Waterside Contemporary Explained

Waterside Contemporary was a visual art gallery in Hackney, central-east London. The gallery's programme focused on politically- and socially-engaged artists,^{[1] [2] [3]} including Oreet Ashery, George Barber, Mirza and Butler, Nikita Kadan, and Chiara Fumai. The gallery exhibition programme involved over a hundred artists like Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Mathilde ter Heijne, Slavs and Tatars in nearly thirty exhibitions, performances, public events,^[4] publishing, and institutional collaborations.^[5]

Waterside Contemporary was founded in 2008 by Pierre d'Alancaisez^[6] as the Waterside Project Space, named after the Waterside building on Wharf Road in which it was located. Initially an artist-run not-for-profit, the gallery became commercially active in 2010 with a presentation at ViennaFair.^[7] Olga Ovenden became co-director with the gallery's move to nearby Hoxton.^{[8] [9]} The gallery stopped exhibiting operations under the Waterside name in 2017.

Waterside Contemporary commissioned, curated and premiered landmark works such as Animal with a Language by Oreet Ashery,^[10] The Unreliable Narrator by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler,^[11] and The Freestone Drone by George Barber.^{[12] [13]}

In 2024, the team behind Waterside Contemporary launched Verdurin, a cultural project space in the former gallery's premises.^[14]

Notable exhibitions

2013

• Long ago, and not true anyway, a group exhibition with Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Rabih Mroué, et al.^{[15] [16]}
• Reconstitution, an event at Soho House accompanying the exhibition^[17]

2014

• Animal with a Language, a solo exhibition by Oreet Ashery^[18]
• The Unreliable Narrator, a solo exhibition by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler^[19]
• The Freestone Drone, a solo exhibition by George Barber^{[20] [21]}

2015

• Nascent States, a group exhibition with Olivia Plender, Mathilde ter Heijne, Chiara Fumai, Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčova, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Judith Barry, et al.^{[22] [23]}
• Limits of Responsibility, a solo exhibition by Nikita Kadan^{[24] [25] [26] [27]}

2016

• The Book of Evil Spirits, a solo exhibition by Chiara Fumai^{[28] [29]}

External links

• Waterside Contemporary archive website.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: waterside contemporary. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.
2. Web site: Reichman stirs the pot with his Light show . March 11, 2023 . The Jewish Chronicle . Jan 24, 2014 . PressReader.
3. Web site: waterside contemporary Culture24. 2021-02-02. www.culture24.org.uk.
4. Web site: New Exhibition To Mark The Summer Solstice At Waterside Contemporary. 2021-02-03. Artlyst. en-GB.
5. Web site: Morton. Elise. Postponed futures: GRAD offers an alternative look at the Ukrainian avant-garde. 2021-02-03. The Calvert Journal.
6. Web site: ArtDependence. ArtDependence Dealing in politics: an interview with Pierre d'Alancaisez. 2020-11-25. www.artdependence.com. en.
7. Web site: Waterside Project Space at ViennaFair 2010. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.
8. Web site: art-agenda. 2020-11-25. www.art-agenda.com. en.
9. 2011. Artnotes. Art Monthly. 347. 18. ProQuest.
10. Web site: Sheerin. Mark. 2014-10-30. The Psychedelic and Porcine Provocations of Oreet Ashery. 2020-11-25. Hyperallergic. en-US.
11. Web site: Karen Mirza and Brad Butler's "The Unreliable Narrator" - Features - art-agenda. 2020-11-25. www.art-agenda.com. en.
12. Sandhu. Sukhdev. April 2013. 'I Admit I'm a Bit Creepy...'. Sight and Sound. 3. 4. 68.
13. Web site: Gregory. Derek. 2013-01-03. The Freestone Drone. 2021-02-02. geographical imaginations. en.
14. Web site: March 2024 . About Verdurin . Verdurin.
15. Web site: Long Ago, and Not True Anyway Frieze. 2020-11-25. Frieze. en.
16. Web site: Long ago, and not true anyway. 2020-11-25. Ibraaz.
17. Web site: Reconstitution. 2021-02-03. artreview.com. en.
18. Web site: Oreet Ashery: Animal with a Language at waterside contemporary. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.
19. Web site: Karen Mirza and Brad Butler: The Unreliable Narrator at waterside contemporary. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.
20. Web site: George Barber's "The Freestone Drone" - Features - art-agenda. 2020-11-25. www.art-agenda.com. en.
21. Web site: Rich. Kate. 2013-03-12. View from a Kill. 2020-11-25. Mute. en.
22. Web site: Nascent States at waterside contemporary. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.
23. Web site: www.dandelion-burdock.com. dandelion & burdock. Nascent States. 2020-11-25. thisistomorrow. en.
24. Web site: Nikita Kadan: radical roots from Kiev Bad at Sports. 2020-11-25. en-US.
25. Web site: Nikita Kadan: Limits of Responsibility at Waterside Contemporary. 2020-11-25. DAILY SERVING. en-US.
26. Web site: www.dandelion-burdock.com. dandelion & burdock. Nikita Kadan: Limits of Responsibility. 2020-11-25. thisistomorrow. en.
27. Web site: Nikita Kadan: Limits of Responsibility at waterside contemporary. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.
28. Web site: Sheerin. Mark. 2016-04-11. Within Gallery Walls, an Artist Channels the Ghosts of Marginalized Women. 2020-11-25. Hyperallergic. en-US.
29. Web site: Chiara Fumai: The Book of Evil Spirits. 2020-11-25. waterside-contemporary.com.