This Tuesday we moved the art into the space. Its a great location looking out on to the waterfront. With walls that still smelt of fresh paint, a light green colour no less. We worked on unpacking and hanging the art. After 3 hours we stood back to check out our handiwork (ok the technicians handiwork, credit where due).

So we will be up there tonight for the private view, anyone who wants to come and has not already done so please pop an email through to info@watermans.org.uk looking forward to seeing you there.

For instruction to get to the gallery click here.

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Following my post back in September I can officially confirm that we are finalising the details and will be exhibiting Bahar’s work between Wed 2nd Dec - Sat 16th Jan at Watermans gallery London.

The selection of paintings has not yet been released but I can confirm that there will be a small handfull of work from bibigallery.com appearing in the exhibition. There will also be a number of other Oil and Watercolour works by Bahar on view.

There will be  Private View of the exhibition on Thur 3 December at 6.30pm. Please email info@watermans.org.uk for your invitation.

For more information go to the waterman exhibition page.

Hi to one and all of you. This moment I am looking at my colour scrambling.

You know, all painters say something with their paintings,

I say something like: life is good and beautiful and bad and ugly,

kind and wicked, bright and dark, funny and sad… and it goes on …

but i like it because i fight, fight it,and this makes me feel alive.

and my colour scrambling is the way i fight and cry and laugh

come with me, i tell you my story

The piece is not a new but one I painted some months back. It displays the frailty of human life and links that with how it all starts in the womb. I have made both the original and a limited number of prints available in the shop.

Bibigallery has been invited to give an exhibition at a location in London, date TBC. We are all very excited to get back out on the street and into a space with Bahar’s work. More information to come, watch this space.

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The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major solo exhibition of the work of the internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor, winner of the 1991 Turner Prize and one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation.

The exhibition surveys Kapoor’s career to date showcasing a number of new and previously unseen works, including a select group of Kapoor’s early pigment sculptures, beguiling mirror-polished stainless-steel sculptures and cement sculptures on display for the first time.

For more info go to The Royal Academy website.

Bibigallery is looking to launch a pack of greeting cards with image from the gallery on. The pack is will contain 5 or 10 greeting cards with blank inside faces. We are not sure of the retail price as of yet. What you are looking for is for suggestions about which paintings we should use and also to see the level of demand for such cards. Please drop us an email or use the poll below you let us know if you are interested in the idea.

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Greeting cards from bibigallery would be the idea card for birthdays, weddings, anniversary’s, congratulations or just to say sorry. Give a friend or family member a piece of art today.

I did a wordle for bibigallery. Got to love this, you can do you own site here: http://www.wordle.net/

Hey art lovers bit of news I have just read for you:-

In London, a group of Iranian artists are displaying their works. The show highlights sub-cultures that are flourishing within the Iranian society.

The Iranian exhibit is proving so popular, its London run has been extended. “Made In Iran” is on display at Asia House and has attracted much attention in recent weeks.

The exhibit is unusual because it features artists who have all chosen to stay in Iran, rather than relocate to Western cities. These artists use modern mediums and take a tongue-in-cheek approach to modern culture in Iranian as it clashes with the ancient traditions of the past.

Arianne Levene, art consultant said, “All of the artists are extremely young, most of them were born around the time of the revolution, around 1978 and 1979 and they are in their early 30’s or in the late ’60’s and they are in their mid-30’s, and they are more influenced by what they see and experience around them as opposed to what the traditions were, which is not something they’ve experienced because Iran’s changed a lot and the Iran they know, the one where they live is Iran today.”

None of the artists were able to leave Iran to attend the London show, due to the recent domestic situation. Efforts are now being made to arrange for “Made In Iran” to go on tour in France and Canada. The London show ends July 10.