Archive
Contents
Timlines, venues.
A Modest Show (appendix)
1-40 Exhibitions
Art Fair chronology
Selected press
Division of Labour
17-19 Herald Street, Bethnal Green -
2016-2020
Timeline
Division of Labour, 17-19 Herald Street, Bethnal Green
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2016-2020
Division of Labour, Unit 30 East Philip St, Salford
- 2018-2025
Division of Labour, University of Worcester
- 2018-2025
Division of Labour was established in August 2016 opening it’s London gallery with the inagural show; Looking at People Looking at Art, curated by Mark Essen.
-2016
Our first Artist-led curated show was in 2013 entitled Homage to January in reference to January 8-31 1969 by Seth Seiglaub which took place in the basement store of Worcester Museum & Art Gallery-2013
A Modest Show Appendix
TO THE SOUTH THERE IS A GREAT LAND
Dominic Allan.Curated by Andrew Hunt
Division of Labour, Salford June 2022
LOOKING AT PEOPLE LOOKING AT ART IN THE GALLERY FROM THE STUDIO
Kieran Leach
Division of Labour,Salford MAy 2022
MAKING OF A SAUSAGE
Andee Collard
Division of Labour, Salford, May 2022
SUPERPOSITION
Robin Broadley, Luke Routledge
SEESAW studio
Manchester,May 2022
1- 40 Exhibitions
40. BACK CATALOGUE (online during pandemic)
39. HEAVY DUTY PAPER (online during pandemic)
38. AN ART FAIR
(online and in IRL Madrid)
37. MICROPLASTICS RAIN DOWN FROM THE SKY
Edward Clydedale Thomson, Hilary Jack, Mark S Gubb
Worcester, 2020
36. BUFFER ZONES
35. UPRISING
Sally Payen
34. SOWING NOW TOURING THEN
Yelena Popova
33. A SOFT DISPLAY
Salford
32. A SOFT DISPLAY
Worcester
31. ELECTION SPECIAL
Peter Kennard, The Artist Taxi Driver
Worcester
30. LOOKING AT PEOPLE LOOKING AT THEMSELVES LOOKING AT ART
Hilary Jack
Worcester 12 October 2018, off-site;
Worcester in partnership with The Art House / University of Worcester
29. APPAREL (new space inaugural show)
Céline Berger, Andrew Gillespie, Ada Van Hoorebeke, Jeremy Hutchison, Jasleen Kaur, Andrew Lacon
Leeds Weirdo Club, Andrew Mania and Fay Nicolson,
27th July - 18th October 2018
Division of Labour, Salford
SALFORD, WORCESTER LONDON
28. 2018 JEZZA The Movie
(Part I)
Mark McGowan, The Artist Taxi Driver
8th March - 5th April 2018, Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
27. 2018 HRENOVUHA
(Horseradish Vodka)
Yelena Popova
2nd February- 2nd March 2018, Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
26. MIGRANT Press (Revisited)
Sonia Boyce, S Mark Gubb and David Blackmore
Curated by Emalee Beddoes. Research from Michael Hampton
2nd November- 2nd December 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
25. 2017 EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION
LEARN LEARN LEARN
Simon & Tom Bloor, Matthew Cornford, Fay Nicolson and Hassan Sharif
2nd October - 1st November 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
24. 2017 MIGRANT Press (Revisited)
Sonia Boyce, S Mark Gubb and David Blackmore
Curated by Emalee Beddoes. Research from Michael Hampton
12th -26th October (Worcester)
23. 2017 Concentric Zone Theory
Adam Chodzko, Simon Linington, Dominic From Luton, Emma Smith and Barry Sykes, moderated by Lynda Morris
17th September -10th October 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
>info: Concentric Zone Theory; five artists from the Home Counties. On Sunday 17th September a conversation will take place. On Sunday 5th October the first bi-monthly Newsletter from Division of Labour will be released.
Artists were asked to bring a chair from their studio or home to the gallery, sit and discuss working outside London. The conversation has been recorded, edited and printed in Division of Labour's first bi-monthly newsletter, with guest editor Lynda Morris who proclaims: POST-LONDON!
Lynda Morris will moderate a discussion from her provocation; ‘Post-London!’ Artists include Emma Smith whose work is often site specific, investigating local historic behaviours in relation to the present, considering how we might all relate to any place, any time through transitory modes of belonging and practices of place being. Barry Sykes representing his project for 'Radical Essex' where Sykes explores an amateur history of social nudity in modern Essex between 1896 and 2017. Dominic Allan aka 'Dominic from Luton' who has published the eponymous titled monograph of works made largely in Luton. Simon Linington will reflect upon personal and social histories of place with work based out of Isle of Wight and Adam Chodzko whose work over 20 years has often focussed on communities and networks outside the capital at the edge, both geographically and culturally.
