Bodhi is changing its name and brand. We will now be known as EASTGALLERY.
To celebrate this occasion we will be hosting an exhibition on the evening of Thursday 20th August, from 7PM. So Long Utopia is a new collection of paintings, illustration and a few surprises by Sichi, all will be revealed on the night.
We hope you can all come along on the opening night or during the two week duration of the exhibition. See you all soon at EASTGALLERY.
All future announcements will be made at the EASTGALLERY blog. Please update your bookmarks, RSS feeds and tumblr following. We will be updating our facebook, twitter and launching a new website soon.
Hey Guys and Gals,
It is that special time of the month where we bring you some good news.
Firstly thanks to all those who managed to come down to the last See No Evil
and a special thanks to David Wilson for a brilliant talk and presentation. That
guy is great!
As everyone is waiting for it.… and I hope you are really waiting for it, because the next
See No Evil will be great, taking place on….
**Next See No Evil 6th August from 7pm Bodhi**
And we need to say… after David Wilson’s talk, we got inspired about
Directors showing their stuff and thought to try it again. Yes, another special night for you guys and
gals.
This time we will bring none other than Simon Robson
(http://www.knife-party.net) from Nexus (http://www.nexusproductions.com/).
He will be coming down to talk about his work and his next exciting project
“Coalition of The Willing”.
About Simon Robson:
Simon is best known for his direction of issue film, or issue animation if you
will. Too many evenings spent listening to the declarations of his pal, Barry
McNamara, lead to the conception of multi-award winning short film, ‘What Barry
Says’. The film is a response to the US invasion of Iraq and elucidates
McNamara’s outspoken views on what he calls ‘War Corporatism’. Quickly
championed by the motion community, conspiracy nuts and the worldwide public
alike, it blazed a trail across the world wide web and the film festival circuit
in 2004 and 2005. Simon has, as yet avoided assassination despite receiving
direct threats from the marine corps.
2006, a new year a new issue film, this time in the shape of a feature
documentary entitled ‘Taking Liberties’ conceived and directed by Chris Atkins.
Chris invited Simon to direct animation for his film, which addresses the
decline of Civil Liberties in the UK since 1997. Taking Liberties showed in
theatres across the UK in the Summer of 2007 and went on to be nominated for a
BAFTA in 2008.
When not trying to put the world to rights, Simon finds time to direct
commercial projects with Nexus Productions. Simon’s commercial work includes
graphic idents for Nike and Seeds of Change as well as a 60 second promotional
spot for Adidas featuring the world’s best footballers. Most recently he has
directed commercials for Save The Children, The Observer and The Guardian.
Simon is currently developing his new project ‘Coalition of The Willing’ with
philosopher and writer Tim Rayner. They are now at the helm of the evolving
project, bringing together artists from around the world to create a film and an
online event that proposes a pro-active response to the climate crises. If you
are a brilliant moving image maker and want to get involved, drop Simon a mail
at simon@knife-party.net
We also have a bunch of lovely DVD’s to raffle away from the kind folks
at Stash Magazine (http://www.feedhere.com).
**And it’s all for free, aint we nice to you!!**
So put the date in your diary, tattoo it on your forehead, just don’t
forget as you don’t want to miss this!
We have 50 seats for the screening based on a first come, first serve
basis so come early to avoid disappointment!
Look forward to seeing you all there, if you have any questions please
feel free to email the team at hello@seenoevil.tv
See No Evil In association with Stash Magazine.
What is the value of art? On Thursday, July 23rd the Bodhi gallery will attempt to answer that question be doing something radical for Lauren J Shanahan’s exhibition ‘Becoming’. You will be able to name your own price. All of the pieces will be part of an open auction which you can bid on in person or on online via http://LJbay.blogspot.com.
Here are the rules:
1. Every painting has a reserve price equivalent to the cost of the materials.
2. The silent auction will last from July 23rd at 6:30pm to July 29th at 12:00pm during the ‘Becoming’ exhibition.
3. Bidders will place their bids on each of the paintings in person at the Bodhi Gallery (214 Brick Lane, London England) or online at the LJ Bay Blog or Twitter.
4. Emails will go out to the bidders when their bid has been trumped, at which point they may choose to up their bid.
5. The top bid of each day will be announced via Facebook, the LJ Bay Blog and on the league table at the gallery.
6. At the end of the week long exhibition the winners will be contacted and payment, shipping or pick up will be arranged.
Japanese artist Naoki Iizuka, started oil painting after a chance encounter with a painting by Belgian surrealist René Magritte. This inspiration and influence can be clearly seen in his first solo exhibition.
Exposition, Painting of Surrealism starts on 14th July and runs for just 3 days. Make sure you don’t miss out.
Bodhi Gallery is proud to present BECOMING, the new exhibition by Lauren Shanahan.
