Pangolin London

✨ 2 WEEKS TO GO! ✨
We're counting down to the highly anticipated opening of Royal Academician Ann Christopher's exhibition, 'Silence is a Powerful Sound'.

📅 Tuesday 24th September
🍾 Join us from 6-8 PM
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In this new body of work, Ann Christopher continues her exploration of sculptural form—where sharp, angular shapes meet soft, organic textures. The exhibition will also include a collection of striking new drawings, which boldly contrast solid lines with vibrant, jagged marks.

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📸: Ann Christopher in her studio by Richard Boll.

⏳ Don't miss the final week of Hannah Lim's exhibition!

✨ Hannah Lim stands alongside her captivating 'Orchid Table', a stunning fusion of Chinoiserie aesthetics and modern design. Lim explains, "I wanted to create this table-like structure, inspired by my previous sculptures in wood, that reimagine the Chinoiserie aesthetic. The table is designed and built around this central hanging orchid (...) I like this idea of the 'Orchid Table' looking somewhat enchanted and magical." The piece combines delicate and ornate elements with the weight of metal chains and balls, bringing together five years of research and multiple sculptural processes. 🌿🏮

📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14th Sept

Our thanks to everyone who came to yesterday evening's event, Tech Vs Touch: Making Sculpture in the Digital Age. For those of you who were unable to join us there, a video recording will be available soon. 📹

Visit our two current exhibitions 👋

🗓️ Hannah Lim, 'The Enchanted Orchid', open until 14 September
🗓️ Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, 'Rewiring', open until 23 December

📍 Pangolin London, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

📸 Photograph courtesy of The Wick Culture

⭐ 📢 STUDENTS 📢 ⭐

A discount code has now become available for tomorrow's event 'Tech Vs. Touch: Making Sculpture in the Digital Age'.

🎟️ For £8 tickets, please use the code: STUDENT2024

Join us for an engaging panel discussion that explores the intersection of digital technologies and traditional sculpture, dovetailed by two informal exhibition tours by artists Hannah Lim and Zachary Eastwood-Bloom.

Book tickets here: https://ow.ly/hm6L50TcpsM

🛠️ Tech Vs. Touch: Making Sculpture in the Digital Age
🗓 Tuesday 3rd September, 6-8pm
📍 Kings Place

🎤 Panellists: Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, Hannah Lim, Polly Bielecka and Joseph Carpenter
🎙Moderated by: Katy Wickremesinghe

Photograph of Hannah Lim's Bronze Lion S***f Bottle courtesy of Steve Russell Studios.

Made from polymer clay, chalk, acrylic, and MDF, Hannah Lim's 'Tiny Enchanted Altar' radiates a magical energy. This vibrant and intricate piece beautifully captures her exploration of the fantastical interplay between her Chinese Singaporean and British heritage. 🏮🐲

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📆 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

🌀 Pick of the week from Pangolin London viewing's room is Eilis O'Connell's 'Furl', previously exhibited in her 2022 exhibition at the gallery, 'Breadth Becomes Air' 🌀

O’Connell’s thinking is a haptic journey of discovery, of herself, a material, a process and an image. As a maker the object is handled, turned, questioned, thought and felt; it is the feeling in both senses of the word that makes the object into sculpture. Never a minimalist but certainly a reductionist Eilis concentrates an object into its intense, essential form, through making.

Image: Furl, 2021, Carrara marble, 17 x 36 x 33 cm, Edition of 3

🌟 Hannah Lim's 'The Enchanted Orchid' is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm until 14 September 🌟

On her work's anthropomorphic features, Lim says, "I liked this idea of making my work feel more playful and peculiar. By giving my larger and smaller sculptures these arms and legs it was almost as if I was imbuing them with a life of their own." 🐾

📸 Image: The Enchanted Orchid, Installation Photograph. Courtesy of Steve Russell Studios

Alongside Hannah Lim's exhibition, Pangolin London presents its viewing room which features works by over twenty different sculptors. This week's pick is Chadwick's 'Sitting Couple' cast in sterling silver.

📸 Image: Lynn Chadwick, Sitting Couple (C4A), 1983, Sterling silver, 12 x 19 cm, Edition of 20

The gallery is open until 6pm today 🌷

�� We are thrilled to offer five lucky winners a copy of Zachary Eastwood-Blooms 'Divine Principles' exhibition catalogue. The first five people to send us a direct message with the correct answer to the following question will win a copy:

Which goddess is the inspiration behind Zac's most recent bronze sculpture?

Winner announcement to follow... Good luck! *Competition ends Wednesday 21st of September

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� Zachary Eastwood-Bloom: Rewiring | Until 23 Dec

Hannah Lim's vibrant and intricately crafted 'Magic Koi S***f Bottle' is a captivating blend of tradition and imagination, adding a burst of colour and charm to any room. 🐠 🧡 The work comes with this lovely pastel orange shelf.

