The main gallery is currently closed for exhibition changeover. Pitzhanger Manor and Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker remain open, with discounted admission available.
On 8–19 July, further closures will be in place due to filming activity. During this period, the main gallery, café, shop, Monk’s Dining Room and Wonder Room will be closed. Discounted admission will remain available for access to the open areas of Pitzhanger Manor, including Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker.
Visitors requiring step-free access to the Manor on 8–19 July will need to enter and exit via the Eating Room door from the Front Garden. The accessible toilet in the main gallery will not be available; the nearest accessible toilet is at the Rickyard in Walpole Park, near the playground.
Artist’s Talk — Alice Irwin & Thomas Marks discuss ‘Alice Irwin: Chinwag’
2024
22 February 2024
Artist’s Talk — Alice Irwin & Thomas Marks discuss ‘Alice Irwin: Chinwag’
Overview
Join us for a glass of wine and a special late-night opening of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery’s new exhibition — Alice Irwin: Chinwag. Printmaker and Sculptor, Alice Irwin, will be in conversation with writer and art critic Thomas Marks about her work and her role as an artist
Irwin combines the traditional and the new to push the boundaries of art and craft. She aims to convey the innocence we possess as children but also explore the nature of human identity, to balance the playful, naïve and comical qualities of her work with more thought-provoking themes. Marks and Irwin will explore how the contrasts in her work are designed to stimulate different kinds of memory and how exhibition curator Svetlana Panova has drawn on this when curating the exhibition. Through brightly coloured forms, Irwin’s work brings different perspectives and new ways of seeing the world. Her work emphasises the element of play, and aims to evoke joy in viewers.
Irwin and Marks will also discuss Irwin’s interest in themes of social interaction and the human experience and how Irwin’s art playfully questions the social norms of Soane’s era. Through an analysis of the diverse shapes, sizes, and colours of Irwin’s cast of characters, they will explore the way in which Alice Irwin: Chinwag presents a dialogue on the range of personalities in social gatherings and the evolution of social structures and hierarchies over time.
Date and Time
Thursday 22 February 2024 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
Visitors are entitled to one free glass of wine with their ticket.
The bar will open at 6.00pm.
The talk will begin at 6.30pm and last for approximately 60 minutes.
About Alice Irwin
Alice Irwin is an award-winning artist, working with print, etching and sculpture to reference childhood experiences and create her own creatures from imaginary worlds.
Having graduated from the RCA in 2018, Irwin presented a solo show entitled ‘People Play’ at the Piece Hall in 2020 where she had a large outdoor public sculpture commission. In 2018, Irwin had a solo show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and in 2017 she won the Contemporary Art Trust prize for a series of prints.
Alice Irwin: Chinwag marks a significant moment in Alice Irwin’s career as her first major exhibition in a London-based public gallery. Occupying the contemporary space of Pitzhanger Gallery, her exhibition is part of Pitzhanger’s ongoing programme focused on introducing new works and emerging artists to audiences in West London and beyond.
Thomas Marks is a writer, art critic and co-founder of Marks|Calil, a cultural consultancy that provides strategic advice to international museums and art businesses. From 2013–21, he was Editor of Apollo magazine, among the leading publications in the global art and museum sectors. Thomas is an Associate Fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London, where he is researching the history of food. As an art critic, he writes frequently about contemporary painting, Italian art and the relationship between art and food.
Thomas is a trustee of Art UK, the cultural education charity that exists to open up the UK’s public art collections to global audiences through digitisation and storytelling, and on the advisory board of Gerry’s Pompeii. Through student mentoring and lectures, he also supports Art History Link-Up, a charity that offers EPQ and A-level qualifications in the history of art to students in the state education sector.
Pitzhanger Lates, our monthly evening event series every first Thursday, offers a diverse roster of programs from artist talks to workshops. Open to everyone seeking enriching after-work experiences, these events vary from ticketed to free. Coinciding with our free visiting hours for Ealing residents, Pitzhanger Lates is your chance to explore the Manor and its exhibitions without the usual general admission fee.
Partial Closures & Discounted Admission: 8–19 July
Parts of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery will be temporarily closed from 8–19 July due to filming activity. The main gallery, café, shop, Monk’s Dining Room and Wonder Room will be closed during this period.
Discounted admission is available for access to the remaining areas of the Manor, including Marthe Armitage: Pattern Maker. A temporary pop-up shop will be available inside the Manor.
Visitors requiring step-free access to the Manor will need to enter and exit via the Eating Room door from the Front Garden, as the usual accessible route through the main gallery and Colonnade will not be available.
The accessible toilet in the main gallery will also be unavailable during this period. The nearest accessible toilet is at the Rickyard in Walpole Park, near the playground.
Please note that the Eating Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 10am–5pm on 1 August for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery is open as usual on Thursday 6 August, 10am–8pm. For visits before 3pm, please continue to book general admission as normal.
Please note that the Eating Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 12.30–5pm on 8 August for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
Please note that the Upper Drawing Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 2–4pm on 22 August for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
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