Royal Patron of The Art Room HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

artists:

Emma Alcock • Nicola Bayley • Paul Benney • Alison Berrett • Tess Blenkinsop • Anthony BrowneSarah Campbell • Jake & Dinos Chapman • Lauren Child • Robert James Clarke • Lara Cramsie Martin Creed • Miranda Creswell • Emma Faull • Eleanor Fein • Jennie Foley • Antony Gormley Nicola Gresswell • David Anthony Hall • Maggi Hambling • Kevin Harman • Andy HarperSimon Hitchens • Patrick Hughes • James Hugonin • Kassandra Isaacson • Cambridge Jones Jim Kempton • Roger Law • Andrew Lawson • Briony Lawson • AL_A • Korky PaulPeter Liversidge • Alastair Mackie • Lucy Mcmillan-Scott • Harland Miller • Patrice Moor • Matt Moser-Clark Susan Moxley • Simon Norfolk • Charlotte Olympia • Angela Palmer • Cornelia Parker • Martin Parr Jan Pienkowski • Elisabeth Price • Peter Randall-Page • Vanessa Raw • Jane Ray • Matthew Rice Jenny Saville • Gerald Scarfe • Francesca Shakespeare • Yinka Shonibare MBE • Jason Shulman Jon Snow • Joseph Steele • Kieran Stiles • Tony Thomson • Tessa Traeger • Emmie van BiervlietPaul Vanstone • David Walser • Richard Wentworth • Marcia Williams • Lisa Wright • Sam Zealey

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Catalogue Foreword

The Art Room is all about offering a child ‘face time’: a moment away from the challenges they are having in their daily lives, where they have support and space to re-engage with their inner strengths. This exhibition encapsulates the very essence of The Art Room by bringing together artists from all disciplines; celebrating the importance of diversity; the magic of creativity and power of the imagination to transform everyday objects into something special.

As a Patron of The Art Room, I am proud of the work the charity does to support children facing challenges and difficulties at home and at school and truly believe in the power of art to make a difference. During small group sessions, in the inspiring and creative setting of an Art Room studio, children and young people are given a small sanctuary in which to explore their creativity and develop it without constraints.

Face Time is an exhibition of works by over 60 artists who are supporting The Art Room through their generous donations. As an essential fundraising initiative for the charity, it is fantastic to witness the regeneration of art to give something back. It is our hope that the exhibition inspires young people to discover their own creativity; build on their self-esteem and their own identity and wonder about the endless possibilities of transforming something as simple as a clock into a wonderful work of art!

Yinka Shonibare MBE, Patron, The Art Room

The Art Room

“This year, I went to visit a charity, a marvellous charity called The Art Room. And I loved The Art Room because it seemed to formalise my own take on the relationship of therapy and art. And it’s a very pragmatic thing as well. You know they didn’t necessarily do the sort of typical things you do where you just do a painting that ends up being tacked to the fridge at home. They gave them things like they would get some old furniture and get them to decorate it and then take that home. And of course these children often come from houses where there might not be much furniture - so that idea of presenting the family with this object that you’ve made and the pride and the kind of feeling that they’ve changed the world a little bit, I think that’s a very powerful thing.”

Extract, The Reith Lectures 2013Grayson Perry CBE, Patron, The Art Room

Since 2002, The Art Room has grown into a UK charity working with over 1,000 children and young people each year to increase their self-esteem, self-confidence and independence through art. Many of the children we work with are disengaged from mainstream education, may be disruptive, withdrawn, on the autistic spectrum or have specific learning difficulties. Others have recently arrived in the UK, are looked after children ‘living in care’, are prime carers or suffering from bereavement. The Art Room offers art as therapy at a time when these children most need it. Our ultimate aim is to help them engage in their education and avoid exclusion.

As we reach our thirteenth year we need to continue to raise funds and increase the profile of our work. Face Time is a celebration of The Art Room and is a vital fundraising initiative. It has been made possible through the huge generosity of The Threadneedle Foundation, Mall Galleries and all the wonderful artists, children’s illustrators, architects, sculptors, photographers and practitioners who have donated stunning work and their time to this exhibition.

