However, the Tokarska Gallery is a 'proper' gallery charmed by Walthamstow; it has all the positives of a
professional London gallery such as bringing international
artists and having a clean space but it doesn’t have the corporate chill or community detachment that
some do. They are always involved with Walthamstow, whether it is bringing
artists from outside or giving the opportunities to local artist to hold an
exhibition. The gallery also reaches out to the community in both hosting
evening talks, art classes for children and even running a competition for kids to enter.
This engaging quality of the gallery is partly due to the
fact that its art director, Nadiya Pavliv-Tokarska is an artist herself, so the
exhibitions that are selected are always interesting, varied and a focus on the
art and artists put first. Actually right now, Nadiya herself has an exhibition
up, Contemporary Cityscapes. After E Hopper and D Hepher, a really delightful, 'photo-realistic when you move yet impressionistic when you stop' series of paintings of London’s
architecture. Worth seeing for some post trail interest.
During the Art Trail itself, the Tokarska will be presenting Age of East17, an exhibition that contains
a range of work from different established local artists. It will include
the unique, intricate ink and alcohol drawings of Carne Griffiths, paintings by
Jason Hawkridge (both artists will also appear elsewhere on the trail) and some cityscapes
from Nadiya too. There will be a projector set up as well that will be playing visual installation of the artists. Alongside and part of this exhibition, Mark Burton will have
his project on display too, The Mayor andCivic Companions; a series of photographs of the first openly gay Mayor of
Waltham Forest with the women who will accompany him to civic events.
The exhibition opens with the Trail but there is a
private view between 6-8pm on the 2nd that would be a great way to make sure your art head is screwed on!
163 Forest Rd. Walthamstow
E17 6HE
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