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“Home is a place, a site in which we live… an idea, an imaginary that is imbued with feelings of belonging, desire and intimacy…of violence, fear and alienation” (Home, Blunt & Dowling). 

The Walls Between Us, explores the complex notion of ‘home’ through the perspective of 12 artists. Home is a multifaceted and subjective construct. This complexity is summarised by the untranslatable Welsh word ‘Hiraeth’, which combines feelings of nostalgia, a longing for somewhere more than a space and a heart wrenching homesickness towards something or somewhere which is lost forever.

Through this curation, we ask the viewers to question their assumptions of building a home – where is it? Who is it? What makes it good and safe?

The Walls Between Us was curated by SOTA Marketplace, a purpose-led online art gallery and art consultancy built to empower artists and give art back to the people. SOTA’s purpose is to democratise the arts, challenging the inequity of the industry. They currently represent over 800 underrepresented artists internationally.

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Exhibiting Artists
Agnès Giannaros
Charlotte Wainwright
Corbin Shaw
Eleanor McLean
Emmely Elgersma
In Casa by Paboy
Jiaxi Li
Leah Moodie
Rithika Pandey
Rory Langdon-Down
Sumuyya Khader
Zena Blackwell

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Following the artist being named the inaugural winner of M&C Saatchi Group Art for Change Prize in 2022, Saatchi Gallery, M&C Saatchi Group and Tiwani Contemporary are pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by the emerging Nigerian artist Samuel Nnorom.

Nnorom works industriously to weave, roll, assemble, stich and sew together constellations of bubbles, bindles, and ribboned strips, reinterpreting the bubble as a tangible manifestation of collective survival, connection, and aspiration.

Samuel Nnorom’s sculptures are visual metaphors made from offcuts of Ankara fabric, the wax printed cloth now synonymous with African textiles. The production of Ankara has its origins in Indonesia, before the designs were co-opted for commercial use by Dutch merchants during the Dutch colonisation of Indonesia. It was introduced in West and Central Africa through Black soldiers recruited by the Dutch colonial empire for service in the colonial army. In this way, Nnorom’s use of the salvaged fabric forms a critical observation around artisanal provenance, and the impact of global trade on geographical identity.

This exhibition will bring together new works as well as some of Nnorom’s earlier creations.

Samuel Nnorom (b. 1990) is a multi-award-winning Nigerian artist whose work poetically crosses tapestry-like sculpture and pre-loved Ankara wax fabric. Currently living and working in Nsukka, Nnorom holds an MFA in sculpture from the University of Nigeria, UNN Nsuka. He has run numerous workshops and undertaken residencies in England, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nigeria. Recent solo exhibitions include Emotional Catch, Tiwani Contemporary (Lagos, Nigeria) 2023; Truth and Conspiracy, Primo Marella Gallery (Milan, Italy) 2023; Points of Departure, Galerie Art Mûr 5826 (Canada) 2023; Politics of Clothes, The Mitochondria Gallery (Houston TX, USA) 2023; Politics of Fabrics, an Expository solo exhibition, The Guest Artist Space G.A.S., Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Lagos, Nigeria) 2023. Nnorom is the global prize winner of the Art for Change Prize 2022, organized by M&C Saatchi Group and Saatchi Gallery.

This exhibition is kindly supported by Tiwani Contemporary and M&C Saatchi Group.

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The Oulim exhibition will showcase innovative Korean content created through the fusion of technology and culture. It aims to bridge relations between the UK and Korea by generating new content through this convergence. The exhibition offers a creative and immersive experience through the presentation of innovative content that transcends traditional boundaries, allowing visitors to explore cultural spaces in new ways. 

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FOCUS Art Fair is an international art fair offering a platform for diverse and rising artists, to bring their unique visions to life. From 10^th – 13^th October, FOCUS Art Fair will present a showcase highlighting the themes of sustainability, equality and innovation.

Since 2017, FOCUS have hosted over 45 overseas exhibitions in some of the world’s most prestigious art spaces, and continue to redefine the global art scene. 

