Panic Exhibition I [2009]
“Where you go look for the grotesque, the dirty, you find God, happiness, beauty…and our ass.” - Fernando Arrabal
A major contemporary collection of surreal, controversial and provocative modern art, featuring exclusive work by the founding fathers of the Panic Movement, alongside a new wave of modern contemporary artists.
Photographs of the exhibition can now been seen on our gallery page here!
Open to public Sat 14th – Sat 21th Nov 2009
11am - 7pm, Every day (one week only!)
The Old Abattoir, 187 - 211 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4LS
Entry - Donation
Come experience the vast Old Abattoir space (used to be a prison in 1800s, then a huge abattoir and butchers until 1980s), and see art installations from over 35 striking and provocative artists.
Things will be happening spontaneously for the duration of the exhibition, so you might arrive at a live recording, a shoot, a new installation, a performance...
On Sunday (15th Nov) Scrap Club will be taking over from 7-8pm only, please bring any item dear to you that you have always wanted to obliterate with a sledge hammer!
Featuring works from :
Lee Adams
Cristobal Jodorowsky
Roland Topor
Alejandro Jodorowsky
James Elphick
Sonica Storm & Antoine Bertin
Mark & Pave
Lee Mangan
Mr Yeti
Hutch
Lucinda Butcher
Maris Alena Gonzalez
Celia Arias
Lucy Sparrow
Twisted Cirque
Joe Lobley
Jil Tegan Doherty
Scabbage
Enjoy Kaos
John Bird
Nick Elphick
Bradford Bahamas
Coco
DJ Tendraw
Syban V
Ivan Tanda
Iain Sommerville
FreyaGushi
AtomeFabrik
Complusive Behaviour
Sophie Brookes
Cake
Frank Barlow
Martin Drogosz
Luke Moss
The Butchers
Sarka Kindlova
Stuart Kearns
Ernesto Sarezale
Scrap Club
Private View / Panic Happening :
Many artists will be creating their art live in a 3 hour ‘Panic’ inspired happening during the opening night, consisting of performance art, live art, site specific characters, live sonic sounds, and plenty of interactive installations. ‘The Aftermath’ of this panic happening will then take the form of the exhibition. Films and documentaries on the Panic movement and the founding members will also be screened.
Panic Movement (Mouvement panique) was a collective formed by Fernando Arrabal, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roland Topor in Paris, France in 1962. Inspired by and named after the god Pan, and influenced by Luis Buñuel and Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty, the group concentrated on chaotic happenings containing performance art and surreal imagery, designed to be shocking, as a response to surrealism becoming petite bourgeoisie and to release destructive energies in search of peace and beauty.
A major contemporary collection of surreal, controversial and provocative modern art, featuring exclusive work by the founding fathers of the Panic Movement, alongside a new wave of modern contemporary artists.
Photographs of the exhibition can now been seen on our gallery page here!
Open to public Sat 14th – Sat 21th Nov 2009
11am - 7pm, Every day (one week only!)
The Old Abattoir, 187 - 211 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4LS
Entry - Donation
Come experience the vast Old Abattoir space (used to be a prison in 1800s, then a huge abattoir and butchers until 1980s), and see art installations from over 35 striking and provocative artists.
Things will be happening spontaneously for the duration of the exhibition, so you might arrive at a live recording, a shoot, a new installation, a performance...
On Sunday (15th Nov) Scrap Club will be taking over from 7-8pm only, please bring any item dear to you that you have always wanted to obliterate with a sledge hammer!
Featuring works from :
Lee Adams
Cristobal Jodorowsky
Roland Topor
Alejandro Jodorowsky
James Elphick
Sonica Storm & Antoine Bertin
Mark & Pave
Lee Mangan
Mr Yeti
Hutch
Lucinda Butcher
Maris Alena Gonzalez
Celia Arias
Lucy Sparrow
Twisted Cirque
Joe Lobley
Jil Tegan Doherty
Scabbage
Enjoy Kaos
John Bird
Nick Elphick
Bradford Bahamas
Coco
DJ Tendraw
Syban V
Ivan Tanda
Iain Sommerville
FreyaGushi
AtomeFabrik
Complusive Behaviour
Sophie Brookes
Cake
Frank Barlow
Martin Drogosz
Luke Moss
The Butchers
Sarka Kindlova
Stuart Kearns
Ernesto Sarezale
Scrap Club
Private View / Panic Happening :
Many artists will be creating their art live in a 3 hour ‘Panic’ inspired happening during the opening night, consisting of performance art, live art, site specific characters, live sonic sounds, and plenty of interactive installations. ‘The Aftermath’ of this panic happening will then take the form of the exhibition. Films and documentaries on the Panic movement and the founding members will also be screened.
Panic Movement (Mouvement panique) was a collective formed by Fernando Arrabal, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roland Topor in Paris, France in 1962. Inspired by and named after the god Pan, and influenced by Luis Buñuel and Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty, the group concentrated on chaotic happenings containing performance art and surreal imagery, designed to be shocking, as a response to surrealism becoming petite bourgeoisie and to release destructive energies in search of peace and beauty.