Default Header

Insights Blog

Welcome to Rivington Place's blog with different angles on the exhibitions, projects and events - interviews with artists, our 'pick of the best' and videos of artists creating working, also find out what else is happening in the building...



Share

Home         Visiting           Hires          Contact Us           Press          Join our newsletter!      

 
Rivington Place,
London EC2A 3BA    
View on Map
Autograph ABP

Iniva


Follow


Exhibitions & Events

Guide to our international programme of exhibitions & projects, talks & events, books & portfolios

 

Learning & Archives
Introduction to Learning, the Stuart Hall Library & the photographic archive  
 
About Us

Guide to Rivington Place, Iniva, Autograph ABP, spaces for hire, press & supporting us, jobs
 
Visiting

Where to find us & opening times, contact us & book events, Café, bookshop & links 
 
 
Insights Blog

Further reading into art, ideas, people and places that inspire us.
 




Latest News Blog
Go to:
Roee Rosen artist video
Here's a short video with exhibiting artist Roee Rosen about his exhibition at Rivington Place, 'Vile, Evil Veil' - until 5 May 2012.

« Read More »
Social Fabric Exhibition pictures
Iniva's Social Fabric exhibition which is showing at Rivington Place until 10 March is being well received so far...

Guardian Guide - Pick of the week

New Statesman said "...successfully explore[s] colonial history, the economics of labour, and international trade - all in relation to textiles."

Socialist Review said "I would highly recommend this exhibition - it is something rather special. It is both intelligent and enjoyable and succeeds in underlining the power of art and artists as both witnesses and participants in the world."


Here are a few pictures of the gallery and the artworks and archive materials featured in the exhibition:
...
« Read More »
Video - curators introduction to Social Fabric
Iniva's Curator Grant Watson introduces the Social Fabric exhibition in this short video clip:

« Read More »
Shoreditch Christmas Triangle
Shoreditch comes alive with shops, galleries, bars around Christmas on Late Opening Thursdays...



27 local galleries, shops, studios, salons, and bars are celebrating the Christmas season by opening their doors late on Thursdays. Local shops involved in the Triangle include Aesop, Ally Capellino, Bloc Salon, Chiki Chic, Comfort Station, Gallery Fumi, Goodhood Store, Jasper Morrison Shop, Labour & Wait, Lee Broom, Lifestylebazaar, Lik + Neon, Luna & Curious, Maiden, Mar Mar Co, Material - Gallery / Books / Things, Milk Concept Boutique, No-one, Old Shoreditch Station, Rocket Gallery + Shop, SCP, Shelf, Space Fiftyfour, Start, The Geffrye Museum and YCN.

Rivington Place will have a beautiful 7m long textile artwork by

« Read More »
Discordance and the Lack of Identity

Entanglements puts identity very much in the centre of the frame for the theme of the current exhibition, whether it is a false, misunderstood, exaggerated or contextualised the artists involved use perception of their own background to model how we perceive their art. Their work does not exist without us knowing or assuming their identity but what about work that is centered on a lack of identity? This can come in many forms and this lack, although not the centrepiece of the work, can be the reason behind its fame or allure.




5. The ‘Mona Lisa’ would still undoubtedly be one of the most famous paintings in the world if we knew the identity of its sitter but the mystery keeps it alive in our minds. Many theories circulate as to who she is, Recently Silvano Vinceti has claimed she is a man, Da Vinci’s assistant in fact and probable lover. Others say it is a self-portrait howeve...
« Read More »