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Summer and Celebration group exhibition took place at the Koppel Project Station in October 2022. As the curator of the project Heini King invited six fellow artists to make art works and to exhibit together in the community room of the old Hampstead police station in North London.
The theme of the exhibition, summer and celebration, functioned as indication and inspiration for making work. The pieces of work would present subjective snapshots into the first summer after two years of pandemic time. Collectively the works in the exhibition looked at the human activity of celebration and particularly the complexity of it in combining experiences of grief and contented joy, lament and exhilaration.
Participating artists in the exhibition were Huiping Yang, Nathalia Bell, Johann Don-Daniel, Juno Lee, Matt Phillips, Eleanor Sanghara Güstard and Heini King.
The exhibiting artists joined in conversation with members of the public in an open event Coffee and Buns with Artists and an accompanying workshop Rituals for Home (facilitated by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard). Discussions gave insight into the ideas and processes leading into the work.
The Koppel Project Station, 56 Downshire Hill, London
Flana by Huiping Yang, 2022
'You’ve got nothing to prove but your _____’ as part of the ongoing exploration ‘BROWN/WHITE LOVE’ by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard, 2022
'You’ve got nothing to prove but your _____’ as part of the ongoing exploration ‘BROWN/WHITE LOVE’ by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard, 2022
You’ve got nothing to prove but your _____’ as part of the ongoing exploration ‘BROWN/WHITE LOVE’ by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard, 2022
'You’ve got nothing to prove but your _____’ as part of the ongoing exploration ‘BROWN/WHITE LOVE’ by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard, 2022
'You’ve got nothing to prove but your _____’ as part of the ongoing exploration ‘BROWN/WHITE LOVE’ by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard, 2022
'At the Races' by Heini King, 2022
'At the Races' by Heini King, 2022
'Preparations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, part of an installation of six paintings, oil on canvas, 2022
'Fragmented Horizon' and 'Field on Coffee Bean Sack' by Matt Phillips
'Fragmented Horizon' and 'Field on Coffee Bean Sack' by Matt Phillips
'Field on Coffee Bean Sack' by Matt Phillips
'Fragmented Horizon', 'Field on Coffee Bean Sack' and 'Morning Sun' by Matt Phillips
'Morning Sun' by Matt Phillips and 'One day in war ' by Juno Lee
'Morning Sun' by Matt Phillips, 2022
'Morning Sun' by Matt Phillips, 'One day in war ' by Juno Lee and 'Everything is quiet now' by Johann Don-Daniel
'Everything is quiet now' by Johann Don-Daniel, 2022
'Everything is quiet now' by Johann Don-Daniel, 2022
'Squibliothek' by Johann Don-Daniel, 2022 and 'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Squibliothek' by Johann Don-Daniel, 2022 and 'One day in war' by Juno Lee, 2022
'Squibliothek' by Johann Don-Daniel, 2022 and 'One day in war' by Juno Lee, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Ziggurettes' by Nathalia Bell, 2022
'Ziggurettes' by Nathalia Bell, 2022
'Ziggurettes' by Nathalia Bell, 2022
'Ziggurettes' by Nathalia Bell, 2022 and 'Preparations and Celebrations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, 2022
'Preparations and Celebrations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, Installation of six paintings, Oil on canvas, 2022
'Preparations and Celebrations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, 2022
'Preparations and Celebrations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, 2022
'Preparations and Celebrations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, 2022
'Preparations and Celebrations on Jermyn Street' by Heini King, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
'Flana' by Huiping Yang, 2022
A communal flag was made in public workshop 'Rituals for Home' facilitated by Eleanor Sanghara Güstard
Juno Lee with his work 'One day in war'
Visitors responding to the artworks in the exhibition
Visitor response to the artworks in the exhibition
Eleanor Sanghara Güstard facilitating 'Rituals for Home' -workshop
Heini King giving an artist talk in 'Coffee and Buns with Artists'