http://www.greateasternbear.com The Great Eastern Bear Fri, 10 May 2013 04:07:47 +0000 http://www.greateasternbear.com en http://www.greateasternbear.com/LPA-Futures-Competition http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/LPA-Futures-Competition Fri, 10 May 2013 04:07:47 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 5586602 <img src="http://payload164.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5586602/the great eastern bear gallery oliver haupt.png" width="572" height="403" width_o="572" height_o="403" src_o="http://payload164.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5586602/the great eastern bear gallery oliver haupt_o.png" data-mid="30124693" border="0" align="left"/> Image by Oliver Haupt THE WINNERS OF THE LPA FUTURES COMPETITION SPONSORED BY METRO IMAGING WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE GREAT EASTERN BEAR! 16TH MAY - 9TH JUNE LPA FUTURES IS A DIVISION OF THE LISA PRITCHARD AGENCY WHICH SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. LPA HAD A FANTASTIC RESPONSE TO THIS YEAR’S COMPETITION AND THE STANDARD OF ENTRIES HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. SELECTED BY AN PANEL OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS, THE WINNING FIVE UP AND COMING PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY LPA as well as exhibited at the great eastern bear! As well as exhibiting the winners, the bear will be hosting a q&a session with industry experts - wednesday 22nd may 18.30pm and a portfolio critique day thursday 29th may. SEE WWW.LISAPRITCHARD.COM FOR MORE INFO AND TO SECURE A TICKET! <img src="http://payload164.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5586602/competition sponcers the great eastern bear gallery.png" width="394" height="213" width_o="394" height_o="213" src_o="http://payload164.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5586602/competition sponcers the great eastern bear gallery_o.png" data-mid="30125001" border="0" align="left"/> Image by Oliver Haupt THE WINNERS OF THE LPA FUTURES COMPETITION SPONSORED BY METRO IMAGING WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE GREAT EASTERN BEAR! 16TH MAY - 9TH JUNE ... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Amara-Por-Dios http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Amara-Por-Dios Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:16:11 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 5478430 Piece Of Mined By Amara Por Dios Friday 3rd May - Sunday 5th May 11 am - 6 pm, free entry Amara Por Dios is a 25 year old female Stockholm based artist and designer who has been active in the street art scene since 2010 . Her style is a mixture ancient, ethnic imagery with a modern palette and animated, grati application that is reminiscent of a more vibrant version of the tribal art left behind by the Aztec and Incan peoples. Amara has exhibited in galleries across Sweden and has also painted live for festivals such as Peace & Love and Art Of The Streets. She has also collaborated on designs for Finnish sports brand Karhu and illustrations for legendary LA producer Flying Lotus and most recently Canadian underground Hip Hop artist Moka Only for his "martian xmas 2012" album cover. Now focusing on taking her work international Amara has painted two commissions on London's famous Brick Lane and is currently planning exhibitions in London, San Francisco and New york. Her T-shirts will be on sale at the private view! <img src="http://payload158.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5478430/AMARAPORDIOS.png" width="356" height="252" width_o="356" height_o="252" src_o="http://payload158.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5478430/AMARAPORDIOS_o.png" data-mid="29499130" border="0" align="left"/> Piece Of Mined By Amara Por Dios Friday 3rd May - Sunday 5th May 11 am - 6 pm, free entry Amara Por Dios is a 25 year old female Stockholm based artist and... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Just-a-Bunch-of-C-nts-Free-Your-Mouth http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Just-a-Bunch-of-C-nts-Free-Your-Mouth Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:20:48 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 5148588 the official launch of wasted poppy productions 21st – 24th march 2013 “art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.” – leonardo da vinci with climate change hot on our heels and the abuse of human rights rife, the official launch for wasted poppy productions is just what we’ve been waiting for and it’s coming to the great eastern bear! created by dannie lu carr, the budding wasted poppy production organization nurtures creative and scientific thought with a long term aim of re-investing time, energy and resources into arts education, encouraging the individual to work to their unique points of strength and passion in order to excel positively and enable the responsibility for climate change. the official launch of wasted poppy productions will showcase the eclectic works ranging from strange discarded objects, film set in a futuristic dystopia to truthful portraits from original artists such as jaisen yates, ryan de silva and charlotte nicholls. ‘if we don’t continue to nurture creative thought, alongside scientific thought, then a progressive future is frighteningly limited. this issue is key for environmental issues and our solving of the complex problems we now face. respecting human rights is imperative if we are going to work together to solve these problems. our positive and progressive future therefore depends on the action of every individual. please support us in the kicking out of an apathetic attitude worldwide in order to take responsibility and progress together.’ <img src="http://payload142.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5148588/Wasted-Poppy-Flyer-Web.jpg" width="600" height="890" width_o="600" height_o="890" src_o="http://payload142.