24-30 Oct 2008

24-30 October 2008
94-96 Horsefair, Bristol BS1

Opening hours 11.00-17.00 daily; Private Opening on Thursday 23 October, 17.00-21.00.

During 2007 and 2008, the BS1 project invited six artists to make temporary work alongside Bristol Alliance artist in residence, Neville Gabie, during the development of Cabot Circus. For one week only there is an opportunity to see some of the work created by the artists during their residencies, this work until now has mostly taken place behind the hoardings.

Artists also participating: Donna Daley-Clarke, Maia & Dawson, Leo Fitzmaurice, Dryden Goodwin, Neville Gabie, Marie-Jeanne Hoffner, David Ogden.

Since the overthrow of communism and the death of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the Romanian Revolution of 1989, artists Dan Perjovschi and his wife Lia have invested heavily in establishing and promoting contemporary art in Romania. In 1991, Dan joined the staff of Bucharest’s prominent opposition newspaper, 22, as political illustrator and art director to increase his involvement in his country’s development. He is now known for his graffiti-like drawings that cover the walls and floors of art galleries around the world. Dan’s style resembles the editorial cartoons that he produces for the newspaper, and the drawings often respond to divisions between the elite and the disadvantaged masses in Romania, the constantly shifting boundaries and nature of the European Union, and the movements of capital around the globe. Infused with gossip, literary references, and witty punch lines, Perjovschi’s drawings deliver their political message with generosity and humour.

Details on www.bs1.org.uk