BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ben Oakley Gallery - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ben Oakley Gallery REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T100000 DTSTAMP:20240530T134358Z CREATED:20231127T183413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T134358Z UID:9438-1682103600-1684663200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:WHATEVER DESCRIPTION:‘Whatever’ \n\n\n\nOpens 1st December – Runs until 24th December \n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 1st December 7PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCan you believe it we’ve been here @mork_barbershop One Year already & very grateful we are too. So to top off 2023 we are holding a group show called ‘WHATEVER’ It Opens  Friday 1st December 7pm with an abundance of 40 artists all generously bringing the sunshine and shandy into the Gallery until Christmas Eve. Running alongside the show is our annual charity Phing Thing Silent auction for @stchrishospice so do glance your peepers over proceedings and get involved. Here’s the all Important list of who’s involved.In no particular order.   David Bray\, Bobby Tong\, Swin\, Chantelle De Souza\, Shirley FallconiJoan Molloy\, Mark Melvin. Harry Hibbert\, Bea Martin\, Freeman.  Giles Walker\, Wreckage International\, Frances Plowden\, Lee Ainsworth\, Tom Buchanan\, Gary Mansfield\, Fret \,Max M\,Yvonne Wayling\, Joe Hodway  SLi \, Ben Oakley\, Mick McNicholas\, Grafitti Fairy    London\, Aturo Garcia\,  Maxim Back Ground Bob Dan Pearce Clarrie Miller\, Lara Hebblethwaite\, Hotballoon Art\, Kieren & Meg\, Elizabeth Eade  Duncan McAffee  Sweler\, Kim Tong\, Grafitti Fairy Ldn\, AsboLuv\, Ben Addison\,  Guy Denning\,Ray Richardson\, John McCarthy\, Skeleton Cardboard\, ATM\, John Pedder\,Robert Sample\,  Nat\, Carne Griffiths\, Jo Peel\, anonymouse282\, Curtains01273\, Matteo Giuntini \, Melissa Stokes\, Jaqueline De Montaigne\, T-Tones\, + THE MAIN MAN BEHIND THE PHING THING  ‘BOY WONDER OF THE LOWLANDS’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs briefly mentioned we are also running our annual PHING THING Charity Silent Auction in December ending with Mince Pies & Mulled wine on Sunday 17th Midday until 5 oclock. All in aid of ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPICE.  BIDS START AT £40 Per PHING THING.Please check our instagram or facebook page to see the Phings & bid away instagram: @benoakleygallery_  facebook: BEN OAKLEY GALLERY or pop in store where you’ll be able to see everything including some beautiful New Hand Woven Wool Bags & funky dog Leads on sale.We would like to thank you for all your support and hope you enjoy every event.Ben & Helen Oakley \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMany thanks Ben & Helen Oakley \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirections to Ben Oakley Gallery: \n\n\n\nNelson Arcade SE10 9JB runs between Greenwich Market \n\n\n\n2 mins from Greenwich Cutty Sark DLR \n\n\n\nand Nelson Road. \n\n\n\n5 minute walk from Greenwich Overground (10 mins from London Bridge) URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/whatever/ LOCATION:BEN OAKLEY GALLERY\, No.2 Nelson Arcade\, Greenwich\, SE10 9JB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SMALL-Whatever-.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T100000 DTSTAMP:20231004T200942Z CREATED:20231004T180844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T200942Z UID:9424-1682103600-1684663200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:I HADN'T IMAGINED IT THIS WAY DESCRIPTION:‘I HADN’T IMAGINED IT THIS WAY’ \n\n\n\nOpens 13th October – Runs till 5th November \n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 13th October 7pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘I  HADN’T IMAGINED IT THIS WAY’ \n\n\n\n13/10/23 \n\n\n\nA Solo Exhibition \n\n\n\nBen Oakley FRSA \n\n\n\n(British\, born London 1966) \n\n\n\nOver the last twenty-five years Oakley has immersed himself in the Contemporary & Urban Art World as an Artist & Curator\, this year he has been nominated and accepted for a Fellowship at the Royal Society of Arts. \n\n\n\nIt has been Oakley’s compulsion to reassemble\, paint or both onto specifically curated items from his collection\, shaping them into one off Objet d’art with a twist\, in Oakley’s words \n\n\n\n‘Urban Assemblage’ \n\n\n\nThe title ‘ I Hadn’t Imagined it this Way’ relates to everyday life but in this context it’s \n\n\n\nOakley’s inspiration and creative process on how an initial concept can end up so differently. \n\n\n\nBeing surrounded by a huge variety of distinctive objects always excited Oakley and he continues to collect & use them in his work today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS \n\n\n\n“Ben Oakley is nominated to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in recognition of his on going tireless successful championing of urban & contemporary artists in particular his highly unique passion and enthusiasm for this art to be recognised understood and accessible by people of all walks of life\, regardless of age background etc\, has meant that through his award winning Greenwich Gallery and numerous exhibitions a highly diverse range of local and international artists whether sculptors mixed media fine art- are rightly recognised by an equally diverse population- opening up new possibilities both within and around these communities and notwithstanding his modesty\, significantly contributing to the well being of others through the positive impact that art has on the well being of all.