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/5148588/Wasted-Poppy-Flyer-Web_o.jpg" data-mid="27661960" border="0" align="left"/> the official launch of wasted poppy productions 21st – 24th march 2013 “art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Innocence-is-a-thing-of-which-we-know-nothing-by-Benjamin-Murphy http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Innocence-is-a-thing-of-which-we-know-nothing-by-Benjamin-Murphy Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:45:06 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 4995508 <img src="http://payload134.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4995508/Great-Eastern-Bear-Benjamin-Murphy-Private-View_700.jpg" width="700" height="700" width_o="700" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload134.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4995508/Great-Eastern-Bear-Benjamin-Murphy-Private-View_o.jpg" data-mid="27329538" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.greateasternbear.com/new-Futures-Understanding-Changing-China-by-Chris-Barrett http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/new-Futures-Understanding-Changing-China-by-Chris-Barrett Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:07:56 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 4949760 Exhibition period: November 30th 2012 - December 9th 2012, in partnership with BAMM From the 8th November onwards China’s communist party will meet to confirm its next leader, along with 9 other party members to make up the politburo who will control the country for the next 10 years. The out going leadership - headed by Hu Jintao and his ideology of the ‘harmonious society’, guided by the ‘scientific development perspective’ which has been the hallmark of Hu’s decade at the top - is to be replaced by a new leader with their own legacy slogan. The new leader (and slogan) will determine the direction in which the Chinese people and many global events will take shape. In these next 10 years the Chinese people and their leader will be tested by issue upon issue created from its rapid and unprecedented growth, which has made China the formidable world power it is today. This age of acclimatisation has been the backbone of photographer Chris Barrett’s work. Barrett has embarked upon a journey to understand the perpetual notion of ‘todays China’ by following one of the Communist Parties more unique policies; a policy that has changed China both physically and mentally, a policy that has transformed the Chinese family dynamic and its demographic image forever. Through Barrett’s work we are introduced to the now iconic policy of birth planning, which is often referred to as the ‘one-child policy’ by the outside world. The photographs present the formal imagery of the modern Chinese family coupled with black and white ‘taken’ images, found from Weibo - the Chinese version of twitter. The exhibition touches upon an enduring exploration into the intended and unintended by-products and ramifications that the policy has been responsible for. In an ongoing dialogue between the photographer, Chinese nationals and the world-at-large, an interesting visual perspective emerges in regards to the People’s Republic of China, it’s populus and the people amongst the population- something we are sure to learn more about in the near future. <img src="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Delivered-Children_700.jpg" width="700" height="467" width_o="700" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Delivered-Children_o.jpg" data-mid="26755575" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Poster.jpg" width="500" height="334" width_o="500" height_o="334" src_o="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Poster_o.jpg" data-mid="26755576" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Power-Station.jpg" width="550" height="825" width_o="550" height_o="825" src_o="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Power-Station_o.jpg" data-mid="26755579" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Sex-Shop.jpg" width="550" height="825" width_o="550" height_o="825" src_o="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Sex-Shop_o.jpg" data-mid="26755580" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Tiananmen-Square.jpg" width="550" height="825" width_o="550" height_o="825" src_o="http://payload132.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4949760/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Chris-Barrett-No-Futures-Tiananmen-Square_o.jpg" data-mid="26755585" border="0" align="left"/> Exhibition period: November 30th 2012 - December 9th 2012, in partnership with BAMM From the 8th November onwards China’s communist party will meet to confirm... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Neil-Mendoza http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Neil-Mendoza Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:23:19 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 4831578 Neil uses digital and mechanical technology to bring objects and spaces to life. He has an MA from Oxford in Maths and Computer Science, and his work has been exhibited by The Science Museum, The V&A, Watermans, PICNIC Festival, The AND Festival, ISEA, Kinetica, The Nottingham Playhouse, BBC Big Screens and The Museum of London, among others. I Spy This piece questions the role that all of the little gadgets we use from day to day play in our lives. Frequently, they are a form of escapism, used to avoid thinking and interacting by staring into the information space. Often they are being used as a tool to spy on us and gather data about our habits. For once, they are “consciously” staring back at us, moving and following viewers around. A computer uses a Kinect 3D camera to track people’s locations and then sends them to the motors that control the orientations of the screens within the mobile. Neil uses digital and mechanical technology to bring objects and spaces to life. He has an MA from Oxford in Maths and Computer Science, and his work has been... