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A brief glimpse of Karl England’s one day solo show at Studio 1.1

Followed by a great night in the Owl & the Pussycat

It was a busy evening at the pv of ‘Luna Park’ last night at The Lion & Lamb gallery in Hoxton.

The show curated by and exhibiting the work of Jake Clark along with paintings by Rosalind Davis, Jeffrey Dennis, Robin Dixon and Gunther Herbst is a well organized, tightly packed display of gems – it’s been a long time since i’ve seen a painting group show that hangs so well together, allowing each artist to claim their own individual attention whilst contributing to the whole. This is a good show – go and see it now.

The exhibition runs until 25 August 2012.

Also congratulations to Peter Jones on coming up with the idea of a proper gallery inside a working pubs bar – it was so popular I didn’t get to see all the work until 10.15pm, and the pv lasted long after closing time.

This morning we treated ourselves t0 a cooked breakfast in the serpentine bar & kitchen – we thought we’d earnt it.

After our complete blow-out we decided to take the scenic route to work, walking beside the sun-reflecting water we were struck by the massive grandstand that has emerged on the other side.

Not being great sport viewers we haven’t been looking forward to the London games – but seeing the structures rising around us and the remodelling of London over the past five years (all of which has been instigated by the forthcoming events) it’s impossible not to be impressed and maybe a bit proud of the changes to our capital – now with the confident air of a trendy, truly cosmopolitan, European city – London is surely the best place to be!

here’s a short video taken on our pv night for this years open studios

On the eve of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Chelsea Arts Club stage a procession of ‘Queens’ on their way to their Annual Summer Ball – we stopped to photograph and video the spectacle