Art Tour
WALKER - Nick Veasey: Forensic Beauty
17 Feb 2024
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 47 Albemarle St
- London
England - W1S 4JW
- United Kingdom
Bluerider ART is pleased to invite artist Nick Veasey to join as special guest for the upcoming WALKER guided tour. Welcomes you to take part in this WALKER, a conversational and interactive guided tour of our current exhibition “Nick Veasey: Forensic Beauty”.
About
We'll share how the artist procced X-ray images, why it was called Professor Veasey, Pearly King, Balenciaga dress, as well behind the scene stories.
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The event is free to join, please get a free ticket at
or email info@blueriderart.com
Date & Time:
Saturday 17th February 3pm - 4pm
Location:
47 Albemarle Street, London. W1S 4JW
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"Nick Veasey: Forensic Beauty" is the first solo exhibition of the renowned British artist Nick Veasey in the UK in a decade. The exhibition showcases Nick Veasey's classic works and new body of work that humorously explores the essence of human objects beneath the surface, offering a poignant commentary on society's appearance obsession.
Nick Veasey (UK, b.1962) lives and works in Kent, UK, working primarily with radiography to create his images X-ray images. Through the unique penetration of the X-ray process, Nick Veasey strips back the layers to show what lies beneath the surface, revealing the inner workings behind the subjects facade, playfully and mischievously exploring the essence of objects and human inner desire. Veasey’s worldwide recognition includes; imagery for the front cover of TIME magazine, recent collaborations with Alexander McQueen SS23 and the Victoria and Albert Museum "Balenciaga: shaping fashion" exhibition, a large-scale retrospective at the renowned Fotografiska museum in Sweden, visited by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Swedish royalty. Recent shows include “X-ray Men” at the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art and “APMA chapter 3” at the Amorepacific Museum of Art. Permanently collected in the V&A Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the US, the BMW Museum in Germany, the National Science and Media Museum in the UK, and the Museum of Applied Arts and Design in Switzerland, important collaborations with international brands like Louis Vuitton, United Airlines, Balenciaga, and more.
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Bluerider ART, founded in 2013 by Elsa Wang, an entrepreneur in IT business. Naming of Bluerider is inspired by the avant-garde art group "Der Blaue Reiter" (The Blue Rider) initiated by Wassily Kandinsky, emphasising its spiritual art principles. Bluerider ART recruits art enthusiasts to form a professional team, representing and promoting internationally acclaimed artists with unique and innovative styles, offering high-quality professional collection services. Currently with four locations in key cities across Europe and Asia: Bluerider ART London·Mayfair, Bluerider ART Shanghai·The Bund, Bluerider ART Taipei·DunRen and Bluerider ART Taipei·RenAi, dedicated to bridging the artistic traditions of the East and West while preserving historical legacies and creating new directions.
Bluerider ART London·Mayfair
Mon.-Sun. 10am-6pm
47 Albemarle St, London, W1S 4JW