Matt's Gallery

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Matt's Gallery is a contemporary art gallery currently located in Nine Elms at 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London, SW11 7AN. [1] [2] Its director, Robin Klassnik OBE, opened the gallery in 1979 on Martello Street, before moving premises to Copperfield Road, Mile End in 1993. In 2022 Matt's Gallery moved to Nine Elms, Battersea. [3]

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The gallery is named after Klassnik's dog, Matt E. Mulsion. [4]

History

The gallery opened in 1979 in, founder and director, Robin Klassnik's studio space on Martello Street. It moved to Copperfield Road, Mile End in 1993.[ citation needed ]

The first exhibition in 1979 was of conceptual artist, David Troostwyk. [4]

Among the artists represented by Matt's Gallery are Willie Doherty, Susan Hiller, Richard Grayson, [5] Graham Fagen, Nathaniel Mellors, Mike Nelson, Benedict Drew, Imogen Stidworthy and Lindsay Seers. [1]

In 2022 Matt's Gallery moved to its new 6,000 square feet (560 m2) permanent space in Nine Elms, Battersea as part of Wandsworth Council's cultural strategy. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jones, Jonathan (3 March 2009). "Jonathan Jones: Matt's Gallery: a real friend to art". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Dorment, Richard (26 June 2006). "Caught in a labyrinth of ideas". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Matt's Gallery opens in Nine Elms". Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 McNay, Michael (16 October 2009). "David Troostwyk obituary". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Waldemar Januszsak, Credit crunch art at East End galleries, The Times Literary Supplement, 17 May 2009

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