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Viewing Francesca DiMattio: Wedgwood

We’d like to take up permanent residence inside the maximalist world created by Francesca DiMattio at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery. Against a backdrop of hand-painted wallpapers and vinyl flooring with a trompe l’oeil mosaic design, the artist’s ceramic sculptures and domestic objects disrupt our understanding of the decorative.

Bedecking the interior, you’ll find sculptural furniture that recalls 18th-century Sèvres porcelain, alongside a matching chandelier, a Rococo mirror and Wedgwood-inspired wall sconces, crockery and seating – but she plays with their scale and imbues each object with personality. Decorative elements behave unusually, jumping from pedestal to wall, while totemic figures clad in traditional decorative motifs sport unusual accessories, such as a suitcase for a shoe, and a snorkel.

All is not quite what it seems, but deciphering DiMattio’s decorative codes is all part of the fun.

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Dates
17 November 2023 — 23 December 2023

Viewing RankinLive at 47 Carnaby Street

Head down to 47 Carnaby Street to get behind the lens of legendary photography Rankin. RankinLive – first launched in 2009 and back for the festive season – sees him swap famous faces for the general public to give anyone the chance to experience the thrills of a professional photo shoot. Those feeling camera shy can watch people’s images appear on screen instead.

Tickets (£500 a pop and best to pre-book) include a 15 minute shoot, a chance to instantly review the portraits and “green tag” your favourites, one authenticated A4 inkjet print of your chosen image delivered to a UK address, and one digital file for personal digital use. Pucker up…

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Dates
22 November 2023 — 07 January 2024

Viewing Daisy Collingridge, Splanchnic

Daisy Collingridge’s deliciously fleshy textile characters will gather in TJ Boulting’s exhibition in Borough next week, their exaggerated limbs and bellies stretching out across the gallery’s walls in flat, frieze-like formations – a new departure for the artist, whose sculptures usually stand alone.

Her first solo show Splanchnic (pronounced ‘splank-nik’) takes its name from the anatomical word relating to the internal organs of the abdomen. Collingridge is fascinated by the inner workings of the body that we know little about. She exposes them in her tactile sculptures, made from hand-dyed jersey fabric, which she quilts together.

In the second room of the gallery, she will recreate a character from her recent ‘wearable sculptures’ named Burt. Visitors will be able to crawl inside his giant head, usually worn by the artist herself, and see its innards up close. The effect will be cocooning and unsettling in equal measure.

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Dates
06 October 2023 — 11 November 2023
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