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Doing Langlands & Bell at Charleston

The Wick Culture - Alibaba, Hangzhou ,2018. Photo credit Stuart Whipps
Above  Alibaba, Hangzhou ,2018. Photo credit Stuart Whipps
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park,' 2017. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park,’ 2017. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park' 2017. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park’ 2017. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park', 2017. Photo: Peter White (1)
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park’, 2017. Photo: Peter White (1)
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park', 2017. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park’, 2017. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Five Piece Halls' 1993. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Five Piece Halls’ 1993. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, 'Surrounding Time' (detail, Colosseum, Rome). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.
Above  Langlands & Bell, ‘Surrounding Time’ (detail, Colosseum, Rome). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, 'Surrounding Time' (detail, Glaverbel, Brussels). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.JPG
Above  Langlands & Bell, ‘Surrounding Time’ (detail, Glaverbel, Brussels). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.JPG
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, 'Surrounding Time' (detail, Maison de Force, Ghent), 1990. Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell, ‘Surrounding Time’ (detail, Maison de Force, Ghent), 1990. Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of New Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
Above  Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of New Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of Old Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
Above  Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of Old Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell in the garden at Charleston below Vanesa Bell’s attic studio window
Above  Langlands & Bell in the garden at Charleston below Vanesa Bell’s attic studio window
The Wick Culture - Alibaba, Hangzhou ,2018. Photo credit Stuart Whipps
Above  Alibaba, Hangzhou ,2018. Photo credit Stuart Whipps
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park,' 2017. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park,’ 2017. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park' 2017. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park’ 2017. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park', 2017. Photo: Peter White (1)
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park’, 2017. Photo: Peter White (1)
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Facebook, Menlo Park', 2017. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Facebook, Menlo Park’, 2017. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell 'Five Piece Halls' 1993. Photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell ‘Five Piece Halls’ 1993. Photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, 'Surrounding Time' (detail, Colosseum, Rome). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.
Above  Langlands & Bell, ‘Surrounding Time’ (detail, Colosseum, Rome). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, 'Surrounding Time' (detail, Glaverbel, Brussels). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.JPG
Above  Langlands & Bell, ‘Surrounding Time’ (detail, Glaverbel, Brussels). Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White.JPG
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, 'Surrounding Time' (detail, Maison de Force, Ghent), 1990. Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White
Above  Langlands & Bell, ‘Surrounding Time’ (detail, Maison de Force, Ghent), 1990. Courtesy The Artists; photo: Peter White
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of New Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
Above  Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of New Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of Old Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
Above  Langlands & Bell, The Kitchen, 1978 (detail of Old Kitchen); Photo courtesy of the artists
The Wick Culture - Langlands & Bell in the garden at Charleston below Vanesa Bell’s attic studio window
Above  Langlands & Bell in the garden at Charleston below Vanesa Bell’s attic studio window

Langlands & Bell at Charleston
Charleston, East Sussex

2 April — 29 August 2022
https://www.charleston.org.uk/press/langlands-bell-at-charleston/

Immerse yourself in the radical work of Langlands & Bell as Charleston presents a summer season of arts and ideas centred around the Turner Prize-shortlisted artist duo.

Installed across Charleston’s Wolfson Gallery, Ideas of Utopia features 11 works from across their 40-year career that interrogate the role of architecture and built spaces in shaping our lives and communication systems. Expect interactive digital media, sculpture, film and installations, drawn from public and private collections across the UK, as well as the artist’s own archive.

For the summer season, the South Gallery plays host to Absents Artists, an exhibition curated by Langlands & Bell that considers the significance of the artist studio and the relationship between the artist and their studio. There are more than 50 works on display, from paintings and drawings to prints and photographs by the likes of Annie Leibovitz, David Hockney and Jasper Johns. Also included is The Artist’s Studio (2002), an early interactive digital artwork by Langlands & Bell, which links Turner’s studio at Petworth House in West Sussex with the artists’ own studio in Whitechapel, London.

