IMT Gallery

19/11/2024

As we approach December’s full moon, Plant Gazing: Under Elder Moon Joseph Walsh’s new Plant Gazing workshop offers a unique opportunity to connect with plant allies and set personal intentions for the year ahead.

Immerse yourself in the IMT Gallery space, subtly infused with Yarrow, earthy and balancing. A curated selection of plants will be available for drawing, accompanied by prompts and guidance on the techniques of plant gazing and observation.

In this two hour workshop we will explore the mysteries of plants through drawing, painting, and meditative observations, we will go beyond the confines of the ordinary.

Take a moment to reconnect to our bodies and the living world through a serene tea ceremony, grounding ourselves in the present moment. We will look at Salvias - sharpens the mind, has anti-inflammatory properties and is ceremoniously used to purify space.

Joseph Walsh, an artist rooted in forging human-nature connections through his work with plants. Using drawing, painting and film to actualise a co-existing with nature. He studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths University, and recently delivered the course Floral Time: How Artists Describe Plants at the Berlin Art Institute, workshops at Beaconsfield Gallery and No Show Space, as well as sharing insights with art students at Goldsmiths and Reading University.

🎟️ Plant Gazing will take place on Tuesday 10 December at 7pm. Reserve your spot now for an evening of inspiration and connection. A limited number of tickets are available free of charge for residents of Tower Hamlets. These places have been lovingly created with support from Tower Hamlets Council Community Chest.

See you there!

Ticket link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/plant-gazing-under-elder-moon-tickets-1051561698347

[1] Portrait of Joseph Walsh
[3] - [13] Scenes from Plant Gazing: Under Waxing Crescent Moon with sketches by participants .baronovitch_, , .art and .eu in the exhibition ‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ by Fran Hayes.

05/10/2024

We are coming to Minor Attractions at The Mandrake Hotel, with new work by Kenji Lim and Jake Walker from 8 - 13 October 2924.

💌 DM for a catalogue of available works or a free pass to visit the fair.

Address: The Mandrake Hotel, 20 - 21 Newman Street, London, W1T 1PG
Access: The Mandrake Hotel has accessible restrooms and elevators

See you there!

Pictured:

[2] Jake Walker, detail of ‘Untitled composition of rhythm and speed’ (2023), oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 in)

[4] Kenji Lim, detail of ‘The wonder is that you can see the sky at all’ (2024), acrylic paint on linen, 80 x 110 cm (32 x 44 in), photo by Peter Otto

11/07/2024

‘The End of the World (Sphynx Influence)’, by Fran Hayes et al.

This is the result of Fran’s most recent Blender 3D workshop where she invited visitors to the exhibition ‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ to co-create an amorphous entity, touching upon the basics of Blender including object creation, sculpting, texturing and animating.

‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes, inspired by damaged ecologies, science-fiction, and the uncanny; all viewed through a profoundly human lens.

🪩 EXHIBITION EXTENDED > 21 July 2024

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
Gallery address: IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ
Access: The gallery is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

12/06/2024

Let Fran Hayes be your guide to ‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ at IMT Gallery on Saturday 22 June. Fran will be on hand to introduce you to the show from 12 - 6pm.

The exhibition features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes, inspired by damaged ecologies, science-fiction, and the uncanny; all viewed through a profoundly human lens.

Stumbling into technotime you are confronted by amorphous energies, they are whispering sweet nothings - forgotten melodies, dark truths, hidden narratives - digital paintings spill from screens, illuminating elastic futures.

👉 Exhibition continues to 14 July 2024

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
Gallery address: IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ
Access: The gallery is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

Works by Fran Hayes:

[1] ‘the memory of a wound’ (2023)
[6] ‘who will stop me now’ (2024)
[7] ‘i fell asleep against the window of the corner shop’ (2024)
[10] ‘so bright it hurts’ (2024)

Installation views by Peter Otto

08/06/2024

Seeing Art with the Whole Body - A New Workshop Series by Claire Loussouarn. Engaging the sensory machine in Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space…

'Seeing art with the whole body', we will explore how to listen and receive an artist's artwork, and world with the three-dimensionality of our sensory bodies.

