Nat Finkelstein: From One Extreme to the Other

Posted by: Idea Generation on: November 4, 2009 in: Art Galleries, Events, Exhibitions, Idea Generation Gallery, Photography, Visual Arts & Culture

Andy, Bobby and Elvis 1965 © Nat Finkelstein “Andy gave Bobby a great double image of Elvis…Much later, Bobby told me he’d traded the Elvis for Albert Grossman’s couch.” NF

A celebration of the life and work of Nat Finkelstein – photojournalist, political activist, fugitive and veteran of the 1960s New York scene

Idea Generation Gallery
20th Jan – 14th Feb
Private View: 19th Jan 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Nat Finkelstein was one of the most respected photojournalists of modern times. Renowned for his iconic and intimate documentation of Andy Warhol’s infamous Factory, and later for his political activism including an allegiance with The Black Panthers that forced him to live abroad for 15 years, Finkelstein remained at the heart of the cultural zeitgeist up until his death aged 76, 2nd October 2009.

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Hammer Festival

Posted by: Idea Generation on: October 14, 2009 in: Art Galleries, Events, Exhibitions, Film, Film, Media & Performing Arts, Idea Generation Gallery, Lifestyle & Events, Music & Entertainment, Music, Entertainment & Venues, Photography, Visitor & Tourist Attractions, Visual Arts & Culture

Enter at your peril…
Hammer Festival:
27th October –15th November 2009
Idea Generation Gallery

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This Halloween Idea Generation opens the crypt doors to launch London’s most frightening festival – the Hammer Festival.

“More terrifying than ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’, this is one Hammer production that will leave you shivering” “’Dracula’ is Christopher Lees and Hammer’s breakthrough movie. It’s terrifyingly good, you’ll want to get your teeth stuck into it” “Gripping science fiction masterpiece from British horror masters Hammer ”

The Hammer Festival brings together a terrifying programme of film screenings, ghost tours, readings, and an exhibition featuring never-seen-before artwork from their classic and upcoming films, rare and original posters and behind the scenes photos from Britain’s most successful film company Hammer.

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The Sale of a Lifetime

Posted by: Idea Generation on: July 2, 2009 in: Events, Exhibitions, Idea Generation Gallery

Jasper in studio

The artist Jasper Joffe will be selling everything he owns in a sale with a difference.

Idea Generation Gallery
29 July – 2 August
PV July 28, 18.30-20.30

Having left his gallery and been left by his girlfriend, Joffe wants to start again from nothing. At 33, the age at which Jesus died and was born again, Joffe’s Renaissance begins at The Sale of a Lifetime

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The Vauxhall Collective

Posted by: Idea Generation on: June 30, 2009 in: Exhibitions, Idea Generation Gallery

Wedding reception scene from Gideon Reeling's performance_lo

The UK’s most talented and exciting creatives exhibit their commissions

Idea Generation Gallery
22nd – 25th July 2009
Private View 22nd July
6.30 – 8.30pm

Vauxhall Collective members showcase Great British Road Trip commissions

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Hoppy

Posted by: Idea Generation on: March 30, 2009 in: Exhibitions, Idea Generation Gallery

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Against Tyranny: Talking about a Revolutionary

19th June –19th July 2009
Idea Generation Gallery

Counter-cultural incendiary of the 1960s and roving photojournalist John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins charts Britain’s emergence from the age of austerity into an era of pop, protest and psychedelia.

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