THE PERFECT NUDE, Installation View, WIMBLEDON space

More than 350 people attended the opening of THE PERFECT NUDE last week. The exhibition of 106 perfect (and imperfect!) nudes, continues Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm until Friday 10th February.

Dan Coombs, 'Woman Reading', 2011, Oil on Canvas

Phil Allen, 'Shop Soiled Nude', 2012, Oil on Canvas

Laura White, ‘Blue Nude’ (Installation View, WIMBLEDON space), 2012, Sugru

First entry in your new 2012 diaries? 12th January, 5 – 8pm is the Opening Event for this exciting exhibition curated by Dan Coombs & Phil Allen. Over 100 artists take part in this aesthetic experiment presenting a range of responses to the subject of the nude.

For more info please visit WIMBLEDON space website

FdA Production for Live Events and Television students have also organised this ‘Fashion for Freedom’ event in aid of MAP – a charity which provides medical aid for Palestinians.

Join them on Wednesday 16 November from 19.00 – 20.30.

FdA Production for Live Events and Television students have organised a Winter Fete at Wimbledon College of Art. The event is in aid of Emmaus – a charity for the homeless.

Get yourself in the festive mood with some mulled wine and pick up some gifts for Christmas!

Paul Coldwell, Drawing Proposition 3, 2010

Installation begins  on Monday for the next WIMBLEDON space exhibition,  showcasing a range of drawings by artists who work across the University.

Key dates for your diaries:

PRIVATE VIEW: Thursday 3rd November , 5 – 8pm, ALL WELCOME!

PANEL DISCUSSION with Paul Ryan, Dino Alfier and Eleanor Bowen, chaired by Paul Coldwell: Thursday 8th December, 2pm, ALL WELCOME!

MANUAL SETTING: A Sketchbook Performance, originated at Danielle Arnaud, with Paul Ryan, Dino Alfier and Eleanor Bowen: Thursday 8th December, 4 – 7pm, ALL WELCOME!

Difference: Contrasts, Distinction, Variances, Variations, Divegence, Deviation,

A collection of work produced by the designers, artists and practitioners who deliver the Theatre and Screen programmes at Wimbledon College of Art.

Critical reflection on practice is an essential part of the process of creative work in the Theatre and Screen Industries.

This exhibition of over thirty professional practitioners , full time and part time tutors together with technical staff, shows the broad range of practices and the richness of experience that underpins the teaching in Theatre and Screen at Wimbledon College of Art.

Opening Event: Thursday 29 September 2011, 5-8pm

Exhibition Dates: Friday 30 September – Friday 21 October 2011

Short film capturing the Wimbledon College of Art MA Private View 2011.

Filmed and edited by – www.pundersonsgardens.com

Music – Treasure Teeth

Leonardo da Vinci

Martin Kemp

Tuesday 4 October, 7-8pm

This autumn sees the first public viewing  of Salvator Mundi as part of the National Gallery’s Leonardo da Vinci exhibtion.  Martin Kemp, the world-renowned art expert and one of the expert authenticators of the newly discovered painting will take us through the great artist’s career at Wimbledon College of Art.

Martin Kemp is also the author of Leonardo and Chirst to Coke: How Images become Icons.   

Don’t miss out on this unique  experience!

Tickets: £10 Online at www.wimbledonbookfest.org 

or call the Box Office: 02085458342 (Tus, Thurs, Fri 10am – 4.30pm)

Selection of work from the Wimbledon College of Art MA Show. You can see more images on Flickr.

The MA Show continues until Thursday 8 September. Full details can be found on our MA Show Event page.

Images top to bottom: Riccardo Andujar – MA Fine Art, Eleni Savvidou – MA Visual Language of Performance, Katie Goodwin – MA Fine Art.

Mariana Fantich Wimbledon’s Digital Media Technician is opening Red In Tooth And Claw her and Dominic Youngs exhibition at the beginning of October. Fantich & Young’s sculpture Double Games; Red In Tooth And Claw deploys 300.000 Sheffield steel stanley blades to subvert the competitive attributes of vintage school gymnasium apparatus.

Fantich and Dominic Young have lived in Hackney Wick for over six years and have seen first hand the massive urban transformation due to the successful London Olympic bid. To them the Olympic site is like a mini city within a vast metropolis, it reflects the identity of its host. The Olympic Games like London share similar personality traits; they actively endorse ruthless competitiveness, hierarchal objectives and statistic driven targets. It’s quite apt then that the work is being shown in the Hackney Wick area at SEE Studio within the vicinity of the 2012 Olympic Games site.

6TH OCTOBER – 19TH NOVEMBER 2011

PRIVATE VIEW: THU 6TH OCTOBER, 6PM-9PM

SEE STUDIO EXHIBITION SPACE

13 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD

HACKNEY WICK, LONDON, E9 5LX