And I got an opening tomorrow - you must come see my 'Chicken' from Vodun Series ( West Africa)

Q-Art 2011

Opens on Thursday December 8th, 6-8pm at the APT Gallery Deptford. 

Please join us at the opening and in spirit of the soon to be festive season, enjoy mince pies, mulled wine, a Christmas raffle and leave with a small gift!  (Please rsvp to events@q-artlondon.com if you can to make sure we have enough)

 

Q-Art 2011 brings together the work of the 36 artists that took part in Q-Art's open cross-college convenors during the 2010/11 academic year. 

In line with the convenors, the artists exhibiting include: students of all levels from across various London art colleges and courses, recent graduates and self-trained artists. They are: 

 

Tatiana Baskakova; Tom Bennett; Fagner Bibiano; Andrew Bryant; Melissa Burn; Lizzie Cannon; Stella Dimitrakopoulou; Azadeh Fatehrad; Iulia Filipovscaia; Robin Gardiner; Liz Gaunt; Lauren Houlton; Lora Hristova; Heidi Kayla; Olga Koroleva; Beata Kozlowska; Lina Kovacevic; Silvia Krupinska; Maggie Learmonth; Charlie Norwood; Brendon O’Hanlon; Samuel Overington; Samantha Penn; Matthew Randle; Claire Reddleman; Nina Rodin; Luis Ignacio Rodriguez; Richard Ross; Anastasia Shin; Natalia Skobeeva; Joanna Slusarczyk; Jessica Smulders-Cohen;

Kay Tabernacle; Ellen Twinem; Christopher Ward; and Poppy Whatmore.

 

Special event: Sunday 18th December 1.30-5pm 

A Q-Art convenor will take place in the gallery with many of the exhibiting artists, giving the audience a chance to ask questions and discuss the works. The convenor as always is free and open to all. 

 About 10 minutes will be allocated per artist. Please RSVP to events@q-artlondon.com to let us know you're coming. 

 

Opening night:  Thursday 8th December, 6-8 pm

Venue: APT Gallery, Harold Wharf, 6 Creekside, Deptford, London, SE8 4SA

Opening Hours:  8th -18th December, Open Thurs - Sun, 12 - 5pm

With thanks to: 

Tom Bennett, 

Robin Gardiner, and 

Luis Ignacio Rodriguez for bringing the show together

 

To see more work from these series go to : www.iuliafilipovscaia.com

It has been a while ...

Just wanted to say Hi :)


and 

Some say it is a planet, others a Christmas decoration, I guess I wont reveal what it really, since you probably already know.

This was good practice for me!

(I had to go about filling one of the application forms tonight and it actually ....thank you Eleni)

Application Form

Name: Iulia Filipovscaia   
Address: London
Studio Address: same (God, this makes me realize how I really need one)
Telephone:mobile
Email: iuliafilipovscaia@yahoo.com or iulia@iuliafilipovscaia.com

Website (where applicable): www.iuliafilipovscaia.com - undergoing changes
Date of Birth: 03/04/85

Tell us about you and your work:
I am a Russian artist originally born in Siberia, who lives and works in London. I am still hung up on the conceptual ... most recently I have been finding funny (an not) objects that I give names and a functions for example " A Langoustine damaged over a matter of apricots" - it is a branch that looks like a shrimp, really ....recently I m a lot into that.... very duchampian if you ask me.
Most of the work that I do is mainly documenting objects that are no longer being used or are serving their given purpose, but rather the objects that went beyond the initial function. You might call them mistakes, errors, black sheeps... I just think they are beautiful.
This transcendence is what still gives me a kick.
So, from documenting to creating...looks like we might be getting somewhere after all :P

What inspires you to create?
The everyday finding a branch on the pavement on the way to buy apricots

The boring - an advertisement screen that is blank

The ugly you might say... a man with a vititligo decease on a bus stop - sooo want to take his picture - I know you people will through stones at me but I think it is beautiful. Another obsession with ugliness (I find it dangerous grounds)

What would you like to achieve in the future   
Be able to create and be able to create great work and the work that will allow me to live how I want.
                       
How would you like to be represented as an artist   
What do you mean how? How...hm.... true-fully
                       
Are you willing take on commissioned projects   
Yes       

What price have you been selling your works at   
from £150 - £1000 so far

Find a pattern

When I am not traveling and got only my blackberry camera on hand, here is what gets documented:

I. Faceless - Violated posters on platforms 

 

To the point of abstraction (Knightsbridge)

 Violation of my own - Uniqlo Look-book:

II. Amorphous and Androgynous 

III. Untitled 

IV. Covered and Tied

Dodo, Moscow

Taken Over

East London

by unworkability 

VI. Rotten 

onion and lemon

And hairy

my bag

in most unexpected places - ground

VII. And of interesting shapes

One thing that all of these images have in common is that each one of them is self-transcendent meaning  'going beyond a prior form or state of oneself'. Subjects that have lost its initial function or have a tendency or possibility to be read as something they are not, only these subjects attract me immensely. 

What is this obsession ....

The Other Half Series at Candid Arts

Candid Arts : Thank you for your application to take part in the Photography exhibition from 15 - 24 July. I am pleased to inform you that your application has been accepted.

I have been lucky enough to be selected for the Photography Exhibition at Candid Arts Trust.