22. Woah
Grace Denton, James Hindle, Anna Reading and Joe Shaw
Presented by M I L K Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
4th -19th August 2017 / Preview: 3rd August 6-9pm
>info: Woah takes, as a starting point, the concept of ‘suddenness’ in the work of Roman Signer. The exhibition turns this immediacy on its head, focussing instead on the inconclusive; the anticlimax, and the comedown that follows. The artists in the show have been selected for their work concerning both tension, and the state of limbo that arises when the pressure of the event or the emotion loops, never reaching a satisfactory conclusion.
21. PEOPLE SEE NOTHING
Matt Antoniak, Max Lee and Sophie Lee
Presented by M I L K, Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
4th -19th August 2017
>info: People See Nothing is the first of two shows at Division of Labour curated by M I L K. People See Nothing, a group exhibition showing the work of Matt Antoniak, Max Lee and Sophie Lee, considers the idea of the the forgotten, the cast-off and of waste.
M I L K are an artists’ collective based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Formed in 2015, M I L K offer a platform for emerging and early-career artists to showcase work, and have curated exhibitions nationally. For more information or images please contact: mmmilkcollective@gmail.com
20. ART NIGHT Associate Programme
FISH RUBBING & Monument to a Fishmonger
Sam Curtis and Eleanor Morgan
1st July 2017 6pm until midnight Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
>info: Sam Curtis and Eleanor Morgan, two artists with a shared interest in fish invite you to a night of Fish rubbing. Fish rubbing or 'Gyotaku' is a printing technique invented by Japanese fishermen to record the size of their catch. By inking the fish and printing it onto fine Japanese paper, the intricate markings and texture of the fish can be captured forever. The artists use edible squid ink to create prints, meaning that you can both print your fish and eat it. Art Night will also mark the opening of the Division of Labour Print Department; a series of print workshops and works invited artist groups and artists throughout the month of July. more details throughout June.
19. The Print Dept.
Luke Burton, Chudamani Clowes, Nicole Coson, Sam Curtis, Jeremy Hutchison, Kristian Kragelund, Eleanor Morgan, Yelena Popova, Gavin Wade and Stuart Whipps.
1st - 27th July 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
>info: Prints include non-prints, lino-cuts from the home of Linoleum, etchings of black footballers on Elephant paper, squid inked fish monoprints, and screen-prints made by channelling the ghost of Sir Christopher Wren. Workshops include rubbing fish, monoprinting and collograph with Nicole Coson and Nat Pitt. Books and both unique and limited editioned prints available.
18. LOOKING AT ART LOOKING AT PEOPLE
David Burrows, Jemma Egan, Luke McCreadie and Yelena Popova.
(see Looking at People Looking at Art)
OFF-SITE - Modern Clay, Unit 17 Minerva Works, Fazley Street, Digbeth, BIRMINGHAM. B5 5RT (6-8pm) info@modernclay.org
7th July 2017
17. FUTURES
Céline Berger
4th - 25th May 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
>info:
In her first Solo exhibition in London, Céline Berger will present new works including a special preview of her new film; BALLADE, video work, HD, Stereo, 23min
(preview / work in progress)
A barren landscape, the wind blows. Three protagonists hike across the plateau, in conversation with one another. They recount specific issues from their professional lives as Project Leader, Personnel Officer, and Managing Director. Banal words of regret and apprehension, trivial dreams of a better future, which, displaced in an arid landscape, resonate in a peculiar way. With a script based on coaching dialogues recorded in various business schools, BALLADE questions the rhetoric and narrative strategies of business coaching.
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16. FUGAZI Andrew Lacon and Jasleen Kaur
16th April 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
>info: Fugazi, for the first time, brings together the artists Jasleen Kaur and Andrew Lacon who both explore personal biographical responses to objects both natural / ‘real’ and not.
