Things from Here

12:28pm: Cherry Picked records
We're very pleased to announce there is a NEW record shop now open in Bristol. Considering the spate of closures over the last couple of years, this really is worth celebrating!

It's called Cherry Picked, and is situated inside The Croft (just across the road from us Here).
As the name suggest, they have a small, hand-picked selection of stock. Expect to find Avant Rock, Jazz, Electronica, Metal, and Soul on lovely vinyl, and CDs too.

Not quite sure of the opening times, but the bar is open during the day, so you can get a drink as well, or hang out on the sofas.

1:36pm: I don't really want to draw out an already pointless story, but as we're getting a lot of people asking...

To clarify, it was Camilla who spoke to the Mail. She does not work at Here or represent the views of gallery, it's staff or management.
She has curated some of our past exhibitions, but we have no control over who she speaks to. I think she has since regretted it, as she says on her blog:

madebymilla.blogspot.com/2008/07/banksy-and-me.html

To be fair, she didn't tell them anything they didn't know. The mail had already come up with the Robin Gunningham name, and only contacted Camilla because she's on the electoral roll as having lived at the same address.

We know several writers, and would NEVER reveal their identities. We DO NOT endorse the Mail or it's views in any way.

sincerely, Ben / Here Gallery

9:15pm: ' New Contemporary Drawing' Show Now On!


Hi everyone!

We hope you all enjoyed the last show and had chance to explore yourself with one of AKI's fantastic kits..If you've completed your kit, please bring it in and we'll pass it onto AKI for you.

From Tuesday 1st July – Sat 26th July you can experience curator Gavin Maitlands show of new contemporary drawings.

Featuring

French is an already well-known illustrator based in London. He has skilfully managed to combine the three things he loves most in his life and make them into a career: Drawing, Heavy Metal and Skateboarding. His highly detailed drawings of Goat-headed axe-wielding maniacs and dead black metal singers have earned French shows all over the world including, most recently at Giant Robot in L.A. Woo!
Go see: www.tapedcopies.com

David Galletly is an illustrator and Graphic designer currently based in Stirling. He adorns pieces of cardboard with beautiful little one liners and freaky looking people. Like a half-remembered nightmare from your childhood. He just got back from a solo show in Philadelphia and we are stoked to have him on board for this show.
Visit his website at: www.galletly.blogspot.com

Simen Helsvig is a conceptual, time-based drawer who once re-wrote an entire book in pencil only to rub it all out and display those rubbings. When he not working as a Prison Guard in Oslo, Norway Simen mostly spends his time covering entire pages in millions of tiny hand-drawn dots. Check out: www.simenhelsvig.com

Salome Oggenfuss is an outsider with an insiders view. Originally from Switzerland she’s currently slumming it in New York since graduating from the Glasgow School of Art last year. Salome has received a lot of attention for her absurdist Brautigan-esgue poetry and sublime photographs from America’s Wasteland. It’s a pleasure to have her, but who knows what she’ll turn up with. Try: www.salomeoggenfuss.com

Anna Peaker is an illustrator, designer and sometimes printmaker based in Leeds. She likes pattern, shape, repetition and weirdo graphics. Giant colourful kitties, psychedelic skulls and a love for bad horror movies seem to be her bag right now.
Say howdy over at: www.annapeaker.co.uk

All the work is for sale and we've some fantastic prints and t-shirts by French.

See you all soon!!

10:47am: Art Kits International 'here, there, everywhere' Opens Tuesday 3rd June


Hi everyone!

Art Kits International 'here, there, everywhere'

Opens Tuesday 3rd June - Sat 28 June

During the last couple of months, when folks were tucked up in their
beds, the art collective Art Kits International have been creeping
through the streets at nightfall distributing the `Here, There,
Everywhere' self-exploration kits. Across the land, members of the
unsuspecting public have stumbled upon these unusual packages
resting on lonely benches, hanging from budding trees and sat
waiting expectantly asking to be picked up and taken home. Once
inside, the inquisitive finder discovers a pack inviting them to
spend some time exploring their minds and lives through the
production of creative works.

Art Kits International devised this kit to celebrate the fascinating
lives of those who inhabit this world yet whose minds are known to
few. Art Kits International thought it a shame that all these
wonderful feelings, opinions and experiences should go unexplored
and hidden from view.