Not to be missed is Near Heaven, a new commission by Langlands & Bell installed in Vanessa Bell’s attic Studio. Named after a quote by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s daughter, Angelica Garnett, on the importance of this space to her mother, Near Heaven considers the studio as a place of contemplation, creation and as a personal haven. Never has there been a better time to visit one of the country’s most cherished artsy homes.
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Dates
02 April 2022 — 29 August 2022

Viewing Frank Bowling and Sculpture

The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Bulbul, 1988, Detail.
Above  Frank Bowling, Bulbul, 1988, Detail.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Angharad's Gift Patagonia, 1991 and Sasha's Green Bag, 1988.
Above  Frank Bowling, Angharad’s Gift Patagonia, 1991 and Sasha’s Green Bag, 1988.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Hrund, 1988.
Above  Frank Bowling, Hrund, 1988.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, King Crabbé, 1988.
Above  Frank Bowling, King Crabbé, 1988.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019, Detail 1.
Above  Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019, Detail 1.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Pendulum, 2012.
Above  Frank Bowling, Pendulum, 2012.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Rachel VI, 1991.
Above  Frank Bowling, Rachel VI, 1991.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Sasha's Green Bag, 1988, and Hrund, 1991.
Above  Frank Bowling, Sasha’s Green Bag, 1988, and Hrund, 1991.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Sentinel, 1976.
Above  Frank Bowling, Sentinel, 1976.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 1988, Detail.
Above  Frank Bowling, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 1988, Detail.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, What else can you put in a Judd box, 2022.
Above  Frank Bowling, What else can you put in a Judd box, 2022.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019.
Above  Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Bulbul, 1988, Detail.
Above  Frank Bowling, Bulbul, 1988, Detail.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Angharad's Gift Patagonia, 1991 and Sasha's Green Bag, 1988.
Above  Frank Bowling, Angharad’s Gift Patagonia, 1991 and Sasha’s Green Bag, 1988.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Hrund, 1988.
Above  Frank Bowling, Hrund, 1988.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, King Crabbé, 1988.
Above  Frank Bowling, King Crabbé, 1988.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019, Detail 1.
Above  Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019, Detail 1.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Pendulum, 2012.
Above  Frank Bowling, Pendulum, 2012.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Rachel VI, 1991.
Above  Frank Bowling, Rachel VI, 1991.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Sasha's Green Bag, 1988, and Hrund, 1991.
Above  Frank Bowling, Sasha’s Green Bag, 1988, and Hrund, 1991.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Sentinel, 1976.
Above  Frank Bowling, Sentinel, 1976.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 1988, Detail.
Above  Frank Bowling, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 1988, Detail.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, What else can you put in a Judd box, 2022.
Above  Frank Bowling, What else can you put in a Judd box, 2022.
The Wick Culture - Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019.
Above  Frank Bowling, Mummybelli (New York), 2019.

Frank Bowling and Sculpture
The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London

15 July — 3 September 2022
http://www.greenwichunigalleries.co.uk/frank-bowling-and-sculpture/

Frank Bowling is best known for his abstract paintings that fuse personal memories and a sensual use of colour. Think his iconic ‘map paintings’ produced from the mid 1960s and his arresting ‘pour paintings’ made by pouring paint down an inclined surface. But he has also produced sculpture and sculptural paintings. ‘Painting has to release certain sculptural aspects, but it also has to retain aspects of the sculptural to hold its own on the wall, in order for it to be a thing,’ the artist once said.

This exhibition is the first to focus on Bowling’s sculptures and the sculptural aspects of his paintings. Curated by Sam Cornish, it brings together sculptures from the late 80s and early 90s, many of which have never been seen before, alongside paintings, archival and audio-visual material that reveal the artist’s keen interest in materiality.

Highlights include his welded steel forms, notably King Crabbé and Buibul, both from 1988, and Mummybelli (2019), a canvas with a dense, object-encrusted surface.

It’s gratifying that this previously unexamined side of Bowling’s career is finally getting the recognition it deserves.
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Dates
15 July 2022 — 03 September 2022

