Dobells shop sign. Photo: Museum of London

CHELSEA space has been keeping relatively quiet as we prepared for our new show but the silence will soon to be broken with what promises to be a lively private view for Dobells … More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

STURTEVANT and SECONDEDITIONS private view

Jacqui Davies with SECONDEDITIONS Elizabeth Peebles & Markus Eisenmann and STURTEVANT's UK gallerist Anthony Reynolds

It has been another busy period for CHELSEA space, the crowds turned out for the private view of second reflection / symmetrical contents: STURTEVANT and SECONDEDITIONS on 22nd of January (see more images here). And on 23rd January SECONDEDITIONS’ Markus Eisenmann and Elizabeth Peebles were joined by the Henry Moore Institut… More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

newly painted plinths awaiting video works by Sturtevant

Preparations for our next exhibition  second reflection / symmetrical contents STURTEVANT and SECONDEDITIONS continue apace.

Sturtevant's Medion TV monitors arrive at CHELSEA space

The silver/grey Medion Monitors that Sturtevant specified for her video installation have arrived from Berlin.

SECONDEDITIONS' Markus Eisenmann tunes a Sony Cube at CHELSEA space

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Mark Titchner 'N(I)B' and Derek Jarman 'Jordan's Dance'

artist and writer Don Grant watches Vivienne Westwood in Paul Tickell's documentary 'Punk and the Pistols'

Laibach 'Anglia' and Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen'

Ramp installation including Clash Flag and photographs by Jon Savage

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installing works by Nicky Carvell and Pavel Buchler

Donald Smith, Nicky Carvell, Kate Ross and Mike Iveson stand in front of a painting by Dan Sturgis during the installation of Red White and Blue

Everyone has been busy at CHELSEA space preparing the new show Red White and Blue: Pop | Punk | Politics | Place which opens with a Private view from 6-8pm on Tuesday  6th November, coincidently … More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

Dan Smith's new book published by Zero

This coming Thursday 18th October 6-8pm CHELSEA space will host the launch of Dan Smith’s  new book – Traces of Modernity. The event will start with drinks at 6pm and at approximately 6.45pm the author will give a short introduction to the book. Traces of Modernity offers critical engagements with four objects from the nineteenth century; the ruins of Crystal Palace in Sydenham and the dinosaurs that remain, the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, The Pitt Rivers Museum … More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

Festival of Britain 1951 by Terence Cuneo for the Illustrated London News

After the proud and joyful Jubilee/Olympic summer and temporary economic amnesia, CHELSEA space responds to the end of the party with two exhibitions which seem to resonate with the current soundbites of “Austerity’, “Legacy”, and the re-evaluation of national identity.

Dome of Discovery under construction 1950

Our current exhibition DOME: Ralph Tubbs and the Festival of Britain celebrates one of the UK’s … More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

An uncanny addition to the roof of the De La Warr Pavilion

As we mentioned at the end of our last blog something has come unhinged in the pleasant south coast town of Bexhill on Sea.

Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea...

Look up at Eric Mendelsohn’s and Serge Chermayeff’s  1930s modernist masterpiece, the De La Warr Pavilion, and you will see a full size passenger coach teetering precariously … More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

Max Clendinning looks at one of his works on paper at his home in London

We are delighted to announce that this Thursday, 31st May, architect, interior and furniture designer Max Clendinning will be with us at his exhibition  Avant Craft. Come to CHELSEA space between 12-4pm , meet one of the most important designers of a generation and discuss his life and work.

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actor Dudley Sutton and musician Nick Cash with architect/designer Max Clendinning at CHELSEA space

The exhibition  Max Clendinning: Avant Craft  opened at CHELSEA space this week with a very enjoyable private view.

private view

Clendinning was born in County Armagh in 1924 and came to prominence in the 1960s, the work in this show, including furniture, paintings, drawings and models, was made between 1962 and 2008.

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