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| 12 Star Gallery Exhibitions: 2011 |
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|  Tom Martin: Another day on Earth
30th November - 30th December 2011
Documentary photographer Tom Martin works primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.
After training as a fine artist at Central Saint Martins Tom moved to Rwanda to document sites of genocide.
In 2006 Tom was imprisoned in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Brief as it was, during his incarceration he experienced some of the extreme fear and isolation felt by both prisoners and the general population of the DRC.
Since this incident Tom has been driven to document these dark places, some of the most appalling environments known to humankind
Tom now undertakes commissions for organisations including the EU and UN. He provides images for tourism marketing and travel magazines. He also files pictures for Associated Press and the European Press Photographers’ Association.
This exhibition brings together images from Tom’s EU work, documenting a diverse range of projects in east and central Africa. The EU is quietly supporting the development of the region, from road-building to good governance.
Prisons, police, judges, soldiers and a rural population caught up in a rapidly changing society – these images find human stories behind the momentous transformation of developing countries.
Martin & Martin
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|  World Heritage Sites in Croatia
16-25 November 2011
“World Heritage Sites in Croatia”, the travelling exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, was first shown in Paris at the UNESCO Headquarters in 2004, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the inscription of the first Croatian heritage sites, the historic cities of Dubrovnik and Split and the Plitvice Lakes National Park, on the UNESCO's World Heritage List. In addition to these heritage sites, the exhibition shows the complete list of the Croatian heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage List: the Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the historic centre of Poreč, the historic city of Trogir, the Cathedral of St James in Šibenik and the Stari Grad Plain. Since its first show in Paris in 2004, the exhibition has been seen in many museums and galleries around the world.
World Heritage List-Croatia
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|  Dispatches
2 -11 November 2011
Exhibition of printed and photographic works. A narrative, with familiar references placed out of context and set within unspecified time and place.
Sława Harasymowicz is a Polish-born, London-based artist and a graduate of the Royal College of Art.
Her work makes use of found images, family photographs and her own photographs, which she reworks as drawings, and then translates again as screenprints. Archetypes - the strongman, the uniformed military figure - are imbued with elements of personal narrative which nevertheless remain obscure or oblique….
(V&A)
3rd generation of Polish, Ukrainian, German and Tatar roots, Sława Harasymowicz’s work frequently explores themes of identity and narrative.
She is currently completing a graphic novel based on one of Freud’s most famous case studies, to be published in 2012 in collaboration with the Freud Estate. Twice awarded the prestigious V&A award for illustration, and a recipient of the Arts Foundation Fellowship 2008, which she received from Sir Peter Blake.
Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute London
Part of Cultural Celebrations of Polish Presidency of the EU Council July-December 2011
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|  A Walk In The Park (opposite SW7 5DP)
Paintings by Caroline Havers
18 - 28 October 2011
"Making art is giving meaning to my life, allowing me to be me. It is about capturing what beauty is in my eyes, and celebrating it. Passing it on."
"Nature, as a source of inspiration, is vast and never ending."
Opposite SW7 5DP, in Central London is where the inspiration for this series of works by Caroline Havers can be found. Around the Serpentine and The Long Water in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens; what a glorious place to be.
Her paintings capture and celebrate, they give meaning to a specific place at a specific moment.
All that Caroline picks up during her daily walks feeds into her paintings.
Her works breath what she inhales, her thoughts and the sounds of that very moment, her knowledge of culture, nature and history, applied metaphors and the atmosphere.
How to convey a thought, a smell or sound in a painting is hard to explain. She believes that the enjoyment of the act of painting and the medium of paint itself makes it all possible. It is the energy and freedom in her very own mark making, the randomness of paint splatters and splattering. Putting one glob of paint next to another. It is about knowing your ingredients like a great chef does, the knowledge of how they will react when mixed up or put next to each other. Developing something unique, something brand new, a new taste ... like that very unique moment experienced in nature, picked up on all those walks.
