20 Sept 2007 to 16 Dec 2007
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176
176 Prince of Wales Road
Chalk Farm
NW5 3PT
London
London
United Kingdom
Europe
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Ruth Claxton, I Thought I was the Audience And Then I Looked at You (green eyes), 2005 Courtesy the artist and Zabludowicz Collection, Copyright: Ruth Claxton, 2007
ZABLUDOWICZ ART PROJECTS ANNOUNCES OPENING OF 176, A NEW CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE IN LONDON
Zabludowicz Art Projects today announced that 176, a new art exhibition space, will open at 176 Prince of Wales Road in London’s Chalk Farm on 20 September 2007. The gallery will initiate an experimental programme of exhibitions by artists and curators working with the Zabludowicz Collection, which is comprised of works by some of the world’s most innovative and exciting emerging artists.
176 Prince of Wales Road was built in 1867 and until the 1960s was the central Methodist Chapel for the Kings Cross and Camden areas. From the 1960s until recent years it was the North London Drama Centre. 176 will not be a traditional art exhibition space; it has three main galleries – two featuring double height ceilings – and six smaller rooms, all with period features. The refurbishment of the building is being overseen by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris architects. A ‘light touch’ approach to the building will ensure that the layers of history that have evolved in it are not white washed but are revealed and built upon. “The 1867 chapel will be a ‘raw’ building not a white cube,” according to Elizabeth Neilson, Curator and Head of Collection.
The programme at 176 will present three major site-specific exhibitions per year, covering all visual art forms, and is founded in research and practice residencies for one curator and one artist per year. The third exhibition of the year will be curated by the Collection curator Elizabeth Neilson. 176 will be an important addition to the London art scene – a place to experience the very best in emerging art – and will give both the public and art professionals the opportunity to explore the breadth and coherency of the Zabludowicz Collection, which currently comprises over 1,000 works by more than 350 contemporary artists from 33 countries. The Collection is one of the first in the UK to focus on collecting emerging artists on a global level.
“176 will be a platform for more experimental shows. We want to present emerging artists and allow the Collection to be used as material for exhibitions,” commented Anita Zabludowicz, who founded the Zabludowicz Collection over twelve years ago.
The opening exhibition, An Archaeology (20 September–16 December 2007) will be curated by Elizabeth Neilson. It will present a new commission by Rina Banerjee (India) based on a residency at 176, and work by other artists in the Collection including Vanessa Beecroft (Italy), Candice Brietz (South Africa), Cris Brodahl (Belgium), Ruth Claxton (UK), Susan Collis (UK), Henry Coombes (UK), Berlinde De Bruyckere (Belgium), Marina de Caro (Brazil), Amie Dicke (Netherlands), Anya Kielar (USA), Rachel Kneebone (UK), Laura Lima (Brazil), Renata Lucas (Brazil), Sarah Lucas (UK), Lee Mealzer (UK), Liz Neal (UK), Alejandra Seeber (Argentina), Anj Smith (UK), Eve Sussman (UK), Mathilde ter Heijine (France), and Francis Upritchard (NZ).
A limited edition book comprising specially produced works by the artists featured in An Archaeology has been published on the occasion of this exhibition.
The second exhibition will be a new commission realized as part of a residency at 176. Opening in early 2008 it will present new work by Gerald Fox (UK). Each exhibition will be accompanied by a publication designed by artist Dustin Ericksen as part of a collaboration with Zabludowicz Art Projects.
A parallel exhibition of works from the Zabludowicz Collection will be held at the international arts institution – BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art in Gateshead – opening on 21 September to coincide with the opening of 176. This innovative exhibition links directly to 176, which invited Jerome Sans, director of BALTIC’s programme, to curate the first exhibition from the Collection to be held in a public institution.
When We Build Let Us Think That We Build Forever will feature a new commission for the Zabludowicz Collection by London-based artist Mustafa Hulusi, who has worked closely with Sans to select works from the Collection. The exhibition will show a very different group of works from the London exhibition, and both Hulusi’s new commission and the BALTIC will give a very different context than 176 to the Collection’s presentation.
Admission: Annual membership is £5 and gives unlimited access to all exhibitions at 176 Membership is free to art professionals, students, over 60s, unemployed with valid ID, and residents local to 176. Under-18s are admitted free with an accompanying adult Café: Lola’s at 176 will provide tea, coffee, cakes and sandwiches during gallery opening hours. Resource room: There is a bookable resource room available for visitors to research artists from the collection and beyond.
