February 2011
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The Intern - Illustrated
Illustrator; Intern; Retail Assistant
When I was at the age of 23 I asked my Mother - what shall I do? Shall I draw pictures? Shall I intern?
Here’s what she said to me…
TRY EVERYTHING & GET EXPERIENCE!!!
The BIG lesson I have learnt since graduating last year is to have a plan! Get a part-time job doing anything whatsoever- it will not be your job for life!
I thought it would be easy-ish...
July 2010
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For The Love Of Vinyl.
For the love of Vinyl
Celebrating over 40 years of wonderfully designed iconic Vinyl Album art designed by Storm Thogerson and Aubrey Powell commissioned by renowned musicians of the 1970’s such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabath, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Muse and Biffy Clyro.
The Exhibition is taking place at The Gallery, OXO Tower, Barge House Street, South Bank, London and will be...
June 2010
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A Behind the scenes look at Ray Lowry: London...
All systems a go-go this week at IG Gallery - scores of Ray Lowry’s original illustrations and paintings have been flooding in, as have most of the guest contributions. A hugely differing collection of things, bearing in mind the contributions are all re-interpretations of the one London Calling album sleeve.
Preparations are well underway, as we make the final arrangements for the opening...
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Shebeen Calling Ray Lowry for Moore Scratchy...
Preparations for our upcoming Ray Lowry: London Calling exhibition are well underway here at Idea Generation Gallery - work has been flooding in from contributing artists. We’ve had a sneaky peak at offerings from the likes of Billy Childish, Nick Hornby and Harry Hill – all of whom offer their own, hugely differing, interpretations of Lowry’s seminal sleeve design for The Clash’s London...
May 2010
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South Africa’s Umuzi Photo Club brings its first...
Here at Idea Generation we’re gearing up for one of our usual speedy changeovers; The Art of Conversation will be ending on Sunday, so if you’ve not had a chance to come down to see it now is the time.
Our new Exhibition with The Umuzi Photo Club opens on Tuesday May 25th Coinciding with Africa day. It’s the Clubs first UK exhibition so we’re all ready to be wowed by some powerful pictures...
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**LONDON CALLING**
Andrew Farrington
We are all getting very excited here at the IG gallery for the fast approaching London Calling exhibition that will pay tribute to one of the art/punk/rock&roll greats – Ray Lowry.
Originally conceived by art curator and founding member of the Ray Lowry Foundation, Julian Williams, The Right Hand Man: A Tribute Exhibition to Ray Lowry, saw a fantastic collection of Lowry’s...
The Art of Conversation: London – Berlin | Brain... →
meredithah:
A very cool art project in which designers played a game of Chinese whispers via Skype over a 3-month period. The idea was that a designer would come up with an idea, and the next person or group would have 3 days to interpret and pass it on to the next person. The link will take you to a longer explanation and some of the videos of the process.
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The Art of Conversation:
Its been a busy week as usual for us here at Idea Generation Gallery. The Storm finally weathered as Right But Wrong drew to a conclusion with a hugely successful Off the Wall auction. Storm’s end of show auction was a resounding success with everyone in attendance taking home some amazing bargains (including Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma album cover for a ridiculous £250 – with the frame thrown...
April 2010
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Live Music and Design at the Hands of Storm...
As another weekend draws to a close Storm proves as popular as ever as he continues to draw in the masses. The weekend was under way with Friday evening’s Eye to Eye (or not), which saw Storm take the hotseat under the all inquisitive eye of psychotherapist Dr John Woods. Woods explored a selection of works, which included both iconic and lesser known images, examining the significance of key...
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Upcoming Storm Events!
Over the next three weeks the Idea Generation Gallery will be holding a number of special Storm events, all of which will be attended, if not hosted, by the man himself. The first of four will kick off this Friday 16th April with guest speaker and psychoanalyst Professor Jon Wood. Over the course of the evening, Prof. Wood will discuss in depth Storm’s iconic imagery from a psychoanalytical...
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A Rural Delight!
Recently there has been an overwhelming flow of nature/travel programmes on the television, which pleases me greatly as the majority are truly amazing, such as Life by the mighty David Attenborough. It got me thinking about a area I used to visit a lot in rural Dorset when I was a kid.
The place in question is Zig Zag Hill, aptly named because its winding road that runs through it is in fact...
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Save the Rochelle Canteen!
