Category: Art
This summer the JaguarShoes Collective presents a human scale 'paper theatre' installation that will take experiential exhibitions to a new level; Hive by Philip Smiley opens on Thursday 7th June, taking it's inspiration from the classic British summertime and iconic imagery of bees and honeycomb.
This unique exhibition is inspired by the notion of de-individuation or the 'hive mentality' – when an individual is thrown into a group they can sometimes take on bizarre or unnatural group behaviour. Running for 12 weeks across the summer, visitors will experience the opportunity to enter the Hive and savour the wonders to be found inside, including an extensive list of honey inspired drinks and cocktails. To celebrate the show, JaguarShoes Collective are releasing two Limited Edition screen printed T-shirts and a specially designed Honey Pot in collaboration with The London Honey Company.
A bit more about PHILIP SMILEY:
Virginia native Philip Smiley is a London based artist who studied his MA in Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Over the past decade Philip has explored many different mediums such as illustration, sculpture, installation and video. Philip’s work is inspired by the conflicts of his rural American upbringing in the mountains of Virginia and his present urban setting. The result creates a third space where nature morphs into strange anatomical and embryonic visions. The narratives and sub-narratives are woven through a web of obsessive detail some suggesting the boredom and isolation of unpopulated physical and mental space, while others create perverse meetings of nature and human interaction. Through the creation of these Philip Smiley builds elaborate images of extraordinary detail and inner portent which seem to appeal and yet unsettle the viewer.
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