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Lowlife-by-Scot-Sothern http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Lowlife-by-Scot-Sothern Sat, 06 Oct 2012 06:46:52 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 4207602 California, 1986 "When I pulled off the freeway into San Diego, I had a single twenty dollar bill in my wallet. My car, a 1973 Toyoto station wagon, rattled my teeth and died in idle. At stops I had to divide my right foot: heel on the brake, toes revving the accelerator. I had barely enough gas to get back to Los Angeles. On El Cajon Boulevard I drove slowly and studied the street walkers. In their eyes I could see desperation induced madness, premature death. In my eyes they could see my craving for the nasty little secret I kept from friends and family. I could give my twenty dollars to any one of these women. I could buy a quick sex fix and she could buy enough crack to put a smile on her face for an hour or so. In the passenger seat, belted and buckled, frail and beautiful, my four-year-old son, Dashiell, slept curled around his best friend, a pillow-sized stu!ed facsimile of Hulk Hogan. It was Sunday night and my weekend with my little boy was over. When we arrived at his mother’s house, Dash awoke. He cried and clung tightly, arms around my neck. He didn’t want me to go. His mother Sylvia, my ex-wife, was happy to see me go, but first she wanted money. I made lame excuses. She called me a jerk and pried our son from my embrace. I took my twenty dollars and drove back to El Cajon Boulevard." Cruising nighttime byways for an adrenaline high, Scot Sothern first patronized the marketplace of curbside prostitution on a prurient whim. Diving to the murky depths of sexual obsession he resurfaced five years later, shell shocked, and without excuse. While there, trusty Nikon in hand, Scot snapped what he saw: full-frontal X-rated realities, fine-art documents, black and white, pathos and pizzazz. LOWLIFE is an illustrated diary of dysfunction; the confessions of a befuddled baby-boomer maintaining a precarious connection to propriety and fatherhood while side-tripping into noirish infatuations. These stories and images, shot mostly in Southern California between 1986 and 1990 record the existence of the many disenfranchised Americans, men and women, hawking body and soul for the price of a Big Mac and a fix, struggling in a culture that deems them criminal and expendable. <img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Pocahontas_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Pocahontas_o.jpg" data-mid="26755812" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-griffith-park_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-griffith-park_o.jpg" data-mid="26755808" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Missy_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Missy_o.jpg" data-mid="26755809" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Pepper_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Pepper_o.jpg" data-mid="26755811" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Bunny_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Bunny_o.jpg" data-mid="26755806" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Sheba_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Sheba_o.jpg" data-mid="26755813" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Starlight_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Starlight_o.jpg" data-mid="26755814" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-This-Woman_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-This-Woman_o.jpg" data-mid="26755815" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Valentine_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Valentine_o.jpg" data-mid="26755816" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Weegee_700.jpg" width="700" height="466" width_o="700" height_o="466" src_o="http://payload95.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/4207602/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Scot-Sothern-Weegee_o.jpg" data-mid="26755817" border="0" align="left"/> California, 1986 "When I pulled off the freeway into San Diego, I had a single twenty dollar bill in my wallet. My car, a 1973 Toyoto station wagon, rattled my... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Peripheries-by-Jo-Syz http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Peripheries-by-Jo-Syz Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:06:26 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 3970512 Exhibition period: March 2012 - 29th April 2012 Jo's collection encapsulates the enduring enchantment of the British landscape. At once isolated and unified, each photograph is a mesmeric portal into the glories of rural Britain. Peripheries captures the at times bizarre juxtaposition that can be found in the forests and fields of our seemingly familiar surroundings. As a photographer, Jo's work centres around the imprints of humankind on the 'geographic landscape that we inhabit'. Peripheries is a delicate, lyrical extension of this. Manmade relics punctuate and scar the otherwise untarnished natural world, acting as physical reminders of what we left behind, and asking questions about what we will continue to leave behind. This lends the work a kind of conscious awareness of the passage of time. Every picture hung in the exhibition at the Bear was steeped in the raw, slightly chilling light of a British winter, which served to increase the often desolate atmosphere of the collection. Like a Hansel and Gretel breadcrumb trail through the woods, discarded industrial and military relics occupy every serene scene. The result is one of palpable detachment. But more than that; this photography is a