From the 3rd – 28th June, the pieces created by these adventurous
folk will be displayed in Bristol's Here Gallery for members of the
public to explore the minds and lives of the incidental creators.
Visitors to the gallery will also be invited to contribute to the
exhibition by creating their own pieces using kits held in the
gallery.

Following the exhibition, the pieces will be collected and buried
across the country along with a burial card containing a message
from its creator. Like long lost treasure, the pieces will
eventually be found to offer the new finder a glimpse into the
creators life on this planet.

Art Kits International are a group of interventionalist artists
working primarily in the South West of England. We create and
distribute kits for strangers to stumble upon which invite them to
create a range of pieces, including visual art, music and writings
through a pack of ideas and materials. We work anonymously, usually
distributing the kits under the cloak of darkness and we do not
inform anyone as to where or when they will be left. As a group, we
believe that art should be accessible and exciting for all,
especially for those who do not have a background in the arts or who
feel isolated by the artistic practices they see around them. We are
excited by the world around us and we endeavour to create kits that
encourage those who find them to interact with the world in a way
that they may not have considered before. For more information,
please visit www.artkits.co.uk


Also on Saturday 28th June 12-4 we'll be hosting a craft fair
organised by the lovely Camilla Stacey featuring works from some
amazing local artists.


Lastly.....

Are you handy with html?

www.thingsfromhere.co.uk is looking a bit tired and is in dire need
of an overhaul, do you or anyone you know want to volunteer to take
this project on?

If so get in touch by emailing us at gallery@thingsfromhere.co.uk


See you all soon!!

6:10pm: Kev Grey after party Thurs 1st May
Following our opening reception for the Kev Grey exhibition Everlasting Arms, the party will continue just up the road at Tao Bar (128 Cheltenham Road).

Music will be provided by DJs Kev Grey and Russ Henry(Hot Soup)
9pm till late

1:07pm: KEV GREY: EVERLASTING ARMS opens 1st May
You are invited to the opening reception for Kev Grey's exhibition: Everlasting Arms,
on Thursday 1st May 6.00- 9.00pm




For nearly ten years, Kev Grey's hand-drawn, nostalgic, black & white illustrations have combined his love and fascination for classic tattoo flash, vintage rock & roll imagery, and pin-up girls. Resulting in his crisp, clean drawing style, which is a nod to the past but with a modern and often macabre twist.

For his new show entitled 'Everlasting Arms' at Bristol's Here Gallery, Kev has produced a new series of illustrations which are both humorous and gothic (in the original sense of the word), including drawings of tough, tattooed pin-up girls who could drink you under the table, burlesque beauties to tease and please, bloody daggers, manic skulls, saucy snakes, and Lady Britannia as you've never seen her before!

Exhibition continues until Fri 30th May
Opening hours: Tues – Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm (5.30pm Sat)
Closed Sundays and Mondays
Admission free

Here Gallery, 108 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU
Tel: 0117 9422 222
www.thingsfromhere.co.uk
www.kevgrey.co.uk

9:48am: Them Lot 'Confessions' Show opens Fri 4th April


Them Lot - Confessions

Preview April 4th 6-10 PM

Duration: April 4 - 26

Come join us for drinks!

On Friday the 4th of April, the Here Gallery will be opening its
doors to present an exhibition by midlands based, arts collective imaginatively known as "Them Lot".

The work promises to be full of vim and charm, ranging from monsters to
confessions of an STI clinic regular.

Artworks included span sculpture, illustration photography and site
specific installation based work so you've good odds of finding
something thought provoking at this eclectic ensemble.

THEM LOT are a collective of artists hailing from Bristol to Birmingham. Gathered and put together by James Bourne and range from illustrators, photographers, monster makers, fine artists, inventors and filmmakers.

Them Lot are:

We are Gareth Barnett, James Bourne, Gary Bugerlips, Joanne Conlon, Andy Council, Paul Gibbs, Lewes Herrriot, Mark Long, Katie Mallon, Nicki McCubbing, Bob Notley, Joel Peers, Laurie Richardson Paul Roberts, David Shillinglaw, Gregory Siff, Oda Valle and Daniel van der Noon

http://www.themlot.co.uk

8:13am: Want to see your work in our window?
We're looking for amazing, original crafters or anyone else who makes fantastic things, to use one of our shop windows on a monthly basis to showcase your works for sale.

Interested?

Email us at shop@thingsfromhere.co.uk or drop in some samples of your work and a plan of what you’d like to do.

