Automatic Art Private View
Fri, 04 Jul 2014
Last night was the private view of the Automatic Art exhibition at the GV Art Gallery in Marylebone, London. The show was curated by Ernest Edmonds and presents 50 years of British art that is generated from strict procedures.
The artwork on display ranged from constructivist sculptural forms, through systems-based paintings and drawings, to computer-based and interactive artworks. It was put together in a very coherent way, with background materials and supporting information, and made full use of the multi-level and multi-room gallery space.
The private view was very well attended, with many of the artists involved in the show in attendance. This provided an opportunity for me to catch up with quite a few friends and colleagues from over the years. These included people from LUTCHI (the research centre at Loughborough University where I began my graduate career in 1989), William Latham (who designed cover art for The Shamen in the 1990s, and whose first website I built), friends associated with the Computer Arts Society and present-day colleagues from the IOCT at De Montfort University. It ended up being a very enjoyable night - just a pity I had to get a train back to Loughborough at 10pm!
The exhibition is open to the public from today (Friday 4 July) and ends on Saturday 26 July 2014. Entrance is free. My pictures from the set-up and opening can be found here on Flickr.
The full list of artists featured in the exhibition is Stephen Bell, boredomresearch, Dominic Boreham, Paul Brown, John Carter, Harold Cohen, Nathan Cohen, Trevor Clarke, Ernest Edmonds, Julie Freeman, Anthony Hill, Malcolm Hughes, Michael Kidner, William Latham (picture attached), Peter Lowe, Kenneth Martin, Terry Pope, Stephen Scrivener, Steve Sproates, Jeffrey Steele, Susan Tebby and myself.
