinct Desinence
The Italian artist Lucia Veronesi’s project The Extinct Desinence is a broad reflection on the relationship between the extinction of languages, the field of botany, the history of science in its female declinations, and their socio-political implications.
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Lee Scott Newcombe Presents A One Day Performance At MOCA London
Lee Scott Newcombe will present a one-day performance at MOCA London using his unique sculptural musical instrument called ‘the diapason’.
11 December 2023
Ram Shergill Continues His Exploration Into Body And Environments
Part II of Ram Shergill’ sexhibition at MOCA London (part I April 2022), is a continued exploration into the body, the environments we exist in.
4 October 2023
Blueprints Museum: An Interactive Devised Production At MOCA London
Blueprints Museum is an interactive, devised production at MOCA London from 15th – 18th March, with a limited run, opening on 15th March.
8 March 2023
Salon For A Speculative Future: Women Artists’ Print Portfolio And Exhibition Unveiled
MOCA London presents How to be in the Future? – Salon for a Speculative Future: Women Artists’ Print Portfolio exhibition and publication launch. 8-11 March 2023
16 February 2023
Alex J Wood: Explorer
MOCA London presents new bronze sculptures by Alex Wood that were inspired by his residency at Sala 1 in Rome. Wood was presented the residency as a prize for his bronze sculptures presented to the Royal Society of British Artists in 2021.
Thursday and Friday: 2pm - 6pm Saturday: 12pm - 4pm or by appointment
Art Alert: Michael Chow at Waddington Custot, Alex Wood MOCA London, Jay Price The Mine App
Three exciting art projects are launching this November: Michael Chow at Waddington Custot, Alex Wood at MOCA London and Jay Price’s interactive artwork.
14 November 2022
Renata Hegyi: same-same, but different
Renata Hegyi works in multiple mediums and techniques using photography, printing, and drawing. In all her works Hegyi’s inspiration comes from our everyday life.
Thursday and Friday: 2pm - 6pm Saturday: 12pm - 4pm
Mikey Cuddihy and Deborah Duffin: The Temporary Nature of Change
Mikey Cuddihy and Deborah Duffin use very different materials and while Cuddihy’s painterly imagery leans more towards figuration than Duffin’s sculptural abstractions, conceptually both are working on the idea of small, daily, one might imagine hourly changes and the temporary nature of stability and of change.
Thursday - Friday 2 - 6pm, Saturday 12 - 4pm
Roberto Ekholm, Sally Kindberg and Dillwyn Smith: /ˈmeɪkʌp/
meɪkʌp at MOCA London features new work by London-based artists, Sally Kindberg, Dillwyn Smith and Roberto Ekholm, each of whom regards a material practice as a search for transcendent potential.
Thursday and Friday: 2pm - 6pm Saturday: 12pm - 4pm
Roberto Ekholm: Patient Zero and Cousin Mosquito
Roberto Ekholm’s two performances Patient Zero and Cousin Mosquito play on the language used to discuss illnesses, both in media and political terms where the individual morphs into projections of fear and the body become a political landscape.
8pm
Bareback Museum in association with Wanda Klenz Productions
MOCA London invites you to take part in a life drawing and performance workshop.
Saturday 20 October Exhibition 1 - 6 pm, Performances 2 - 4 pm, Sunday 21 October Exhibition 1 - 6 pm, Performances 2 - 4 pm
Benjamin Tassie: Audio-Visual Set
On September 29th, composer Benjamin Tassie will present a live audio-visual set at MOCA London in Peckham as part of the gallery’s Autumn performance-art series. Featuring visuals by digital artist, Ted Sterchi, Benjamin’s performance will showcase new music alongside work from his 2018 album, bop.
8-9pm
David Blackmore: European Pa55port
This October MOCA London (Museum of Contemporary Art London) presents European Pa55port, the first London based iteration of the relational work from European artist David Blackmore.
6.30-8.30pm
Richard Carr: Dumb Listening’s
The first international solo exhibition from Irish artist Richard Carr.