reminder of the eery and fragile beauty of the world that we should be striving to preserve. www.josyz.com <img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-01.jpg" width="670" height="665" width_o="670" height_o="665" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-01_o.jpg" data-mid="26757640" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-02.jpg" width="670" height="531" width_o="670" height_o="531" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-02_o.jpg" data-mid="26757642" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-03.jpg" width="670" height="549" width_o="670" height_o="549" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-03_o.jpg" data-mid="26757645" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-04.jpg" width="670" height="672" width_o="670" height_o="672" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-04_o.jpg" data-mid="26757648" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-05.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-05_o.jpg" data-mid="26757654" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-06.jpg" width="670" height="537" width_o="670" height_o="537" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-06_o.jpg" data-mid="26757659" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-07.jpg" width="670" height="705" width_o="670" height_o="705" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-07_o.jpg" data-mid="26757662" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-08.jpg" width="670" height="674" width_o="670" height_o="674" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-08_o.jpg" data-mid="26757666" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-09.jpg" width="670" height="536" width_o="670" height_o="536" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-09_o.jpg" data-mid="26757669" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-10.jpg" width="670" height="681" width_o="670" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-10_o.jpg" data-mid="26757671" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-11.jpg" width="670" height="520" width_o="670" height_o="520" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-11_o.jpg" data-mid="26757674" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-12.jpg" width="670" height="531" width_o="670" height_o="531" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-12_o.jpg" data-mid="26757676" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-13.jpg" width="670" height="534" width_o="670" height_o="534" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-13_o.jpg" data-mid="26757680" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-14.jpg" width="670" height="672" width_o="670" height_o="672" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-14_o.jpg" data-mid="26757683" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-15.jpg" width="670" height="541" width_o="670" height_o="541" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-15_o.jpg" data-mid="26757686" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-16.jpg" width="670" height="677" width_o="670" height_o="677" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-16_o.jpg" data-mid="26757688" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-17.jpg" width="670" height="530" width_o="670" height_o="530" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970512/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Jo-Syz-Peripheries-17_o.jpg" data-mid="26757691" border="0" align="left"/> Exhibition period: March 2012 - 29th April 2012 Jo's collection encapsulates the enduring enchantment of the British landscape. At once isolated and unified,... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Moronic-by-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Moronic-by-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:06:25 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 3970541 Exhibition period: 10th May - 10th June 2012 'Moronic' takes the form of a photographic commentary on ‘the linguistic paradoxes found within news media search engines, using a variety of still-life and performative methods’. Monochromatic forms, sometimes elusive, sometimes sharp, occupy each picture. The body of work acts as a playful narrative that flirts with rhetoric and upturns linguistic meaning. Each photograph is an embodiment of an oxymoron. ‘Half Naked’ and ‘Overfull’ are stellar examples of artistic works asking questions about the very nature and existence of language. Daniel Evans and Brendan Baker have formed a photography collective spanning the last 18 months that has seen their work displayed in group exhibitions in locations as diverse as Los Angeles and New York, as well as a couple of London shows. Published work has included features in Source and Hotshoe. Since graduating in 2011, the pair have produced a new series from a residency in India, and shot for the likes of Nowness, Pop, and Self Publish Be Happy. 'An image of a fish with fingers, a plant with eggs hanging from it like leaves, a neutral piece of paper....surrendering. What is going on in these photographs? In looking, a theme becomes apparent. All of the images are, well, moronic. Daniel Evans and Brendan Baker make work that “explores and exploits both the fragility and flexibility of language”, creating extremely literal transliterations of common phrase. Within this, a form of cuttingly bright yet rampant stupidity is clear. The viewer becomes engaged in a game, striving to understand the pun that lurks somewhere on the surface. Let’s play...' — Excerpt by Gregory Barker <img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-14.jpg" width="670" height="472" width_o="670" height_o="472" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-14_o.jpg" data-mid="26757394" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-04.jpg" width="340" height="407" width_o="340" height_o="407" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-04_o.jpg" data-mid="26757372" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-05.jpg" width="670" height="440" width_o="670" height_o="440" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-05_o.jpg" data-mid="26757373" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-06.jpg" width="500" height="584" width_o="500" height_o="584" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-06_o.jpg" data-mid="26757375" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-07.jpg" width="500" height="595" width_o="500" height_o="595" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-07_o.jpg" data-mid="26757379" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-08.jpg" width="670" height="433" width_o="670" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-08_o.jpg" data-mid="26757381" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-09.jpg" width="500" height="417" width_o="500" height_o="417" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-09_o.jpg" data-mid="26757383" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-10.jpg" width="500" height="597" width_o="500" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-10_o.jpg" data-mid="26757384" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-11.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="670" height_o="444" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-11_o.jpg" data-mid="26757386" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-12_700.jpg" width="700" height="887" width_o="1000" height_o="1268" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-12_o.jpg" data-mid="26757391" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-13.jpg" width="500" height="597" width_o="500" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-13_o.jpg" data-mid="26757393" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-02.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="670" height_o="418" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970541/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Daniel-Evans-and-Brendan-Baker-Moronic-02_o.jpg" data-mid="26757369" border="0" align="left"/> Exhibition period: 10th May - 10th June 2012 'Moronic' takes the form of a photographic commentary on ‘the linguistic paradoxes found within news media search... http://www.greateasternbear.com/Kareena-Zerefos http://www.greateasternbear.com/following/greateasternbear.com/Kareena-Zerefos Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:06:23 +0000 The Great Eastern Bear 3970581 Exhibition Period: Kareena is a Sydney born, London based artist, designer and flaneuse, who collects fine bone china tea sets, but prefers to drink coffee. Through her delicately whimsical works on paper she considers the human condition and its polarity of isolation and companionship. Highlighting her interest in the subtlety of poses and expression, she brings to life an illusory and haunting world that is unique and refreshing in its simplicity. <img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-01.jpg" width="600" height="847" width_o="600" height_o="847" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-01_o.jpg" data-mid="26756925" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-02.jpg" width="600" height="847" width_o="600" height_o="847" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-02_o.jpg" data-mid="26756926" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-03.jpg" width="600" height="882" width_o="600" height_o="882" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-03_o.jpg" data-mid="26756928" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-04.jpg" width="600" height="888" width_o="600" height_o="888" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-04_o.jpg" data-mid="26756929" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-05.jpg" width="600" height="847" width_o="600" height_o="847" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-05_o.jpg" data-mid="26756930" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-06.jpg" width="600" height="856" width_o="600" height_o="856" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-06_o.jpg" data-mid="26756931" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-07.jpg" width="600" height="856" width_o="600" height_o="856" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-07_o.jpg" data-mid="26756932" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-08.jpg" width="600" height="900" width_o="600" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-08_o.jpg" data-mid="26756933" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-09.jpg" width="600" height="856" width_o="600" height_o="856" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-09_o.jpg" data-mid="26756935" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-10.jpg" width="600" height="856" width_o="600" height_o="856" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-10_o.jpg" data-mid="26756936" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-11.jpg" width="600" height="900" width_o="600" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-11_o.jpg" data-mid="26756937" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-12.jpg" width="600" height="900" width_o="600" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-12_o.jpg" data-mid="26756938" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-13.jpg" width="600" height="847" width_o="600" height_o="847" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-13_o.jpg" data-mid="26756939" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-14.jpg" width="600" height="907" width_o="600" height_o="907" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/8/274533/3970581/Great-Eastern-Bear-Art-Gallery-London-Kareena-Zerefos-14_o.jpg" data-mid="26756940" border="0" align="left"/> Exhibition Period: Kareena is a Sydney born, London based artist, designer and flaneuse, who collects fine bone china tea sets, but prefers to drink coffee. ...