French and Estonian artists Anne Brégeaut and Marko Maëtamm. Being simultaneously autobiographical and fictional, the works exhibited embody, with humour and auto-derision, authentic odes to life alongside acidic complaints about the difficult relationship between oneself and the other. Throughout these worlds of disconcerting sincerity, the spectator becomes a privilegied viewer to the intimate worries and emotional tragedies experienced by the two artists. The apparent naïvety in Brégeaut and Maëtamm’s works stems from an orchastrated play created to overcome certain fears; almost {...}

The Dolls’ Day films, constructions, drawings 8 - 31 January 2009 THE DOLLS’ DAY is the day when we become the instruments of our memories. THE DOLLS’ DAY leads to the transformation of the bodies flesh and blood into puppets. The ‘mise en scene’ of the characters into constructions or using her own blood to create drawings from the film’s characters became an evidence. It was about reversing the film process. Alice Anderson gazes into the tale mirror to question her past and {...}

EXHIBITION 10-31 DECEMBER 2008 Alessandra Travagliati Animal charm is the focus of the exhibition, one-off lamps light up the show and mixed media artworks are displayed in a festive installation. SUBWAY GALLERY open monday to saturday 11am - 7pm Kiosk 1 Pedestrian Subway Edgware Rd / Harrow Rd London W2 1DX www.subwaygallery.com

17 October-28 November 2008 Private View Thursday 16 October 2008 The Economist Plaza 25 St. James’s Street London SW1A 1HG An improbably high stack of chairs with no visible means of support, ‘Chairway to Heaven’ has been specially created for the Economist Plaza. The work references minimalist sculpture, Pop Art and especially Brancusi’s ‘Endless Column’; a 29m high cast-iron monument representing the mythical point of connection between heaven and earth. (more…)

Tonight 14.10.2008 for the private view of Sam Dargan’s exhibition, Burth of a Nayshun from 6.30 onwards. rokebygallery.com