“ \n\n\n\nMany thanks Ben & Helen Oakley \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirections to Ben Oakley Gallery: \n\n\n\nNelson Arcade SE10 9JB runs between Greenwich Market \n\n\n\n2 mins from Greenwich Cutty Sark DLR \n\n\n\nand Nelson Road. \n\n\n\n5 minute walk from Greenwich Overground (10 mins from London Bridge) URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/i-hadnt-imagined-it-this-way/ LOCATION:BEN OAKLEY GALLERY\, No.2 Nelson Arcade\, Greenwich\, SE10 9JB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ben_flyer_frsa-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T100000 DTSTAMP:20230831T174035Z CREATED:20230831T172200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T174035Z UID:9407-1682103600-1684663200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:EVERYTHING DESCRIPTION:‘Everything’ \n\n\n\nOpens 8th September – Exhibition runs until 1st October \n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 8th September @ 7PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘Everything’ shows a selection of drawings from the past two years\, from a continuing series or diary-cataloguing museum visits. I say museum\, but is also Galleries\, libraries\, bookshops\, and record shops – museum gives me the self-illusion of something academic and learned. It’s an excuse to head back in to the city and experience a bit of city life and is a great counterpoint to sitting in fields and painting nature. It’s a gateway to coffee shops too. The drawings are almost notations of the day. There would definitely be a story or reason for them though they seem to get lost to time and reason and become purely visual markers\, existing in their own right. We’ve been privileged to work with David Bray for the last decade & some. His imagination and many mediums style & genre’s never cease to amaze us. From fine art illustration\, Acrylic Paintings depicting Mythological Neolithic\, Pop\, Abstract Landscape to his very own satirical and observational cartoons. A genuine powerhouse in the art department on that we can all agree. ‘EVERYTHING’ David’s Solo exhibition is a first with it all going on & in. Opening Friday 8th September 7pm at Ben Oakley Gallery Greenwich\, the title alludes to what he’s prepared for us all. IN ADDITTION: We have Stergin a multi instrumentalist performing in the basement.  \n\n\n\n“This is music that you just couldn’t have heard five years ago. It’s completely in the now\, in the moment trying to push the boundaries of what’s possible and what can be done.“ \n\n\n\n(Tom Robinson\, BBC6 Music) \n\n\n\nIn this one off live performance Stergin will perform with his bass clarinet\, sound effects & an ambient score inspired by David Bray’s illustrations.Always fresh\, always free\, always something great to see\, join us on the Opening night\, the artist will be in attendance. \n\n\n\nMany thanks Ben & Helen Oakley \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirections to Ben Oakley Gallery: \n\n\n\nNelson Arcade SE10 9JB runs between Greenwich Market \n\n\n\n2 mins from Greenwich Cutty Sark DLR \n\n\n\nand Nelson Road. \n\n\n\n5 minute walk from Greenwich Overground (10 mins from London Bridge) URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/everything/ LOCATION:BEN OAKLEY GALLERY\, No.2 Nelson Arcade\, Greenwich\, SE10 9JB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_2648.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T100000 DTSTAMP:20230703T173631Z CREATED:20230703T173621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T173631Z UID:9386-1682103600-1684663200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:APPUNTI INUTILI DESCRIPTION:‘ALPHABET SOUP’ \n\n\n\nOpens 7th July – Exhibition runs until 31st August \n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 7th July @ 7PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere we go again\, big thanks to Matteo Giuntini for his excellent solo exhibition which has now finished and hot pursuit is our next Group Show ‘Alphabet Soup’ \n\n\n\nOpening drinks reception This Friday 7th July @7pm. \n\n\n\nOnce again we have assembled another Herculean Group show @benoakleygallery with a delicious\, talented group of artists. With not everyone sticking to the letter of the law! Some New & some Familiar artistic faces. including Jaqueline de Montaigne\, Ray Richardson\, David Bray\, Duncan McAfee\, Giles Walker\, Francis Plowman\, Fret\, Johnny McCauli\, Yvonne Wayling\, Butch Attai\, Mark McClure\, Carne Griffiths\,Curtains\, Gary Mansfield\, John Pedder\, Lee Ainsworth\, Asboluv\, Tom Buchanan\,Jospeh Loughborough\,Jo Peel\, John McCarthy\,Mark Melvin \,Shirley Fallconi\, Mick McNicholas\, Idle Keiren Meg Stuart\, Anastasia Pollard \, Tones\, Max M-K\, Nick Alexander\, Tony Dntt We look forward to seeing you at this exciting fresh exhibition with all the letters to choose from and more. Many thanks Ben & Helen Oakley \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirections to Ben Oakley Gallery: \n\n\n\nNelson Arcade SE10 9JB runs between Greenwich Market \n\n\n\n2 mins from Greenwich Cutty Sark DLR \n\n\n\nand Nelson Road. \n\n\n\n5 minute walk from Greenwich Overground (10 mins from London Bridge) URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/alphabet-soup/ LOCATION:BEN OAKLEY GALLERY\, No.2 Nelson Arcade\, Greenwich\, SE10 9JB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Group Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Alpahbet-Front-Cover-JAX-1-.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T100000 DTSTAMP:20230530T173833Z CREATED:20230530T173347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T173833Z UID:9370-1682103600-1684663200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:APPUNTI INUTILI DESCRIPTION:‘APPUNTI INUTILI’By Matteo Giuntini \n\n\n\nOpens  9th June Friday  7pm -9.30pm Exhibition runs until 2nd July 2023 \n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 9th June @ 7PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuick words\, rapid phrases\, & spontaneous ideas put down on paper that are reworked onto canvas at a later stage. \n\n\n\n‘APPUNTI INUTILI translation ‘SILLY NOTES’ is a series of mixed techniques on paper\, quick paintings with a punk sensation\, images suggested by sounds and words\, some sort of a chain reaction in which one stroke leads to another giving birth to fantastical and surreal stories. \n\n\n\nA collection of images from the heart\, shot straight like an electric impulse from brush to paper. Once again we are blessed by the excellence of the Artists that grace our walls and it is with a bursting heart of pride to re introduce everyone to one of The most un restricted of artists that we have had the pleasure to work with over the last thirteen years. \n\n\n\nLadies & gentlemen please welcome Matteo Giuntini who is bringing his very own recognizable artistic language all the