Caroline Havers was born in the Netherlands (1959), and moved to London in 2008.
After studying Museology, her love for anthropology led her to her first job as importer of quality handicrafts from third world countries. During her years of study, and later on in her professional career, she never abandoned her childhood love for drawing and painting.
She took many courses in drawing, etching, photography and printmaking. In the early 90’s Caroline started working as a freelance illustrator.
While living in the United States she realized that her true creative passion was in the field of painting. In the studio of Kathryn Freeman (Chevy Chase) she was taught all about the ‘old-school’ technical aspects of painting.
Caroline has since then worked as a full time artist and has regular exhibitions and her work is part of private and corporate collections in Europe and the US.
Caroline Havers
Exhibition organised together with the Royal Netherlands Embassy
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|  Nondigitally Estonian
5 - 14 October 2011
Back in March of 2011 Karel Polt gave a series of photography lessons in the Estonian School in London. It was a very general introduction into how to see the world differently and how to capture it with a camera. As part of the homework he gave each child a disposable camera to use over the course of one week. The assignment was simple - photograph your life in London!
26 children of Estonian origin, aged 4 to 14, all grown up amidst the digital world, had a camera with 27 frames, no other options but point and shoot and one week in their disposal. Needless to say, the results are fascinating! (Picture:Karel Mati, 5 years old)
There are two main aspects to this project:
First is the cultural aspect. Estonian children living in London, many from mixed families of various origins. It's intriguing to see how they portray themselves through the photographs they've taken. Albeit most photos have a clear London feel to them, every now and then there are hints of Estonian culture masked into the everyday objects of children's homes and families.
Second aspect is the clash of analogue photography with digital for people young enough never to have photographed onto film before. It is intriguing to see how children have approached the lack of immediate response and inability to correct their perspective. Some children have clearly forgotten that their medium at hand is not endless, and therefore used up their frames for the same subject. On the other hand, it is clear that others have had trouble using up all the frames as they are forced to calculate the importance of each and ever click, ending up with just a few beautifully composed images.
The aim of this blog is to collect impressions of artists, writers and thinkers on the various subject matters present on the children's photos. With their kind permission, I will use these short essays for the upcoming exhibition in October 2001 simultaneously in London and in The European Capital of Culture 2011 - Tallinn.
Karel Polt
Photographer
The exhibition is curated by Karel Polt and Liis Sildnik.
 
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|  Where now for Europe's creative industries?
A conference and exhibition
13 - 30 September 2011
As part of the London Design Festival, designersblock together with the European Commission in the UK are co-ordinating a one day conference on the 13th September exploring key issues and opportunities facing the creative industries. Will creativity be the driver of future European economies? How deeply will the changes generated by the digital economy be? Where will we work and how can creativity revitalise our cities? What can Government and higher education do to support entrepreneurialism and the growth of the sector? The day promises lively debate and original thought, involving speakers from across the sector.
An accompanying exhibition has been curated by designersblock. Selecting one object from each year, showcased at designersblock events since 1998, the exhibition throws a spotlight onto cultural and contextual shifts that have taken place as creativity has moved from the side lines to centre stage in the imagination and in our economies.
www.designersblock.org.uk
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|  Active Witness
An exhibition of photography to celebrate the European Year of Volunteering
20 July - 9 September 2011
To celebrate the European Year of Volunteering, this exhibition, held at Europe House in Smith Square, brings together 27 works by photographers representing 27 participating countries, whose work either engages directly with the voluntary sector, or with closely related social issues. The photographers participating in the exhibition come from a range of backgrounds, including photojournalism, fine art and documentary practice, and the selected works cover subjects ranging from homelessness, to displaced populations, social care, rehabilitation and disaster relief. While many of the photographs relate directly to issues within the European Union, in other cases photographers from EU nations have travelled to sites around the world to depict critical events and situations.