We spend much of our lives in a perpetual state of ‘becoming’. This is very much a normal part of the cycle of life, yet something we humans, for some reason, do not find easy to accept. Lauren has always been more interested in the change than the result; the journey than the destination; the chrysalis than the butterfly. Because the transformation is often difficult, often painful, the procedure holds more colour and more truth; we reveal more when we are moving than when we stand still.
‘Becoming’ is a show about the process of losing one’s self in order to re-discover the different parts of one’s personality again; and the happiness that this can bring. It’s about celebrating the return of childlike characteristics that adulthood has tried to destroy. It’s the discovery of the parts of your personality that you love and that you love to hate…. all the different parts of us that make up the whole. Most importantly, it’s about who you tell yourself you are when you look in the mirror everyday and about becoming who you’ve always dreamed of becoming.
‘Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death’ - Anais Nin
‘Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more’ - Anthony Robbins
‘I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming’ - Katherine Mansfield
‘One lives in the hope of becoming a memory’ - Antonio Porchia
‘You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be’ - David Viscott
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Opening night: Thursday, July 23rd @ 18:30
Exhibition: July 23rd - August 2nd
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About the artist
Lauren has always been interested in the creative world, and in particular looking at ways in which art can somehow shape and assist one’s personal development. For many years, however, the pressures of daily life working in the corporate world prevented her from exploring this aspect of herself.
Lauren started painting again just over 2 years after a very long 7-year break from the canvass. It began purely as a hobby, and for the functional purpose of decorating the bare walls of her flat. As her work developed, however, she began to realize that her work contained strong messages and ideas that she wanted to share.
Bodhi presents NAO, a debut solo show of painting and illustration
Japanese artist Nao merges portraiture and abstract forms in a new series of evocative images in her debut solo show. Her work has appeared in a number of fashion and lifestyle magazines. Most recently her images have been transformed into limited edition fashion pieces for Japanese brand And A.
Preview night
Thursday 25th 2009
7pm - 11pm
Bodhi, 214 Brick Lane, London E1 6SA
www.bodhi-uk.com
Bodhi is proud to present the first major solo exhibition by photographer David A. Gray. The widely acclaimed portfolio of works will be turned into an exhibition of images from the past 10 years of the artist’s work.
We are delighed to invite you to the Launch Party: 12th June from 7.00pm onwards
RSVP: bodhi_bricklane@yahoo.co.uk
Our recent Ben Westwood exhibition was a great success, Dame Vivienne attended the opening party. Check out some of the incredible press reviews / media frenzy we stirred up!
Bodhi bar/gallery is a unique place where art and music mix so we were happy to be approached by Rough Trade as one of the very few art galleries in London to stock Jarvis Cocker’s new album “Further complications” and be a part of the Jarvis in Galleries project.
Jarvis Cocker recently mused that if the voices suggesting or pronouncing the imminent death of the music industry are to be believed, then music may soon revert to an art form free from any commercial obligations. To explore this idea Jarvis and his band installed themselves in a Parisian art gallery for five days and exhibited themselves playing music under many different guises; as an accompaniment to a yoga class, as a treat for local school kids, as a facility for local musicians to drop in and improvise with and many more, full footage of which can be viewed here.
Through performing music for such an array of purposes Jarvis has raised the question of what is music? A point that those pronouncing its death should be considering. To help spark this re-evaluation “Further complications” is being stocked by a number of UK art galleries in a bid to recontextualise the album and make the point that this item is very different to the other ones on the shelves of Tesco.
CD available to buy - £9.99
VINYL available to buy - £14.99
www.jarviscocker.net
Jarvis puts music in its place (article).
Boy do we have something special lined up for you guys & gals!
None other than David Wilson will be coming down to talk about his work and his most recent music video “We Got Time” at the next SeeNoEvil animation night. He will also be giving us a live demonstration of how he made the video, as well as bringing down some of the turntables and vinyl art work for us all to ogle over. What a nice chap hey!
Thought things couldn’t get any better? Wrong!
We’ll also be hosting an Open Screen Night before and after David’s talk. What is an Open Screen Night I hear you ask? Well, it means that if you want to show some work or showreel, bring it down and we’ll put it on our projector for everyone to see and talk about. We only ask that you make sure it’s Pal DVD format and no more than 5 minutes in length (so we don’t get anybody hogging the screen time). We also have a bunch of lovely DVD’s to raffle away from the kind fold at Stash Magazine.
**And it’s all for free, aint we nice to you!!** Check out the photos of the previous event here.
So put the date in your diary, tattoo it on your forehead, just don’t forget as you don’t want to miss this! We have 50 seats for the screening based on a first come, first serve basis so come early to avoid disappointment! Look forward to seeing you all there, if you have any questions please feel free to email the team at hello[at]seenoevil.tv