This year, FOCUS has partnered with Roche Bobois, the French luxury furniture brand. Roche Bobois, collaborating with Chinese designer Jiang Qiong Er, will unveil their Bamboo Mood Collection at FOCUS London, inviting the viewer to step into Jiang’s artistic visions of simplicity and harmony as expressed through her contemporary spin on traditional Chinese aesthetics.

Across the Fair, there will be opportunities to listen to discussions and talks, experience immersive digital art and attend workshops including yoga and meditation. 

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Absolut Warhol: The Other Half underlines Absolut’s ongoing commitment to creativity, offering a platform for diverse voices while honouring Warhol’s legacy of challenging artistic norms and embracing cultural inclusivity.

This showcase features five emerging artists — Alexa Sirbu, Jade Pearl, Kelly Anna, Ken Nwadiogbu, and Xu Yang — who each bring a fresh interpretation by completing the other half of a newly discovered Andy Warhol painting, Absolut ‘blue’.

Their works represent thought-provoking themes of identity, culture, self-expression and a unique blend of past and present.

The exhibition not only continues Absolut’s association with ground-breaking art but also reinforces its mission to support progressive and imaginative expression in contemporary culture. 

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Presenting British art since 1988, British Art Fair takes place once a year to showcase the very finest modern and contemporary British art. Taking place within the Saatchi Gallery, in the heart of London’s vibrant Chelsea, leading dealers from across the UK exhibit a variety of exciting, ambitious and rare works from Britain’s most celebrated artists.

British Art Fair is the place to connect with dealers and collect the very best British art. Features this year include an auction from charity partner WaterAid, a digital exhibition PIVOTAL: Digitalism, and an exhibition from the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust. 

Artwork: Detail from Albert Irvin OBE RA, Louise I, 2002. Printed and published by Advanced Graphics London. 

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Yoi is an exhibition of works from the Munupi Arts & Crafts Association located along Melville Island’s north-western coastline, north of Darwin. It will feature paintings by nine Munupi artists.

Dancing, or ‘yoi’, plays a significant role in life on the Tiwi Islands. Narrative dances – a key feature of ritual activity – depict both everyday life and historically significant events. The natural ochres participants use to paint their bodies also adorns the canvases on display in Yoi. Often applied with a Pwoja Comb, the paintings possess a unique textural materiality, inherently abstract in form and thus free from a mimetic representation of reality.

Viewers are invited to delve deeper into the mark-making techniques of Tiwi Art, to explore the gestural energy and spirituality expressed in the paintings that make up Yoi.

Click here to watch an excerpt of Naina Sen’s Yoi, 2024 film which accompanies the artworks in the exhibition, contextualising the creative practices and processes of the artists, and the ceremonial and cultural origins of their work. 

Exhibiting artists:

Alison Puruntatameri, Arthur John Cowell, Carol Puruntatameri, Christine Puruntatameri, Delores Tipuamantumirri, Dorothy Noni Poantimului, Josephine Burak, Lucinda Puruntatameri, Simplicia Tipungwuti.

This exhibition is presented by JGM Gallery. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and skies, often expressed through art. We pay our respects to artists, elders and community members past, present and future.

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Presented in collaboration with Prince William and The Royal Foundation’s Homewards programme and Eleven Eleven Foundation, this exhibition will bring to life the breadth and complexities of homelessness across the country and give people an opportunity to engage with, and better understand, the stories of those with experience of homelessness.

Homelessness: Reframed will display exceptional works from artists in the UK and beyond, sharing pieces inspired by their own or others experiences of homelessness, and will include pieces created by children and young people at a series of creative workshops held across the six flagship Homewards locations.

Artists involved include:
– Alexandria Julouis
– Dave Martin
– David Tovey
– Marc Davenant
– Marc Quinn
– Opake
– Philip Colbert
– Rankin
– Robi Walters
– Sam D’Cruze
– Simone Brewster
– Surfing Sofas
– Tiffany Barham

And the artists from the six Homewards locations: