A crop of talented emerging artists are being spotlighted in the New Contemporaries exhibition, opening soon at London’s Camden Art Centre. Jury panel members and fellow artists Helen Cammock, Sunil Gupta and Heather Phillipson have handpicked 55 creatives from art schools and learning programmes around the UK for the exhibition which unites a diverse mix of medias and themes.
‘New Contemporaries’: tomorrow’s art sensations
The annual show has been offering an insight into the emerging contemporary art scene since 1949, and previous participants have included Chantal Joffe, George Shaw and Conrad Shawcross. Work featured in this year’s exhibition encompasses textiles, moving images, performance and traditional oil paintings, with pieces by the likes of Zimbabwean interdisciplinary artist Zayd Menk, Portuguese artist Sam (Ayrton Mendes), Chilean figurative artist Jil Mandeng and London-based painter Jeremy Scott. As the cost of living, studios and further education all continue to rise, this show, alongside New Contemporaries’ mentoring, studio bursary and residency programme, offers an invaluable opportunity to support artists with the aim to make their practices sustainable in the long-term.
practices sustainable in the long-term. ‘Fifty years since our initial collaboration [with Camden Art Centre] marks a great history of championing artists for both organisations,’ says Kiera Blakey, director of New Contemporaries. ‘The cultural landscape has changed enormously in that time, and we know our platform is more vital than ever. We look forward to connecting the urgent voices of emerging artists today with new audiences in London.’
‘New Contemporaries’ is on show from 19 January-7 April at Camden Art Centre
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