15. EVERYTHING CAN BE BROKEN
Simon Linnington
12th January 2017 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
14. YOUR FACE HAS NO FUNCTION FOR ME
(part II) November 2016
David Blamey, Céline Berger, Matthew Cornford, Chto Delat, Mark Essen, Joe Fletcher Orr, John Kilduff, Saulius Leonavičius, Mark McGowan, Flore Nove-Josserand,Yelena Popova, David Rickard, Gavin Wade. 18 November 2016 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
>info: YFHNFFM is the second of three exhibitions. This exhibition expands upon the negation of invisible art in the previous exhibition; AFTER (part I). YFHNFFM presents a nuanced account of current relationships between art and politics. Agitational works include film, installation and performance which question austerity, agency, representation after the critique of representation, violence and symbolic violence, the collective author, art and use-value, art and ethics, art and the crisis of democracy, art and labour.*
13. A F T E R - Robert Barry, Céline Berger, Cornford & Cross, Brian O'Doherty, Andrew Gillespie, Ned James, Andrew Lacon, Joanne Masding, Flore Nove-Josserand, Joe Fletcher Orr, Yelena Popova, Gavin Wade. 12 October 2016
12. #DoLdoesIMT
Andrew Gillespie, Andrew Lacon and Joanne Masding, off-site IMT Gallery, Cambridge Rd, London
12 August 2016
11. August Looking at People Looking at Art, curated by Mark Essen
Andrei Costache, Andrew Gillespie, Andrew Mealor, Andy Holden, Bedwyr Williams, Charlie Duck, Charlotte Salt, Chudamani Clowes, Coco Crampton, Josephine Flynn, Kate Owens, Katrin Hanusch, Laurence Owen, Leah Carless , Matthew Peers, Niamh Riordan, Oscar Gaynor, Phil Root, Rachel Haines, Robert Rush, Zadie Xa
August 2016 Division of Labour, Bethnal Green, London
DIVISION OF LABOUR opens 2016
previous curated projects :
10. Unseen Art Fair with Belfast Exchange- Stuart Whipps, Andrew Lacon September 2015
9. Division of Labour at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery September 2015
8. Reliable artists and Hermits, David Blamey, Barry Sykes, Knightbridge Studios London
7. Cryopresivation, Need Flowers Tomorrow, group show - Sam Curtis and guests -
6. Fragments at Edel Assanti basement gallery / Andrew Lacon May 2015
5. Curated: Plane Materials Oct 2024, Brighton University
4. Curated: Demand & Supply, Jeremy Hutchison 2013, Liste
3. Curated: Objectless Expansion, Jeremy Hutchison, Sept 2013 at Worcester Art Gallery
2. Worcester Photo Exhibition with W-CA
1. Curated: Homage to January at Worcester Art Gallery
Art Fairs : Italy / Lithuania / USA / Austria / Switzerland / Denmark / England
Date
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Art Fair
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
Minor Attractions, London, United Kingdom
Art Antwerp, Belgium
Art Brussels, Belgium with TJ Boulting
An Art Fair - online / IRL Madrid
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
Artissima, Turin, Italy
Artissima, Turin, Italy with Cinnomen Gallery
Dallas Art Fair, USA with TJ Boulting
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
Art Brussels, Belgium with Copperfield
Dallas Art Fair, USA with Copperfield
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
Art Brussels, Belgium with Copperfield
The Manchester Contemporary
Code
Art Brussels, Belgium with Copperfield
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Manchester Contemporary
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
Liste08, Basel, Switzerland
With the Gallery Programme, De Appel
Artists
Pallet Show
Rosie McGinn
Céline Berger, Edward Clydesdale Thomson, Priscila Fernandes
Angelina May Davis
Andrew Lacon, Yelena Popova,
Jeremy Hutchison, Cornford & Cross,
Hilary Jack, Saulius Leonivicius, Sam Curtis,
Tony Squance, Gavin Wade
Edward Clydesdale Thomson, Mark S Gubb
John Robinson
Priscila Fernades
Céline Berger, Priscila Fernandes, Harry Meadley
Andrew Lacon
Priscila Fernades, Sam Curtis
Yelena Popova, Jeremy Hutchison, Sonia Boyce
Yelena Popova, Andrew Mania, Céline Berger
Yelena Popova
Jasleen Kaur, Sam Curtis, Jeremy Hutchison
Ned James, Andrew Lacon
Simon & Tom Bloor, Matthew Cornford, Faye Nicolson
Cornford & Cross
Gavin Wade / Henk Peters & ZERO movement
Yelena Popova
Céline Berger
Jeremy Hutchison
Selected Press
2013 - Art Monthly issue 370 - EST. 1690 - Read All About It by Michael Hampton PDF
2015 - Mousse - Crossing Borders” at Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora, Venice
https://www.moussemagazine.it/magazine/personal-structures-crossing-borders-palazzo-bembo-palazzo-mora-2015/
2015 - FAD Magazine Jeremy Hutchison By Mark Westall - https://fadmagazine.com/2015/01/21/jeremy-hutchison-wins-inaugural-art-projects-artist-award-at-london-art-fair-2015/
2016 - This is tomorrow - Tim Dixon - http://thisistomorrow.info/articles/looking-at-people-looking-at-art
2016 - NY Times ‘Brussels Art Week - Scott Reyburn - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/arts/design/brussels-art-weekexpands-at-a-tricky-time.html
2017 Elephant Magazine Issue 33 : page 31 Sonia Boyce, Division of Labour PDF
2020 - Kunst & Media, HetParool, Rotterdam -pg 17 Rivers Crib
2020 Corridor8 - Fayre Share Fayre, Whitworth South Gallery, Manchester
by Michael D'Este - https://corridor8.co.uk/article/fayre-share-fayre/
2023 - Imagine What We Can Do Tomorrow review by Harpreet Kaur, The Fourdrinier
https://www.thefourdrinier.com/imagine-what-we-can-do-tomorrow-at-division-of-labour-gallery-salford
2023 - “At Art Brussels 2023, Emerging Artists and Rediscovered Masters Shine
- Wilson Tarbox - https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-art-brussels-2023-emerging-artists-rediscovered-masters-shine