Art Barter / Rag Factory
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 9:26AM 
Art Barter ; 27th November - 29th November
friday and saturday 10am- 7pm
sunday 11am- 9pm
The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage st ,E1 5LJ
Your chance to barter for art. You can exchange anything but money !
Curators Lauren Jones and Alix Janta are organising a show featuring work from 50 London based established and emerging artists. The list includes Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Mat Collishaw, Gary Hume, Abigail Lane, Polly Morgan, Boo Saville, Abigail Fallis and Paul Fryer. Look out for emerging artist Hana Kims' recent work.
The event will open its doors from the 27th of November to the 29th of November and will be held at the Rag Factory in east London, the former studio of Tracey Emin and Gary Hume. The event is being sponsored by Green & Black’s who will be showcasing a piece of ‘Chocol’art’ made by Sir Peter Blake.
The Art Barter event revolves around the idea that artwork will be acquired by individuals through alternative means to money. Artists have always been familiar with the use of barter. From Picasso exchanging sketches for his meals, to hotels (such as The Chelsea Hotel in NY) accepting art as payment for rent and select YBA’s having tabs at restaurants such as The Ivy in exchange for pieces of their work to adorn the restaurant walls. However, the ArtBarter event is unique because it is the only exhibition to promote such a form of exchange amongst a wide array of artists and the general public all
at once.
There is a catch at Art Barter where you will not know which artwork belongs to which artist until after the show’s end. This will create a gamble for the public and will make people value the art for what it really is, not for the name or price tag that formerly was attached. As curator Lauren Jones says “We want to make art available to a more diverse crowd, not just people with disposable income. ArtBarter is the perfect setting to make this happen, whilst also providing a fun way to get people involved with the arts.” So whether you have a special talent or skill to offer or something unused that may be desirable to others; or if you just wish to view a great exhibition and try your luck with bartering, come down and become part of ‘Art Barter’.
For Information ; Art Barter
Space In Between / My Kingdom
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 4:13PM 
Space In Between / My Kingdom
Private view; 3rd Dec 6pm
runs ; 4th-13th Dec
by appointment or weekends between 12-6pm
90 De Beauvoir Rd , London N1 4EN
A collection of the most exciting young artists on the national art scene have been brought together by Space In Between…. Join them as they invite, tease and lure you into a private and compelling Kingdom.
A deserted warehouse in De Beauvoir has provided an empty spatial domain in to which the artists have each come and dominated; asserting themselves as omnipotent authors and creating a pop-up show of an electric and intricate world in which art rules, and belongs to, the space.
Luke Montgomery’s work seeks to question the viewer in their initial reception of the space - using light (sun) and water in a whimsical and theatrical manner, toying with the fundamental basis for our existence.
Helen Benigson’s hyper-bright-hyper-real-hyper-feminine pieces explode with essence and extra source, interrupting the flow of our experience and preparing us for Xavier Poultney’s Hyperhole (Of Ultimate Glory). This shimmery floating, extra shinny, golden rectangle creates an intensely bright glow alluding to the pleasure of pain; “so bright it hurts”.
Nestling, as if harking back to the ideal of a Kingdom in a past realm of imagination, myth or folklore, is Tom Webb’s banner work, offering a subtext of visual language that creates the spirit of a movement through a message or suggestion of public performance.
The theme of suggestion connects to Nick Roberts who presents us with structures based on a design principal, but mutated and obscured by a weathered and naturalistic force his kingdom becomes hijacked by a ritualistic entity.
Ben Jeans Houghton’s piece sits acutely as a fable or morality tale, highlighting the fallibility and construction of memory and its place within our lives – our own personal kingdoms.
Kazimierz Jankowski owns his domain in a subtle and subversive way - working directly on to the surfaces of the space, coveting and asserting his role as dominator in its entirety…leaving his marks after the show is gone as the historical remnants of a forgotten Kingdom.
For information Space In Between
Appointments ; tel 07879426435 or info@spaceinbetween.co.uk
Futuremap / 20 Hoxton Square Projects
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 3:09PM 
Decima Projects / Rubbish Christmas / George Tavern
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:11PM 
Buy art , listen to music , drink beer and eat soup and cake at the infamous Shadwell hostelry.
La Bouche n Decima's Rubbish Xmas party this Saturday 21st @ The George Tavern
373 Commercial Road, London, E1
Xmas Rubbish art fair from 1pm £1 entrance
Stalls so far include:
Decima: Get your Gilbert n George, Gavin Turk n The Little Artists art
La Bouche Zine: The ICA's 'Zine of The month' - Issue's 1, 2 n 3!
The Turnip Prize
The Kuntists
Subway Gallery
Steven Micalef's Grotto
Clothes, soup, toys etc..
Live Gig 8pm-3am
Beastellabeast
Douce Angoisse
Nova
Uru Ana
Vicky Gold , Paul Sakoilvsky n The Dark Times trio and the annual...Decima Nativity play.
DJs Be(e) bop not lula spins some bangra beats, Rubbish Artist n Al's Explosive Roadshow.
£5 after 8. (£4 for lovely La Bouche Contributers)