COLLECT, the international art fair for contemporary objects organised by Crafts Council, returns to Saatchi Gallery where 37 of the finest craft galleries are showcasing museum quality pieces by over 500 artists.

COLLECT 2011, 6th-9th May 2011

SAATCHI GALLERY

Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3 4SQ

Fans of ceramics, glass, jewellery, textile, wood, furniture, silver and fine metal work are likely to enjoy a visit to this event.

Several new features are appearing this year, including On Screen, a film programme exploring the mediation between craft and moving image. Four organisations – Animate Projects, Ateliers d’Art, Crafts magazine, and onedotzero – are presenting a daily programme of films that document skills and processes, makers and their working environments and explores how craft skills contribute to the making of film and animation.

On View showcases cutting-edge textiles presented in partnership with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Collection is a selection of 11 objects from the Crafts Council’s permanent collection including recent acquisitions. The display includes Tomoko Azumi’s ‘Table=Chest’, Geoffrey Mann’s ‘Crossfire Teapot’ and Michael Eden’s ‘Wedgwoodn’t Tureen’.

Events and talks for COLLECT are taking a new, more intimate turn, with a series of tours and talks taking place on different gallery stands each day.

The exhibition is open 11am-6pm from Friday 6th – Sunday 8th May, and 11am-4pm on Monday 9th May. Standard ticket £15.

Images, from top: ‘Colourware’ by Sebastian Bergne and Sophie Smallhorn; ‘Grey Bloom’ by Michael Eden; ‘Wynona Ryder Lost Jewels’ by Anya Kivarkis; ‘Indian Pot 2′ by Bud Latven; ‘Garland 3′ by David Watkins; ‘Rosewood Vessel’ by John Jordan.

Leading auction house, Phillips de Pury & Company, has got in on the ‘pop-up’ act with Projectory, its second such installment of contemporary design at its top-floor space at The Saatchi Gallery.

PROJECTORY

PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY at The Saatchi Gallery

Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3 4SQ (020 7318 4066)

The programme launched in May as Connectors, a selling exhibition of contemporary design “with a manifesto predicated on forging bonds with contemporary artists through a greater understanding of process, medium and ethos.”

The programme has transitioned from selling exhibition to ‘proper shop,’ including product and furniture design while incorporating artist’s multiples, prints, photography, artist’s books, and independently published journals.

Many of the works are one-offs, prototypes, or limited editions exclusive to Phillips de Pury.

Projectory includes talents such as Bertjan Pot, Max Lamb, Massimiliano Adami, Nendo, Peter Marigold, Raw Edges, Seongyong Lee, Mark Braun, and Michel Charlot.

No end date has been announced for Projectory, but we have been promised that it will remain open until after Christmas.

Images, from top: the Projectory exhibition; Plytube bench by Seongyung Lee; Lift Tables by Mark Braun; Genevieve Tartrat cabinet by Peter Marigold; ECAL mold lamp by Michel Charlot; Plytube rectangular table by Seongyung Lee.

The UK’s first solo exhibition of Japanese design studio Nendo is presented by Phillips de Pury & Company. The show is held in two parts and split between two galleries.

NENDO: THIN BLACK LINES + WHITE BLURRY SURFACES

20th September-31st October 2010

Part 1: Thin Black Lines @ SAATCHI GALLERY

Duke of York’s HQ, London SW3 4SQ

Part 2: White Blurry Surfaces @ PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY

Howick Place, London SW1P 1BB

Part 1: ‘Thin Black Lines’, a series of bent, solid, tubular steel works can be seen at the Saatchi Gallery (pictured here).

Part 2: ‘Blurry White Surfaces’, gives the audience a perception of Nendo’s design ethos with the inclusion of recent pieces such as Cord Chair and Fade-Out Chair.

Nendo, which means Japanese for clay, was founded in 2002 by Oki Sato, the same year that he received his M.A. in architecture. Since then Nendo has been prolific, completing an astonishing number of projects in architecture, interior, product and graphic design.

The Crafts Council‘s annual art fair for contemporary objects – COLLECT – is taking place at the Saatchi Gallery. Over 300 artists are exhibiting works with representative galleries from around the world.

COLLECT 2010, 14th-17th May 2010

SAATCHI GALLERY

Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3 4SQ

COLLECT 2010 presents both established artists and new talent, covering all disciplines: ceramics, glass, jewellery, silver and fine metalwork, textiles, and wood and furniture.

Participating London galleries include Contemporary Applied Arts, Electrum Gallery, Adrian Sassoon, Cockpit Arts, and Flow.

Furthermore, Seven emerging artists have created an installation in the windows of six local retailers, each working with the retail brand in mind. Called COLLECT TRAIL, retailers include Designers Guild, Cath Kidston, David Mellor, Osborne & Little, and TASCHEN.

Also worth checking out is satellite show – The Great Glass Exhibition – at Thomas Goode & Co in Mayfair.

Images, from top: Ghost series by Gareth Neal (CAA); Maelstrom by Michael Eden (Adrian Sassoon); Kuu-5 by Niyoko Ikuta (Yufuku Gallery); Untitled by Gareth Neal (CAA).