The aim of the exhibition is not only to illustrate circumstances and issues of concern, but also to raise awareness of the importance of active participation and volunteering as a positive response.
Curated for EUNIC by Simon Baker (curator of photography and international art, Tate), and Ines de Bordas, with support from the cultural institutes and cultural attachés of the 27 participating countries, this exhibition includes works by the following photographers:
Reiner Riedler (Austria), Tim Dirven (Belgium), Dimitar Dilkoff (Bulgaria), Doros Partisides (Cyprus), Marketa Kutilova (Czech Republic),Carsten Snejbjerg (Denmark), Raigo Pajula (Estonia), Katja Tähjä (Finland), Lizzie Sadin (France), Laura Hegewald (Germany), Aris Messinis (Greece), TamásDezső (Hungary), Don McNeill Healy (Ireland),Oliviero Olivieri (Italy), Janis Salins (Latvia), Ramunas Danisevicius (Lithuania), Thierry Winn (Luxembourg), Darrin Zammit Lupi (Malta), Henk Wildschut (The Netherlands), Witold Krassowski (Poland), Paulo Nunes dos Santos (Portugal), Dana Popa (Romania), Andrej Ban (Slovakia), Arne Hodalic (Slovenia), Juan Carlos Tomasi (Spain), Pieter Ten Hoopen (Sweden), Mark Burton (United Kingdom).
 
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|  All hail the rising orchestral stars of Europe!
5 - 15 July 2011
More than three decades ago, Joy and Lionel Bryer had a dream to bring together the best young musicians from all of the member countries of the then European Community, in a great symphony orchestra that would bring to life the ideals of cross-cultural cooperation at the very heart of the European project. They felt passionately that if Europe was to mean something substantial, it had to be about more than just economic activity.
Thirty-three years on, that dream has not only been fulfilled, it has also taken its rising stars all over the world as cultural ambassadors for the Union. Having started out with young musicians from only nine countries, the EUYO now welcomes players aged between 14 and 24 from all 27 Member States. Over the years, the great names of music have been part of the adventure – from the EUYO’s founding Music Director Claudio Abbado, to Herbert von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Colin Davis and Sir Bernard Haitink, to mention but a few – to their current Music Director Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Touring every year, the Orchestra has performed in some of the world’s greatest festivals and concert halls, from New York to Nicosia, Seoul to São Paolo, Munich to Mumbai.
This unique photo exhibition chronicles the life of the Orchestra, both onstage and behind the scenes, from its first tour in 1978 right up until the present day. Come and witness the exhilaration and excitement of life on tour, the backstage nerves and the onstage thrills, of Europe’s most prestigious and dynamic orchestra.
Photo:The legendary Claudio Abbado leads a rehearsal of the then European Community Youth Orchestra, of which he was the founding Music Director, in 1979
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|  Cuts by Rickard Lindqvist
21 June - 1 July 2011
The aim of the Cuts project is to merge print design and pattern cutting within the practise of fashion design. Instead of seeing print design and pattern cutting as two separated activities, the cutting pattern becomes the print, which then becomes the cutting template. The beauty in the lines of the cutting is as important as any other line in the composition.
Rickard Lindqvist is a PhD candidate at the Swedish School of Textiles where he carries out practice-based research in design methodology for fashion design. Before Rickard started his PhD he designed the Rickard Lindqvist brand between 2007 and 2010.
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|  Beyond the Screen
The Royal College of Art presents an exhibition of fine art and design from two departments of the college, the Helen Hamly Centre for Design and the Department of Printmaking.
1 - 17 June 2011
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design in conjunction with Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry©, will present six projects, the outcomes of an inter-disciplinary student project. Design students were asked to explore how online and offline technologies could be used to complement each other in a way that enhances how communities communicate. Working with a range of communities, their responses explore ways to combat loneliness, ideas for making digital communication more expressive and social exchange between strangers. The Printmaking Department are exhibiting a small selection of print and moving image work which concerns itself with identity and community.
