Keiko + Adam Cafe

Giant Sqiud

2009

Propeller Island
29 Thurloe Place

South Kensington

London

SW7 2HQ

United Kingdom

www.propellerisland.blogspot.com/

800 feet

An exhibition of art works by 24 artists from Art Space Portsmouth

Private View: Friday 12th December 2008 from 5pm to 7pm
Exhibition: 12th December 2008 - 28th January 2009 - weekdays 10am to 4pm
Public talk: 14th January 2009 at 2pm with Jonathan Parsons
SPACE, University of Portsmouth, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth

Awopbopaloobop

Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
pencil and watercolour on paper, 30x40cm, 2008

15 Nov - 21 Dec 2008
Gallery Open Fri-Sun 12-6pm

The synthesis of music and art has a long history from pop to post modern, with particular songs becoming integral to the making of individual pieces of work. As Peter Doig recently remarked when asked if he listened to music whilst painting, 'don't all artists?'

Lyrics can develop a particular artistic poignancy and with this in mind Transition have asked over sixty artists to make a new work inspired by a favourite lyric for the show Awopbopaloobop.

Unsurprisingly Awopbopaloobop features a diverse array of lyrics from the political rallying cry of the Internationale to the kitsch pop of Madonna via The Ting Tings, Joy Division, The Smiths, Dead or Alive, Pavement, Neil Young, The Jam, The Sisters of Mercy and many more. Using a variety of media Awopbopaloobop transforms this cacophony of passionately felt lyrical paeans into visual manifestations of aural desire.

Participating artists are: Michael Ajerman, Carolina Ambida, Majed Aslam, Mike Bartlett, Olly Beck, Paul Becker, Lindsey Bull, Jorge Cabieses Valdes, Melanie Carvalho, Rachel Cattle, Jake Clark, Mark Croxford, Sam Dargan, Roger Dilkes, Annabel Dover, Sarah Doyle, Tamara Dubnyckyj, Rob Eagle, Patrick Galway, Mikey Georgeson, Antonio Gianasi, Mark Gubb, Roderick Harris, Stephen Harwood, Nadia Hebson, Rachael House, Paul Housley, Marc Hulson, Jasper Joffe, Annie Kevans, Hannah Knox, Lady Lucy, Cathy Lomax, Andrew Mania, Jennifer Merrell, Alex Michon, Eleanor Moreton, Natasha Morland, Tabitha Moses, Paul Murphy, Ben Newton, Marcus Oakley, Gary O'Connor, Nina Ogden, Laura Oldfield Ford, James Payne, Claire Pestaille, Esther Planas, Rachel Potts, Harry Pye, Polly Read, DJ Roberts, Joseph Ryken, Alli Sharma, Joe 'Sh*tter' Boyce, Charlie Stanley, Keara Stewart, Ilona Szalay, Emma Talbot, Chris Taylor, Emma Thatcher, Abbi Torrance, Gavin Toye, Katherine Tulloh, Edward Weldon, Simon Willems, Jo Wilmot, Lara Viana