way from Pisa Italy. \n\n\n\nMatteo Giuntini (Livorno 1977). Since 2005\, he has dedicated himself to researching his language through different mediums\, painting\, drawing\, and installation. “I am nature\,” says the artist\, and over the years his work has focused on the visceral relationship between the human being\, nature\, and the animal world\, an interweaving that often results in bizarre anthropomorphic creatures bordering on the grotesque. His painting deteriorates and envelops a wide variety of media. Using any kind of medium he gives life to various projects not least the series “Appunti Inutili”\, \n\n\n\nFirst presented in 2022 in Turin as part of Graphic Days\, punk-inspired artist’s books\, and unique hand-bound pieces. In 2019 he took part in the residency program at the Macro Museum in Rome and in January 2023 in Indonesia with the project Joglo Bianco. Giuntini counts numerous group and solo exhibitions both in Italy and around the globe. He has to his credit\, a wide number of collaborations in the world of communication\, design\, and fashion houses such as the Valentino brand with which in  he realized a Capsule Collection presented in London at Chelsea in Bloom. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you on the opening night or throughout the show. Please get in touch for a buyers PDF. \n\n\n\nMany thanks for your continued support. \n\n\n\nBen & Helen Oakley    \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirections to Ben Oakley Gallery: \n\n\n\nNelson Arcade SE10 9JB runs between Greenwich Market \n\n\n\n2 mins from Greenwich Cutty Sark DLR \n\n\n\nand Nelson Road. \n\n\n\n5 minute walk from Greenwich Overground (10 mins from London Bridge) URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/appunti-inutili/ LOCATION:BEN OAKLEY GALLERY\, No.2 Nelson Arcade\, Greenwich\, SE10 9JB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-1-EFlyer-pic-MG.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T100000 DTSTAMP:20230403T185331Z CREATED:20230403T185103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T185331Z UID:9350-1682103600-1684663200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:the-ebbing-curve-of-forgetfulness DESCRIPTION:The Ebbing Curve of Forgetfulness \n\n\n\nDuncan McAfee \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 21st April @ 7PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Oakley Gallery is proud to present ‘The Ebbing Curve of Forgetfulness’. The first solo exhibition to take place in our new building will include more than 30 recent paintings and drawings by South London based artist Duncan McAfee. \n\n\n\nSpanning the last seven years of McAfee’s practice the works in this exhibition all share a consistent mix-and-match attitude to image making\, splicing together misremembered elements to create his hybrid images. The title for the exhibition comes out of a conversation about the work in relation to Russell Hoban’s 1980 novel Riddley Walker and the creative act of memory to fill in the gaps of what’s forgotten. Trying to remember Hermann Ebbinghaus’ ‘forgetting curve’\, a late 19thC mathematical formula that depicts how the rate of human memory decays over time\, our title ‘The Ebbing Curve of Forgetfulness’ is itself a misquotation\, a faulty memory\, borrowed and misplaced in perfect parallel with the works on display.‘Drunks’ and ‘Portraits of Drunks’ (2017) here are literally steeped in wine\, the paper covered in evocative pools of dried red residue. To paint in wine plays with ideas around transubstantiation and religious icons; are these drunks or saints? The wine forms shapes like the ink-blots developed by psychologist Hermann Rorschach in the 1920s. These have been responded to with painting and drawing\, teasing out some figurative or narrative strain highlighting or obscuring certain elements. There’s a fun interplay between the marks made by intention and the materials doing their own thing\, a sort of collaboration between artist and material. The process is like a game of consequences\, a surrealist Exquisite Corpse\, or maybe some form of competition. \n\n\n\nOf course this is a fantasy\, the ink\, the paint\, the wine are all dead matter. But McAfee plays with this fantasy\, it’s somehow necessary to reach a new painting\, not a facsimile or an interpretation but an unplanned image arisen from the process of its own making. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the more recent works (‘Exploding Heads’ 2019-2021\, ’Kerfuffle’ 2022) red wine substitute (fake wine for fake religious paintings!) is spattered across the painted surfaces suggesting transubstantiation\, intoxication and cartoon violence. Reflecting the uncertainties of our times\, the population of cartoonish characters the artist depicts seem anxious and manic from overexposure\, all wide eyes and gritted teeth. There are references following the lineage of Picasso to Bacon\, through Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism to Condo and his ‘Psychological Cubism’. McAfee draws from and collages together his personal\, art history and popular culture creating works full of contradictions: They’re irreverant and sincere\, humorous and grotesque\, accidental and intentional\, timid and boisterous\, anxious yet joyous and celebratory. \n\n\n\nDuncan McAfee (b. 1976) graduated from Chelsea School of Art in 2000 and has been on the Turps Banana Off-Site Programme since 2021. \n\n\n\nDirections to Ben Oakley Gallery: \n\n\n\nNelson Arcade SE10 9JB runs between Greenwich Market \n\n\n\n2 mins from Greenwich Cutty Sark DLR \n\n\n\nand Nelson Road. \n\n\n\n5 minute walk from Greenwich Overground (10 mins from London Bridge) URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/the-ebbing-curve-of-forgetfulness/ LOCATION:BEN OAKLEY GALLERY\, No.2 Nelson Arcade\, Greenwich\, SE10 9JB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/drunk_party_animal.