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New commission at Beaconsfield – Bob and Roberta Smith’s Factory Outlet with exclusive limited edition etching

16 Nov 2009

7 November 2009 - 21 February 2010 , Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm
Upper Gallery 1, Canteen Gallery 2 & Arch Gallery 3

Coffee for a pound at the gallery’s Ragged Canteen!

Since February 2009, Bob & Roberta Smith have been making the most of the spacious Beaconsfield gallery premises, using them as a prolific site of production. As the final months of this epic residency approach, the end of their time at the gallery is marked with an extensive exhibition and the launch of a limited edition print.

Bob & Roberta Smith, FlatEdition, Factory Outlet, 2009, Sugarlift etching on copper,
760mm x 560mm. Limited edition of 100, printed by Print (vb.n.)

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Just one of the treats as part of the exhibition, Factory Outlet, is in Upper Gallery 1. Here, one can marvel at the largest and most complex painting Bob and Roberta Smith have made to date. In the work, This Artist is Deeply Dangerous, the richly painted signage, with which the artist has become identified in recent years, moves to a new level. The 9 panels, each 130 x 120 x 5 cm, take inspiration from sports journalist Steve Bierley’s remarkable article on the artist Louise Bourgeois.

On the work, Bob says:
"The work could be called 'One Song to the Tune of another' - let me explain - last summer, the Guardian sent its Art's writers to review sports events and its sports writers to review Art events. Among the results was this amazingly frank analysis of the differences between art and sport by tennis correspondent Steve Bierley."

An exclusive, limited edition Sugarlift etching made for Factory Outlet on the occasion of this exhibition is available for sale and an Own Art loan can be used to spread the cost of the purchase. This is the first ever etching by Bob and Roberta Smith and it is unusually large for a print of this type. Each hand-printed work on 100% cotton Somerset 300gsm deckle-edged paper is pencil signed by the artist and is in a limited edition of only 100.

The print is for sale at the pre-publication price of £175, rising to £250 at the end of the exhibition period. Please visit Beaconsfield editions for more details.

All works in Bob and Roberta Smith's Factory Outlet are for sale courtesy of the artist, Beaconsfield and Hales Gallery.

This project is the first in the Beaconsfield series Phase, which turns the spotlight on mid-career artists with whom the organisation has had a significant past relationship.

Coffee for a pound in the Ragged Canteen!

During your visit to the gallery, don't forget to visit Beaconsfield’s Ragged Canteen - the foodie haven in Vauxhall. Organic Monmouth coffee made with the vintage Italian Espresso machine and a range of freshly prepared daily specials can all be enjoyed at affordable prices!

Take along a copy of this page of the bulletin and enjoy a cup of coffee for a pound. Offer valid until 15 December 2009.

Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 4pm for Lunch or Coffee & Cake.
Saturday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm for Coffee & Cake (only during exhibition periods - please see projects page for dates).

Beaconsfield
22 Newport St
London SE11 6AY

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Image featured on November 2009 bulletin: Bob & Roberta Smith, Work in progress for Bob and Roberta Smith's Factory Outlet, installation detail, What Was I Thinking, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Beaconsfield.