TCR Book
Since 2010, The Composing Rooms has hosted over 40 exhibitions, talks, events, and projects and exhibited over 60 artists. This book covers ten years, with relevant essays and texts by: Ché Zara Blomfield, Gerardo Contreras (Preteen Gallery), Nate Hitchcock, Yanyan Huang, Miltos Manetas, Warren Neidich, Marisa Olson, and Krystal South, with an animated .gif by Petra Cortright. The fold-out dust jacket is a uniquely commissioned limited edition artwork by Aaron Graham.
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2019: Selling Democracy
Jelato Love hosted two exhibitions in 2019: ‘Jelato For All’ a democratic and inclusive response to cancel culture presenting 39 artists and the closing duo show ‘Zu Verkaufen’ (For Sale in German) with Kate Steciw and Tomáš Absolon.
KATE STECIW KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MILTOS MANETAS R. LORD JELATO LOVE
2018: Jelato Love
Jelato Love intended to add new flavours to the local art scene in Palma de Mallorca. Four artists were presented in their first solo shows in Spain. The name made fun of the number of gelaterias in the area catering to tourism. Co-founded by Javier Esteban.
ESTRID LUTZ KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MICHAEL PYBUS YANYAN HUANG JELATO LOVE
2017: Mineral Dreams
After closing the Berlin gallery The Composing Rooms hosted two solo offsite exhibitions. Michael Pybus for Dream and Ella Goerner in collaboration with Pushkin & Gogol.
MICHAEL PYBUS THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2016: Serious Comics
After a year two years experimental events programming, The Composing Rooms presented three contemporary solo exhibitions, by Nina Cristante, R. Lord, and Ry David Bradley, a duo show of Estrid Lutz / Emile Mold and a group exhibition that celebrated the culture of tea and its origins.
HARM VAN DEN DORPEL KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MAI UEDA R. LORD RY DAVID BRADLEY YANYAN HUANG THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2015: Three Windoes
This transitional year began by hosting Rainer Ganahl's Strange Teaching project. Presented three successful group exhibitions explored unique formats that questioned perspective, a duo show by Lisa Holzer and Chiara Minchio, and a solo show by Keith Allyn Spencer.
AARON GRAHAM HARM VAN DEN DORPEL MILTOS MANETAS PRISCILLA TEA RY DAVID BRADLEY SARA LUDY SPIROS HADJIDJANOS YANYAN HUANG THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2014: Rooms
After renovations The Composing Rooms opened the ambitious Showroom project in Berlin, intended to avoid openings in favour of events and chance encounters. room, the online exhibition space opened simultaneously.
ANNE SPEIER HARM VAN DEN DORPEL KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MAI UEDA RAINER GANAHL SARA LUDY THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2013: Travelling
Upon closing the London project, Repeat Pattern, a group exhibition of international contemporary art took place in a project space in Auckland, New Zealand, before projects in New York and Berlin.
DAIF KING HARM VAN DEN DORPEL JULIEN CECCALDI KATE STECIW JASPER SPICERO MATTHEW JOHNSTONEPETRA CORTRIGHT SIMON DENNY THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2012: The Green Room
Generously supported by Arts Council England, The Green Room presented eight artists in their first solo exhibitions in the UK. This included Petra Cortright, Jon Rafman, Kate Steciw, Artie Vierkant, and Rafaël Rozendaal.
ANNE DE VRIES ARTIE VIERKANT DAIF KING JON RAFMAN KATE STECIW MATTHEW JOHNSTONE PETRA CORTRIGHT THE GREEN ROOM
2011: Two Channels
Inspired by the emergence of a new kind of contemporary art, as seen on the blog Post Internet and shown by Preteen Gallery, two satellite group exhibitions: Channel 8 and BYOB // Multi Channel considered how the screen affected art and its presentation.
DAIF KING MATTHEW JOHNSTONE THE COMPOSING ROOMS