Review

Article by Jennifer Cavanagh who is the Notting Hill editor for MyVillage.com and a contributor to various publications.

http://london.myvillage.com/place/mols-place

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Private Reception 1st July 2010

Over 170 guests joined Mol's Team for a glass or two of pink champagne to celebrate the opening of Decadence and Drama on 1st July.

All photographs courtesy Millie Doughty

Conrad Ventur

If You Go Away, (Dusty Springfield), DVD, projector, rotating prism, 2010, Edition 1 (1/3) plus 1 AP. Copyright the artist, courtesy ROKEBY. Image credit: Millie Doughty

Conrad Ventur (b.1977), based in New York City

Goldsmiths College, London, MFA, 2008

Selected recent exhibitions: Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York City, 2010, (group), Because We Are, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, USA, 2010, (group), Forever and a Day, ROKEBY, London, 2010, (solo), Fragments of Fame, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA, 2010, (solo).

Elisa Pône

I'm looking for something to believe in, 2007, video. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Michel Rein Paris. Image credit Ghosting

Elisa Pône (b. 1979), based in Paris

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris Cergy, 2005

Selected recent exhibitions: Let's Dance, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, 2010, (group), Bons baisers de Bialystok (curated by United Artists & Mathilde Villeneuve), Bialystok, Poland, 2010 (group), Loading, (curated by Judith Lavagna), PMgalerie, Berlin, Germany, 2010 (group), Fermer les yeux. Sauver sa peau., Galerie Michel Rein, Paris (2008), (solo).

This video will be presented in October in the exhibition Let's Dance at the MAC/VAL, France

Ben Newton

Untitled, 2010, MDF, gesso, 24ct gold leaf. Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Newton (b.1975), based in London

Royal College of Art, MA Sculpture, 2009-2010

Selected recent exhibitions: Keep Me Posted, Posted (curated by Julia Royse), London, 2010, (group), Josh Lilley Gallery, London, (curated Robin Kirsten) 2010 (group), Remix, Pigeon Wing (curated Sarah Jury and Fabian Tabitian) 2010 (group), Il Alla a lai de lai, Crimes Town, 2010 (group).

Nick Jeffrey

Installation image: RCA, 2010

Nick Jeffrey (b.1984), based in London

Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art Painting, 2009-2011

Chelsea College of Art and Design, B.A. Hons Fine Art Painting, 2004 - 2007

Selected recent exhibitions: Die Verganglichkeit and the battered shed, La Veronica arte contemporanea, Sicily, Italy, 2010, (solo), X ARTWORKS IN A STRAIGHT LINE (SEEKING THE PERFECT SPHERE), CRISP LONDON LOS ANGELES, 2010 (group), The Peckham Pavilion, 53^rd Venice Biennale, 2009, (group), Bold Tendencies II, 2008, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, (group).

Peles Empire

Amygdala II, 2010, photocopies. Courtesy of the artist.

Peles Empire is a collaborative project by Barbara Wolff and Katharina Stoever, founded in 2005 in Frankfurt, currently based in London.

Selected recent exhibitions: Transformation, SPACE at Deutsche Bank London, 2010, (group), Space Revised, 2009, GAK Bremen, (group), Liste 08, Basel with Schnittraum Cologne, 2008, Something to do with a castle, 2007, Los Angeles, (solo).

Barbara Wolff

Hydra, 2010, digital print and resin on wood. Courtesy of the artist.

Katharina Stoever

From Series Artificialia I-IV:

Left: Artificialia III, 2010, mixed media. Courtesy of the artist.

Right: Artificialia IV, 2010, mixed media. Courtesy of the artist

Cornelius Dupré

The Gang’s all Here!, 2010, shoe polish, lining paper. Courtesy of the artist

Cornelius Dupré (b.1985), based in Edinburgh

Edinburgh College of Art, MFA Sculpture, 2010

Edinburgh College of Art BA Sculpture, 2008

Selected recent exhibitions: Big Daddy, UDK, Berlin, 2010, (solo), Dixieland, Mauer Park, Berlin, 2010, (solo), Micro-residency 1 at The Two Jonnys, London, 2009, (solo), Hot-Box, Lauriston Castle Glass House, Edinburgh, 2009, (group).

Nicolas Deshayes

Back to the Drawing Board (Stiff Peaks) detail, 2010, stainless steel, Vacuum formed acrylic, chopping boards and rock salt. Courtesy of the artist

A Study, 2008, steel, aluminium, gloss paint, desk lamps, skin-toned dichroic glass filters. Courtesy of the artist

Nicolas Deshayes (b.1983), based in London

Royal College of Art, MA Sculpture, 2007-2009
Chelsea College of Art and Design, BA Fine Art Sculpture, 2002-2005

Selected recent exhibitions: Cultural Wood, Concrete / Hayward Gallery (curated by Tom Morton), London, 2010, (solo), Stiff Peaks, The Two Jonnys, London, 2010, (solo), A Stranger's Window, curated by MOOT, Nottingham Castle and Museum, 2010, (group), Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Cornerhouse Manchester and A Foundation, London, 2009 (group)

REVIEW

A comment made on Saatchi website recommending the exhibition....

DECADENCE AND DRAMA
Mol's Place London
Artypete:
"A wonderful extravagant exhibition -
to match the decor of this renovated
theatre prop, set and stage building
factory. Expect works made of gold
leaf, pillars and blow ups of Romanian
palaces."


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