Press Release
| THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small | Curated by Zavier Ellis, Edward Lucie-Smith, Max Presneill & Simon Rumley |
| Exhibition Dates: Friday November 18th – Saturday December 17th 2011 |
| Touring from Torrance Art Museum in California, this exhibition is based on the idea that small, today, is often much better than big. Featuring over 80 British or British based artists who all work on paper and none bigger than A3 in size, it invites viewers to engage with art intimately. The exhibition in Torrance was almost certainly the largest display, in terms both of the number of artists, and also in terms of stylistic variety, of new British and British-based art ever seen in California. This exhibition reflects the do it yourself attitude of the curators, standing against bureaucracy and top down institutionalism, and demonstrates how young artists and committed curators can mount major events in difficult times. Knowing how strong this show was the curator's considered it amiss not to present it in London. Despite the significantly reduced physical space from Torrance Art Museum to CHARLIE SMITH london, the curators look forward to mounting a huge show of small work in an intimate location, re-emphasising the fact that big is not always better than small. |
| ARTISTS: Henny Acloque Alexander Adams Dale Adcock Jonathan Baldock Angela Bartram Emma Bennett Kiera Bennett Gabriella Boyd Jemima Brown Juliana Cerqueira Leite Gordon Cheung Billy Childish Oliver Clegg Hugo Dalton Sam Dargan Tom Doran Heather Eastes Nadine Feinson Hester Finch Grant Foster Nick Fox Rose Gibbs Stuart Gough Andrea Gregson David Hancock Christopher Hanlon Sarah Hardacre Andy Harper Justin Hibbs Christian Hidaka Sigrid Holmwood Paul Hosking James Howard Luke Jackson Sam Jackson Monica Ursina Jäger James Jessop Jasper Joffe Chris Jones & Vicky Wright Reece Jones Claire de Jong Annie Kevans Rebecca Kressley Peter Lamb Cathy Lomax Francesca Lowe Dominic from Luton Robert Luzar Joe Machine Alastair Mackie Jasmine Maddock Robin Mason Rui Matsunaga Alan McQuillan Hugh Mendes Alexis Milne Jock Mooney Kieran Moore Alex Gene Morrison Jost Münster Nika Neelova Gavin Nolan Margaret O'Brien Tom Ormond Tim Parr Claire Pestaille Harry Pye Danny Rolph Miho Sato Stuart Semple Benjamin Senior Dominic Shepherd Jamie Shovlin John Stark Nessie Stonebridge Kate Street Charles Thomson Erik Tidemann James Unsworth Covadonga Valdes Alex Virji Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich Stephen Walter Miranda Whall Hannah Wooll |