24 Nov 2010

Umelec Magazine Launch at Sumarria Lunn, London

Umelec Magazine Launch
Thursday 25th November, 6 - 9 pm
Sumarria Lunn, 20 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DP

Release of the so called Dead Issue with Autopsia dissections, pretty oil paintings spanning entire seas, voices from China and yet more assortments of sex, violence and laughter!

Once again printed in CZECH, ENGLISH and GERMAN, buy one or buy them all. Plus all the best books from the archives of Divus to yet further lighten your pocket.

Umĕlec has sidled up to the Sumarria Lunn gallery for the launch to coincide with the Hilary Ellis exhibition �?A Whiter Shade of Pale’.

There is also work by Matthew Picton, Yun-Kyung Jeong and Ross Jones on the lower ground floor of the gallery.

The editors from Umĕlec will attempt brief talks before letting the professionals take over to give an introduction to the exhibition.

Umĕlec issues 1 and 2 (2010) in all languages will be available to buy at the reduced price of £5.


CONTENT:

YEKATERINBURG: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ONE’S TRAVEL / Alena Boika / in transition
Yekaterinburg met a cold wind, impenetrable darkness and classically bad Russian roads. In the hotel, named after one of the most beautiful rivers in the Ural mountains, Iset’, visitors were met with the significant plaque informing them that the Iset’ Hotel is a major part of the downtown...

FORGOTTEN UTOPIA / darja kostina / in transition
The emergence of a bright, new architectural phenomenon—Soviet constructivism—in the 1920s is related to a number of technological developments and the incubation of complimentary artistic conditions. At the beginning of the 20th century in Russia, it had become clear that there was a need for...

ZLÍN: DON’T CALL IT A UTOPIA -OR A GARDEN CITY BY AN INDUSTRIALIST, WHO TURNED DREAMS INTO SECONDS / Alena Boika / in transition
My acquaintance with Zlín began when I was preparing the material on Yekaterinburg—the city which is known for its spectacular monuments to the constructivist epoch. Both cities can be proud of being the architectural embodiment of their respective conceptual ideals and, despite the fact those...

THE LAST OF SKOMOROKHS IN MEMORY OF B.U.KASHKIN / Alexander Shaburov / in transition
HE RUSSIAN FLUXUS AND WORD-OF-MOUTH AVANT-GARDE Provincial geniuses are fated to die in obscurity. That is why even at his home, in Sverd- lovsk, very few people know now about B.U.Kashkin (1938–2005), an abstract photographer, a conceptual poet, a performance artist and a lot more. The one who...

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR / Adam Nenadál alias Aran Epochal
Album covers containing neither the name of the band nor the title of the album. Promotion kept to a minimum. Official band pictures? They don’t exist. And the music? Long, and upon first listening, a randomly �?collected’ series of compositions without vocals or any clear rhythmic...

FAREWELL ARCADIA THE WORK OF GED QUINN / Jane Neal / The End of the Western Concept

AUTOPSIA OR ON DEATH AND SALVATION / Dejan Sretenović / The End of the Western Concept

AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF DECLINE / Donna Howard / The End of the Western Concept

THE BIGGEST OIL PAINTING IN THE WORLD IS FOR ALL WHO SLIPPED ON THE BANANA PEEL OF THE APOCALYPSE / Ivan Mečl wrote this for his grandfather / The End of the Western Concept

IN CHINA WITH JÉRÔME SANS / Palo Fabuš, Ivan Mečl / china

ANTONIO NEGRI IN THE PORCELAIN WORKSHOP / Palo Fabuš / solutions

WHAT IS A FEMINIST NOW? CONSUMERISM CAPITALISM CLASS AND THE BODY / Lizzy Le Quesne / solutions



For further details please contact:

Will Lunn: 07845 594 549, will@sumarrialunn.com
Vishal Sumarria: 07956 329 675, vishal@sumarrialunn.com
Tristan Russell: 0794 938 2110, cymru@divus.cz