Gallery Visits with Year 5

These recycled sculptures lead us into a discussion of sustainability and the environment, key concepts within the Green Lens philosophy.



One of three groups that came to the gallery each day before preparing for the parade back at school...


Patiently lining up to see the exciting installation GUNSMOKE...

Studio Shoot with William Edward Head

Mosad I.I 2011








































Mossad I.II 2011




















Frogman 2011 (Acquired)




















The Diligent Detective (Tribute to the late Louise Bourgeois) 2011 (Acquired)




















Surfin' USA 2011 (Acquired)




















Goya Tree 2011




















, The Son, 2011




















Slow Coach 2011




















Dr Strangelove 2011 (Acquired)




















Twins 2010 (Acquired)




















The Revolutionary 2011




















Guide 2011

Gunsmoke

Cast clay figures of cowboys and indians are illuminated by a toy train set in a moving spectacle of shadows.





































The Political Philosopher Leo Strauss was a great fan of the Cowboy TV series Gunsmoke. 

"He felt it had a salutary effect on the American People..."
- Professor Stanley Rosen, pupil of Leo Strauss, 1949
- The Power of Nightmares, Adam Curtis

The Green Lens Gallery

Exhibition Opening

Two Friends, by Charlie Yetton, 2011

Two Friends

I called them ‘Two Friends’, he called them ‘The Twins’, he called it ‘Slowcoach’, I called it ‘The Snail’, I called it ‘The Hero’, he called it ‘The Revolutionary’. Letters flew hurriedly back and forth. I drew circles on scraps of paper as I waited for the latest updates, another small packet of photos for analysis and close inspection… I couldn’t let go of one heading, ‘Two Friends’.

Returning to the photograph of ‘The Twins’ I noticed the taller twin held the shorter, dumpier twins severed left leg in his right hand. I noticed it wasn’t all of his leg, being severed around the upper thigh and the part held by his twin was only the foot to the knee. Also it was the wrong colour, possibly a blind alley. I hadn’t noticed this aspect before, focusing more on my feeling that they were friends. One was wounded but happy. They seemed like two soldiers back from war, or peasants at a railway station waving goodbye and at the same time waiting. They are inextricably joined and bonded together. The taller bears the weight of the shorter; they have similar jumpers and different hats. They are benign and seem to be waving but don’t.

Like peasants and soldiers they live outside of time, but in the absolute present and in that second they are animated. They live in the quietness of villages connected by streams and the rushing winds. They wait at the railway station, not for a train and transport, but it seems in the anticipation that by waiting and observing the world, some small opportunity will arise.

Charlie Yetton 2011

Poster

SCULET & GUNSMOKE

Hosted by Green Lens Studios and Gallery
4a Attebury Rd N4 1SF

Open Daily Between 12 - 5pm Over
2nd - 6th April Opening 1.4.11 6 - 9pm

With special thanks to
The Institute Arts Centre