In all the Helen Hamlyn Centre has 14 EU students representing 7 EU member states; the Printmaking Department currently has students from nine different EU member states.
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Spirit of Bulgaria
An exhibition of icons and sculptures to mark the Day of the Slavonic Alphabet and Culture – 24 May
works by Mila Moussakova and Yanko Bonev
18 - 27 May 2011
Mila Moussakova was born in the family of artists: her grandfather, Atanas Moussakov, sculptor and her uncle, Vladimir Moussakov, writer first taught her in love and appreciation of art. Mila graduated the School of Applied Arts, Sofia, specializing in Iconography and Restoration. Her exquisite icons can be found in churches and private collections around the world. Mila’s icons and paintings have been featured in exhibitions in Bulgaria, France and in the Netherlands.
Yanko Bonev has graduated the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in Ceramics and started to work on monumental sculptural pieces. The author’s chosen material is bronze. Some of his larger, monumental sculptures can be seen in different cities throughout Bulgaria. Yanko Bonev took part in exhibitions in Bulgaria, Austria, Spain and in the UK. His name is listed in the Bulgarian Encyclopaedia of Monumental Arts.
Exhibition organised together with the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria.
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|  Different Look
Photographs by Peter Rákossy
27 April - 13 May 2011
Images of Hungarian Roma often feature adorable children in worn out, dirty clothes playing in front of houses in terrible condition; young adults idly drinking and smoking; old ladies with no teeth, and lively musicians.
In contrast, Peter Rákossy’s uplifting photos portray Roma university students who, maybe against all odds, are now studying to become lawyers, doctors and architect or finishing their PhDs ; each one of these young people has a heartwarming story to tell about their life plans and future.
For further information:
Hungarian cultural centre
Roma versitas
Intercultural navigators
Organised by the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London in cooperation with the Romaversitas Foundation and the British Council.
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|  “Europa – The Woman”
29 March 2011 – 21 April 2011
“Europa – The Woman” is an on-going international art project involving artists and authors reflecting on female aspects in a European context. So far 14 artists from across Europe have committed works in a variety of media. Artists in this exhibition include Jean-Marie Biwer (Belgium), Tim Davies (Germany), Juliana Do (Bulgaria), Ewa Gargulinska (Poland), Juliette Goddard (UK), Solidea Guerra (Croatia), Marcelle Hanselaar and Mirjam Visker (Netherlands), Cornelia Krafft (Austria), Christine Robion (France), Mikkel Urup (Denmark), Victor Agius (Malta), Cristian Iotti (Italy) and André Wilhelm (Switzerland).
Title of picture is Spain by Claudia Krafft
The project was launched in 2010 with the support of CESPA and Oxford University at New College’s Long Room Gallery. Organisations and individuals who want to support a wider access of children and young people to the highly successful European Baccalaureate teaching in the UK, as pioneered by the European Schools, can sponsor Europa – The Woman art works. Special print editions are also sold for that cause. Further information can be found on www.europathewoman.org or requested by sending an email to info@europathewoman.org
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|  Culture matters
Photographs of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the South East of Europe
16 - 25 March 2011
An Austrian initiative to support the EU-integration of all South East European countries through increased cultural cooperation and by helping to put the cultures of this region more prominently on the mental map of Europe. This exhibit seeks to deepen the awareness of the rich contribution South Eastern Europe has brought into European culture as a whole. 18 properties from different countries of South Eastern Europe forming part of the cultural heritage that the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value are shown in this exhibition. The Cultural heritage sites presented here belong to all peoples of the region, Europe, world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.