Earlier this year, we invited the artists to transform a wooden clock face or to contribute a work from their own practice. As the very first project on their arrival, we encourage our students to create a self-portrait on a clock face. Students’ transformation of regular items such as clocks, chairs, small pieces of furniture, mirrors and aprons help them work towards increasing self-esteem and confidence. During the sessions they learn different skills, and ultimately life skills which help them gain a sense of empowerment through their own creativity. The huge variety of works in Face Time reflects the diversity in interpretation and individualism of creativity.

We are enormously grateful to all the artists for their amazing support of The Art Room and to the Threadneedle Foundation and Mall Galleries for enabling us to stage Face Time.

Juli BeattieFounder Director, The Art Room

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About The Art Room

The Art Room is a charity aimed at 5 – 16 year olds who are experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties. There are currently five Art Rooms in Oxford and two in London. We are in the process of opening another two Art Rooms, one in Wester Hailes in Edinburgh and one in West London and hope to take our practice offering art as therapy to increase children’s self-esteem, self-confidence and independence to many more children in future years.

The Art Room offers children and young people a calm, therapeutic space in which to learn and achieve. It provides optimal conditions for children to reach their full potential, giving them time and space away from the classroom, to engage with education in a way that suits their individual needs. Students who might benefit from the therapeutic intervention of The Art Room are referred by their schools, social workers or by their parents/carers and can also self-refer.

Each session has two to three trained practitioners working with small groups for one to two hours a week. Using art as a tool to engage with the children, sessions are structured to encourage communication, language and life skills. In a recent evaluation, children who had clinical levels of difficulties at the start of their sessions showed an 87.5% improvement in their self-reported mood and self-esteem following participation in The Art Room.

Acknowledgements

Face Time has been made possible through the generous support of The Threadneedle Foundation and Mall Galleries. Particular thanks must go to Susie Pickering, Beverley Silverstone and Flora Fairbairn and all the artists who have donated to Face Time.

The Art Room would also like to thank: Robert and Jane Toulson, Ingleby Gallery, Neon Circus, Susan Moxley, Nigel Scarrott, Cathy Hollingworth, Woodrow Press Ltd and of course the Art Room students and all our friends who have supported the exhibition.

Royal Patron of The Art Room HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

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Sponsors Foreword

In establishing the Threadneedle Foundation, our aim was to grow Threadneedle’s commitment to investing in the community by building partnerships that create positive social impact across a range of sectors, with a focus on art and education. Face Time is the result of such a partnership, and we are proud to facilitate this unique collaboration between our inspirational charity partners, Mall Galleries and The Art Room.

Threadneedle has a long-established relationship with Mall Galleries, a major visual arts charity that champions new contemporary figurative art by living artists. As a charity, Mall Galleries places great importance on its educational activities, using exhibitions and workshops to reach out to diverse age groups and communities from London and around the UK. When in 2013 the Threadneedle Foundation made a three-year commitment to support The Art Room, there was an obvious synergy between the two charities and it wasn’t long before the idea of an Art Room exhibition at Mall Galleries was on the table.

Bringing Face Time to fruition has been a true collaboration, with our teams working together to draw on the skills and resources of both the business and arts sectors. In addition to the fundraising exhibition, we will together host workshops, networking and client events during the week to shine a light on the innovative and impactful work of The Art Room.

Finally, I would like to thank the artists who have contributed to Face Time. The generous support of such a significant group of internationally acclaimed artists is testament to the importance of The Art Room and its work.

