Tudor Psychedelia: themed multimodel life drawing with live music!
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Continuing the series of sessions inspired by artwork on display at
Underdog Gallery, on Tuesday 11 September Art Model Collective will team
up with musicians to create a multi-sensory experience of Tudor Psychedelia for our life drawing crowd!
We will embrace the psychotropic pop-art take on European court painting inspired by Will Teather Solo Exhibition, “Maximalist Banquet” (on show at The Underdog London
7-25 September). Behold Will’s fluorescent and supernatural
reinterpretations of Tudor portraits come to life through the costumed
poses from THREE models: Carla, Manko, and AMC regular, now our debutant model, Thomas Eliott! Plus a costumed cameo from Atomic’s John Dee.
But
there’s more! For a truly immersive experience of life art fuelled by
live music, which has proved popular at Art Model Collective sessions,
musicians Takatsuna Mukai and JF Whitney will provide
improvised aural backdrops in the spirit of Tudor Psychedelia to
accompany the session. This will be a truly transcendental life drawing
experience!
Takatsuna Mukai
is a multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer, currently in the band
Call Cat with Hannah Marsden. Previous collaborators include Dragan
Živadinov (NSK), Malcolm Poynter, and Kimatica Studio.
Musician, composer and artist JF Whitney
has performed around the world, appeared on 70+ record releases and
still found time to make more than 20 short films. He’s played with
bands such as The Flaming Stars, Minxus, and The Urban Voodoo Machine.
Please join us for a feast of art, sound and life drawing in this medieval banquet at Underdog Gallery, just a few minute walk from London Bridge!
Bar, tables and chairs, some easel spaces
Free art materials courtesy of GreatArt
All levels welcome
A limited number of places will be available on the door at £20 per person.
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More about the exhibition:
Will
Theather is a British magic realist painter. After breaking sales
records at events such as the Other Art Fair, his debut one-man show
arrives in the capital. The show brings together works from across the
artists body of work, that are both refreshingly contemporary,
otherworldly and rooted in the medium’s rich and complex traditions.
There
will be new collection of fractal paintings of increasing complexity.
These artworks use patterns implied in Old Masters paintings to explode
the original composition.
Sacred Geometry provides the
catalyst for Teather’s fractured images of old masters paintings, where
the underlying structures of historical paintings are used to explode
the original image into fragmented patterns. The results are psychedelic
with a great sense of movement, helping reveal new insights into
familiar artworks by the likes of Carravaggio and Manet.
The
artist has also played with other fundamental aspects that define
painting as a genre. This has included creating three-dimensional
paintings on globes and unusually formed canvases that employ an
innovative type of inverse perspective. These groundbreaking artworks
give a 360° view of a space across a painted sphere, blurring the
boundaries between painting and sculpture.
The title of
the show, Maximalist Banquet, refers to the painter’s interest in
excess and overloading his images with both subject matter, colour and
symbolism. This is evident in another new collection: the painter’s
fluorescent and supernatural reinterpretations of Tudor Portraits. These
are a sort of psychotropic pop-art take on European court painting,
that includes scenes of hell coming out of Henry 8th’s head.
The Underdog Gallery
Since 2011 The Underdog has been an exciting, versatile gallery space in London Bridge with the vibrant creative hub of Bermondsey Street just around the corner. Just five minutes walk from London Bridge station, inbetween The Shard and the famous White Cube gallery, The Underdog is host to some of the most exciting events in London. We have a fully licensed bar at the venue, a cinema screen and a full PA system to cater for most events.
The gallery mainly exhibits and sells contemporary fine art, modern art, post-war pop art, urban/street art, sculpture and outsider art but host a varied amount of events most nights of the week.
They represent some of the best emerging, mid-level and established artists from around the world. They also present a wide range of events at our incredible venue from live bands and DJ’s, film screenings, spoken word and open mic nights, burlesque shows, comedy nights, book launches, salon talks, designer furniture showcases, car promotions.
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