Organised by the Austrian Cultural Forum in London
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|  London is London, England is England
Recent work by Jonathan O’Dea
8 - 11 March 2011
These works explore the physical and psychological connections and differences between rural England and urban London, resulting from excursions from the artists home in Waltham Forest into the Essex countryside to consider ways in which parts of the Borough act as a physical conduit between rural and urban landscapes; meeting points between London and England. Moving between abstract landscape paintings, assemblages, and images relating to national identity, Jonathan’s work uses a range of media, together with nostalgia and other concepts, to ask questions about some of the ways in which changing landscapes impacts on cultural identities, not the least of which is ‘where does urban London end, and rural England begin?’.
Jonathan O'Dea
Organised by the Embassy of Ireland
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|  West Cork inspires
Exhibition of craftworks
1 - 4 March 2011
2011 is designated "Year of Craft" in Ireland and the World Crafts Council will be holding its annual congress in Dublin for the first time since 1983. As the aim of the Year of Craft is to raise awareness of craft production in Ireland and celebrate the diversity and dynamism of the sector, this celebration is a unique opportunity to tell the stories and show the work of these particular artists, many of whom have been producing high calibre work for over 40 years.
"West Cork Inspires" tells the stories of the pioneers of the craft movement in southern Ireland and records information that exists only in the memories of those who were living in the region during that time. it also explores a wider European dimension to the region's craft products, demonstrated by the blending of design ideas and techniques brought from a variety of other European backgrounds. These approaches merged with the traditional, functional craft products originally made in the region to produce a new West Cork aesthetic.
Organised by the Embassy of Ireland
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|  We are here
Images from Refugee Communities
15 - 25 February 2011
Photographic self-portraits - the work of teenage parents in the UK and Roma and refugee communities in Serbia and Hungary, people who are facing challenges, struggles or barriers in their everyday lives to produce creative and insightful self-portraits about their experiences, issues, aspirations and concerns - visual statements about their lives and circumstances, their hopes, aspirations, experiences, pasts and futures.
This project, part financed by the European Commission's Culture Programme, was produced to mark the European Year 2010: Poverty and Social Exclusion.
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|  Mimicry
3D Fashion Photography by Matjaž Tančič
2 - 11 February 2011
A Slovenian photographer of the younger generation, who lives and creates between London and Ljubljana, Matjaž began his path as a photojournalist for Mladina magazine, but quickly made his way abroad. He is a graduate of the London College of Fashion. His photojournalistic roots can be sensed in his fashion work as well – the endless pursuit of fresh locations and that moment of spontaneity that is the trademark of journalistic photography. Matjaž has 38 group and 10 solo exhibitions behind him, with his work being featured in magazines such as Vogue, Playboy, Mercedes Benz Magazine, Modna, Inspire and Look de Book. He was among the 6 finalists in the 2009 - ‘Google Photography Prize’ contest, as part of a worldwide competition of more than 3500 photographers.
Matjaž Tančič
Organised by the Embassy of Slovenia
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|  The North Sea by Maggi Hambling
8 December 2010 - 28 January 2011
These paintings are the most recent in the artist's widely celebrated series (begun in November 2002) of North Sea waves. The action of the paint recreates the action of the sea with an immediacy and sensuality rare in contemporary painting. At once grand and intimate, each work is a portrait of a moment of energy distilled, poised between life and death. It is fitting that this exhibition takes place at the new European cultural hub since an element of the work is "our passage to those on the continent and their passage to us".
The Artist
Hambling was born in Suffolk in 1945. Her work is held in many public collections in the UK, including the British Museum, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Tate and the Victoria & Albert. Her sculpture for Oscar Wilde was unveiled facing Charing Cross Station in 1998 and Scallop for Benjamin Britten on Aldeburgh Beach (Suffolk) in 2003. Her most recent museum exhibition: The Wave was held at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge earlier this year.
Read this recent interview: Andrew Hammond on Maggi Hambling and the Sea
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|  Background
Sophie Sarin was the first artist to exhibit at the European Commission's offices, in December 2005, with her show 'Chaos to Order'. There has followed a series of exhibitions by artists from all over Europe (and beyond) working in media such as film, sculpture, photography and paint. See here for lists of previous exhibitions: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
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