ORLA BARRY

DAVID BATE

MARIANNE BERENHAUT

MARCEL BROODTHAERS

MARIE-PUCK BROODTHAERS

GLAUCE CERVEIRA

GORDON CHEUNG

LUC COECKELBERGHS

EMILY COLE

SANDRA CROSS

JEAN-PHILLIPPE DEFAUT

ELS DIETVORST

WILLIAM ENGLISH

ALDOUS EVERLEIGH

CHRISTOPH FINK

DENZIL FORRESTER

MICHEL FRANOIS

ARCHANGEL GIRAC

DAN GORMAN

OONA GRIMES

JOHN GUEST

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY

DAVID HAUGHTON

TONY HAYWARD

NICKY HODGE

KATI HECK

GEORGIE HOPTON

CHRISTIAN ISRAEL

HYWEL WYN JONES

DANIEL KNORR

ANSEL KRUT

THEO KACCOUFA

BARRY KEMP

JOHN ROGER KING

DAVID LAMELAS

LEO

CLAUDIA LIPSEY

INGEBORG LSCHER

ULLA MAIBAUM

LAURA MALACART

RUI MATSUNAGA

FRANS MASEREEL

HERMAN MARTIN

DAVID MCKERAN

ANDREA MERCIAR

SUSAN MORRIS

RIA PACQUE

PALERMO

ROGER PRATT

JOHN ROBERTS

PERRY ROBERTS

GUY ROMBOUTS

MARC ROSSIGNOL

KEVIN ROWE

GERRY SMITH

JO STOCKHAM

JOHN SWARBRICK

WALTER SWENNEN

BERNARD VILLERS

John Swarbrick

6 May 11 June 2006

As individuals, we only ever experience one small unique slice of the art environment. With this in mind, I curated Sense & Nonsense in 2003, using the opportunity of an exhibition to reveal my surroundings. This new exhibition titled Outdoors is a continuation of this process.  What visitors will be again presented with is a cobbled together community, born out of both choice and circumstances.

Although London is clearly home, a strong relationship with Brussels over many years weaves in and out of this story. Belgium is not the other side of the world, but this small country has a great ability to produce and give refuge to artists that both delight and surprise.

Over 40 artists have been assembled, using a wide range of media: Photography, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing and Film. The pieces selected will involve information that is gained from the world outdoors. As well as cityscapes and landscapes, there will be works that touch on areas and ideas that are less easy to define.

Works will include a Belgian bicycle sculpture by Marianne Berenhaut, Orla Barrys Foundlings filmed in Wexford, Ireland and some works from the past, as in Frans Masereels view of Antwerp.

The various rooms in the gallery will allow both informal and particular groupings to occur. One section will try to present the landscape of conflict, as in John Swarbricks Drawing/Painting alongside the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay.

At the end of the day maybe these works are simply attempting to show us what the world outside looks like.

Gerry Smith