Campbell FlemingChief Executive OfficerThreadneedle Investments

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Emma AlcockBalanceOil and Gesso on Board

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Paul BenneyTime after TimeOil on Wood

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Nicola Bayley It’s About Time Watercolour34 cm (H) x 38.7 cm (W)

All clocks in Face Time are 55 cm Diameter

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Anthony BrownePatron, The Art RoomApe Face Black Ink and Gouache

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Alison BerrettGazing into InfinityAcrylic on Wood

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Tess BlenkinsopCome Unto These Yellow SandsMixed Media - Contains four silver detach & wear ‘Rock Pool’ pendants with matching earrings

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Sarah CampbellEvery Second CountsCotton Yarn

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Jake & Dinos ChapmanWhat’s Time to a Pig?Wood and Paint

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Lauren ChildThe New Small PersonPen and Ink

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Martin CreedWork No. 1891Portrait of a Young Man, 2014Pencil on Watercolour Paper29.9 cm (H) x 21 cm (W) 11 3/4” (H) x 8 1/4” (W)

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Robert James Clarke Time for SpeedAcrylic

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Lara CramsieTime Does Not Exist Other Than As A Useful NotionPen and Ink on Paper

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Miranda Creswell & Chris GreenTwo Views of One LandscapePencil on Gesso with Giclée printOne side represents pre-historic field formations in Salisbury Plain. Alongside this is a contemporary view of this landscape drawn as the first larks sang in 2014.

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Emma FaullRainforest ClockWatercolour, Pen and Ink Collage

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Eleanor FeinThe Mermaid Rose ClockOil on Board

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Nicola GresswellCamel Estuary from Trebetherick PointWatercolour30 cm (H) x 60 cm (W)

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Antony GormleyLEARNING TO BE XVIII, 2013Carbon and Casein on Paper19.3 cm (H) x 14 cm (W)© the Artist

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Jennie FoleySundial ClockGouache on Board

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Maggi Hambling Night and Day WaveOil on Board

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David Anthony Hall Summer Foliage, 2014Jetrix on Acrylic 110 cm diameterEdition of 15

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The HonourableK. W. HarmanSign of the TimeSign Installation

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Patrick HughesRainbow ClockOil on Board

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Andy HarperImpression of PlentyOil and Mixed Media

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Simon HitchensRock TracePaint and Ink

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James HugoninBinary Rhythm (Dark Red), 2012Screenprint Edition of 4581.6 cm (H) x 72.2 cm (W)

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Kassandra IsaacsonMona Lisa Selfie Gesso, Ink, Paper, Varnish & Varnish Remover on Wood

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Cambridge JonesThe Time is NighyPhoto Print on Aluminium

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Roger LawMudskipper BowlsCeramic

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Andrew Lawson Blown Time Photo Print on AluminiumEdition of 5

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Jim KemptonMilking TimeMixed Media Sculpture265 mm (H) x 89 mm (D)

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Briony LawsonTime and Tide Wait for No ManPen, Charcoal on Board

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AL_AClock Kit80 cm (H) x 44 cm (W) x 2 cm (D)Extruded Acrylic

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Peter LiversidgeUntitled (Clock)Gouache and Genuine Silverleaf on Wood

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Lucy McMillan-ScottIn The Violet AirOil in board32 cm (H) x 32 cm (W)

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Harland Miller Too Cool to Lose, 2012Hor de Commerce Silkscreen on Somerset paper25” x 17 15/16” 63.5 cm (H) x 45.5 cm (W)© Harland Miller Photo: Ben WestobyCourtesy White Cube

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Alastair MackieSeparating Circle, 2014Line etched using sunlight and a magnifying glass over a period of 12 hours.

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Patrice MoorEt toujours pourquoi?Oil on Board

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Matt Moser-Clark 60Pencil, Crayon, Oil Pastel on Melamine Faced Plywood

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Susan Moxley One in Nine, Number NineCollagraph Print on Hahnemuhle Paper on board with Beaten Sterling Silver Studs and Clock Hands

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Charlotte OlympiaPurrrfect TimingBlack Suede Leather and Galvanised Brass

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Angela PalmerTick TockEdition 1 of 5Neon and metal casing (generously donated by Neon Circus)102 cm (H) x 27 cm (W) 12.5 cm (D)