For our first workshop in this series at IMT Gallery we will have the pleasure to dialogue with Fran Hayes' artwork. Her exhibition Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes, inspired by damaged ecologies, science-fiction, and the uncanny; all viewed through a profoundly human lens.

Claire Loussouarn is a movement artist and somatic wizard. She'll bring some of her magic to make you look at artwork from a fresh and new perspective. You will be invited to follow simple movement scores to attune to your senses, change your perspective through space and challenge our normal default position of focused forward vision. You will learn to trust your body and its subtle felt sense in response to artwork, letting go of preconceptions about how you should conduct yourself in an art gallery.

🎟️ ‘Seeing Art with the Whole Body’ will take place on Tuesday 18 June at 7pm. Get your tickets via our link in bio. Tower Hamlets residents attend for FREE!

This event has been lovingly created with support from Tower Hamlets Community Chest.

See you there!

[1] Portrait of Claire Loussouarn
[2] Fran Hayes, ‘so bright it hurts' (2024), digital painting (detail)

31/05/2024

To coincide with London Gallery Weekend Fran Hayes invites you to explore her latest exhibition Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space and co-create a new digital landscape in Blender 3D, an open-source software emerging in contemporary art spaces.

Join us this Sunday 2 June from 12 - 6pm and experience firsthand as Fran expertly melds participants' input, crafting a dynamic environment. Throughout this immersive experience, Fran will offer valuable insights into her artistic process, elucidating techniques such as object creation, sculpting, texturing, and animation.

Date: Sunday 2 June from 12 - 6pm
Entry is free and no experience is necessary

‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes, inspired by damaged ecologies, science-fiction, and the uncanny; all viewed through a profoundly human lens.

London Gallery Weekend: 31 May - 2 June
Opening times: Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm, and continues to 14 July
Gallery address: IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ
Access: The gallery is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

[1] [3] Blender WIP by Fran Hayes
[2] [4] [5] Installation views by Peter Otto

26/04/2024

You are invited to ‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’, an exhibition by emerging interdisciplinary artist Fran Hayes. Launches on 10 May - 14 July 2024, with a preview on Thursday 9 May from 7 - 10pm.

“a broken fish is spat out onto the shore
a feathered heart beats faithfully against the changing night
i can only be what i am
yet believe me i try to be more

my heart is heavy
a clenched fist holding onto old memories
i just want arms around me
i don’t care whose
(as long as they’re yours)”

🪩 Read the full exhibition text by Fran and Ruth Hayes via https://imagemusictext.com/exhibition-fran-hayes-thick-stretchy-sticky-space/

‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes, inspired by damaged ecologies, science-fiction, and the uncanny; all viewed through a profoundly human lens.

Pictured: ‘I fell asleep against the window of the corner shop’ (2024), video excerpt

16/04/2024

10/04/2024

Marking the end of the eclipse season, Joseph Walsh’s workshop ‘Plant Gazing: Under Dandelion Moon’ offers a unique opportunity to connect with plant allies and set personal intentions for the coming months.

Immerse yourself in the IMT Gallery space, subtly smudged with Clary Sage and Rose to encourage chi flow and inspire clarity. A curated selection of plants will be available for drawing, accompanied by prompts and guidance on the techniques of plant gazing and observation. Joseph will guide you through a series of “warm up” exercises for shifting habitual ways of looking, moving on to experimental longer durational drawing sketches. Prompts will be given to glean and speculate what may be communicated by shape, form and behaviour, what Anthropologist Gregory Bateson calls “transforms of environment”.

Take a moment to ground yourself and reconnect with your body, sipping on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) tea, cultivated and harvested from Joseph’s wildlife plot. Energetically bitter, drying and cooling, it pioneers and restores poor soil, whilst in our own bodies, it shifts toxins. We will take influence from this earth regulator to set our own intentions into spring. As a special takeaway, participants will receive a portion of this tea - an intentional offering for personal contemplation or to share with someone special.