Where: 3 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ
When : PV 14 July from 6:30 - 9pm
What: I will be showing "The Other Half Series'


If you haven't seen 'The Other Half' at the 1st Coup D'etat come next Thursday to the Private View. I look forward to your support and attendance. 

Yours, 



IF

Lana Siberie at Artsmart!

A huge Thank you to the University of Arts, Artsmart, Etsy, Time Out, Artquest and Rise Art!
We enjoyed the lovely neighbouring stall holders, visitors, great weather and the experience over all!

Here is how it looked at My Fashion Secret Pop up in May










And here we are at the Artsmart

See you soon!

Iulia
info@lanasiberie.com
www.lanasiberie.com
Facebook/Etsy : Lana Siberie

Readings

'He would crowd the other man out of Ursula's mind.' Irving Stone

Heard Series

Sex is Good ( casually, discussing pros and cons)

The Coup Newsletter

The 2nd Coup - Presence of Absence has made it into last month's calendar on the 17 July 2011

This time it was a duo of two artist 

Iulia Filipovscaia and Laura Napier

A paradox is - piece by co-curator Marina Doritis:

Presence of Absence | Opening F r iday 1 7 June

A paradox is [instantly] revealed when one links the title of the show,

Presence of Absence to the typically violent associated action, of a

coup d’etat. We assure you, there has been no bloodshed and the

two artists have been politely invited by the patron to enter and exhibit

their work. As it is becoming increasingly difficult for a new generation

of artists to gain exposure, alternative solutions are sought after.

The violence [for argument’s sake] negotiated tonight is towards the

inhabited space. An entity and a protagonist in it’s own right, that

carries a memory as well as a history. The ammunition arrives in the

form of photography, text, installation and site-specific sculpture in an

attempt for Iulia Filipovscaia and Laura Napier to proclaim their

presence.

A conceptual palindrome: a presence of absence as much as there is

absence of presence, an analysis very much investigated by Jacques

Derrida. Implicit to both is memory, which precedes and exceeds the

present moment, triggered at a time of absence. The exhibition urges

the viewer, to search beyond the obvious and mediate the gaps and

absences to their own imaginative advantage. The space has been

filled with signifiers and memories, some talk of death others of feelings,

others of unrealized plans and hidden narratives, in conclusion I wish to

quote: “NOTHING EXISTS OUTSIDE THE TEXT” – J. Derrida, 1988

If only violence could be interpreted as an ethereal and ephemeral

condition, the protagonist lingers within the absence and will return

tomorrow.

Marina Doritis

We also got a few listings and reviews. Have a read here:

By lovely ladies from 'Ballad of' before the coup and after

By Project Manager at Hive| T1+ 2 Gallery Aeon Rose

Laura Napier' Work

 

Above ( 4 images) Vigil, installation, dims. various, electrics, sensor, found light, found text, metal stand, foamboard

Below: Sympathy, H: 12.5 x W: 17.5cm, found correspondence card

Above: Collar, W: 20 H: 23 D: 47cm, found white shirt, cotton, and found stand

Iulia Filipovscaia's Work

Above: Untitled View I, installation, dims. various, found photographs, masking tape

Bottom: Ambiguity I and II, W: 31 x H: 22cm, white ink on drawing paper

Images are courtesy of Raj Curry http://www.rajcurry.com/

Thoughts of Everyday

Страх самое древнее и сильное чувство

Heard Series

Старая обувь всегда удобнее

Heard Series

Small animals are making holes

Heard Series

I can learn to like this

Invitation - Lana Siberie - My Fashion Secret Pop Up Shop - Saturday, 28 May 2011

Dear Friends and Fans,

Most of you already know about Lana Siberie - our home-baked hand-made knitting brand created by my mother and I.

This Saturday, we would like to invite you to the My Fashion Secret Pop Up Shop event that is taking place at Aragon House, 247-249 New Kings Rd London SW6 4XG from 12 - 5pm (closest tube Parsons Green)

We will be selling our new colorful Summer Collection with bright orange, yellow, pink and grass green tops, shorts, vests and hairbands.
Lets bring fun and color into this year's warm and sunny summer.

I hope to see you all this Saturday, 28 May 2011 at My Fashion Secret Pop Up Shop!

Website: www.lanasiberie.com
Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lana-Siberie/126523587400740
Time Out London - http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/event/227231/my-fashion-secret-pop-up-shop

Exclusive offers - only for My Fashion Secret Guests
2 - For - 1 cocktails + lunch with drink only £8

Yours,


Iulia and Lana
info@lanasiberie.com

Thoughts of everyday, 23 May 2011:

 The only freedom which we possess is the freedom of choice. Everyone can choose whatever he/she wants.

The Coup Newsletter

After the coup

Prem's flat before the coup d'etat

The first official Coup D'etat has taken place and it proved to be solely and utterly a success with 32 sq foot crammed with great audience,

5 works sold, 46 bottles of Champagne drunk and all canapes eaten!

'My daily' has written a swell review titled "Russian artist premieres London pop-up art gallery event". Read it here: 

http://www.mydaily.co.uk/2011/05/13/iulia-filipovscaia-the-other-half-pop-up-gallery/

I would like to take this opportunity and thank you all for attending and for those who missed it, I promise, not to leave you waiting for long

and keep you informed about all future endeavours. 

Below are the stars of the evening that found themselves a new home. To view more work please visit my website: 

www.iuliafilipovscaia.com

If you would like me to take over your flat, country house or garden email me at coup@iuliafilipovscaia.com.