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230224T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230326T180000 DTSTAMP:20230204T210934Z CREATED:20210913T094017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230204T210934Z UID:8969-1677265200-1679853600@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:'CLOSE SHAVE' DESCRIPTION:‘CLOSE SHAVE’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for our first group show @No2 Nelson arcade SE10 9JB \n\n\n\nFriday 24th February 7-9.30 pm show runs til 26th March 2023. \n\n\n\n‘Close Shave’ a Razor Sharp Gr oup Show with over 40 creme of the crop\, with some regular and new faces\, all held over two floors in our new location with the fantastic @morkbarbershop \n\n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you back with a happy face and a thumping base (ment) Flyer Image: Ray RichardsonParticipating Artists ATM\, Ben Addison\, Karen Vost\,  Elizabeth Eade\, Cameron Twins\,  Frances Plowden\, Shirley Fallconi\, Jane Oakley Rawlings\, Molly O\, Joseph Loughborough\, Lewis Bannister\, Raffaella  Bertolini\, Gary Mansfield\, Lee Ainsworth\, Tom Buchanan\, Kate Knight\,  Jaqueline de Montaigne\, Ray Richardson\, Dave Bray\, Kim Tong\, Mark Mclure. Eddy Pope\, Jo Peel\, Matteo Giuntini\, Ben Oakley\, Mark Melvin\, Duncan McAfee\, Fret\, Giles Walker\, Wreckage International\, Johnny McCaulay\,Sweler\, Curtains\, Colin Barnes\,John McCarthy\, Yvonne Wayling\, Patrick Colhoun\, John Pedder\, Asbolove\, Skeleton Cardboard\, anonymous282\, Edie Baker and more! \n\n\n\n\n\nMorkBarbersNelson ArcadeGreenwich \n\n\n\nLondon SE10 9JB URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/close-shave/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1.-A3-SHAVE-1-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221111T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221127T200000 DTSTAMP:20221108T175643Z CREATED:20221108T175635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221108T175643Z UID:9317-1668193200-1669579200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:SKIN IN THE GAME DESCRIPTION:‘SKIN IN THE GAME’KIM TONG \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Night Drinks Reception Friday 11th November from 7pm \n\n\n\nBen Oakley Gallery are proud to present Kim Tong \n\n\n\n‘Skin in The Game’  \n\n\n\nKim has been painting for many a year and then some. \n\n\n\nShe initially exhibited amidst the emerging field of identity politics in the 80s and 90s. This work was favourably reviewed (notably by Spare Rib Magazine) which led to her inclusion in the late 90s in both a North West Arts Council UK touring exhibition ‘Lines of Desire’ exhibiting alongside Paula Rego and the International touring Drawing Exhibition ‘Reclaiming The Madonna’. \n\n\n\nKim’s new series of oil paintings were completed over the last 3 years and continue a dialogue on the eternal themes of desire\, beauty\, the Sublime and it’s representation.  \n\n\n\n“Lost in the Wilds of Painting\, the drip\, the splash\, the slide and the slip of the paint. Imagery culled from media that was and media that wasn’t. False memories\, true traces\, things half remembered and things half forgotten. Revealing and concealing layers of pigment\, erased lines – talking loud\, saying nothin’. Whispering something. \n\n\n\nAt the beginning of each painting I bet the farm. Chasing the dragon. Painting? That’s how it goes ……Bringing up Bambi. Painting ? I’ve skin in the game “ \n\n\n\nWe would like to invite you all to the opening drinks reception on Fri 11th November 2022 7pm -10pm Especially as this is our last solo here at the legendary No9 Tunpin Lane SE10. \n\n\n\nDo get in touch if you would like a full buyers pdf of the new works. \n\n\n\nMany thanks Ben URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/skin-in-the-game/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1.-LOVE-I-want-the-lions-share-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220401T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220424T235959 DTSTAMP:20220325T110812Z CREATED:20220325T110242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220325T110812Z UID:9090-1648771200-1650844799@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:AND ACTION..TAKE TWO DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 1st April @ 7pm  \n\n\n\nExhibition runs till 24th April 2022 \n\n\n\nWe will never forget that fated evening on Friday 13th  2020 when Ben Addison’s ‘And Action’ first Solo show in London opened and then closed the very same day & the world changed for ever. We love Ben Addison’s work so much we felt it deserved a proper viewing.  So this time\, do you feel lucky? Well\, if so join us at Ben Oakley Gallery down in Greenwich 9 Turnpin Lane SE10 from 7pm -10pm for the opening drinks reception on Friday April 1st 2022.   \n\n\n\nA new exhibition with seven fresh unseen oil Paintings. \n\n\n\n‘AND ACTION…TAKE TWO’  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMany of you may know the multi gifted Addison as song writer performer with the band Corduroy playing their signature Acid Jazz tunes around the globe for the last 25 years or the Boys Wonder before that.  But in the background as well as treading the boards working in Fashion & the Design industry Addison has been hard at work perfecting his true love of painting. His influences like in music come from American Detective Films and TV and carry a feel good narrative of a bygone era. Each painting is deftly finished they have great clarity and movement and contain a powerful dynamic with impact. \n\n\n\nFOR A FULL PDF OF THE SHOW PLEASE EMAIL \n\n\n\ninfo@benoakleygallery.comWe look forward to seeing you all on the night or throughout the show.Many thanks Ben URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/and-action-take-two/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BA-FLYER-2022.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220304T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220304T213000 DTSTAMP:20220206T154734Z CREATED:20220206T153729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220206T154734Z UID:9055-1646420400-1646429400@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:        ‘SHOULD HAVE GONE TO COLLAGE’ DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 4th March @ 7pm \n\n\n\nSHOULD HAVE GONE TO COLLAGE\n\n\n\nOur First show of 2022 is carefully layered up of 30 Artists who generously contributed to our annual \nPhing-Thing Silent auction for St Christophers’ Hospice last year raising an amazing £4\,395.00 \nWe would like to thank everyone involved. \nEach artist has produced a specific collage work for this exciting jam-packed group exhibition. \nCome along to the Opening Drinks reception on Friday March 4th From 7pm -9.30pm \nExhibition runs until 27th March 2022 in the Ben Oakley Gallery Greenwich SE10.