Spectrum London

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Spectrum London Gallery, September 2006, during the Stuckists "Go West" show.
Spectrum London Gallery, September 2006, during the Stuckists "Go West" show.

Spectrum London is a London art gallery which shows contemporary figurative painting, photography and sculpture. It staged the first commercial West End show of the Stuckists, and a retrospective by Sebastian Horsley.

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Ella Guru is interviewed by Richard Quest of CNN International during Go West at Spectrum London, October 2006
Ella Guru is interviewed by Richard Quest of CNN International during Go West at Spectrum London, October 2006

Spectrum London is the first West End commercial gallery to show the Stuckists, in a show Go West in October 2006.[1][2][3] This "major central London exhibition" elevated the hitherto artworld outsiders into "major players", and occasioned controversy because of a satirical painting of Sir Nicholas Serota and nude paintings of Stella Vine by her ex husband Charles Thomson."[4][5][6] Ten leading Stuckist artists were exhibited.[7] Thomson's and Joe Machine's paintings sold, before the show opened, to buyers from the UK, Japan and the US.[8]

Royden Prior, the director of Spectrum London, said, "These artists are good and are part of history. Get past the art politics and look at the work." [9][1] Edward Lucie-Smith wrote an essay for the show.[10]

The gallery also exhibited work by Michael Dickinson,[11] who was released from ten days in a Turkish jail without charge after exhibiting a collage of the Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdoğan, as a dog.[12]

In March 2006, in association with Sceptre publishing and the Italian Cultural Institute, Spectrum London presented author John Berendt in conversation with Venetian artist, Ludovico De Luigi, during the artist's first solo show in the UK.[13]

Sebastian Horsley and his mother, at a retrospective of his work at Spectrum London, 2007.
Sebastian Horsley and his mother, at a retrospective of his work at Spectrum London, 2007.

In September 2007, it staged Hookers, Dealers, Tailors, a retrospective by Sebastian Horsley.[14] Horsley became known when he underwent a crucifixion in the Philippines; this show documented his diving in Australian shark-infested water and copiously ingesting deadly drugs.[15]

Other artists previously shown at the gallery include Lennie Lee, [16], Rita Duffy, Peter Murphy, Cheryl Brooks, Peter Burke, Antonio Riello, Gerry Burns (winner of the Daily Mail's inaugural "Not The Turner Prize", Sir Peter Blake and Eduardo Paolozzi.[17]

Spectrum London exhibits at the London Art Fair and Art Madrid.[18]

The gallery is at 77 Great Titchfield Street, London W1.

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  1. ^ a b "Stuckists art group in major show" BBC online, August 23, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  2. ^ "The Stuckists go west at Spectrum London" artdaily.com. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  3. ^ "Go West" telegraph.co.uk online gallery. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  4. ^ Morris, Jane (2006)"Getting stuck in" The Guardian online, August 24, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  5. ^ Barnes, Anthony (2006) "Portrait of an ex-husband's revenge" The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 9 October, 2006, from findarticles.com
  6. ^ Teodorczuk, Tom (2006) "Modern art is pants" Evening Standard, 22 August, 2006. Retrieved 9 October, 2006 from thisislondon.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Go West", The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  8. ^ Gleadell, Colin (2006) "Market news: Roger Hilton's child-like drawings, 'stuckist' paintings and Edward Seago" Daily Telegraph online, 3 October, 2006. Retrieved 9 October, 2006
  9. ^ "The first West End show for the Stuckists" saatchi-gallery.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October, 2006
  10. ^ Lucie-Smith, Edward (2006) "Stuckism" spectrumlondon.co.uk. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  11. ^ "Michael Dickinson, Stuckist artist jailed in Turkey for a collage, now free. See his work at Go West" stuckism.com. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  12. ^ "Keeping Turkey out of the EU" (Video interview with Michael Dickinson on More 4) channel4.com. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  13. ^ "Ludovico De Luigi in Conversation with John Berendt" Italian Cultural Institute web site. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  14. ^ Higgins, Ria. "Relative Values: Sebastian Horsley and his mother, Valerie", The Sunday Times, 9 September 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
  15. ^ Lack, Jessica. "Preview: Sebastian Horsley", The Guardian, 8 September 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
  16. ^ "Spectrum London" Artfacts.net. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  17. ^ "Laptop dinner by Pii at Spectrum London" allinlondon.co.uk. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  18. ^ "Spectrum London" Artfacts.net. Retrieved October 9, 2006

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