As part of Ben Judd’s Stanley Picker Fellowship project The Origin, a series of workshops, performances, talks and tours will take place at Stanley Picker Gallery, a boat moored in Kingston Upon Thames and online throughout June and July 2021. On 24 June at 11am, members and musicians from Refugee Action Kingston will be improvising aboard … The Origin: Performances by Refugee Action Kingston
Join us to hear Oreet Ashery, Nadia Hebson and Judy Rabinowitz Price in conversation with each other, for the third in our series of Online Salons to facilitate exchange and dialogue between the creative community around the Gallery. Each of the three artists has created significant bodies of work over recent years that have (re)considered the lives and work of … Online Salon III: Oreet Ashery, Nadia Hebson & Judy Rabinowitz Price
“The Quintessence” is an artistic research project exploring the visual imaginary of outer space, and the construction of contemporary astrophysical knowledge from sky observation, in order to discover how images of space tell a story. Developed over three years, the research has led to the development of artworks in multimedia forms, including experimental films, photographs, … Orders Of Signification
Ben Judd’s Stanley Picker Fellowship project The Origin reflects on Britain’s island status, both literal and metaphorical, and how islands shape the communities that live there. The Stanley Picker Gallery sits on an island in the Hogsmill River and Kingston Upon Thames historically existed as an island surrounded by marshland. The nearby River Thames is … The Origin
Launch Event: Wednesday 17 November 6-8pm / All Welcome For their Stanley Picker Fellowship commission Portal Tables, The Decorators take the idea of commensality – the social practice of eating together – and extend it beyond the human to include microbial communities. Domestic food fermentation gained momentum during the periods of social-isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with … Portal Tables: connecting multiscalar communities
Stanley Picker Gallery is curating a series of major art installations by leading contemporary practitioners associated with Kingston University, staged around its spectacular new Town House building. Winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2021 and the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 the building was designed by 2020 Pritzker Prize and RIBA Gold Medal awardees … Town House