Canning Time
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Himali Singh Soin
Diego Delas John Henry Newton Aya Fukami Pietro Librizzi Lucy Evetts Rodrigo B. Camacho Lewis Hammond Alex Nikiporenko 1-2 October 2016
part of Art Licks Weekend 2016 El Cheap’Ou discount store 75 Depford High Street SE8 4AA London |
John Price, the owner of El Cheap ’Ou - ’Love you can afford’, has seen Deptford change immensely over the years and so has the shop, flooding you with an eclectic mix of both local and imported items. Although a sense of a preserved time capsule is maintained by the long-durational products, a bunker of survival with a resilience to forgetting, the shop remains one of the most humane on the street. Everyone knows John and Raj the assistant; people come in, converse, enquire, acquire and leave with inevitably much more than they came in with. Either through research of its history or involvement in the store’s daily life, each artist unwraps further thoughts and narratives in this stable yet ever-changing place.
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John Price, the owner of El Cheap ’Ou - ’Love you can afford’, has seen Deptford change immensely over the years and so has the shop, flooding you with an eclectic mix of both local and imported items. Although a sense of a preserved time capsule is maintained by the long-durational products, a bunker of survival with a resilience to forgetting, the shop remains one of the most humane on the street. Everyone knows John and Raj the assistant; people come in, converse, enquire, acquire and leave with inevitably much more than they came in with. A group of artists were invited to visit the shop and respond to the immersive and dense environment. Either through research of its history or involvement in the store’s daily life, each artist unwraps further thoughts and narratives in this stable yet ever-changing place. The artworks are displayed amongst liquids, solids, preserves, cans, boxes, shelves and photographs in this two-day exhibition.