Galleries - June 2014

a ADVANCED GRAPHICS LONDON 32 Long Lane, SE1 4AY (opp Borough Tube) New Publications including Humphrey Ocean RA and Albert Irvin OBE RA. Visitors to the gallery are welcome to see the work in progress in the print studio below. Tue–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–4 tube Borough, rail London Bridge gallery@advancedgraphics.co.uk www.advancedgraphics.co.uk t 020 7407 2055 f 020 7407 2066 b CGP LONDON CAFE GALLERY Centre of Southwark Park, Bermondsey, London SE16 2UA Thinking Things. May 28–Jun 29. Richard Bevan, Vanessa Billy, Emilie Pitoiset, Richard Serra and Zin Taylor. Wed–Sun 11–5 public transport to Canada Water station www.cgplondon.org t 020 7237 1230 c CGP LONDON DILSTON GROVE Southwest corner of Southwark Park, Bermondsey SE16 2DD Nothing Can Stop Us Now. A Dilston Grove and Matt’s Gallery Production. May 23–Jun 15. Artist: Richard Grayson. Fri, Sat, Sun 11–5 public transport to Canada Water station www.cgplondon.org t 020 7237 1230 d CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ARTS 89 Southwark Street, SE1 0HX The very best of British craft. We have everything from beautiful functional pieces for everyday to spectacular one-of-a-kind sculptures. With over 350 makers specialising in jewellery, ceramics, glass, wood, textiles, furniture, metal and paper, CAA is the premier destination in London for contemporary applied arts. Tue–Sat 10–6, Sun 11–5, Mon closed shop@caa.org.uk www.caa.org.uk t 020 7436 2344 e THE HAYWARD GALLERY Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 The Human Factor. Jun 10–Aug 31. International artists confront the question of how we represent the ‘human’ today. www.southbankcentre.co.uk t 0844 875 0073(info & tickets) SOUTHWARK PARK K E N N I N G T S O U T H W A R K B R I D G E N E W R D E V L O W E R R O A D J A M A I C A R O A D S O U T H W A R K P A R K R O A D F L E E T S T N D B I S C A N N O N S T R E E T A T E S T R E E T F E N C H U R C H S B R I D G E K R D E R W A T E R L O O B R I D G E R O A D B R I D G E B L A C K F R I A R S B R I D G E B R I D G E N E W K E N T L O N D O N T O W E R B R I D G E C O M M E R C I A L R O A D Canada Water London Bridge Rotherhithe Bermondsey Lambeth North Waterloo Cannon Street Surrey Quay Elephant&Castle Temple Borough WALKBRI. Southwark W T L A a g c b f MAP 29LONDON BANKSIDE & SOUTHWARK 46 GALLERIES JUNE 2014 C KF R IARS B RI D G E WA TERLOO R O A D S O U T H W A R K S S T A M F O R D S T R E E T U P P E R G R O U N D HOPTON S T H O L L A N D S T E E T e d h j i W A Harriet Mena Hill ‘Blue Sky Grey Depth’ It was Iris Murdoch who once observed that the key element in any work of art – novel, symphony, painting or ballet – lies in its innate ability to create a space for the viewer to enter and participate within it. With her persistent and tenacious pursuit of an imagined architectural landscape over some 30 years of painting, Harriet Mena Hill ( Eagle/EMH Arts, map 30) seems to be doing just this and to ever subtler and more moving effect. Exhibiting recent work together with some earlier (2012) panel paintings that were at Worcester Cathedral, she does, to a quite remarkable degree, make the ‘slow looking’ of an engaged viewer a vital element in the work’s realized power – both ecstatic and contemplative. NU THUMB nails