…and the things going on on the wall outside of Proposition’s Bethnal Green space is something to be positive about as well as we head along the Cambridge Heath Road to Rose Easton’s well disguised space on the corner of Three Colts Lane. Now where were we? We left it with Part Six and still catching up with whatever all that London Gallery Weekend stuff was actually about. Was it about anything more than a load of talk and a few fancy blue stickers on doors follow by some self congratulating press releases on the Monday morning after the couple of days before? Shall we just hit this already rather late round up on the head and move along, it was a couple of weeks ago now and attention spans are so short and we did leave Part Six on the heavily camouflaged steps at the front door of Rose Easton’s space, if you were already aware of it being there you’d never know and behind the door right now you’ll find the art of Amanda Moström. I guess sometimes, the mystery of a ‘hidden’ gallery adds something to the whole ritual and I do like those constant flavour of those Rose Easton graphics, the whole look and feel of it all, the consideration and attention paid.
Up the rather industrial stairs behind the heavily graff’ed front door, turn right for the Rose Easton gallery space, left for Moskowitz Bayse, more about that in a moment, we opt for Rose Easton and the rather intriguing Amanda Moström exhibition or installation or something kind of in between the two and yes, please try to avoid reading this as a way too peep into things, it really is a show to experience with no advance warning, there is an excellent text, by Samra Mayanja, that goes with obscurity of it all, it is worth reading while you are actually in the space and with the ‘life force’ of it all, the peace and quiet of the pieces you try and put together or maybe try not to put together what we’re seeing or experiencing or the architecture we’re once again dancing around, looking through, circling, the piece, the pieces are almost performing themselves here in the empty gallery and words really aren’t required here, it is about the experience, the being in the space, in the moment, a rather good moment, a site that kind of demands some kind of interaction…
And to the left, a London space occupied by Los Angeles Gallery Moskowitz Bayse, in almost total contrast to Amanda Moström’s installation(s) the paintings of Mary Herbert and an exhibition called Careful not to fill an Emptiness which, although rather, well, dare we say almost politely traditional paintings, is rather enjoyable…
“When an object or body is depicted, a surrounding space forms by default. Around the bodies of natural elements, Mary Herbert paints a kind of default landscape that doesn’t need to be clearly defined to be occupied. It is a not-quite place that exists despite the body’s vulnerability….”
There’s a particularly theatrical walk into the second of the two very white walled gallery rooms that reveals a standout piece in a rather painterly show that without challenging in any keeply profound way, is rather enjoyable, here’s another #43SecondFilm…
Michael Dean was back at Herald Street Gallery again during London Gallery Week, the show has come to an end now, it doesn’t quite have the impact of his concrete jungle pieces, his Jungle is Massive show in the same place back in the Summer of 2022 really was rather spectacularly good – ORGAN THING: Michael Dean’s Jungle is Massive – Herald St Gallery, Bethnal Green, East London – It feels exciting, those concrete textures, the scale, the edges, the decay, the space between pieces and the conversations they have – This time we’re picking our way through hundreds of gaming dice and very little else and I guess that’s fine? The exhibition is said to be “rooted in moksha patam, a Hindu board game thought to have originated as early as the tenth century in which players negotiate cycles of death, rebirth, and spiritual attainment, with serpents and ladders serving as karmic and virtuosic stratagems” and here’s yet another #43SecondFilm…
And with that it was on to Maureen Pavey’s place and the other Three Colt Lane galleries before heading down towards Public Gallery and well it does really feel like the London Gallery Weekend really is old news now..
Herald St Gallery, 2 Herald St, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6JT.
Mary Herbert‘s Careful not to fill an Emptiness is at Moskowitz Bayse until 28th June 2025 at 223 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 0EL
Amanda Moström is at Rose Easton Gallery until 28th June 2025 at 223 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 0EL
Previously…
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THE ORGAN 