An assault on the senses this week as Oswaldo Maciá opened his new audio-olfactory work The Library of Cynicism at CHELSEA space.

This spatial installation made especially for CHELSEA space incorporates sound and smell and encourages a heightened sensory perception in encounters with art and ideas. Oswaldo has also been showing this week in the Modern … More To Follow: Read The Full Text Here

Max Clendinning's home in Alwyne Road London 1966 photo: John Donat

Our recent exhibition Max Clendinning: Avant Craft focussed particularly on upright chairs designed and made between 1964 and 2006. We did show images of his 1960s home in Alwyne Road, London, featured in the 1966-7 Decorative Art in Modern Interiors, which gave some indication of the sofas and lounge chairs that he also designed and some of the more relaxed aspects of living that he advocated in his interior design.

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Pil and Galia with a projection of their multi-media work Asparagus: A Horticultural Ballet

There may have been a holiday coming but the lead up was a busy and interesting time for CHELSEA space. First was the excellent talk Against Human Nature by Pil and Galia Kollectiv . Pil and Galia, like Neue Slowenische Kunst, are a ‘Retro-garde’ collaborative practice who use the discourses of Modernism to consider contemporary issues in politics and art. In this excellent talk they looked at consumerism, the 2011 … 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.

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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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