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Güler Ates, Gabriel Birch, Adam Bridgland, Sam Clarke, Vickey Coffey, Julia Colmenares, David Raymond Conron, Adrian Di Duca, Richard Ducker, Lloyd Durling, Douglas Ebbage, Gareth Fox, Mary George, Stuart Gough, Graeme Hughes, Victor Jakeman, Gil Leung, Gary MacDonald, Lisa Penny, Jonas Ranson, Maxine Shannon, Rachel Shannon, Ian Steadman, David Stewart, Dolly Thompsett, Derrick Welsh, Hannah Wool, Neil Zakiewicz As December descends into a countdown to Christmas and the inevitable excess of consumerism, consumption and debt, the Gone Tomorrow Gallery celebrates the festive season with its annual Christmas exhibition Durty Turkey, playfully picking fun at the season to be jolly. Opening on the 8th of December and with only 17 shopping days to go till Christmas, Durty Turkey celebrates the excesses and clashes of culture of the festive season with an exhibition featuring a brash mix of some of the most interesting art and artists of 2007. Durty Turkey highlights London’s emerging talent alongside East End veterans, and brings together Gone Tomorrow’s favourite artists in one exhibition. More like a fanzine than a traditional group show, the exhibition celebrates the bold, the weird and inspired in a parlour of delights. From Rachel Shannon’s laudanum inspired psychedelic Victorian portraits, to Stuart Gough’s futuristic sculpture, the exhibition embraces the discord and the energy of work clashing. The exhibition democratically embraces the whole gambit of creative expression from nervous anxiety in Lloyd Durling’s insanely intricate biro drawings and Gareth Fox’s awkward disjointed sculpture, to pop and functionality in Adam Bridgland’s prints, and Derrick Welsh’s Nike referencing embroided paintings, to the subtle and sublime in Gary MacDonald’s thoughtful paintings. |
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-ENDS- Hi-res images available. Please contact Maxine Shannon on 07986 350 943 for press enquiries and images. Notes to Editors |
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