Exhibition
Happy Time
3 Oct 2014 – 19 Oct 2014
Address
- 77 Duke Street
- Mayfair, London W1K 5PB
- London
- W1K 3AP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bond Street or Green Park
Who says calm can't be colourful? Your favourite escape doesn't have to be some faraway place. Relax with flexible seating options. It's your comfort zone. The wonderful life starts here.
About
Happy Time is a Grosvenor public and community art project curated by Simon Oldfield with a new, site-specific installation by Michael Pybus and a programme of free public events ' open to everyone, every day.
Pybus transforms an anonymous retail space at 77 Duke Street into a utopic celebration of the artificial. Enveloping and comforting, a plastic palace made from mass-produced materials. You're invited to a saturated world surrounded by the detached familiarity of consumer products, brands, celebrity and iconography.
This homage to consumer culture, with the translation of subversive design into motifs appropriated by high street brands, is an invitation to everyone to take some time out. Settle into the comfort of an ergonomically molded plastic chair, sharpen up with an express manicure, dial down with guided meditation, listen to a short story read aloud, or simply step inside Pybus' artificial reality.
Michael Pybus' work is a visual pop mash up of remix and reconfiguration. His prints, sculptures and arrangements ' often low-fi techno creations, mine the archive of contemporary iconography, placing a framework of post conceptual and internet art around 'bad' television icons, Pokemon and 90's rave. The artist's avatars, symbols and recycled figures hint towards both the absurdities and earnestness of fanatical consumption and post market nostalgia. Pybus lives and works in London.
Free Events Schedule
Book online: www./simonoldfield.com/exhibitions/happy-time/
Click on 'Press Release' to find events
5 October, 12-2pm
Colour-in a Pikachu Drawing
8 October, 7-9pm
Astrology Readings & Predictive Tarot with Emma Toynbee
9 October, 1-1.30pm / 1.30-2pm
Ballet Inspired Pilates with Dance Works All levels welcome
Class One: 1-1.30pm
Class Two: 1.30-2pm
11 October, 10.30-11.30am
Children's Workshop and Balloon Making with Bedazzled Events
12 October, 12.30-1.30pm
Create your own earrings from semi-precious stones with Clair Green
15 October, 12.00-3.00pm
Express Manicure or Hand Massage
16 October, 1-1.30pm / 1.30-2pm
Tai Chi Meditation with Dance Works. All levels welcome
Class One: 1-1.30pm
Class Two: 1.30-2pm
17 October, 12.30-2pm
Express Blow-dry with Mark Alexander
18 October, 4pm
Artist Mark Titchner reads for Pin Drop
Check web site for updates and any changes to the programme. All events have limited places, so book up to avoid disappointment.
Opening Hours
Monday ' Friday 10-6pm
Saturday 12-6pm
Sunday 12-4pm
Exhibition continues until 19 October 2014