Doing Superfutures: Visions for the future

The Wick Culture - William Darrell, Restless Bulbs and Rotting Goodness, 2021
Above  William Darrell, Restless Bulbs and Rotting Goodness, 2021
The Wick Culture - International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
Above  International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
The Wick Culture - International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
Above  International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
The Wick Culture - Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Liminal lands, 2021 Courtesy of the artist Originally commissioned by Luma Arles Photo: Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Above  Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Liminal lands, 2021 Courtesy of the artist Originally commissioned by Luma Arles Photo: Jakob Kudsk Steensen
The Wick Culture - Joey Holder, aequator, 2022 Supported by Seventeen and STEAMhouse Courtesy of the artist and Seventeen
Above  Joey Holder, aequator, 2022 Supported by Seventeen and STEAMhouse Courtesy of the artist and Seventeen
The Wick Culture - Ignota by Lando & Optigram
Above  Ignota by Lando & Optigram
The Wick Culture - Nico Vascellari, In Dark Times We Must Dream With Open Eyes, 2020
Above  Nico Vascellari, In Dark Times We Must Dream With Open Eyes, 2020
The Wick Culture - Oliver Laric, Reclining Pan, 2019 Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez
Above  Oliver Laric, Reclining Pan, 2019 Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez
The Wick Culture - Monira Al Qadiri, BENZENE, 2022 Photo: Francesco Allegretto Commissioned by Berengo Foundation Courtesy of the artist and Johan König Galerie
Above  Monira Al Qadiri, BENZENE, 2022 Photo: Francesco Allegretto Commissioned by Berengo Foundation Courtesy of the artist and Johan König Galerie
The Wick Culture - Sevdaliza with Raving Dahlia ã Sevdaliza
Above  Sevdaliza with Raving Dahlia ã Sevdaliza
The Wick Culture - Gentle Monster, The Giant, 2021
Above  Gentle Monster, The Giant, 2021
The Wick Culture - Jan Vorisek, Devotion Strategy, 2020 Photo: Melanie Glück
Above  Jan Vorisek, Devotion Strategy, 2020 Photo: Melanie Glück
The Wick Culture - William Darrell, Restless Bulbs and Rotting Goodness, 2021
Above  William Darrell, Restless Bulbs and Rotting Goodness, 2021
The Wick Culture - International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
Above  International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
The Wick Culture - International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
Above  International Magic for the Superfutures Exhibition
The Wick Culture - Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Liminal lands, 2021 Courtesy of the artist Originally commissioned by Luma Arles Photo: Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Above  Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Liminal lands, 2021 Courtesy of the artist Originally commissioned by Luma Arles Photo: Jakob Kudsk Steensen
The Wick Culture - Joey Holder, aequator, 2022 Supported by Seventeen and STEAMhouse Courtesy of the artist and Seventeen
Above  Joey Holder, aequator, 2022 Supported by Seventeen and STEAMhouse Courtesy of the artist and Seventeen
The Wick Culture - Ignota by Lando & Optigram
Above  Ignota by Lando & Optigram
The Wick Culture - Nico Vascellari, In Dark Times We Must Dream With Open Eyes, 2020
Above  Nico Vascellari, In Dark Times We Must Dream With Open Eyes, 2020
The Wick Culture - Oliver Laric, Reclining Pan, 2019 Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez
Above  Oliver Laric, Reclining Pan, 2019 Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez
The Wick Culture - Monira Al Qadiri, BENZENE, 2022 Photo: Francesco Allegretto Commissioned by Berengo Foundation Courtesy of the artist and Johan König Galerie
Above  Monira Al Qadiri, BENZENE, 2022 Photo: Francesco Allegretto Commissioned by Berengo Foundation Courtesy of the artist and Johan König Galerie
The Wick Culture - Sevdaliza with Raving Dahlia ã Sevdaliza
Above  Sevdaliza with Raving Dahlia ã Sevdaliza
The Wick Culture - Gentle Monster, The Giant, 2021
Above  Gentle Monster, The Giant, 2021
The Wick Culture - Jan Vorisek, Devotion Strategy, 2020 Photo: Melanie Glück
Above  Jan Vorisek, Devotion Strategy, 2020 Photo: Melanie Glück

Superfutures: Visions for the future
Selfridges, London

14 July — 16 October 2022
https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/features/articles/superfuturespart1/?cm_re=homepage-_-banner-0-_-superfutures

For a dose of arresting art, hop along to Selfridges, where you’ll find an exhibition of 13 experiential works by leading contemporary artists, brands and thinkers that explore and imagine tomorrow’s world. Curated in collaboration with Berlin’s Reference Festival and installed across the London store, Superfutures prompts visitors to consider how we might live, what we might look like and how we will behave.

‘The Superfutures exhibition will present past and future universes, full of mutation and cohabitation, blurring boundaries between the organic and crafted, between human and machine, and existing outlooks and normative gestures into reshaping our future,’ says Mumi Haiati, Founder of Reference Studios and Reference Festival.

As you meander around the store, you’ll encounter an installation of sculptures by Estonian artist Katja Novitskova, examining the relationship between technology, biology and ecology; and a specially commissioned display of five inflatable sculptures by Monira Al Qadiri, which is paired with a selection of oil-drill shaped Murano glass sculptures.

This is the future of retail, so don’t miss out.
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Dates
14 July 2022 — 16 October 2022
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