🎟️ Plant Gazing will take place on Tuesday 23 April at 7pm. Get your tickets now via the link below. A limited number are available free of charge for residents of Tower Hamlets. See you there!

Step into the enchanting realm of Joseph Walsh's transformative workshop, an evening of inspiration and connection.

08/04/2024

IMT Gallery is proud to present the first solo exhibition by emerging interdisciplinary artist Fran Hayes. ‘Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space’ features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes, inspired by damaged ecologies, science-fiction, and the uncanny; all viewed through a profoundly human lens.

Stumbling into technotime you are confronted by amorphous energies, they are whispering sweet nothings - forgotten melodies, dark truths, hidden narratives - digital paintings spill from screens, illuminating elastic futures.

Exhibition opens 10 May - 14 July 2024, with a preview on Thursday 9 May from 7 - 10pm. Save the date!

🔗A text accompanies the exhibition, by Fran and Ruth Hayes, read it via:
https://imagemusictext.com

Pictured: ‘Who will stop me now’ (2024), digital painting

21/03/2024

✨ LAST CHANCE TO SEE ✨ Kenji Lim’s ‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ at IMT Gallery, exhibition closes 24 March.

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 6pm
Gallery address: Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ

Up close:

‘The wonder is that you can see the sky at all’ (2024)
Acrylic paint on linen
80 x 110 cm

Photographs by Peter Otto

14/03/2024

“How do other animals view the world? It’s something we can never truly imagine given how different creatures have evolved. It’s a concept that runs through Kenji Lim’s work where imagined shelled and furry creatures inhabit the plinths and cling to the railings of the stairs. While in his painting deep sea squat lobsters, which are normally suspended in water, appear to rain down from a magenta sky.” - Tabish Khan

‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ by Kenji Lim is selected as one of Tabish Khan’s top 5 art exhibitions to see in March, published by FAD.

CLOSING SOON: ’Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ at IMT Gallery continues until 24 March, and is open Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm.

🔗 Read the press release by Charlotte Cole via our link in bio.

Up close:

‘Forbidden Caterpillar (Honorary Magician)’ (2024)
Painted resin, faux fur and resin eyes�29 x 18 x 26 cm

‘Forbidden Caterpillar (Peach Pit)’ (2024)
Painted resin, faux fur and resin eyes�26 x 25 x 26 cm

[2] [3] Installation views by Peter Otto.

13/02/2024

Thank you to the London Art Round Up for reviewing IMT’s current exhibition ‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ by Kenji Lim…

“[…] The majority of the ‘creatures’ might be best described as post-nuclear crustaceans from a rainbow world. Their shellfish inspiration is hard to ignore, but day-glo colours and gooey, blobby bits push them clearly into alien territory. Then again, I’m pretty sure I saw something similar to these actually moving on a seafood platter I once ordered on Jeju Island. […]

I almost dipped a finger to check if those marbles were floating in resin or goo. I really wanted to pet the Caterpillars. And I contemplated giving Peachy Cobbler a gentle nudge to see how fast it could slither and glide. Everything looks so lifelike that you’ll forget you’re in a gallery and not a petting zoo. […]”

🔗 Read the full review below

‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ by Kenji Lim continues until 24 March, and is open Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm.

27/01/2024

We are excited to share with you the first installation views of ‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ by Kenji Lim at IMT Gallery.

“Under clear, magenta skies they choose to settle, nursed by the shade of passing trees. Warmth still lingers in the grasslands, but the day is fading fast. Shadows of nightwings flicker over the hay, swooping into branchy nests.”

See our link in bio for the full press release by Charlotte Cole.