\n\nARTISTS INCLUDE. \nChantelle D’Souza\, Adam Hogarth\,John Pedder\,Cmtr3\, Ben Oakley\, Giles Walker\, Glenn Fitzy\, Edie Baker ChristopherK \, Mark Melvin\, Sarah Harper\, Lee Ainsworth\, Gert-Yann\, Molly Oakley\, Kim Tong\, Wreckage International\, ATM\, Fret\, Jo Peel\,David Bray\, Patrick Colhoun\, Gary Mansfield\, Yvonne Wayling \, Claire Swindale \, Idlekieran\, Jaqueline de Montaigne\, Ray Richardson\, Dora Schweitzer\, Steve Wilson\, Matt Littler\, Janey Jones + URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/should-have-gone-to-collage/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-SHOULD-HAVE-GONE-TO-COLLAGE-FLYER-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211203T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211203T213000 DTSTAMP:20211129T095513Z CREATED:20211129T095508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211129T095513Z UID:9032-1638558000-1638567000@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:THE RETURN OF LONDON'S No1 RAY RICHARDSON DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 3rd December @ 7pm \n\n\n\n‘The Return Of London’s No1’ \n\n\n\nRay Richardson ( British born1964) \n\n\n\nDuring lockdown 2020 Richardson with his Return of the Southpaw training regime\, maintained keeping his eye and hand coordination painting away in his apartment dubbed ‘The Indoor League Studio’ just to try to keep a level of sanity and purpose whilst unable to visit his usual studio by the Thames. \n\n\n\nWith his trusted dog and best pal Wee Bri by his side\, the one man and his dog dynamic duo were at home alone for 12 weeks. \n\n\n\nIn that time he generously utilised ‘The Artists Pledge’\, produced a selection of cracking works for the NHS and variety of charities as well as a raft of handsome oil paintings on board that are full of tales filled with instant richness.  \n\n\n\nPainted with optimism “holding the board in one hand and swivelling them round bought a spontaneity to the work bringing us a bit of hope coming up & out into the light”. The Title of the show links on from his sell out show at the Ben Oakley Gallery ten years ago in 2012 and we welcome the artist back for round two. \n\n\n\nThese affordable unseen little gems will be on show at The Ben Oakley Gallery Opening Fri 3rd December from 7pm and will run until 19th Dec 2021 We look forward to seeing you all as we wrap up our year long schedule of excellent artist shows. And finally we would like to thank everyone who has supported us in any way over this last tough year\, we hope you all keep well and have a safe and happy Christmas. URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/the-return-of-londons-no1-ray-richardson/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/261591326_4105380039561549_4931757888826955569_n-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211112T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211112T213000 DTSTAMP:20211115T170348Z CREATED:20211102T115144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T170348Z UID:8999-1636743600-1636752600@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:'YOU IZ A MACHINE' JOHN McCARTHY DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 12th November @ 7pm \n\n\n\n“I’ve always collected vintage images. Old comics\, magazines\, posters and books\, not in a ‘stick ’em in a big bag in the loft’ kind of way\, but stored in large white boxes and placed in large white cupboards. Stanley Kubrick did the same thing (though his was a warehouse). They’re not precious\, though. I didn’t mind if they get damaged or creased up. In fact they sometimes look better if they are damaged. This lead to an idea of making paper collages of the ripped and torn images. I did quite a few small versions of these on birch panels and exhibited them. They all sold really quickly. In fact\, I don’t have any left in the studio. Not one. This lead to another idea of making paintings of the paper collages I had made. They were the same size. Sometimes you couldn’t tell which were the paper collages and which were the paintings. I liked this idea. Eventually\, I made more paper collages (digitally) and turned them into more paintings. This lead to another idea of making large paintings of the paper collages. This exhibition; YOU IZ A MACHINE\, brings together those paintings for the first time. The title of the show came from a conversation I overheard about getting things done. All artists are machines.” – John McCarthy September 2021 \n\n\n\nWe’ve all been mesmerised in previous shows @benoakleygallery by John McCarthys phenomenal photorealist paintings. You’d think that would be enough talent for one artist\, well\, we’ve managed to coax out another first as McCarthy puts a whole new collection together for the Premier Showing of his collage paintings. Inspired by his love of vintage images\, magazines\, books and old comics these large format works on canvas have big impact skilfully filling the room with bold colour and the technical expertise were used to seeing.   \n\n\n\nPlease Scan QR Code for YOU IZ A MACHINE PDF .  