In the Footsteps of the East London Group

 
 

Frank Creber and Ferha Farooqui, curators of The Urban Contemporaries Group, are proud to announce an exciting exhibition in collaboration with Alan Waltham and the Nunnery Gallery, in Bow. Hope you can come along and see this extraordinary show at the Nunnery Gallery - 4th October to 22nd December 2024

'In the footsteps of the East London Group' - will bring together around 30 original paintings by the former East London Group alongside 22 original works by contemporary painters responding to the theme. The artists will include members of the Urban Contemporaries group and invited artists - including DAVID HEPHER, DOREEN FLETCHER, BEN JOHNSON, TIMOTHY HYMAN RA, PHILIPPA BEALE, MARC GOODERHAM, JAMES MACKINNON, HARRIET MENA HILL, AMONGST MANY OTHER FABULOUS ARTISTS!!

The historic East London Group began with evening painting classes in Bethnal Green; made up of mostly 'working-class men and women', the group painted what surrounded them – the East End – capturing their city in a way never previously seen. The accompanying contemporary works explore a city changing at an even faster rate, capturing the buildings that have been dismantled and recreated, the historic remnants that defiantly remain and delving into the the artists' personal encounters with the urban experience.

This exhibition is curated by ALAN WALTHAM (Curator of the East London Group), FRANK CREBER and FERHA FAROOQUI, AND THE NUNNERY GALLERY.

A newly commissioned sound piece, made by Felix Taylor, will also provide an atmospheric soundscape to the exhibition.

1. detail of painting ©East London Group - 'Bryant and May’s, Grace Oscroft (undated)'

2. detail of painting ©Doreen Fletcher - 'Lost in Spitalfields'