Click here for pics and a plan of the window http://www.flickr.com/photos/hereshopandgallery/sets/72157604071177753/

9:03pm: Zombizi's ‘pictures on the wall of the Here Gallery’ opens fri 07/03/08


Hi

Come and join us for drinks this Friday March 7th 7-10 PM!

Duration: March 8 – 29

Zombizi is a visual artist working primarily in the photographic medium, with digital manipulations done post production. Included in this exhibition will be approximately twenty works of mostly photographic prints from several series, alongside new work.

Zombizi's work, which can be visceral, funny and poignant by turn, has been gaining a steady following over the internet. The artist's main subject is himself, and through this ageing, mortality, and the relationship of the flesh to the self. More recently however, the gaze has widened to include distorted and manipulated pictures of both other people and of raw meat (often combined with horrific effect).

Several pieces are portraits from the series "Portraits of People I have Never Met” in which the artist manipulates images sent to him via e-mail. These collaborations play with the notion of relationships in the internet age. The result is fascinating, flattering and unflattering at the same time and calls to mind Andy Warhol's portraits of famous people from the 1970's and 80's. Like Warhol these images are made using a mechanical process and convey a distance and intimacy at the same time.

From the series Just Offal are several images of various organs from pigs and chickens photographed on a stark white background in excruciating detail. The result is beautiful and pure and not the slightest bit repulsive; they also reflect the artist's political views, the relationship of meat and self, of the objectification of animals and our relationship with the natural world. His work also calls to mind Matthew Barney, his medium of animal organs rather than petroleum, the photographs evoke a documentation of a performance.

This exhibition offers a rare chance to see these digital works in the flesh, and with some dark surprises promised should prove an entertaining insight into the bloody world of Zombizi.

3:33pm: Our new Falmouth shop & gallery opens Saturday 1st March

2:18pm: new shop & gallery opening in Falmouth
Coming soon! Our new sister shop will be opening early March in Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall

10:49pm: Ros Blackmore & Andrew Hansford ‘The Joy of Classification’ Now On!
Ros Blackmore & Andrew Hansford ‘The Joy of Classification’ Now On!

Hello everyone!

Ros & Andrews fantastic show ‘The Joy of Classification’ is now on!

Duration: 5 February – 1 March 2008

Opening party with Ros & Andrew Sat 9 Feb 6 – 9 pm come and join us for drinks and cakes!

Bringing together collections, ideas, records, sortings and imaginings ‘The Joy of Classification’ is a show of manageable compulsions presented for your inspection by Blackmore & Hansford. Comprising a selection of small edition books, collages and prints the show will turn the gallery into a library of obsession.

Since finishing her MA in Printmaking in London Ros has been working as an art lecturer, tending her garden and travelling the world. She loves taking photographs with strange cameras and collecting space guns, Japanese videos and cake making equipment.

Andrew has spent his time working as a milkman and a teacher. He loves, and has been influenced, by the work of New York artist Candy Jernigan and collects anything and everything to make his 'art stories'.

If you didn't get a chance to see Desanka Ilic's show in January you'll be pleased to know that we've kept some of her amazing work which will be on the shop walls for the whole of February.

Don't forget its valentines day next week and we've got some lovely cards & rather racy gift wrap for the one you adore.


Lastly...

We were broken into in January and we just want to say a big thankyou to everyone who expressed their concern and offers of help, its nice to know we're thought of so highly:)

On that note we are always looking for willing volunteers to keep us going so if you're interested please ask us for a volunteer application.

See you all soon!

2:44pm: Desanka Ilic 'of alchemy and other things' show now on!
Desanka Ilic ‘Of alchemy and other things’

02/01/08 – 02/02/08

Here Gallery welcomes in 2008 with an exhibition of artwork by Desanka Ilic aka 1911. Showing for the first time in the UK expect a series of new works.

Conjuring half forgotten memories of dreams and fairy tales in the mind of the viewer her work maintains an ethereal aura somewhere between melancholy and intrigue.

Desanka comes from the Balkans (which remain a permanent influence on her work) but lives and works in Italy. Spending her days as a self taught graphic & shoe designer she’s worked for clothing companies such as Stone Island, CP Company and graphic projects for the Contrasto Agency.
Always on the look out for any project that recognizes the meaning and importance of texture and colour. It’s quite a one woman show.


We’re also keeping some work from the xmas show, so if you had your eye on a piece and that xmas cash is burning a hole in your pocket, then come on in!

And …. Happy new Year!

See you all soon!