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📆 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

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🗓️ This is the last week of the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, co-ordinated by Ann Christopher RA.

The exhibition includes works by Pangolin London artists Ann Christopher, Bryan Kneale, David Mach, Susie MacMurray, Angela Palmer, Merete Rasmussen and William Tucker.

🍃 The gallery looks forward to an upcoming exhibition of work by Ann Christopher, 'Silence is A Powerful Sound', this September.

📸 Image: Finding Stones -4, 2019, Bronze, Edition 2 of 5. This work is currently on display at the Royal Academy. Photograph courtesy of Steve Russell Studios.

🎟️ Visit the RA website for tickets!

Did you know that art used to be an Olympic sport? Between 1912 and 1948, artists could win medals for sport-inspired art across five categories, including sculpture!🥇✨

🏊 We are celebrating the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris with Terence Coventry's elegant swimmer. Coventry is known for his ability to capture the essence and energy of both his animal and human subjects alike.

Image: Monumental Steel Swimmer, 2017, Steel, 250 x 320 x 124 cm, Unique

🦁🌍 Celebrating World Lion Day with Geoffrey Clarke's exquisite brass lion medal.

Today, we highlight the work of Geoffrey Clarke (1924–2014), a pioneering British sculptor renowned for his bold experimentation with materials and processes. HIs innovative approach placed him at the heart of a vibrant post-war art scene.

A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, Clarke was one of the first in the UK to use the welding method in sculpture and preferred the use of aluminum over bronze, a cutting-edge choice in the 1950s.

Beyond sculpture, Clarke's prolific output spanned stained glass, jewellery, textiles, land art, and medals. His lion medal stands as a beautiful example of his remarkable versatility and vision.

'Orchids have been a reoccurring motif in my work for the last five years. I think they are extremely symbolic flowers, very delicate and beautiful and yet also resilient. The orchid, specifically the Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim, is Singapore’s National Flower. It’s a hybrid orchid and is meant to represent Singapore’s multicultural society.

I think every time I’ve gone to Singapore to see my family we’ve visited the amazing botanical gardens, home to many varieties of orchids and so I’ve come to associate orchids with my memories and experiences of Singapore. There’s also something quite creaturely and almost alien about the way some species of orchids look.' Hannah Lim

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📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

‘‘Rewiring’ is an exhibition that follows a tumultuous four year period for Zachary Eastwood-Bloom. The result is a body of work that resonates with universal themes of loss, memory, and the search for meaning.

Image: ISOGRID, 2024, Etching, 35 x 30 x 3 cm framed
📸 Photography courtesy of Steve Russell Studios

🔗 Price List for works in the exhibition is now available.
✉️ DM or email us at [email protected] for more information.

✨ Sneak preview of our interview with Hannah Lim - "After a while I wanted to slightly separate the designs of my S***f Bottles from myself and instead envision these sculptures as enchanted, animate objects. Alongside this, I had also begun to look more into Chinese mythology and wanted my S***f Bottles to be reflective of the creatures I had started reading about in Chinese and Medieval bestiaries. It has always made perfect sense to sculpt these peculiar, playful and intricate objects with creaturely arms, legs, paws and claws." ✨

Watch this space for the release of Hannah Lim's exhibition catalogue...🐉

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📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

Image: Box of Beasts, 2022, Jesmonite, Polymer Clay & Gloss, 18 x 14 x 11 cm, Edition 3 of 10

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💛 NEXT UP 💛
ANN CHRISTOPHER: SILENCE IS A POWERFUL SOUND

📆 25 September – 2 November
🍾 Private View: Tuesday 24 September, 6-8pm

“The title Silence is a Powerful Sound reflects my personal journey over the past three years. During this time, I experienced a profound silence, both in grappling with the challenges of making work and coming to terms with the eventual death of my partner Ken. This period of introspection has been marked by a significant transformation in my work. While unsettling, these silent moments are crucial for moving forward.” Ann Christopher, 2024.

The exhibition will include a new series of sculptures and drawings, alongside works from previous decades. 💫 Save the date! 💫

🔗 Read the press release on our website.

Image: Broken Time -19 (detail), 2024, Pastel / crayon / graphite, Unique

💎 ‘I think it will help create the perfect surprise - a little piece of shiny treasure hidden inside these intricate patinated vessels.’ Hannah Lim

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📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept



Image: Bronze Koi S***f Bottle, 2024, Bronze, 16 x 16 x 9.5 cm, Edition 1 of 8

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Comprising nine Walnut grid panels, Zachary Eastwood-Bloom's striking piece 'CPU' (Central Processing Unit) juxtaposes classical and contemporary elements to create a formal, structured aesthetic.

Crafted from square lengths of walnut, a beautiful dark and fine-grained timber, each piece was waxed to seal and enrich its colour before being meticulously cut.

This repetitive and methodical process became a meditative journey, completed over several months.

📆 Zachary Eastwood-Bloom: Rewiring | Until 23 December

Hannah Lim’s work features captivating creature-like arms and legs, as seen in 'The Lake of Beasts S***f Box' (pictured here), reminiscent of mythological Chinese creatures, imbuing her works with a playful and peculiar quality. These personified elements add an enchanting dimension to her art, inviting viewers to delve into a world where imagination intertwines with cultural heritage.

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📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

Image: The Lake of Beasts S***f Box, 2022, Laquered wood, acrylic, polymer clay, chalk, 18 x 25 x 16 cm

🌍🐅 Happy International Tiger Day! 🐅🌍

Join us in celebrating the majestic beauty of tigers with Hannah Lim’s stunning watercolour, which is currently on display in the gallery. Hannah's intricate work captures the grace and power of these incredible creatures, reminding us of the importance of their conservation.

Image: 'What's Caught The Tiger's Eye?', 2022, Watercolour on paper, painted frame with clay details, 58 x 41 cm

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📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

Thank you to everyone who came to the opening of Hannah Lim's exhibition 'The Enchanted Orchid' on Thursday night! 🌺

Engaging with – and responding to – the aesthetic of 18th century Chinoiserie in electric hues, Hannah Lim's sculpture reimagines Orientalist iconography with a rich mythology of her own making.

Image: Installation photograph courtesy of Steve Russell Studios.

🔗 Price list & press release in bio.

📅 Hannah Lim: The Enchanted Orchid | Until 14 Sept

☀️ Basking in sunlight, Jon Buck's 'Ship to Shore' maquette stands as a vibrant testament to the connection between travellers and those waiting for their return.

'This sculpture has close associations for me. The four metre high version sits on the dockside of Port Marine, once Portishead Docks, in Somerset, the locale where I grew up.

‘Ship to Shore’ was a form of radiotelephone that connected the two and was based at Portishead. This sculpture really alludes to those who travel and those who wait for their return. In this way I am making direct reference to my own parents who more or less lived this life in that place.' Jon Buck

Please Note - The gallery is currently closed while we install Hannah Lim's exciting new exhibition. Stay tuned for more updates!

Image: Jon Buck, Ship to Shore (Maquette), 2009, Bronze, 78 x 40 cm, Edition of 10

⚡️ Opening tonight ⚡️
Zachary Eastwood-Bloom: Rewiring
📍Kings Place, -1 level
⏰ 6-8PM

This new body of work explores themes of loss, memory, and understanding through innovative combinations of digital technology and traditional sculpture.

⭐ ‘Rewiring’ will feature wall sculptures in ceramic and wood, alongside etchings and drawings.

📑 Read the press release on our website.

'The point at which I decide the colour varies. Sometimes I know from the start, other times I change my mind a few times during the process. Most of the time the decision is made because it ‘feels right’, so it is very intuitive. Using more than one colour is a continuation of my exploration of what colour can do for the form, and my love for colours. Sometimes I think it can further define the form as in 'Ridge' and 'Emergent Orange'.'

📅 Merete Rasmussen 'Undulations' | Until 20 July
🔗 For the exhibition catalogue, please visit our website.

💫 Opening on Thursday 25 July, our latest artist in residence Hannah Lim's new exhibition 'The Enchanted Orchid'.

🍾 Join us at Pangolin London 6-8pm.
RSVP to [email protected]

'The Enchanted Orchid' will unveil a series of Lim’s fantastical creations, intricately crafted in clay, alongside a new departure working in bronze.

🔗 Read the press release on our website.

Image: Spirit House S***f Bottle, 2022, Jesmonite, polymer clay, chalk & resin gloss, Unique.

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ZACHARY EASTWOOD-BLOOM
REWIRING

Opens on Tuesday 16th July, 6-8pm

We are looking forward to installing these gorgeous, ultra-black ceramics ‘Dark Matter’ by Zachary Eastwood-Bloom tomorrow.

Join us for the pv on Tuesday by RSVP to the gallery email.

Enjoy the stunning vibrancy of Merete Rasmussen’s 'Ensuing Orange' 🌟🍊.

Each ceramic sculpture is meticulously handcrafted from a heavily grogged stoneware clay. Appearing as colourful ideas articulated in space, they twist and turn with unpredictable energy.

📅 Merete Rasmussen 'Undulations' | Until 20 July
🔗 For the catalogue, please visit our website.

Image: Ensuing Orange, 2024, Ceramic with coloured slip, 35 x 56 x 49 cm, Unique.