| Louise Blouin Institute The philosophy of the Institute is experimentation, questioning, debate, and learning, and there are two focuses of activity. The first is to present the work of individual artists through temporary exhibitions, installations, performances and screenings. We also promote a lively programme of events such as lectures, debates, workshops, think tanks and summits related to the Foundation’s areas of interest. | Louise T Blouin Institute, London © 2006 Borgos Dance |
 | 10 x 10 Summer ProjectArt After Dark 10 July 2008 - 11 September 2008 Conceived as individually created events, each night has a life of its own, an evening at a time. Each night is dedicated to a hand-picked curator, selected on the quality of their past work and the inspiration of their proposal. Given carte blanche, the curators are given the Louise Blouin Institute as a three-dimensional blank canvas through which they are free to intervene. Each event acts as a glimpse of the curators’ chosen universe and a facet of the ART AFTER DARK 10 x 10 Summer Project. ART AFTER DARK is a unique opportunity for the curators to bridge disciplines, merging talent and combining creativity. Projects include sound, light and video installations and the performing arts. ART AFTER DARK at the Louise Blouin Institute, housing the LOUISE BLOUIN FOUNDATION, aligns itself to the Foundation’s ethos to create a platform on which to expand cultural dialogue. As part of its Culture Beyond Border’s programme, the Foundation’s presentation of ART AFTER DARK, penetrates across the established art hubs of London, channelling the arts, music and performance together from across London in a fresh new space in West London. ART AFTER DARK is about anchoring the Louise Blouin Institute in the London contemporary art landscape. By opening our doors to top London based curators we aim to attract art enthusiasts, young professionals, students and west Londoners to experience our stunning space by night and to enjoy multi-disciplinary and exciting art installations. As a relatively new space, the Institute is excited to open its doors to the first of our 10 x 10 Summer Projects. We look forward to welcoming, amongst Brooke Lynn McGowan, Ben Austin, Flora Fairbairn, Guillaume Breton, Jonathan Barnett, Paula Naughton + Greg Poole + Mark Melvin, Victoria Ionina, nofixedabode, Alexandre Pollazzon + SuperSteve and more surprise guests yet to be confirmed. |
Wang GuangyiCold War Aesthetics 17 October 2008 - 17 March 2009 The Louise Blouin Institute is delighted to announce the forthcoming exhibition of new works by the noted and rising Chinese contemporary artist, Wang Guangyi. Wang Guangyi was born in 1956 and since graduating from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in 1984, he has become an internationally renowned artist, exhibiting around the world in both solo and group shows. His work has developed from political pop, heavily laden with ironic commercial references, to work concerned with sociological and political histories and the resulting psychological outcomes for society. Guangyi currently lives and works on Beijing. Wang Guangyi has produced entirely new works for this solo show at the Louise Blouin Institute. The exhibition will feature both sculpture and painting across two floors of the Institute and will be accompanied by an extensive education programme, featuring a public lecture series, school workshops and related events. |  |
 | Richard MeierArt and Architecture 12 October 2007 - 22 June 2008 THE LOUISE BLOUIN INSTITUTE recently celebrated the retrospective exhibition of Richard Meier: Art and Architecture. The solo exhibition presented Meier’s extraordinary versatility as artist, designer and architect and comprised an overview of Meier’s outstanding international architectural creations together with an exploration of his sculpture, collages, drawings, photographs, furniture and product design over 45 years. Richard Meier remains the youngest recipient of the Pritzker Prize (1984) which is considered to be architecture’s highest accolade. He is renowned internationally for cultural projects which include The Getty Center, Los Angeles; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; and the Jubilee Church, Rome, amongst others. Parallel to 45 years of architectural practice, Richard Meier has been making sculpture and collages and ceramics. The sculpture and collages, which he has created from papers, tickets and cuttings collected on his travels, express space and pivotal moments that are explored and articulated in his buildings. Meier’s furniture, ceramic, glassware and silver objects have become iconic designs and marry a minimalist tradition with beautiful simplicity. To highlight his extraordinary versatility as a designer we also exhibited a unique grand piano designed by Richard Meier and built by IBACH. The Institute presented an extensive programme of lectures, education work and public events to coincide with the exhibition. This included talks by Richard Meier himself, Scientists Professor Semir Zeki and Baroness Susan Greenfield, as well as urban designer Peter Calthorpe and economist Tim Harford. Musical recitals by Andrew Matthews-Owen, Nicky Spence and violinist Jennifer Pike were also held making excellent use of the IBACH piano. |
Gary Hill and Gerry JudahSpring/Summer Exhibitions 20 June 2007 - 26 August 2007 The Louise T. Blouin Foundation hosted two concurrent shows by Gary Hill and Gerry Judah, which both opened in June 2007. Associated with these were an extensive programme of lectures, education work and public events to examine issues including conflict of interest, foreign policy and explore new solutions for the challenges of the 21st century. For Gary Hill, the Ground Floor Gallery of the 35,000 sq ft gallery was transformed with two large scale works: the installation Guilt (2006) and the epic Frustrum (2006) depicting a gigantic virtual eagle. The Second Floor Gallery featured Gerry Judah with a series of white on white abstract sculptural paintings. Judah's work is inspired by images of war zones and takes as its subject the horror of war and the devastating impact on the buildings and cities of the Middle East and elsewhere. |  |
 | James TurrellA Life in Light James Turrell - widely acclaimed as one of the world's leading contemporary artists. A Life in Light was the first major survey exhibition in London of Turrell's work since 1993 and featured several new light pieces as well as a large number of the artist's prints. The Louise T Blouin Foundation also commissioned from Turrell a permanent site-specific light installation for the exterior of the building. |