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Rocket
Rocket
Tea Building 56 Shoreditch High Street London, Greater London E1 6JJt : view phone020 7729 7594
Description
ROCKET
Established in London’s West End in 1994 Rocket Gallery grew out of the publishing imprint The Rocket Press, directed by Jonathan Stephenson. In 2005 Rocket moved to a newly-converted gallery space in London’s creative East End. Over the last decade the gallery has forged an international reputation for its particular vision of minimal painting, sculpture and design. The artists and designers who work with Rocket investigate the areas of crossover between art, architecture and design. Michelle Grabner, Charles Christopher Hill, Ib Geertsen, Matthias Hoch, Keld helmer-Petersen, Martin Parr, Antony Donaldson, Will Taylar and Lars Wolter. Alongside the contemporary program Rocket also exhibits abstract artists from the 1960s and exclusively represents the Estate of Jeremy Moon. In recent exhibitions Rocket has branched out into exhibiting mid 20th century Danish design, as well as contemporary furniture by young designers. In the gallery bookshop Rocket stocks books on art photography and design - both new titles and out of print books, with an emphasis on signed and deluxe editions.
Hours of work
Tue-Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 12am - 6pm
Directions
The Tea Building is located at the corner of Shoreditch High Street and Bethnal Green.
Entrance on Bethnal Green.
Gallery Artists:
Michelle Grabner, Charles Christopher Hill, Matthias Hoch, Keld helmer-Petersen, Martin Parr, Antony Donaldson, Paul Shambroom, Leo Arnak Pedersen, Will Taylar and Lars Wolter. Alongside the contemporary program Rocket also exhibits abstract artists from the 1960s and exclusively represents the Estate of Jeremy Moon and Ib Geertsen, as well as Charles Hinman, larry Zox, Nicholas Krushenick. In recent exhibitions Rocket has branched out into exhibiting mid 20th century Danish design: Poul Kjaerholm, Herbert Krenchel, Jens Risom, Hans Wegner as well as contemporary furniture by young designers including :
Tomoko Azumi, Eric Benqué, Stefan Eberstadt, Oliver King, Asif Khan,Tom Lovegrove, Jean-Claude Mattrat, David Restorick, Richard Roth, Spine, Nina Tolstrup, Corinna Warm
TRIO : Herbert Krenchel | Hans Wegner | Ib Geertsen
Exhibition: 3 March - 24 April, 2010
Private View: 4 March , 06:00 pm - 09:00 pm
An exhibition of art and design from three legends of mid-century Danish modernism : 1950s Krenit Bowls by Herbert Krenchel, the Getama Daybeds by Hans Wegner; and Danish Konkrete paintings by Ib Geersten.
BOOK A TABLE
18 September - 7 November, 2009
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An exhibition of Coffee Tables and minimalist Artists' Books made exclusively for Rocket by contemporary designers, architects and artists
MARTIN PARR : PARRBOOKS
13 November - 20 February, 2010
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MARTIN PARR | PARRBOOKS Rocket presents a retrospective of books by Martin Parr, dating from 1974 to 2009 These 60 photographic books will be accompanied by his most iconic editioned prints.
