Launch: 15 July, 18.00 – 21.00
Open: 16 July – 21 August, Thur – Sun, 12.00 – 18.00
The Sunday Painter, some of whom are Camberwell alumni is pleased to announce the launch of ‘Seconds’, a collection of new limited edition artworks from more than twenty previously exhibited artists and studio members celebrating a first year of exhibitions at 12-16 Blenheim Grove.
Proceeds from ‘Seconds’ will enable The Sunday Painter to continue its work in supporting artists through the exhibition programme, providing affordable studios and engaging with the local community through workshops and talks.
The term ‘Seconds’ stemming from ‘Factory seconds’ is used to describe goods that, whilst still being usable, do not meet the quality control standards of the manufacturer – A black leather sofa with a funny brown scuff on it, a speaker with a little tear in it or perhaps an apple with a slight bulge in one side. These small flaws make the products irregular and therefore not fit for the consumer who likes a standard level of quality and regularity in their goods. After all who wants furniture that looks soiled or to eat food that looks a funny shape. You could be forgiven then for mistaking ‘Seconds’, the title for this project, as having negative connotations.
Certain outlets, however, sell on ‘seconds’ at a discounted price for the more utilitarian consumer who doesn’t mind trading off the regularity of their products in order to get something on the cheap, which works fine- after all isn’t there a charm to a potato that looks a bit like the queen?
Image: Bernard Debaillie – ‘Diaspore and Natrolite’, 2011, Cast Aluminium, Edition 1 of 5, £220.
