Origin

Origin, the London craft fair has moved from Somerset House to Spitalfields market this year. I was lucky enough to win a ticket to last nights private view on Claire Loder's blog. It was a lovely evening with lots of inspiring things to see and people to meet. Thankyou Claire! The fair continues until 29th September and the entrance fee is £10.

David Jones

Monument

David Jones is showing his atmospheric, evocative paintings at Eleven Spitalfields until 24th June.

"As a young boy playing around my neighbourhood, I found the in-between places to be the most interesting... they were peaceful places where I could think, reflect, ponder, and just be..."

Time passing

January 2010

September 2008

April 2007

Market Coffee House

If you are in Spitalfields this is a great place to stop for some light refreshment. The Market Coffee House, 50-52 Brushfield Street, London E1. They have a flickr site too.

This lovely signage is painted on the building next door to the cafe.

Ray Johnson

Ray Johnson

Raven Row’s inaugural exhibition is the first large UK show of the collages and mailings of New York artist Ray Johnson (1927–1995). Johnson used radical means to construct and distribute images, inadvertently inventing the ‘mail art movement’. He made art out of social life – both real and imagined – gathering celebrities, the art world, and friends into his work.

Raven Row

Raven Row is a new non-profit contemporary art exhibition centre in Spitalfields that is open free to the public, Wednesdays to Sundays. It has been constructed within eighteenth century domestic rooms, onto which 6a Architects have added two contemporary galleries, and it stands on the part of Artillery Lane that was known as Raven Row until 1895. I visited the gallery last week, their opening show is a retrospective of work by American artist Ray Johnson. It is a truly wonderful show in a very beautiful setting.

Word to Mother

WTM Word to Mother - IMG_9682 copy, originally uploaded by Wallkandy.net.

Lost For Words is the latest exhibition by Word To Mother, the show ends on Sunday. It is on at the Stolen Space gallery, Old Truman Brewery. You can see the full set of works here.

Marisa lopez de la Nieta

And finally I wandered through the market and met a wonderful artist called Marisa lopez de la Nieta- it was the end of the day but she kindly let me take these pictures of her beautiful stall. Marisa is at Spitalfields market on Thursdays which is antiques and vintage day. On Friday the market is art and fashion.

Beedell Coram

On my way back from East London last week I popped into this shop opposite Spitalfields market in Commercial Street. It is piled high with boxes of old stuff. The shop does not have a website, it is open Wednesday-Sunday. I found something a little bit special.

17 months later

April 2007

Spitalfields E1

Click on the image to find the surreal element in these pictures.