Previous exhibitions at Xavier White's
Cityscapes by Ben Smith 2017
Ben Smith draws and paints the urban fabric of South London, drawing from life and creating paintings in his studio, aiming to portray the repetition and interchangeability of the contemporary cityscape.
The works exhibited at Xavier White’s front room gallery capture a city in flux, caught in the cross currrents of redevelopment, displacement and demolition.
Ben trained at Central Saint Martins in the 1990s. He has exhibited in group shows in Brick Lane, Camber- well and Peckham. This is his first London solo show.
Transpontine website review
The works exhibited at Xavier White’s front room gallery capture a city in flux, caught in the cross currrents of redevelopment, displacement and demolition.
Ben trained at Central Saint Martins in the 1990s. He has exhibited in group shows in Brick Lane, Camber- well and Peckham. This is his first London solo show.
Transpontine website review
http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/ben-smith-cityscapes.html
Out of the stable 2012 coinciding with the London Olympics.
To read Anna Mc Nay's review of Out Of The Stable
http://art-corpus.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=Out+of+the+Stable
Summer Exhibition 2013 inspired by the Royal Acedemy
Xavier put out a call for artworks to exhibit
Angelia Morris |
Sadie Henessy |
Masude |
note to Self painting by Helen Finney 2011
Read Anna Mc Nays review of Helen Finneys Note To Self exhibition
http://art-corpus.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2012-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-results=50
Contemporiz painting by Swansea based painter Bruce Risdon. 2011
To read Anna Mc Nay's review of this exhibition
http://art-corpus.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/review-of-bruce-risdon-contemporiz-at.html
Learning Curves Exhibition, Xavier's first exhibition at xavier white's 2009,
to celebrate his return to london.
Other events at Xavier's
Casino Royale, a james Bond themed party
One of the early themed parties.
Maquerade Ball 2013
Bawdsville Cabaret group arrive for a photoshoot at Xaviers
With a host of furious fancies
Where of I am commander,
With a burning spear and a horse of air,
To the wilderness I wander.
By a knight of ghosts and shadows
I summoned am to tourney
Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end::
Methinks it is no journey.
Yet will I sing, Any food, any feeding,
Feeding, drink, or clothing;
Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
Poor Tom will injure nothing.
Tom O'Bedlem Poem by Unknown
With a host of furious fancies
Where of I am commander,
With a burning spear and a horse of air,
To the wilderness I wander.
By a knight of ghosts and shadows
I summoned am to tourney
Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end::
Methinks it is no journey.
Yet will I sing, Any food, any feeding,
Feeding, drink, or clothing;
Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
Poor Tom will injure nothing.
Tom O'Bedlem Poem by Unknown