Everyone has one of those ‘great little places’ they either heard about from someone else, came across by accident or found after hours of wandering through the backstreets with only a vague sense of direction and an A to Z. But it’s places like these, hidden in the labyrinthine streets of East London, known only to those in the know, that help uphold this area’s reputation as London’s creative...
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A Private View in Pictures
A few images from Storm’s private view
before the crowds..
Storm recreates his Muse - Absolution, as seen from the IG balcony
Variations on a theme - celebrating Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon’s 30th
and the crowds arrive…
busy on the balcony!
And last but certainly not least a few gems courtesy of John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins!!!
Photograph ©...
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Creating a Storm (& other weather based puns)
Stormy weather comes with territory in April and, right on cue, April 1st brought the expected floods from the sky but also floods of people from the streets into the Idea Generation Gallery to celebrate the opening of Storm Thorgerson- Right But Wrong.
Call it pathetic fallacy or artistic irony or whatever philosophical or metaphysical term you care to use, but as the finishing touches were...
March 2010
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Sutra: Shaolin monks meet Antony Gormley
Recently running at Sadler’s Wells, Sutra is a fantastic collaboration of dance, music and art. With a group of 17 Shaolin monks at the heart of the performance, East meets West in a performance that, in all its energy and dynamism, is incredibly subtle, quiet and calming – and seems to echo the very foundations of Buddhist life.
Although inspired by the Shaolin monks, the choreography is by...
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Link-Nuggets Part One
Being the free spirit he is, a friend of mine decided to quit his steady job in media and descend upon a world of adventure; a South American ramble of culture, sights and fun filled pandemonium… I do miss him, actually I’ll elaborate; I miss our joyful mini London escapades, our nonsensical mindless banter and our daily post work beer-based rendezvous’.
Being 6914 miles away, our opportunity for...
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Arts in the Arctic
Arctic Lens. Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey
I recently spotted this photograph of one of collaborating artists Ackroyd and Harvey’s artistic ventures in a review on Ian McEwan’s latest novel Solar, featured in the Guardian. Aside from the apparent connection that can be made between the title of McEwan’s book and the photograph/installation’s reference to a setting sun,...
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An Artistic History of London's Orient
Grimy back alleys, leather wear, cockney wenches behind the bar - sound like a typical night out in East London? Well I’m sorry to inform all you scenesters out there that the joyful seediness of the East End that lives firmly in our hearts and on the bottom of our shoes is by no means your creation.
After a recent visit to Wilton’s Music Hall on Graces Alley, the ‘city’s hidden stage’ built...
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Art Against Knives →
The victim of a brutal, umprovoked knife attack in Shoreditch’s Arnold Circus last year, 20 year old art student Oliver Hemsley was left in a wheelchair after being left permanently paralyzed.
Art Against Knives began last year as friends and family of Oliver brought together the local area with an art exhibition and auction, supported by donations from the likes of Anthony Gormley,...
Sketchbook Blog: Gavin Bond: Music →
For a heady shot of rock n roll, we suggest you follow the cobbled brick road to photographer Gavin Bond’s exhibition at the Idea Generation Gallery running until 21st March 2010.
Like Rankin or Leibovitz before him, prodigal St Martin’s graduate Bond’s subjects and supporters glisten…
February 2010
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Lifestyles of the rich & famous
While tying down a photographer in one place during London Fashion Week, is no mean feat, we did it. Granted it was Gavin Bond, whose homecoming exhibition of music icons is currently gracing the walls of the Idea Generation Gallery, but as one of the UK’s finest photographic exports, I still feel we should be commended for stealing him away from the fashionistas to celebrate his launch with us...
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A Makeshift Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
I always find it an incredibly strange feeling sitting in an empty gallery, blinded by the glaringly white walls, void of pictures. But thankfully, this feeling of displacement won’t be for very long as this week, we’re getting ready for our next exhibition here at Idea Generation - a collection of maverick photographer, Gavin Bond’s fantastic music photography, a slight departure from our last...
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Giving Good Face
If a fight landed us with a swollen black eye, the majority of us would retreat from the prying eyes of the public until the eye-sore (pun intended) had faded. But Lucien Freud has never been one to join the majority. In his imaginatively titled ‘Self Portrait With a Black Eye’ (1978) Freud’s somewhat damaged face, the result of a bust-up with a taxi driver, was clearly an unmissable source of...
