The Zabludowicz Collection is pleased to announce the seven emerging artists who will show new work as part of the 2013 Invites programme. Launched in 2012, Invites is a unique opportunity for artists without commercial gallery representation to produce a solo show in a dedicated project space at Zabludowicz Collection, London. Artists have been selected as a result of extensive studio visits and all shows will run for six weeks.

Ellen Mara De Wachter, Curator, Zabludowicz Collection says: ‘The Invites artists a unique and highly visible presence at an important stage in their career, just as they are beginning to gain recognition for their work. The artists we invite have strong practices, which we hope will grow from the opportunity to make new work and to gain exposure to public and critical attention. Invites is an important part of the Zabludowicz Collection’s activities and commitment to supporting artists.’

The Zabludowicz Collection believes the time during which an artist is not represented by a commercial gallery is significant for his or her practice, as it is a period when the artist can create without market pressures. Each exhibition of the Invites series results from an open-ended invitation to exhibit at the Zabludowicz Collection and is accompanied by curatorial support and access to material resources provided by the Collection.

Zabludowicz Collection Invites continues the Collection’s ethos of supporting emerging artists at key moments in their careers, beyond collecting. It aims to actively encourage development of artists’ practice by acquiring, commissioning and exhibiting in each of its three locations in London, New York and Sarvisalo, Finland.

Each instalment of Zabludowicz Collection Invites will be launched on the first Thursday of its run, with a special evening viewing from 7 to 9pm. Each show will feature a downloadable interview on zabludowiczcollection.com and a public Artist Presentation, in the form of a performance, talk or other event.

Berry Patten (born 1986, Essex, UK). Patten processes personal experiences and the everyday through digital language and tools, in order to produce works that chase the authenticity of the imagery she encounters. Her work aestheticizes everyday objects and tropes of popular culture,
touching on memories and feelings as well as notions of aspirational living. Her still life photographs and collages evoke themes of girlishness, teenage identity and womanhood. Sampling from dance music, film and personal footage and memorabilia, her videos also display a finely tuned sensitivity to colour, pattern and texture and bring together a dreamy wistfulness with harder edged humour and sense of absurdity. Patten’s work was part of Peckham Artist Moving Image festival in 2012, and will be included in a group show at Cell Project Space in 2012/13.

The Invites series is curated by Ellen Mara De Wachter, Curator, Zabludowicz Collection, London.

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Related images

  1. Berry Patten, PureSure, 2012, Courtesy the artist
  2. Berry Patten, The Dream is Kournikova, 2012, Courtesy the artist
  3. Berry Patten, D, 2012, Courtesy the artist