6:17pm: Craft Fair this Saturday 15th Dec 11.30 - 5.30 & Xmas show
Hi everyone!

Hopefully the blind panic of present buying hasn't quite set in, but
don't forget that Here is here to ease you through this stressful
period!

We've got a fantastic craft fair on this Saturday 15th Dec 11.30 -
5.30 featuring amongst others Aaron Sewards & 'made by' Kate Sutton,
so come on down.

Don't forget our amazing show `affordable gifts & art for xmas' is
on.

Featuring exclusive works by Emily Warren, Peskimo, Camilla Stacey,
Alys Patterson & Jon Burgerman

Expect everything from one off pieces to plush toys, t-shirts,
collage, digital prints, doodles, sculpture and much more. All
ready to buy and take away and reasonably priced for those loved
ones, or just for you!

We've also got some fantastic sets of xmas cards by Camille Rose,
Gary Baseman, Tim Buskup & eboy and some lovely seasonal gift wrap
too.

10:28pm: Xmas Show Opening Friday & Craft Fairs & We’re the B.E.S.T.!
Hi everyone!

A few bits of news….

First, we’ve been informed we’ve won the ‘Creative Business Award’ at the BEST (that’s Bristol Eastside Traders) Business Awards 2007. The award aims to recognise the achievements of an inspirational individual or business working within Bristol's thriving Creative Industry.

We’re pretty stunned and pleased and should be receiving the actual award at some point this week!

Secondly



Here Gallery Xmas Show – ‘affordable gifts & art for xmas’

Sat 1st December – Mon 24th December 2007

Extended opening times for December:
Mon – Sat 10.30am – 6.30pm (and possibly Sundays if we’re not too tired)

Featuring exclusive works by Emily Warren, Peskimo, Camilla Stacey, Alys Patterson & Jon Burgerman

Following last Christmas’s highly successful ‘little & lots’ show, this year we’ve decided to scale down the artists involved and have carefully chosen our favourite artists involved with Here from the last few years.

Expect everything from one off pieces to plush toys, t-shirts, collage, digital prints, doodles, sculpture and much more. All ready to buy and take away and reasonably priced for those loved ones, or just for you!

So come and join us this Friday 30th November from 6-9pm, for drinks and maybe a sit on Santa’s knee.

We’ve also got some fantastic sets of xmas cards by Camille Rose, Gary Baseman, Tim Buskup & eboy and some lovely seasonal gift wrap too.

If that’s not all….

We’re also hosting 2 craft fairs on Sat 1st December & Sat 15th December 12 – 5 featuring the best of local crafting talents.

Calling all facebook members ! (We know you all are really…)

We’ve made a group ‘I love the shop’ here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2478187319 so come and join!

See you all soon!

11:21pm: Claire Platt
Just a little sneak peak of some of the work that Claire has in the gallery for Abracadabra- come join us Tuesday night from 6-9pm to see the rest.

7:18am: 'Abracadabra' show opening Tuesday 6th November 6-9pm!!
Hello everyone!

'Abracadabra' Drawing, Embroidery and Ceramics By Cindy Jaswal, Claire Platt and Camilla Stacey Opens this Tuesday night from 6-9 pm, so come join us for drinks!

Cindy Jaswal lives in Vancouver where she makes mixed-media art, including pen and ink drawings, paintings, printmaking, handmade books, and photography. Throughout her work she takes inspiration from the natural world, paying particular attention to the place where the land and sea meet, having spent much of her time carefully observing these areas in and around Vancouver and Vancouver Island. For ‘abracadabra’ Cindy has created a series of drawings based on the sea shacks that are found in her local area, a kind of Canadian version of the beach hut. This is Cindy’s first exhibition in the UK.

Claire Platt graduated from the Drawing and Applied Arts Degree at UWE earlier this year and now lives and works in London. Her work is primarily concerned with the 'female' language of stitch and its decorative qualities. She plays with a recognised formal portrait format and anatomical drawings, hoping to engage the viewer in questioning recognition of their own body and their similarities with others. For this exhibition Claire will be showing her embroideries based on the body, and new work that responds to an interest in aircraft.

Camilla Stacey is one of the founders of here shop and gallery who ran away to live by the seaside in Weston-super-Mare. Working with found objects, ceramics, print and textiles she creates work that is influenced by ideas of memory, perception and obsessive collections. For ‘abracadabra’ Camilla will be creating a new piece of work, using a combination of found ceramic figurines and plaster multiples. This is the first time Camilla has shown her own work at the gallery.