👉 Exhibition continues to 24 March 2024

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
Gallery address: IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ
Access: The gallery is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

Kenji Lim is a British artist based in Essex and born in Singapore. Lim studied Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London and the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University. Lim works through sculpture, video, digital collage, installation and painting. His work reflects and refracts the experience of landscape through the prisms of culture, myth, philosophy, and the metaphysical; returning the gaze of Western cultural norms through the eyes of other-than-human actors. Part archaeological, part Fraggle Rock, he navigates alternative modes of seeing and understanding the world and its inhabitants. Lim’s work is shown internationally, including recent exhibitions ‘Tourist’ at Galerie Reinthaler, Vienna, and ‘Perishing Thirst' at Quench Gallery, Margate.

Installation views by Peter Otto.

Up close:

‘Very Feels 1’ (2022)
Polymer clay, resin, glass marble and modelling grass
10 x 10 x 10 cm

‘The Wonder Is That You Can See the Sky at All’ (2024)
Acrylic on linen
80 x 110 cm

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09/01/2024

✨SAVE THE DATE!✨ IMT Gallery’s first exhibition of 2024, ‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ by Kenji Lim opens Thursday the 18 January from 7 - 10pm.

Under clear, magenta skies they choose to settle, nursed by the shade of passing trees. Warmth still lingers in the grasslands, but the day is fading fast. Shadows of nightwings flicker over the hay, swooping into branchy nests.

Step lightly, take care of the amoeba underfoot. Leave no trace. The pitter patter of pseudotoes echoes down desire paths, between the shallow groves. Time glides with no familiar route ahead, and dappled light scatters like so many marbles over the blueish plains. The sun is falling, auburn rays shine over swathes of caterpillar reeds, their eyes peeping into the beams of lastlight. Cat tongues uncurl from bleary faced cocoons, eager for the night, for a taste.

See our link in bio for the full press release by Charlotte Cole.

Kenji works through sculpture, video, digital collage, installation and painting. His work reflects and refracts the experience of landscape through the prisms of culture, myth, philosophy, and the metaphysical; returning the gaze of Western cultural norms through the eyes of other-than-human actors. Part archaeological, part Fraggle Rock, he navigates alternative modes of seeing and understanding the world and its inhabitants.

👉 Exhibition runs from 19 January - 24 March 2024

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
Gallery address: IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ
Access: The gallery is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

Pictured: Kenji Lim, ‘Forbidden Caterpillar (Chatepelose Interdite)’, 2020, Polymer Clay and faux fur, 40 x 9 x 7cm.

13/12/2023

✨ SAVE THE DATE ✨ for IMT’s first exhibition of 2024, ‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’, a solo exhibition by Kenji Lim. You are invited to join Kenji and the IMT Team for the launch on Thursday the 18 January from 7 - 10pm.

Under clear, magenta skies they choose to settle, nursed by the shade of passing trees. Warmth still lingers in the grasslands, but the day is fading fast. Shadows of nightwings flicker over the hay, swooping into branchy nests.
Step lightly, take care of the amoeba underfoot. Leave no trace. The pitter patter of pseudotoes echoes down desire paths, between the shallow groves. Time glides with no familiar route ahead, and dappled light scatters like so many marbles over the blueish plains. The sun is falling, auburn rays shine over swathes of caterpillar reeds, their eyes peeping into the beams of lastlight. Cat tongues uncurl from bleary faced cocoons, eager for the night, for a taste.

For the full press release by Charlotte Cole, visit: https://imagemusictext.com/exhibition-kenji-lim-spend-time-not-thinking-about-tomorrow/

Kenji works through sculpture, video, digital collage, installation and painting. His work reflects and refracts the experience of landscape through the prisms of culture, myth, philosophy, and the metaphysical; returning the gaze of Western cultural norms through the eyes of other-than-human actors. Part archaeological, part Fraggle Rock, he navigates alternative modes of seeing and understanding the world and its inhabitants.

👉 Exhibition runs from 19 January - 24 March 2024

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
Gallery address: IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ
Access: The gallery is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

Pictured: Kenji Lim, ‘Spend Time Not Thinking About Tomorrow’ (2023), digital image, 5/2