For Dumb Listening’s Carr presents a new sonic installation developed specifically for the Museum of Contemporary Art, London. Comprising of three‘sonic objects’, Dumb Listening’s transforms MOCA London into a space for the ear, encouraging people to shift and listen through the deeply layered and visceral placements of sound.
Open Thursday and Friday: 2pm - 6pm Open Saturday: 12pm - 4pm or by appointment
Sue Arrowsmith And Mathew Weir – Subtle Intimate Mark Making – MOCA London
Transference is the exhibition currently on at MOCA London, featuring artists Sue Arrowsmith and Mathew Weir.
1 April 2018
Sue Arrowsmith and Mathew Weir: Transference
MOCA London invited Sue Arrowsmith and Mathew Weir for a duo-exhibition to open up a dialogue between their works.
Thursday - Friday 2 - 6 pm Saturdays 12 - 4 pm
Simon English and Helena Goldwater: Gut Flora
Simon English and Helena Goldwater make drawings and paintings, that seduce viewers with their performative gestures.
Thursdays – Saturdays 2 - 6 pm
Guillaume Paris: In Camera (No Exit)
In Camera (No Exit) is the French artist Guillaume Paris’ first exhibition a MOCA London. Paris is presenting a new computer generated conversation piece based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s play « No Exit ».
Thursdays – Saturdays 2 - 6 pm, or by appointment
Ralph Dunn and Ryan Riddington Explore Sexuality and Human Desire At MOCA
Ralph Dunn and Ryan Riddington are two talented emerging UK based artists. Their practice explores sexuality within their work in very different but complimentary ways.
3 July 2017
Ralph Dunn and Ryan Riddington: I Want To Be Your Dog
The two person show of Ralph Dunn and Ryan Riddington falls within the international Pride month and each artist explores their sexuality within their work in very different but complimentary ways.
Open Thursday to Saturday during exhibition periods 2pm - 6pm
Quilla Constance aka Jennifer Allen: Transcending The Signified
Transcending The Signified is an exhibition of bespoke large scale paintings, costumes, live cello and non-linguistic vocal performances by interdisciplinary artist Quilla Constance aka Jennifer Allen.
Open Thursday to Saturday during exhibition periods 2pm - 6pm
Michael Petry Interviews Guy Reid In Our Latest Artist To Artist Exclusive
Michael Petry talks to Guy Reid in our latest interview in the Artist to Artist series. Reid is currently showing at MOCA London. The exhibition runs until 29th April.
10 April 2017
Guy Reid: Man Walking
Guy Reid’s uncanny wood carvings of himself and his lover.
Open Thursday to Saturday during exhibition periods 2pm - 6pm
What the Artist Saw: Art Inspired by the Life and Work of Joe Orton
The exhibition, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of Joe Orton and celebrates LGBT history month, features three artists: painter David Lock who was Joe Orton’s nephew, sculptor Louise Plant and performance artist Tim Youd.
Open Thursday to Saturday during exhibition periods 2pm - 6pm
Canadian Italian Artist Janet Bellotto New MOCA London Exhibition Relation-Ships
Janet Bellotto has a new exhibition curated by Koan Jeff Baysa opening at MOCA London. The Canadian-Italian artist Janet Bellotto presents her exhibition Relation-Ships (Existence Doubtful) that… Read More
1 October 2016
Francesca Pasquali: Spiderwall Installation Utilises Dusters To Create Contemporary Still Lives
MOCA London is presenting a new show by the artist Francesca Pasquali’s (Bologna,1980). This site-specific installation called Spiderwall is made up of thousands of simple,… Read More
4 July 2016
Ana Genoves: Creates Site Specific Transformation Installation At MOCA London
The Spanish/English artist Ana Genovés (born Madrid, 1969) has created a site-specific installation in a response to the architecture and… Read More
27 May 2016
Non-conformity Gender and Queer Identities Explored At MOCA London
A brilliant new exhibition of photographs explores representations of non-conformity gender and queer identities at MOCA London. This will be the first… Read More
3 September 2015