Upcoming events: radical craft and mechanical abstraction

Radical Craft: Alternative Ways of Making
Craftspace’s touring exhibition features craft pieces by historical and contemporary artists who face barriers to the art world, whether through being self-taught or through disability, health and other social reasons. This expanded view of outsider art explores the conventions around creativity and some of the artists who break these bounds.
25 June – 29 August 2016, Oriel Davies Gallery, The Park, Newtown, Powys.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/radical-craft-alternative-ways-of-making

Mechanical Abstract
This exhibition is focussed on the medium of painting by mechanical means. Whether it be the techniques used to create exact lines or the use of materials more usually associated with construction and industry, the pieces by Lothar Götz, Jonathan Parsons, DJ Simpson and Neil Zakiewicz evoke the architectonics of the manmade.
Until 25 June 2016, Turps Gallery, Unit 11a, Taplow House, Thurlow Street, London SE17.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/mechanical-abstract

I Came Here Because…
Kenji Lim is walking to Tate Modern from his home village in East Herefordshire. Passing through all the places in the UK where he has ever lived, this ten-day journey will culminate in a performance on London’s South Bank. For the performance outside the Turnbine Hall, he invites people to join him in completing the phrase “I came here because…”
Friday 24 June 2016, 5pm, outside Tate Modern Turbine Hall entrance, London.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/i-came-here-because

Transitions Out of Fine Art Education
Q-Art and Glasgow School of Art are organising this sector-wide event, bringing together art students, lecturers and arts professionals from across Scotland to discuss the role of art education in today’s political climate and consider ways that artists can be prepared for and supported following graduation.
25 June 2016, 10am, Glasgow School of Art, Reid Auditorium, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/transitions-out-of-fine-art-education

Europa
Transition Gallery’s ShopSpace becomes a hub of alternative memorabilia and small-scale artworks as artists take on the concept of Europe. Often playful, the works vary in ambiguity and message about the European Union, conveying questions, emotions, criticisms, ideals and perspectives in the lead up to the EU referendum on Thursday 23 June.
Until 25 June 2016, Transition Gallery, unit 25a, Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London E8.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/europa

All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members.

Images
1. Erkki Pekkarinen, Artist Wearing Woven Birch Bark Suit, Veli Granö
2. Kenji Lim, I Came Here Because
3. Tisna Westerhof, No Human is Illegal

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