We look forward to seeing on the night or throughout the show.Many thanks Ben \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Virtual Exhibition is now live! URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/you-iz-a-machine-john-mccarthy/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/YOU-IZ-A-MACHINE-acrylic-on-panel-30-x-50-cm-600-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211015T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211030T180000 DTSTAMP:20211008T120037Z CREATED:20211008T114215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T120037Z UID:8977-1634324400-1635616800@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:EVEN NATURE HAS ITS PRICE DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 15th October from 7pm \n\n\n\nThis dynamic exhibition brings together two very experienced street artists\, both who have the natural world and it’s fragile existence in mind. Independently they create beautiful oversized mural exterior pieces across the World\, combining classical painting techniques with a poignant message. The Ben Oakley Gallery has drawn them in for a unique exhibition of studio pieces entitled \n\n\n\n ‘EVEN NATURE HAS ITS PRICE’. \n\n\n\nExpect a beautiful range of delicate paintings and line drawings from both artists on Canvas\, Paper and a variety of Framed Banknotes. \n\n\n\nBoth artists will be in attendance on the night and will be painting an exterior wall in Greenwich in the lead up to opening so keep em peeled. \n\n\n\nThere is a PDF available. info@benoakleygallery.com \n\n\n\nJACQUELINE DE MONTAIGNE is an Anglo-Portuguese painter\, mural and paste-up artist and is flying over for the show\, her dramatic\, nature infused figurative art can be found in international galleries and Europe’s prominent street art scene where her use of classical gilding techniques in an urban context\, has become her signature. \n\n\n\nJacquelines work is introspective and autobiographical\, where the artist uses secondary texts\, images and the visual identity of her figures to explore our true nature versus imposed beliefs and societal meanings. \n\n\n\nATM. \n\n\n\nIt was in the midst of lockdown\, all my street artwork painting on walls was cancelled. I was lying on my back\, listless as the days merged into each other without definition or routine. Jacqueline de Montaigne and I had taken part in a group show at the Ben Oakley Gallery but had never met. She proposed a two-person show after bumping into Stuart from the Inspiring City Blog who introduced my work to her whilst she was painting in Lisbon. The proposal gave me a purpose\, something to work towards\, producing small paintings on the themes of nature and its exploitation. \n\n\n\nPainting endangered birds on banknotes is a perfect metaphor for the relationship between money and environmental destruction. From the felling of ancient forests to the insidious overuse of pesticides\, herbicides and fertilizers\, making money all the way without concern for the environmental costs to land\, river and sea\, nature is under threat as never before. \n\n\n\nThe paintings on old master prints look at what we consider sacred\, and the possibilities for change in our conception of what is of most value in the world. \n\n\n\nWe are collaborating on an exterior wall in Greenwich in the week leading up to the exhibition which opens 7pm Friday 15th October 2021 @benoakleygallery \n\n\n\nPlease request a PDF if you’re interested.  We look forward to seeing on the night or throughout the show.Many thanks Ben URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/even-nature-has-its-price/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition,Private Viewing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1.-Instagram-post-BOG-6-copy-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210820T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210905T180000 DTSTAMP:20210729T142255Z CREATED:20210729T140414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T142255Z UID:8945-1629486000-1630864800@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:DAVID BRAY – ‘Adventures in Time and Space' DESCRIPTION:Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 20th August from 7pm \n\n\n\n “Painted during the recent UK lockdown\, during various stages of government restrictions\, these landscapes are a mix of ‘en-plein-air’ studies and imagined views. It became apparent while I was painting them that they were capturing moments in time\, the sun being the most consistent motif throughout.  Taking myself off into the wilds of the countryside felt like an adventure – especially for a tired\, weak old git. Like a geriatric Vasco de Gama in a Toyota Corolla. If I wasn’t able to step outside\, it was time to explore inner space. Like a suburban Timothy Leary on prescription medicine.” I’ll be there\, hope to see you all there at Ben Oakley Gallery.  David Bray\n\n\n\nFor those unable to visit the Gallery in person there will also be a Virtual Exhibition available here from 20th August URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/david-bray-adventures-in-time-and-space/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_4854.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210709T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210724T180000 DTSTAMP:20210705T082720Z CREATED:20210705T082452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210705T082720Z UID:8935-1625857200-1627149600@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:ROBERT SAMPLE – ‘DISCONNECTIONISM' DESCRIPTION:Preview Drinks Reception 9th July @ 7pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition runs until 24th July 2021. \n\n\n\nAs we ease one genius along\, a space becomes available for another. From graphic bold Prints by John Pedder to Abstract Oil Portraiture from our list of Gallery Favourites Robert Sample takes over Ben Oakley Gallery on Friday 7th July from 7pm the artist will be in attendance. We just love the depth of Samples world and invite you to check out this brand new show on paper and board. \n\n\n\nRobert Sample’s paintings explore a world that has strong visual references to earlier masters and styles\, yet is very rooted in the present\, combining dynamic elements from abstract painting and contrasting traditional techniques customary with historic painting.  \n\n\n\nThe protagonists in Robert’s paintings avert their gaze from the viewer\, they seem forlorn and overwhelmed by the existential world\, some look skyward in search of redemption and clarity. You could be forgiven for thinking this work deals with particular groups of individuals\, but no\, these are pictures of everyone of us stripped back to reveal our common vulnerabilities. Sample describes the images as depicting the “weightless mire” that we all endure as a key part of the human condition. They reflect back at us the times when we all feel rootless\, unanchored and dissociated. \n\n\n\nSample manipulates paint combining the impression of three dimentional form with large\, gestural brushwork that tips its hat toward abstract expressionism. Paint is added and removed\, layered and edited\, these abstract backdrops are proud not to represent anything but itself\, an exploration of mark making. \n\n\n\nWe are looking forward to seeing everyone back in the Ben Oakley Gallery. URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/robert-sample-disconnectionism/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BEN-OAKLEY-6-Poster-6-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200821T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200821T220000 DTSTAMP:20200729T065347Z CREATED:20200729T065230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T065347Z UID:7187-1598036400-1598047200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:DAVID BRAY SOLO SHOW DRINKS RECEPTION DESCRIPTION:Ben Oakley Gallery launches a new solo exhibition from David Bray ‘GONE TO EARTH’ \n\n\n\nOnline from 1st – 30th August (Virtual Gallery Experience) \n\n\n\nJoin us in the Gallery with a drinks reception on Friday 21st August from 7pm. The Artist will be in attendance. Exhibition continues until 30th August. \n\n\n\nWorking in Acrylic David Bray paints like a modern-day master. Inspiration comes right on his own doorstep living in Kent\, the Garden of England. His palette choice\, depth and softness of brush strokes draw you effortlessly into each landscape with a familiarity and comfort. This is the Ben Oakley Gallery’s fourth show with David Bray using this genre his work gets stronger and more impressive with every show.   \n\n\n\n‘Gone To Earth’ opens online at our Virtual Gallery from the 1st August; Let us know what you think. (Visit benoakleygallery.com & click on  ‘Gone To Earth’ scroll down & enter exhibition). Then on Friday 21st August from 7pm we invite you to visit the show in 3D at the Gallery in Greenwich for a drinks reception.   \n\n\n\nThe Gallery will still be observing the social distancing protocol and has PPE for everyone\, if you forget. \n\n\n\nThe artist will be in attendance so come along and support please. We hope you enjoy the work as much as we do. Get in touch if you would like to purchase any pieces. We do 0% to make things easier.   \n\n\n\nMany thanks\, Ben  \n\n\n\nThe Virtual Gallery Experience will be available here on Saturday 1st August \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStay Safe  & Love the NHS   \n\n\n\nThanks as usual for your continued support. URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/david-bray-solo-show-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Group Exhibition,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition,Virtual Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ben-Oakley-Gallery-David-Bray-Gone-to-Earth-Exhibition.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191108T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191108T220000 DTSTAMP:20191026T163426Z CREATED:20190121T004627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191026T163426Z UID:6831-1573239600-1573250400@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:DAVID BRAY | MARK MELVIN - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION:COUNTY LINES \n\n\n\n\n\nOPENING NIGHT DRINKS RECEPTION \n\n\n\nThe Ben Oakley Gallery has worked closely with both artists over its illustrious 10 years situated in Greenwich London SE10. \n\n\n\nDavid Bray has gone through a total art transformation from producing exquisite fine art Illustrations to his current delivery of abstract landscapes. Since moving to the Garden of England only a few years ago he has produced a fantastic body of accomplished landscape paintings\, as though he’s been painting all his life. The depth\, movement and mood that Bray manages to layer into his Turner esq vignettes are nothing short of breath taking.  \n\n\n\nMark Melvin has always loved the world of art\, including the old Masters and Renaissance painters but was propelled in the contemporary art world after watching a film of one of our most established Artists Ray Richardson on BBC2 many years ago. It was then Melvin had his epiphany and enough inspiration from that alone to begin a career in the art world. After teaching himself Melvin began to create paintings in oil of exactly what was disappearing right in front of him\, London\, Architecture especially Brutalism\, including the graffiti covered hoardings and barriers as London got gentrified. His love of Brutalist architecture has had Melvin running all over town for the last ten years to find remaining interesting buildings\, sketching initially then taking them into the studio to complete each painting. URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/county-lines/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ben-Oakley-Gallery-County-Lines.png ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191011T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191011T220000 DTSTAMP:20191026T163828Z CREATED:20190121T004426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191026T163828Z UID:4608-1570820400-1570831200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:RAY RICHARDSON | MARK HAMPSON - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION:“Two Man Show – Don’t miss it!” \n\n\n\nBROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOPENING NIGHT DRINKS RECEPTION \n\n\n\nHaving exhibited together over 20 years ago in Tokyo\, old friends Ray Richardson & Mark Hampson have been bought back together in a two man show entitled ‘Brother from another Mother’ to be held at the Ben Oakley Gallery in Greenwich on Friday 11th October 2019. \n\n\n\nThough their lives have been at the opposite ends of the country they have kept more than in touch\, keeping a keen eye on each other’s careers as they both carved out very respectable grooves in the art world.  \n\n\n\nMark Hampson hails from the North: is a painter printmaker and the Head of Material Processes in the Royal Academy\, he combines fantastical subjects with both contemporary and traditional techniques to create intricate pieces of work.