All three artists met on-line, and are interested in the collaborations that this can bring about- and the fact that despite working in very traditional ‘craft’ media, it is the high-tech world of the internet that has made this exhibition possible

See you all soon!

3:55pm: ABRACADABRA! coming soon...


There a sneak preview on our Flickr

1:37pm: 4th Birthday All Dayer
come and join us in celebrating our 4th birthday on saturday 13th october. six bands will be playing, plus there will be freshly made lemonade and on-the-spot compilation CDs. don't miss it!
i know i have no collar
ray rumours
winston echo
the madrigals
tracy is hot and the clap
little cosmonaut
it starts at 3 and goes on until 9, with a break somewhere in the middle.
facebook event

6:09pm: 'thoughts of a hangman' woodcuts by Bill Hamper aka Billy Childish
In addition to The Honest Four we're very excited to be showing

'thoughts of a hangman' woodcuts by Bill Hamper aka Billy Childish throughout October & November on the shop walls, signed and unsigned in an edition of 50 in various sizes and very well priced.

We've also got a great selection of his books including the collection 'thoughts of a hangman' for a very reasonable price too!

2:27pm: Honest Four exhibiton opens Oct 5th

1:41pm: Mark Pawson talk
Mark Pawson will give a talk on this exhibition and his publications,
at here gallery on Sat 29th Sept at 3pm. free, but please book a place

6:25pm: Mark Pawson exhibition opening Thurs 6 Sep 6-9!
Hello again!

The great Mark Pawson, self-confessed image junkie, photocopier
fetishist & semi-retired International Postal Art Superstar will be
opening his exhibition 'Handmade, Readymade, Lazercut' with a
preview on Thursday 6 September from 6-9.

Come and join us for drinks and Mark will show you how to make an
exciting object to take home with you!




See you all soon!

ps

Don't forget we're constantly looking for new & exciting artists to exhibit in our gallery here are our submissions guidelines http://sparror.cubecinema.com/here/submissions.htm

And also looking for interesting prints/zines/toys/badges/jewelry etc to sell in our shop, so if you make amazing things that you think we'd be interested in stocking then get please in touch!

7:22pm: Ladyfest 'the bedroom' Opening Party Tues 28 August 6pm & Mark Pawson Show
Hello

in case you hadn't noticed Ladyfest is upon us!

http://www.ladyfestbristol.org.uk/index.html

Their exhibition 'The Bedroom' featuring works by Claudia Moniz, Leslie Wilson-Rutterford, Lucy May Schofield, K.Aren Bleitz, Ruth Montgomery, Claire Storrow, Holly Francis, Nicola Dale + Lucy Downes

Opens with a party on Tuesday 28th August at 6pm.

Come and join us for drinks!

The show runs til Sunday 2nd September with 2 other shows "The Kitchen" featuring Sarah Trigg at Café Kino and 'What do you see when you look in the mirror?' at The Cube.

Don't forget the following week.....

The great Mark Pawson, self-confessed image junkie, photocopier
fetishist & semi-retired International Postal Art Superstar will be
opening his exhibition 'Handmade, Readymade, Lazercut' with a preview on Thursday 6 September from 6-9.

Come and join us for drinks and Mark will show you how to make an exciting object to take home with you!


See you all soon!

4:40pm: Nanocamp Week 2

It's still not too late to sign up to our second week of activities for 8-12 year olds!
They happen in the Gallery, at Cafe Kino, and at the Cube Cinema.
Call the shop on 0117 942 2222 to see if there are any places available (there are spaces on every afternoon as i write this). It's only five quid, and the kids will love it.

For more detailed information, check the nanocamp page

mon 13th august
vegan cooking at cafe kino
Introduction to veganism and hands-on session making smoothies, dips and spreads
with Cafe Kino co-founder Rosie Hadrill.

tue 14th august
noise orchestra at the cube cinema
Make your own instruments and then make music with Liam Kirby and members of
Orchestra Cube

wed 15th august
badge making at here shop and gallery
Make exciting badges from fabric and other materials with local artist
Alys Paterson.

thu 16th august
t-shirt printing at here shop and gallery
Stencil your own designs onto T-shirts with
Joff Winterhart.

Bring your own blank t-shirt!

fri 17th august
scratch animation at the cube cinema
Make short films by scratching, painting and drawing directly onto 16 and
35mm film with Kari Nygaard.