CWG ARTS + EVENTS
Similarly, that is how I approach painting the architecture that has inspired me. I explore the multifaceted identity of modern architecture by looking at the impact of contemporary buildings on their surroundings and how they reflect and absorb them, creating a new perception designed to awaken the imagination of the viewer. I reduce the environment to the shapes and grids that hold it together, including all the shadows, reflections, sunbursts, clouds, people, other passing objects, chance and accidental elements that have all contributed to the way the city looks at that moment in time. The reassembled architecture explores the relationship between the inside and outside of London; the face presented to the world and the life that thrives within, blending and blurring to create structural harmony. The result is a vibrant interplay of organic and geometric shapes that are at once figurative and abstract, as unique as the individuals who live and work in the city and who make it the incredible place it is.” The London Festival of Architecture is Europe’s largest annual architecture event, celebrating London as a global hub of architectural experimentation, practice and debate. The 2018 programme showcases an eclectic and diverse series of 400 events that explore this year’s ‘identity’ theme across London from 1 – 30 June. londonfestivalofarchitecture.org
Meet the Artist Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 June Debbie Ayles will be in the Roof Garden between 11am and 4pm to talk about her work. Please contact Canary Wharf Public Art Office at publicart@canarywharf.com for details. debbieaylesartist.co.uk
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Canada Place SHOWCASING UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE Art, Canada Walk 4 - 29 June
Dave Jenkins
Dave Jenkins has been a student of photography for the last 40 years. In fact, it is quite possible that you may have seen him around the Canary Wharf estate, as he is one of Canary Wharf Group’s security dog handlers. He tries to produce photographs that have an initial high impact, to keep the viewer’s interest. Jenksphotos.co.uk
Design, Jubilee Walk 4 - 29 June
Ana Thompson
Ana is a London-based Colombian jewellery designer whose unique collections reveal the hidden beauty of organic and geometric forms found magnified at macroscopic and microscopic scale. Her designs relate to the body, created with versatility and sculptural sensibility. Her latest collections received two awards from the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards 2017. ana-thompson.com
COMMUNITY GALLERY Canada Place Exhibitions by local arts projects. 8 June – 7 August Columbia Market Nursery At Columbia Market Nursery the aim is to give children the best start in life and to encourage them to explore their own interests as well as develop new skills in a friendly, fun and safe environment. Children worked alongside the artist Mürüde Mehmet, who was commissioned to produce a welcome panel for the entrance of the nursery. Children also learned to use clay techniques to produce clay flowers, in order to understand the process of making, firing the clay and glazing. columbiamarket.towerhamlets.sch.uk
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