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Welcome to the Axis members news bulletin. We have selected a variety of stories from our directory members, to help keep you up to date with events and happenings.

Trespass Image
Trespass

Anji Archer, Jojo Taylor and Hannah Archer present 'Trespass', an exhibition at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London, from 22 August - 2 September 2012.
'Trespass' brings together three mixed media artists: Anji, Jojo and Hannah share their personal investigations into everyday situations, the results being artwork that delivers a contemporary approach via printmaking, photography, painting and textiles.

http://www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk

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Zanne Andrea
Two Minutes to Midnight

Here Gallery, Bristol is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Zanne Andrea. Andrea will present new work which addresses the notion of doomsday, an apocalyptic countdown to unimaginable catastrophic events. The show runs from 11 October - 26 October 2012.

http://www.thingsfromhere.co.uk/gallery

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Kirsty E. Smith, Hurgle Lenz (detail of commissioned work for Wirksworth Festival), 2012
Wirksworth Festival

Kirsty E. Smith has been commissioned to make large-scale work for Wirksworth Festival which runs from 7 September - 23 September 2012. Her work sits between two different worlds, vintage Sci- Fi and the everyday and is in response to this year's theme of playfulness.

http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk

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Aly Helyer, Pretty Savage, 2012
Exeter Contemporary Open

From 13 September, Phoenix Gallery presents the Exeter Contemporary Open 2012. Nine artists have been shortlisted for prize money worth over £2,000. The show continues until 1 November and features the following Axis members:

Aly Helyer on Axis
Brendan Lancaster on Axis
Chloe Brooks on Axis
David Theobald on Axis
Ruth Piper on Axis

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk


Sandra Blow Talking Heads
Head & Whole 2: Talking Heads

Linda Ingham's Head & Whole Exhibition and series of events showcases contemporary visual art alongside art historical works, with a focus on the subject of human form. Head & Whole 2: Talking Heads is at Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby, from 4 September to 13 October and includes work by Bartosz Beda, Enzo Marra and Wendy Elia.

www.abbeywalkgallery.com


News Healy
International Glass Prize 2012

Siobhan Healy has won the public vote at the International Glass Prize 2012 in Belgium. Her work Herbarium (2011) received over 1000 votes and earned Siobhan Euro2,500 in prize money. The exhibition continues at the Flemish Center for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel, Belgium until 8 October 2012.

www.internationalglassprize.com/en/homeen


Lucienne Cole, AS TEARS GO BY, 2011
The London Open

Whitechapel Gallery presents 'The London Open', on show until 14 September 2012. Showcasing a dynamic mix of artists making work in London in 2012, the show is a chance to see work by innovative artists and potential future stars. Artists have been selected from an open submission by selectors: Patricia Bickers (editor of Art Monthly), Rodney Graham (artist), Jack Kirkland (collector), Marta Kuzma (curator) and Kirsty Ogg (Whitechapel Gallery curator). Axis members selected:

Lucienne Cole on Axis
John Hughes on Axis
Robert Orchardson on Axis
Heather Phillipson on Axis

www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/the-london-open


Patrick Murphy, Belonging - Union, 2012
Belonging

The Walker Gallery presents new work by Patrick Murphy. Belonging, installed for the Liverpool Biennial, responds to the notion of the uninvited guest, considering issues around acceptance and marginalisation. Banished from city centres and branded a nuisance, pigeons will become a familiar sight at the Walker Art Gallery over the next few months, when 196 brightly coloured guests will adorn the interior and exterior of the gallery. The exhibition runs from 15 September - 6 January 2013.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk


Nigel Massey, #4 Wednesday Radio, 2011
Contemporary Visions

Nigel Massey has been selected for the Beers Lambert 2012 Contemporary Visions exhibition, London, on show until 30 September 2012. The exhibition presents work by 10 international artists who each explore an alternative vision of tomorrow as a distorted, imagined and fragmented utopia.

http://beerslambert.com/exhibition/aoe


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