Private View - MRA Project Space

The opening event for Removed from the Eyes of Strangers took place on Thursday 7 January. It was a particularly freezing night, so thank you if you made it out!

If you haven't seen the exhibition yet, do pop in between 12-6pm on any Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 6 February 2010. Alternatively, come by for one of our Removed from the Eyes of Strangers events, either the Curator's Talk on Saturday 16 January or the panel discussion on Thursday 4 February.

Matt Lippiatt relaxes after a hard week's work!

London installation

The team at Matt Roberts Arts spent the first week in January installing the Removed from the Eyes of Strangers exhibition at MRA Project Space on Vyner Street, preparing for the private view last Thursday. Despite the heavy snow, everything went very well and the exhibition looks great!

Below are some images of us preparing the gallery space. We'd like to say a big thank you to all the Arts Trainees, volunteer invigilators and London Met students who helped out over the course of the week.

Jim and Mark, ex-Arts Trainees, contemplating building a wall for Pete Smith's installation.

Pete Smith (artist) with Giulia and Cinthya (Arts Trainees) taking a break.

Matt Roberts.

 

Giulia unwrapping Rachel Goodyear's drawings.

The wall gets underway!

Wendy Mayer arrives with Paper Chain Dolls, a new addition to the exhibition.

Pete Smith building a new installation for the exhibition, using the existing components from the Bedsitter series and found objects.

Removed from the Eyes of Strangers at MRA Project Space, London

7 January – 6 February 2010
Friday to Sunday 12pm – 6pm (plus the first Thursday of each month 6pm – 9pm)
MRA Project Space, Unit 1, 25a Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG

Removed from the Eyes of Strangers brings the work of four emerging British artists -Rachel Goodyear, Matt Lippiatt, Wendy Mayer, Pete Smith- to MRA Project Space. This is the final leg of the international exhibition, following a tour of Galleri Andersson/Sandström in Umeå, northern Sweden, and Co-Lab. in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Removed from the Eyes of Strangers is the culmination of a four-year research project. We asked these artists to develop new work that draws inspiration from the writings of Sigmund Freud, especially in relation to his seminal essay ‘The Uncanny’. Although there have been many exhibitions focusing on this theme, Removed from the Eyes of Strangers is unique in that it has supported new commissions that do more than simply reference Freud’s theory.

The final exhibiting artists attempt to engineer a visceral, physical uncanny occurrence that causes the viewer to momentarily question their preconceptions of the material world. Each artist subtly alters domestic objects, revealing how we can still be terrorised by the slightest shift in our perceptions.

If you would like further information about the exhibition and our programme of events please visit www.mattroberts.org.uk 

Co-Lab.

The second leg of the touring exhibition is now open at Co-Lab. in Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition will be running until 12th December 2009.

Co-Lab. is a non-profit space that opened in May 2007 and is directed by Marie Kirkengaard in collaboration with the two visual artists Melou Vangaard and Jon Stahn. With a wide international focus, the chief aim of Co-Lab. is to create a platform that promotes dialogue and artistic collaboration, developing new connections across cultures, medias and artistic practices.

'Removed from the Eyes of Strangers', installation view, 2009, Co-Lab., Copenhagen.

Welcome to Removed from the Eyes of Strangers

On 8 October 2009, Removed from the Eyes of Strangers, an exhibition presented by Matt Roberts Arts, will open at Galleri Andersson/Sandström in Umeå, Sweden.

We are creating this blog in order to share our experiences of realising the first international touring exhibition organised by Matt Roberts Arts. Our organisation encourages emerging artists and arts administrators to evolve their practice, and we hope that through this blog we can involve as many people as possible in the process of exhibition development.