{"id":6143,"date":"2023-07-12T22:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/?p=6143"},"modified":"2023-08-04T15:37:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:37:38","slug":"whats-lou-doing-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/whats-lou-doing-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Lou Doing #1: Shape, Beauty, Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Come explore with me! This new series is inspired by a chat I had with Yusuf from Yussico. Yusef is doing Julia Cameron\u2019s The Artist\u2019s Way and finding the artist dates really hard \u2014 dates you take yourself on for inspiration. And while I have trouble writing the morning pages, I have no trouble with the artist dates!* In this new series, I\u2019ll share what I\u2019ve been to, what I\u2019m going to and what I\u2019d like to see. I\u2019ll also invite my friends to share what’s inspiring them too.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

*I think the term \u2018assigned fun\u2019 might take some of the fun out of it, and that experiences are meant to be shared (hello awe<\/a> \ud83d\udc4b) \u2014 sacrilegious I know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seen \ud83d\udc40<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Simone Brewster: The Shape of Things<\/a> \u2014 NOW Gallery, Greenwich (London UK)
29 June \u2013 24 September<\/strong>
I\u2019ve been a fan of Simone\u2019s work for a long time. I came across her fine jewellery first while I was doing research for a client and was immediately blown away by her talent. A multidisciplinary artist, Simone also creates sculptures, furniture, paints and writes for Vanity Fair. The exhibition is bold, colourful and asks us to look beyond what we think we know or understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed<\/a> \u2014 BBC iPlayer<\/strong>
I was very lucky to see this film with my friend and brilliant filmmaker Olivia Martin-McGuire at an early screening last year. It\u2019s a beautifully made film directed by Laura Poitras about the artist Nan Goldin and her fight with other activists to hold the Sackler family accountable for their role in causing the opioid epidemic. Intertwined is Nan\u2019s own story, shared through much of Nan\u2019s own footage and photos, which brought many of her famous images even more to life to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unruly Bodies<\/a> \u2014 Goldsmiths CCA, New Cross (London UK)
30 Jun\u201303 Sep 2023<\/strong>
The Goldsmiths CCA is another one of my favourite art galleries. Designed by the Turner-winning group Assemble, the gallery inhabits what used to be the old Laurie Grove Baths in New Cross. In keeping with their style, Assemble left the old tiles in place as well as restored the cast iron water tank which forms one of the galleries. The current exhibition features thirteen women and non-binary artists, exploring the idea of the unruly body and disrupting conventional notions of what is and isn\u2019t unruly. A standout was seeing Anna Peach\u2019s wearable sculptures \u2014 the Wandering Pelvis and Warrior \u2014 in a performance exploring the space and tension between self and other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going to \ud83d\udc4b<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hanna Benihoud: Too Sexy For The Streets<\/a> \u2014 North London Lates Festival, Tottenham (London UK)
15 July<\/strong>
To say I\u2019m excited about this is an understatement. Funny, bold, political. There\u2019s a lot to love about Hanna\u2019s public art. \u2018Too Sexy For The Streets\u2019 builds on Hanna Benihoud\u2019s previous work \u2018Girls of The Light\u2019 which illuminated some of the darkest spaces in Tottenham with Hanna\u2019s empowered women. \u2018Too Sexy For The Streets\u2019 continues the exploration of sexuality, objectification and safety in public spaces with a trail of paste-ups inspired by a collage workshop Hannah led for the London Festival of Architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manchester Collective, Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs and Metamorphosen <\/a>\u2014 Bold Tendencies, Peckham (London UK)
15 July<\/strong>
Some people have church, I have Bold Tendencies. One of the most exciting arts venues in London, each year Hannah Barry and her team deliver one of London\u2019s most exciting programmes. I love entering the building, walking up the bright pink staircase \u2014 an artwork by Simon Whybray \u2018hi boo i love you\u2019 \u2014 to arrive at the top. It\u2019s amazing! This Saturday, I\u2019ll be seeing Manchester Collective perform Richard Strauss\u2019 Four Last Songs and Metamorphosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NOW Later: Draw-In<\/a> \u2014 NOW Gallery, Greenwich (London UK)
16 July<\/strong>
Curator Jemima Burrill \u2014 a talented artist herself \u2014 and her team have curated some of the most warm and interactive events I\u2019ve been to in London. Events where people actually speak to each other! I\u2019m really looking forward to this evening of life drawing in dialogue with Simone Brewster\u2019s exhibition \u2018The Shape of Things\u2019. Two drawing workshops will be hosted by artists Laxmi Hussain and Frances Costelloe, who are both immensely talented. I\u2019m particularly interested to see Laxmi in action \u2014 I love her use of blue and the movement and shapes in her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wishing I was going to \ud83d\ude2d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

R.O.S.E: Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar and Young with Ben UFO<\/a> \u2014 Factory International, Manchester International Festival (Manchester UK)
13-16 July<\/strong>
It\u2019s an exciting time to be in Manchester! I\u2019d actually love to go to so much but this is what I\u2019m most sad about missing. Huge FOMO. This is a different type of performance for Sharon Eyal and Gai Bebar where the line between the performance is blurred, with the dancers coming off the stage and onto the dance floor to mix with the audience. It\u2019s what my dreams are made of!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simone Brewster, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Unruly Bodies, Hanna Benihoud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178,185],"tags":[119,83,176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6143"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6439,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6143\/revisions\/6439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}