Abingdon Studios Archives - Blackpool Social Club

09 Dec

Something for the weekend? 11/12 December 2021

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsGuideAbingdon Studios, Art, contemporary art, Exhibition, Lytham, what's on

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a some top picks from the cultural happenings taking place on the Fylde Coast on 11 & 12 December. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Present Absence [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="34219" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] Exhibition runs until 20 Jan 2022.Open Thu-Sat, 11-4pm.Except between 17 Dec - 7th Jan.Free entry It's not often that you get contemporary painting shows on your doorstep, but Abingdon Studios has come up trumps with this new exhibition from Parham Ghalamdar. Curated by Garth Gratrix, this show exhibits works across the Project Space and Window Gallery, located on Abingdon St right in the heart…

18 Jun

Soft Hands on Mossy Rocks – Kerry Tenbey & Ellie Barrett

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsAbingdon Studios, Art

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Abingdon Studios is elevated above the town in an old accountant's office above Abingdon Street Market - hosting a plethora of creative happenings. Blackpool Social Club finds out more about a recent collaborative exhibition and what soft hands-on mossy rocks really means. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Tell us a little about you and your collaboration: (K) My name is Kerry Tenbey, an artist and curator originally from Blackpool, now living in Lancaster. (E) ...and I’m Ellie Barrett, an artist, curator and lecturer also living in Lancaster. (K) Our collaboration began back in January 2019 when Ellie was part of a group show at…

14 Jun

ROCKIFIED at Abingdon Studios

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsAbingdon Studios, Art, contemporary art, Exhibition, gallery

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool's Abingdon Studios (ABS) hosts an international collaboration with links very close to home. The upcoming exhibition ROCKIFIED is the culmination of a 9 month residency at ABS for Brazilian artist Gustavo Ferro who has collaborated with London-based visual artist Sam Meredith. Gustavo’s recent work comes from an investigation into artificial landscapes built with pulhamite, a material that resembles natural rock created by Pulham & Son and used to ‘rockify’ the cliffs in the North Shore of Blackpool in 1923. He says, "Recently I’ve been researching man-made objects and materials used to create artificial landscapes such as rock gardens."…

09 May

Elbows at Dawn – a new exhibition at Abingdon Studios

Laura Green0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsAbingdon Studios, Art, artist, Blackpool, Exhibition, photography

M I L K are pleased to present Elbows at Dawn, a two-person exhibition by multi-discipline artists Matt Antoniak and Matt Wilkinson. Elbows at Dawn will feature new work from both artists made specially for the exhibition. Working across painting, photography and video, both artists bring a forensic eye to overlooked objects and situations within daily life. This interest in the trivial imbues the works with surrealist tendencies and a quiet politicism. Matt Antoniak (b. 1991). Recent exhibitions include: Les Boîtes, Suede Gallery, Edinburgh; The Bunt, Ginny Projects, London; People See Nothing, Division of Labour, London; East Midlands Today, curated by ebc, Two…