*PRESS RELEASE*

TATE THE BISCUIT Thurs 3rd-6th December 2009

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL, LONDON PRIVATE VIEW 

 THURSDAY 3RD DECEMBER 6-9PM 2009

Curated by Helen Edwards and Infinity Bunce in conjunction with East End Arts Club

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion - an Ethiopian Proverb.

http://www.eastendartsclub.co.uk/TateTheBiscuitContactSheet.pdf

Well Tate the Biscuit, has the making of a roaring success. This exhibition is displaying a huge collection of street artists, conceptual artists, installation artists, painters, graphic illustrators and photographers, who all come together under the roof of Shoreditch Town Hall to create interpretations of proverbs and phrases. The juxtaposed artwork covers more than 15,000 sq feet, where viewers can meander into room after another of art. Even the walls breathe an essence of their own creative making. One minute you are in a room full of glowing polystyrene pods the aliens have landed in Shoreditch! Next you could skip to divert into a room full of installation petals. Then breathe next to an Abstract painting propped up with shades of black. Or take yourself to a splash of colour to view a huge selection of street and urban art, and then ponder at the life size sculpture of a seven year old boy made with green fiberglass. Poking from the corner of one of the rooms you can see a strange doll with many arms. Turn a corner and you can see paintings of dripped images of famous celebrities, whereas other painters in the show have used abstract colours on MDF, there is even a painting of a send up of the Tate Modern itself East End style! Whoops! We missed a painted image of a monkey lounging on a sofa. In this show there is a huge display of a contemporary urban painting range which show chases the best of what is present today. You can also view a huge selection of prints such as a Panda in a bar, a Muslim bride, from the banal and everyday to high fashion. This show is an extraordinary roundabout which has many roads that lead you into an Aesthetic Urban Vision, the journey can't be missed!

ARTISTS Rugman, The Krah ,David Bray, Snub, Schoony, Asboluv ,Tinsel Edwards, Twinkle Troughton , Ben Allen, Patrick Hughes, Infinity Bunce, Lorraine Clarke, Mark Fraser- Betts, Edd Pearman , Jane Grosvenor, Espira, Up The Arts- Kerry Roper, John Doe, Craww, Tate Sisters, Stuart-Koenig Roach, The Kuntists, Grafik Warfare Emporium, Swifty, Martin Grover, Dr D, Mark Perronet, Kate Pritchard, Tamara Dubnyckyj, Dan Kitchener, Eyesaw Pilot, Wayne Chisnall, Patrick Hughes, Martin Kingdom , Richard Stone, Katherine Lubar, Russell Chater , Chris Koning, Tom Wilmott , Nathan Eastwood, Bob London, Ting Ting Cheng, Danilo Murru, Arina Orlova, , James Tebbutt , Blair Zaye, Augustine Coll, Paul Hill, Constance Slaughter, Annabel Tilley, David Gomez Maestre, Amyhyejung Shin, Fabio Lattanzi Antinori, Shona Davies, David Monaghan, Kevin Green , Andrew Salgado, Jess Wilson, Jboy, Anja Jane, Rachel Eardley,Lara Hardwood ,Helen Lang, ARTHOUSE, Daniel Locke,Liz Toole,Anthony Peters, Phil Sheffield, James Brown, Trent Sidharrta, World of Moose, Jennifer Camilleri, Helen Musselwhite, Martin Grover , Angie Crowe, Piers Secunda, Chad Macfalene, Amy Wicks, Natalie Taylor, Phillip Osbourne, Michael Vanderson, Anja Jane, Peter Sylveire, Jboy, Elod Beregszazi, Andrew Johnson, Hannah Marie Luxton, Michael Cranston, Mychael Barratt, Lou Trigg, Suzy Taylor, Robin Clare, Ros Shiers, Gavin Edwards, Karen Lockhart......

Performative drawings of the audience  Jason Atomic on private view night 6-9pm 3 December Performance artist Calum F. Kerr on the private view night - 6-9pm Thursday 3 December

Date Private View 6-9pm - Thursday 3rd December 2009

12-8 Friday 4th December 10-6 pm Sat 5th December / Sun 6th December 2009

Venue SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL 380,Old Street, London EC1V 9LT, London

Nearest tube Old Street Tube

All enquiries Helen Edwards 07985 440385 info@eastendartsclub.co.uk

Infinity Bunce 07961 452703 infobunce@googlemail.com

East End Arts Club is a part of First Thursdays. http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/