James’s second solo exhibition at the Ferriera projects gallery in Shoreditch opened last night; “Only boring people get bored”.
Sue and I went up (of course) to see it and wish him luck and take some photos. Here are a couple:
James’s art show opens April 18, 2008
We went to London yesterday for the opening day. It was quiet until after office hours. Then it got increasingly busy over the evening. A lot of James and Tess’s friends, relatives and workmates turned up to support him but it also attracted some passers-by and habitual art show attendees drawn, in part, by the prospect of a free drink or two. However, many catalogues and a few of the exhibits were sold that evening.
Fingers crossed for the next three weeks!
Unlike the one he gave us earlier, James kept the cranes themselves separate from the ‘backgound’ patterns.
Of course everything looks much better in real life but here are a few photos, taken before it got too crowded:
Small paintings
Large paintings (this one is 2 metres square!)
Some actual origami cranes
The full display of 1,000 cranes. Asking price in 5 figures but the installation itself cost about half of that figure and the time involved beggars belief.
The proud artist and even prouder Mum.
Do go along if you can (location, times etc 3 posts earlier than this).
My son’s first solo art exhibition April 7, 2008
Duchamp Played Chess; I Made Cranes.
18 April – 10 May
Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 18.00
Entry is free
FERREIRA PROJECTS is proud to present the first solo exhibition in London of James R Ford – Duchamp Played Chess; I made Cranes. Ford’s new body of work emerges from his fascination with the ancient Japanese practice of Origami and begins to illustrate how Eastern Art has become Westernised.
Lower Ground Floor, 23 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, EC2A 3PB (exit 3 from Old St tube station, then left)
If you have any interest in ‘modern’ art and live or work in London, why not drop in. Prospective buyers are especially welcome!
New London Art Gallery January 27, 2008
My son and several other artists are currently exhibiting at the FERREIRA PROJECTS gallery in Shoreditch. I took a few photos there. Here’s Christian Ferreira, who runs it, making us some coffee:
and here are just three shots of some of the art currently on show:
James’s work centres around freehand sketches of paper planes, such as this:
and this, running on a small DVD player screen:
http://www.jamesrobertford.com/works/paper_planes/perpetual_flight.htm
Find out more at his website: http://www.ferreiraprojects.com/
Bear with him. At the moment the website is having problems: the internal links take two clicks and, to get back to the home page, click your browser’s refresh button, not the back button.