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Simon NorfolkLarge Hadron Collider, 2013Photo Print on Aluminium

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Cornelia Parker Poison and Antidote Drawing, 2012Rattlesnake Venom and Black Ink, Anti-Venom and White Ink28 cm (H) x 28 cm (W)

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Martin ParrTime for TeaPhoto Print on Aluminium

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Korky PaulPatron, The Art RoomWinnie the Witch Time, 13h00Acrylic and Kandahar Ink

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Vanessa RawDreamTimeAcrylic, Ink and Gouache

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Peter Randall-PageRagtimeLinocut on Wood

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Jan Pienkowski What greater gift than the love of a cat (Charles Dickens) Hammerite Paint, Brass Hour Numerals and Studs, Coloured Plastic and Foil, Gloss Paper Cut-outs.

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Jane RayMaha and the ElephantsWatercolour36.3 cm (H) x 38.6 cm (W)

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Matthew RiceChickens in a GardenPen and Watercolour

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Jenny SavillePatron, The Art RoomReproduction Drawing III After the Leonardo Cartoon (Print), 2009 – 2010Edition of 50

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Francesca ShakespeareTime is like a River...Water Colour and GicléePrints on Paper

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Yinka Shonibare MBE Patron, The Art RoomSquiggly ClockGold Acrylic, Black Marker and Dutch wax printed on cotton on wood

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Gerald ScarfeTime to GoPen and Ink on Board

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Jason Shulman Unspecified Use Bank of England Sealing WaxUnspecified use Bank of England sealing wax

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Jon SnowPatron, The Art RoomThe Art Tree of TimeWatercolour on Wood

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Joseph SteeleClockblastSilk screen paint fired from a liquid CO² Gas Cannon

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Tessa TraegerChilli TimePhoto Print on Aluminium

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Kieran StilesBryherOil on Board

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Tony ThomsonStill Waiting for TeaCeramic and Silver

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Emmie Van BiervlietTime TravelMixed Media

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David Walser Approximate TimeCeramic Panels on Wood

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Paul Vanstone Time TravelMixed MediaNo image available at time of print

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Richard Wentworth, Patron, The Art RoomThrough a Glass DarklyArchival Inkjet Print329 mm (H) x 428 mm (W)

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Sam ZealeyHelixMixed MediaMaquette. Steel, MDF, Polyfilla and Render60 cm (H), 15 cm x 15 cm (W)

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Marcia WilliamsThe Elephant’s FriendAcrylic

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Lisa Wright Holding TimeOil on Canvas

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artists:

Emma Alcock • Nicola Bayley • Paul Benney • Alison Berrett • Tess Blenkinsop • Anthony BrowneSarah Campbell • Jake & Dinos Chapman • Lauren Child • Robert James Clarke • Lara Cramsie Martin Creed • Miranda Creswell • Emma Faull • Eleanor Fein • Jennie Foley • Antony Gormley Nicola Gresswell • David Anthony Hall • Maggi Hambling • Kevin Harman • Andy HarperSimon Hitchens • Patrick Hughes • James Hugonin • Kassandra Isaacson • Cambridge Jones Jim Kempton • Roger Law • Andrew Lawson • Briony Lawson • AL_A • Korky PaulPeter Liversidge • Alastair Mackie • Lucy Mcmillan-Scott • Harland Miller • Patrice Moor • Matt Moser-Clark Susan Moxley • Simon Norfolk • Charlotte Olympia • Angela Palmer • Cornelia Parker • Martin Parr Jan Pienkowski • Elisabeth Price • Peter Randall-Page • Vanessa Raw • Jane Ray • Matthew Rice Jenny Saville • Gerald Scarfe • Francesca Shakespeare • Yinka Shonibare MBE • Jason Shulman Jon Snow • Joseph Steele • Kieran Stiles • Tony Thomson • Tessa Traeger • Emmie van BiervlietPaul Vanstone • David Walser • Richard Wentworth • Marcia Williams • Lisa Wright • Sam Zealey

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