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHampson\, is represented in numerous private and public collections including the V&A Museum\, The Arts Council of Great Britain\, Hyundai Arts Collection\, the Metropolitan Museum in New York\, Krakow Museum and the Osaka Prefectural Government collection. \n\n\n\nRay Richardson hails from the South; he has immersed himself in Oil painting & Print making over the last two decades and has created a very recognisable style. He has been included in public exhibitions such as REALITY: Modern & Contemporary British Painting\, his work is in the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum. His paintings are effortlessly assembled together\, made up of a lifetime of gritty observation and experience from pavement to penthouse with his feet firmly on the ground.  \n\n\n\n\n\n“It’s as if you can hear the music playing soulfully in the background of these self made arenas. This in turn adds to the layers of atmosphere in the paintings helping set the scene\, leaving one imagining what preceded this frame and what is going to happen in the next” \n\n\n\nBen Oakley Gallery are extremely proud to show both artists in one show and are really looking forward to Brother from another Mother and hope you can make it on the opening night or throughout the exhibition. URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/ray-richardson-mark-hampson/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/brother-from-another-mother-copy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190906T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190906T220000 DTSTAMP:20190828T112733Z CREATED:20190121T002929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T112733Z UID:4597-1567796400-1567807200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:SWELER - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION:EXCLUSIVE UK SOLO SHOW \n\n\n\nLEGIONS PLAYGROUND \n\n\n\n\n\nOPENING NIGHT DRINKS RECEPTION \n\n\n\nSWELER is an Australian artist based in Melbourne. In his youth he was influenced by and involved in the Street Graffiti scene. From that he exhibited in a number of group shows in Melbourne.  After moving to London in 2001 he spent ten years developing his style and working as a freelance artist.  \n\n\n\nSelling works in London and Europe mainly on commissions and by word of mouth. Having a small break from painting Sweler moved back to Melbourne where he is again developing his craft. Today he is working on small paintings\, juggling between three different approaches. Unrefined characters\, small birds on timber\, and birds on patterned landscapes. Currently his medium of choice is acrylic and spray paint on canvas. URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/sweler-exhibition/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Solo Exhibition,UK Exclusive ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Against-the-Flow.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190705T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190705T220000 DTSTAMP:20190603T200502Z CREATED:20190121T005829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T200502Z UID:4623-1562353200-1562364000@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:KIM TONG - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/kim-tong-opening-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BEN-OAKLEY-GALLERY-KIM-TONG-WISE-OR-WHEREFORES-72.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190614T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190614T220000 DTSTAMP:20190810T142507Z CREATED:20190121T005714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190810T142507Z UID:4621-1560538800-1560549600@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:RAFFAELLA BERTONI | LEWIS BANNISTER - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/raffaella-bertolini-lewis-bannister-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Joint Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BEN-OAKLEY-GALLERY-Raffaella-Bertolini-Lewis-Bannister-MORE-THAN-THE-FACE.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190510T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190510T220000 DTSTAMP:20190810T140709Z CREATED:20190121T005451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190810T140709Z UID:4619-1557514800-1557525600@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:TYLER KENNEDY STENT - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/tyler-kennedy-stent-opening-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/B775848B-F9DA-47C1-A982-1981350A82F0.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190412T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190412T220000 DTSTAMP:20190810T140819Z CREATED:20190121T005342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190810T140819Z UID:4617-1555095600-1555106400@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:ROBERT SAMPLE - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/robert-sample-opening-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ben-Oakley-Gallery-Robert-Sample-Exhibition-March-2019.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190308T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190308T213000 DTSTAMP:20190810T140708Z CREATED:20190121T005211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190810T140708Z UID:4615-1552071600-1552080600@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:BAEL - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/bael-opening-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Private Viewing,Solo Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ben-Oakley-Gallery-Bael-Ink-Exhibition.png ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190118T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190118T210000 DTSTAMP:20190810T140712Z CREATED:20190120T223044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190810T140712Z UID:4583-1547834400-1547845200@www.benoakleygallery.com SUMMARY:HYPOCRISY - Opening Night Drinks Reception DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.benoakleygallery.com/exhibition/hypocrisy-opening-drinks-reception/ LOCATION:Ben Oakley Gallery\, Ben Oakley Gallery\, 9 Turnpin Lane\, Greenwich Market\, London\, SE10 9JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Drinks Reception,Group Exhibition,Private Viewing ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Oakley":MAILTO:info@benoakleygallery.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR