Press Release for Group Show at Cyberspy
"Group Show" Friday 17th May to Friday 14th June Cyberspy, Golden Square, Soho W1 Magnus Petersson, Kinsi Abdulleh and Gail Astbury are the young contemporary artists helping Lateral Arts to celebrate the launch of its World Web site on Thursday (May 16th). Their works will go on show at Soho cybercafe Cyberspy in an exhibition promoted by Lateral Arts, the World Wide Web site dedicated to bringing the best of new contemporary artists to an international audience. Lateral Arts was started by Web designer Simon Whiteside, Gail Astbury and fellow artist Helen Harrison to give more young artists a forum for explaining, showing and selling their works. Already the works of more than 50 sculptors, painters, photographers and installation artists can be seen at http://www.larts.co.uk together with explanations by the artists themselves of how and why they created them. The three artists on show at Cyberspy, all painters, demonstrate the sheer range which visitors to the site can enjoy. Kinsi, from Somalia, is inspired by Persian, Indian and African culture to create her fabulous wall hangings with gold and silver paints on silk. Swedish-born Magnus exploits the 16 colours of the PC paintbrush program for one of his new works where "the central experience is that of looking at colour in the moment". Gail, who trained at Wimbledon School of Art, uses the image of the body as a stage dressed with objects symbolising such life experiences as vulnerability, pleasure and transformation. Simon Whiteside, director of Lateral Arts, said: "We hope this exhibition will encourage artists and art-lovers to explore the opportunities offered by Lateral Arts for buying, selling, discussing and simply enjoying exciting and affordable contemporary art." The exhibition is open from Friday 17th May until Friday 14th June. Admission is free. Rhian Beynon.