TUESDAY'S DEBUT WORKSHOP WITH JEAN PHILIPPE VERNES

Debut Artists filing into the gallery.

On Tuesday, the 15th of March, the Debut Artists were introduced to a prominent collector who was fortunate to pick up early works by the acclaimed Anish Kapoor and the late French artist Simon Hentai. In more recent years, Vernes added the work of young British artist Hugo Wilson to his collection, whose unique paintings have been exhibited in galleries across Europe. The in depth session with Jean Philippe Vernes opened eyes about the dynamics of a relationship between artists and collectors. Vernes revealed that is often not as romantic and exciting as we are lead to believe and often collectors are quite austere and serious characters. What is required between the two parties is rigour and a business-like attitude.

Jean Philippe Vernes sharing his experiences with the artists.

Vernes explained how collectors play an important part in the history and upkeep of art and will buy into things to make a difference to society. He also relayed that although the buzz of the art market leads artists to desire being recognised young, they should manage their expectations accordingly. The collector himself admitted that he loves meeting artists, buying their work and then seeing them gain success and recognition in later years.

Debut Artists listening during the workshop session.

The Beginning of Industry Knowledge Workshops....

A week after the spectacular launch, this Tuesday saw the beginning of DEBUT Contemporary’s professional knowledge fuelled workshops. 

Forming yet another queue outside the gallery, the DEBUT Artists were keen to arrive early for the first session with Sara Raza, a former Tate Modern curator, critic and an editor for ArtAsiaPacific Magazine.

Raza kick started the session “CURATORS WANT TO BE ARTISTS AND ARTISTS WANT TO BE CURATORS” with a well informed insight to groundbreaking events such as Manifesta, dOCUMENTA, Frieze and No Soul for Sale.  From this, points were risen in response to the successful advantages of utilising the masses of global art fairs and biennials now available for emerging artists to maximize and pursue.

In conversation with gallery Director Samir Ceric, key professional strategy points were further presented and the artists were prompted to hone in on the progressive aims and ambitions of their artistic careers.

With immediately strong and positive feedback, DEBUT Contemporary will continue to present fresh and valuable industry knowledge, with next weeks session  ‘PRIVATE COLLECTORS’ MIND’ by art collector Jean Philippe Vernes.

JENNIE & JESSIE GUNHAMMAR LUPUS TRUST CHARITY

Debut Contemporary and its founders will continue to promote the legacy of two artists who have had residencies as deceased artists at 82 Westbourne Grove in the past couple of years, Jennie and Jessie Gunhammar. Both artists will remain honorary members in residence of DEBUT Contemporary and all of the sales of their work will go to the JENNIE & JESSIE GUNHAMMAR LUPUS TRUST CHARITY, affiliated with the St Thomas’s Lupus Trust, enhancing and raising awareness of Lupus illness as well as acting as a base platform for the Charity through Art. The JENNIE & JESSIE GUNHAMMAR LUPUS TRUST CHARITY has been set up by Jennie’s long term partner and a successful architect Andrew Clinch.

LIGHTING SPONSORED BY IGUZZINI IN DEDICATION OF THE JENNIE & JESSIE GUNHAMMAR LUPUS TRUST

THE DEBUT ARTISTIC LABORATORY EXPLODES INTO ACTION WITH SPECTACULAR SUCCESS!

EXPERIENCE THE “THIN BLACK LINE”
A PERFORMATIVE TRANSPOSITION OF THE DEBUT WEBSITE & PRECOCIOUS MUSIC WAVES TO CARRY YOU THROUGH THE WALLS OF THIS EXCLUSIVE ARTISTIC LABORATORY...

With guests queuing for nearly an hour to get in, Debut Contemporary's preview launch on the 2nd of March was a huge hit! There was record attendance and an enthusiastic crowd. The newly remodeled white cube gallery was brought to life with models transported from the website with their minimalistic costumes, Akleriah's spontaneous performance pieces with live cello, and uplifting beats from DJ Spydabrown all amongst a vibrant mix of hot Debut Artists' work. 

Debut Artists were ecstatic with the turnout as well! Representatives from the press such as IDOL Magazine, BBC News, and The Independent all came to check out the show. Many artists' friends and family attended, excited to see the artists' work as well. Patrons of the gallery were very impressed with the gallery's new look and shared lots of praise.

It was definitely a night of great music, amazing performances, lovely people, interesting conversations, and stunning art. Since the event night, lots of people have toured the gallery and inquired about the art. If you are in Notting Hill, definitely make plans to drop by to see the gallery yourself!

DJ Spydabrown

Preview guests including Lucy Land, founder of West London Living Magazine stands in front of examples of the stunning resin floor. puur puur mono and puur duo resin floors offer beautiful contemporary interior solutions for those that demand exacting requirements: www.puur.uk.com

Check out images of the night at www.flickr.com/photos/debutcontemporary ...

READ UP ON WHO'S JACK

DEBUT CONTEMPORARY features on fun loving Who's Jack - an online monthly magazine,  print monthly magazine, website that keeps tabs on events and news and an online TV platform in the form of Jack TV. 

"WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY CAPITAL, WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE BUT WE KNEW WHAT WE WANTED TO DO"

This is why Jack now has such a strong connection with  its readers and the people it champions - continually striving to push media boundaries and the reason why they will always support new talent. 

Visit www.whosjack.org

livin cool

Giuseppe Alagna has been working with livin cool to produce a tasty online magazine for you to feast your eyes on: http://www.livincool.com/magazine

Editor in Chief, Emanuele D’Angelo says “I moved to London on september 2009. I arrived here alone, looking for a job. At that time I didn’t have any contacts for work, friends or people to hang out with. I just wanted to make it happen. After few months that I was living there I decided to put together my works and my experiences into this magazine that I built with Giuseppe Alagna, an art director friend of mine that I have met last year through another friend in a bar in Shoreditch. At that time we were planning the first editorial shooting for this magazine. After a lot of work and many adventures we have finally released this issue number 0 of this magazine about Fashion, Art, Design, Photography and anything else we love and we consider of quality…”

Samir Ceric & Robert Strang at 176

TESTING GROUND

We had a great time attending Future Map’s Special Preview on Wednesday evening organised by our collaborators on the DEBUT Contemporary programme, University of Arts London, and hosted by Anita Zabludowicz and her amazing gallery space in Chalk Farm. It was great to see, StrangMacfarlane, one of DEBUT Contemporary’s ambassadors impressive display of ‘1 To 10’ piece we featured in our Summer show last August as well as other 27 incredibly talented artists who were selected for the exhibition from 400 initially shortlisted and 10,000 that graduated in 2010 from 6 arts schools that make UAL one of the most powerful creative universities in the world. A number of artists we have worked with and will be working through DEBUT Contemporary already feature in Zabludowicz Collection. Medeia Cohan-Petrolino, UAL Chief Curator of the Emerging Artists Programme and one of DEBUT’s mentors, gave a great introduction to the event which was attended by hundreds of people. A number of high profile art critics, curators and gallerists were also amongst the attendees. Hence if you get a chance, you’ve got to go and see the exhibition before it ends. On another note, DEBUT Contemporary will soon be announcing the list of the artists that have made it onto the mentoring programme for the launch. We are thrilled with high quality of applications and will soon be starting a waiting list for the May and August entries. Many artists who presented their work also enjoyed the fact of being filmed in the process. Once more thank you for spreading the word around and look forward to seeing you at the official launch for press and industry scheduled for Wednesday, 2 March 2011.