January 2010
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“I was getting ready to go back into what I considered to be the real world,...”
– Nat Finkelstein
“When all is said and done, when everything is gone, the photograph is what’s...”
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Nat Finkelstein
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“I stayed at the factory for close to two years. I watched pop die, I saw punk...”
– Nat Finkelstein
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Nat Finkelstein: From One Extreme to the Other
19th January - 14th February 2010.
A celebration of the life and work of Nat Finkelstein – photojournalist, political activist, fugitive and veteran of the 1960s New York scene Nat Finkelstein was one of the most respected photojournalists of modern times. Renowned for his iconic and intimate documentation of Andy Warhol’s infamous Factory, and later for his political activism including an...
November 2009
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Hammer Horror Now Extended!
Due to high demand- we are keeping the Hammer Horror exhibition open until 29th November. So that means you have an extra 2 weeks to get your teeth stuck in to some of Hammer’s never-seen-before artwork from their classic and upcoming films, rare and original posters and behind the scenes photos from Britain’s most successful film company Hammer.
Enter at your peril…
October 2009
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The Hammer Festival
27th October- 15th November 2009
This Halloween Idea Generation opens the crypt doors to launch London’s most frightening festival – the Hammer Festival.
The Hammer Festival brings together a terrifying programme of film screenings, ghost tours, readings, and an exhibition featuring never-seen-before artwork from their classic and upcoming films, rare and original posters and behind the...
September 2009
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Now We Are Ten
The Campaign for Drawing’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition & Auction
8th September - 20th September 2009
Unique work by some of the UK’s best-known and up-and-coming artists, illustrators and cartoonists are to be shown together for the first time at the Idea Generation Gallery as The Campaign for Drawing assembles artworks made in its name since 2000.
Sixty new works have been donated for...
August 2009
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Woodstock Experience
Exhibition: 5th – 30th August 2009 Book Launch: 4th August 2009
The authorised book and exhibition for the 40th anniversary of the most famous music festival in history; Genesis Publications and Idea Generation Gallery present Woodstock Experience.
“The Woodstock music and art festival might have started out with some iconic large festival identity, but it has moved way beyond that now and has...
July 2009
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Jasper Joffe: Sale of a Lifetime
27th July- 1 August 2009
Jasper Joffe will be selling all his possessions, including his collections of paintings, drawings, teddy bears, and rare books. He will only keep the clothes he is wearing. The number 33 will be a recurrent theme throughout the exhibition, which will be installed in 33 different lots, all for sale for £ 3,333, as Biblical reference to death and rebirth.
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June 2009
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“Asleep for 30-odd years then rediscovered by accident, certain of the images...”
– John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins
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Hoppy- Against Tyranny: Talking About a...
Counter-cultural incendiary of the 1960s and roving photojournalist John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins charts Britain’s emergence from the age of austerity into an era of pop, protest and psychedelia.
Idea Generation Gallery presents a new exhibition of paraphernalia and photographs by veteran activist and revolutionary John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, many of which are being shown for the first time. Encompassing both...
April 2009
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Spectacular Monsterism Island Feature Wall
A soaring 800 sq ft high installation of Monsterism Island by cult graphic artist Pete Fowler is a breathtaking highlight of the Monsters Inked show.
The wall will be a uniquely created island version of Pete’s cult hit Monsterism Island – and monsters and creatures from the island will be seen escaping all over the unique Idea Generation Gallery space.
Pete Fowler is known for his work...
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Flanimals Make Their Global Debut!
Images from the smash-hit Ricky Gervais book Flanimals are being exhibited at the Idea Generation Gallery as part of the upcoming Monsters Inked show – the first time the illustrations have been showcased in a gallery setting. The show will explore the development of the images from the draftsman board to the finished page and exclusive prints will be available to buy for the first time.
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Monsters Inked!
An unveiling of brand new and extraordinary monster illustrations will explore the inner workings of an artist’s psyche as the Idea Generation Gallery strips bare the art of monsters. Move over Charles Darwin, this exhibition is leading a unique anthropological monster study – one step beyond for evolution.
The Monsters Inked show will explore the development of monster drawings from the deepest,...
February 2009
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“Being ginger is definitely something that I have grown into. When I was growing...”
– Nicola Walters, one of 62 subjects in Root Ginger.