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Free Words at Mayfair Public Library

20-Aug-08

Free Words at Mayfair Public Library

When I went to the Free Words exhibition at Mayfair Public Library it was a grey Friday evening, and consequently did not see the works at their best. It was the last day of the main show, and the artwork seemed to have been forgotten in a rather drab-feeling, unloved public-sector space on the top floor. Sumer Erek’s work, Newspaper House, was in an unadvertised and unlit side room which looked as if no-one ever went in there. The stairway and main exhibition space was dominated by Marko Stepanov’s fifteen life-size photographs of individual activists at Hyde Park’s Speakers Corner, clearly consistent with the exhibition’s main theme. Quieter but more thought-provoking were Marisol Cavia’s paper sculptures, the most striking ones ...
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Francesca Cho in “Free Words”

04-Jul-08

Francesca Cho in “Free Words”

Francesca Cho will be participating in the group exhibition 'Free words' at the Mayfair Public Library, 15 - 31 July. This is the first exhibition to be held in the library space and complements nicely the National Year of Reading. 'Free words' explores the censored word, printed matter and use of language as means of expression, through the interpretations of five artists, with site specific installations, painting, photography and sound pieces: Marisol Cavia Francesca Cho Sumer Erek Marko Stepanov Katie Sollohub Mayfair Public Library is at 25 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PB [Map]. Opening hours 11am-7pm weekdays, 10:30am-2:00pm Saturdays. Cho's installation is sponsored by Rolawn, who also sponsored her previous turf installation at Conran's Bluebird shop Links: Free Word Show channel on YouTube Notice of exhibition on City of ...
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Francesca Cho’s January shows

11-Jan-08
Korean-born artist Francesca Cho is exhibiting work in two group shows, in London and Bergamo, this month. The London show, Sacred, in the Novas Contemporary Urban Centre London Bridge (73-81 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 ONQ [map]) near the Financial Times offices in Southwark Bridge Road -- two minutes' walk from Tate Modern -- is to mark World Religion Day (celebrated on the third Sunday in January). World Religion Day is practiced in all countries. Its mission is to foster the establishment of interfaith understanding and harmony by emphasizing the common denominators underlying all religions. The event was instituted by the Bahai community in 1950. Sacred explores these common denominators and also the differences between religions and belief systems; the interweaving message throughout ...
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Rags in the Wind - some photos

22-Sep-07

Rags in the Wind - some photos

Here are some photos from Rags in the Wind - a group show in the Graz Botanical gardens, on now. It's featured here because it includes the work of London-based, Korean-born artist Francesca Cho. Her "Floating Soul 1" is below: Some thumbnails of the work of some of the other artists are below: View a slideshow of the complete set here. The set includes a couple of shots of a dancer interpreting a little fable written by one of the artists, accompanied by a recorder player. Most of the photos were taken by my 7-year-old niece, Heather. Not bad, huh?
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Rags in the Wind

29-Aug-07
The picturesque Austrian university city of Graz (above) hosts an unusual exhibition from mid-September. From 15 Septmber to 13 October the Botanical Garden of the Karl-Franzens-University will be the setting for an international collaboration of installation art. The Botanical Gardens themselves are worth a visit in their own right, with their spectacular new greenhouse: From the official press release: "Rags in the wind II" (Fetzen im Wind II) is an exhibition of international contemporary art with the character of transboundary cooperation, ethnic great variety and global communication. Numerous national and international artists will show their installations and artworks to the theme "Magic" between the trees and in the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden. Representing the UK will be Korean-born artist Francesca Cho. Her works ...
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Francesca Cho at East @ West Wing festival

26-Feb-07
Francesca Cho's work will be on display at the East @ West Wing British East Asian Arts Festival in Slough from 3 March to 6 April. Cho has been established in London for more than ten years and her work has been widely shown internationally, including Seoul, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Madrid and, most recently, Recce in Italy. There's a feature on the festival on the BBC website here. And the official press release below: East @ West Wing Arts Festival is back! British East Asian Arts Festival in Slough: 3rd March 2007 After pioneering success in 2006, East @ West Wing arts festival returns to the West Wing Arts Centre in Slough on Saturday 3rd March 2007. The East @ West Wing Arts Festival ...
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Francesca Cho’s meditative work

20-Dec-06
I happened to meet artist Francesca Cho at the Jerwood gallery yesterday lunchtime. Korean-born, but now based in London, she is the more established artist among the exhibitors in the Still Dynamics show, which closes today. Her contemplative work, to which the images below and my words here can't do justice, recalls Rothko but also is inspired by landscape. Visit her website for more images. She plans a solo show in London soon.
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Korean art: Unstoppable forces and immovable objects

17-Dec-06
Still Dynamics: The Korean Contemporary Art Show The Jerwood Space, 14-20 December Review by Beccy Kennedy The serene setting of the Jerwood Space provides the perfect offset for the vivid works of eleven Korean artists. With the exception of Kira Kim's light installation, I Love U, and Sangjun Roh's miniature, cardboard people, the works are surprisingly painterly for a contemporary art show, whilst being diverse in their approach to 2D. Yujin Kang's dazzling, dexterously painted scenes of swimming pools, including one which lurks, glimmering beneath the hatched yellow lines of a road, reflecting their shadow, (left) particularly stand out. Kang blends precision with fluidity, realism with random imagery, and beautifully captures the theme of the exhibition, staying still whilst moving forward, the contrasting ...
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