Our monthly roundup of our favourite London based exhibitions this August, as curated by the BRUSHWRK team…
BRUSHWRK's latest exhibition in collaboration with The Five Points Project
Damian Elwes | Studio Visit
Until 23rd September 2024
Unit London
“Damian Elwes’ latest solo exhibition with Unit continues his exploration of iconic artists and their studios. Above all, Elwes is interested in human creativity and his examination of artists’ studios endlessly fuels his curiosity on the subject. A culmination of meticulous research and extensive imagination, Studio Visit weaves through the spaces of numerous different artists, including Pablo Picasso, Yayoi Kusama, Henri Matisse, Damien Hirst, Frida Kahlo and many more”
Zanele Muholi
Tate Modern
Until Jan 6th 2025
“Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today, and their work has been exhibited all over the world. With over 260 photographs, this exhibition presents the full breadth of their career to date.
Muholi describes themself as a visual activist. From the early 2000s, they have documented and celebrated the lives of South Africa’s Black lesbian, gay, trans, queer and intersex communities”
Roger Mayne: Youth
Until 1st September 2024
The Courtauld
“Acclaimed British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) was famous for his evocative documentary images of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s.
This exhibition, of around 60 almost exclusively vintage photographs, includes many of his iconic street images of children and teenagers, alongside an almost entirely unknown selection of intimate and moving later images of his own family at home in Dorset, as well as those taken on his honeymoon in Spain in 1962.
Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found it. This is the first exhibition of his work since 2017”
In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s
Until 13th October
Royal Academy
“Marvel at the groundbreaking modernist art made in Ukraine between 1900 and the 1930s.
The modernist movement in Ukraine unfolded against a backdrop of collapsing empires, the First World War, the fight for independence, and the eventual establishment of Soviet Ukraine. Despite such profound upheaval, this became a period of bold artistic experimentation, and true flourishing of art, literature and theatre in Ukraine.
Highlighting the range of artistic styles and cultural identities that existed in Ukraine during this period, this is the most comprehensive UK exhibition to date about modern art in Ukraine. Explore 65 works, from oil paintings and sketches to collage and theatre design. Many are on loan from the National Art Museum of Ukraine and the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine in Kyiv”
Design Discoveries
Until 8th September
Japan House London (free admission)
“What does design mean to you? Join the conversation at Japan House London, where Japan’s leading creators share inspirational design that spans disciplines, regions and eras.
While Japan is synonymous with exemplary design it doesn’t yet have a dedicated national museum. This exhibition brings together seven major designers, from filmmakers to architects, to consider what they would put into a permanent collection of design treasures. Their personal responses capture Japan’s regional diversity and 10,000 years of history.
With displays ranging from Jōmon pottery to sportswear, from musical instruments to festivals, Design Discoveries presents the story of each chosen design and its origin. It asks you to make connections between different design worlds and discover design in the least expected places.
This interactive exhibition also invites you as a visitor to contribute your own treasures to a world design map and to share your own ideas about design”
Sagger, Sinker, Wrinkler: Kate Lyddon
Until 10th August
Cob Gallery
“Cob is proud to present Sagger, Sinker, Wrinkler a solo exhibition of painting, sculpture and site specific installation for British artist Kate Lyddon. This exhibition is marked by the publication of Lyddon's monograph of works to date featuring a commissioned essay by curator Elaine ML Tam.
Lyddon is known for her distinctive approach to drawing, painting and sculpture, characterised by a blend of surrealism, the grotesque, and intuitive creation. Her work frequently explores themes of selfhood, femininity, and the human condition, often with a focus on the female body as a site of transformation. Lyddon queries the functions of the female body not only in its physical form but also as a vessel of personal and universal experiences. Across her practice, Lyddon’s work has reflected on the stages of life from childhood to adolescence to womanhood in a gritty exploration of the female experience, human dualities, and the subconscious. Lyddon's compelling and instinctive visual language invites viewers to reflect on the deeper aspects of identity, interaction, cycles of life and existence. Her creative approach gives rise to a fantastical visual language that is as sensual as it is visceral”
Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition
Until 25th August
"Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition" is a journey through more than 200 of the most beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on Earth – all seemingly plucked from the whimsical world of Wes Anderson. 7 themed rooms provide you a personal passport to visual inspiration and adventure with amazing photography and immersive moments throughout.
This one-of-a-kind experience will leave you looking at the world through a delightfully different lens"
Art Without Heroes
Until 22nd September
William Morris Gallery
“Art Without Heroes: Mingei is the most wide-ranging exhibition in the UK dedicated to Mingei, the influential folk-craft movement that developed in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. With works including ceramics, woodwork, paper, toys, textiles, photography and film, the exhibition incorporates unseen pieces from significant private collections in the UK and Japan, along with museum loans and historic footage from the Mingei Film Archive”
THEM by Oscar Murillo, Burlington Arcade
Until 24th August
Burlington Arcade
“Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition by Oscar Murillo at its gallery in London’s Burlington Arcade, and the artist’s takeover of the Gagosian Shop. The project, titled THEM, unites elements of Murillo’s practice and complements The flooded garden (2024), his newly commissioned installation at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, which is on view from July 20 to August 26 as part of the UNIQLO Tate Play program. THEM considers the simple yet radical act of mark making, intertwining themes of community, kinship, globalization, and the universal”
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