facetime - an exhibition in aid of The Art Room

1. Royal Patron of The Art Room HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

3. artists:
Emma Alcock • Nicola Bayley • Paul Benney • Alison Berrett • Tess Blenkinsop • Anthony Browne
Sarah Campbell • Jake & Dinos Chapman • Lauren Child • Robert James Clarke • Lara Cramsie
Martin Creed • Miranda Creswell • Emma Faull • Eleanor Fein • Jennie Foley • Antony Gormley
Nicola Gresswell • David Anthony Hall • Maggi Hambling • Kevin Harman • Andy Harper
Simon Hitchens • Patrick Hughes • James Hugonin • Kassandra Isaacson • Cambridge Jones
Jim Kempton • Roger Law • Andrew Lawson • Briony Lawson • AL_A • Korky Paul
Peter Liversidge • Alastair Mackie • Lucy Mcmillan-Scott • Harland Miller • Patrice Moor • Matt Moser-Clark
Susan Moxley • Simon Norfolk • Charlotte Olympia • Angela Palmer • Cornelia Parker • Martin Parr
Jan Pienkowski • Elisabeth Price • Peter Randall-Page • Vanessa Raw • Jane Ray • Matthew Rice
Jenny Saville • Gerald Scarfe • Francesca Shakespeare • Yinka Shonibare MBE • Jason Shulman
Jon Snow • Joseph Steele • Kieran Stiles • Tony Thomson • Tessa Traeger • Emmie van Biervliet
Paul Vanstone • David Walser • Richard Wentworth • Marcia Williams • Lisa Wright • Sam Zealey
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Catalogue Foreword
The Art Room is all about offering a child ‘face time’: a moment away from the challenges they are having
in their daily lives, where they have support and space to re-engage with their inner strengths. This exhibition
encapsulates the very essence of The Art Room by bringing together artists from all disciplines; celebrating
the importance of diversity; the magic of creativity and power of the imagination to transform everyday
objects into something special.
As a Patron of The Art Room, I am proud of the work the charity does to support children facing challenges and
difficulties at home and at school and truly believe in the power of art to make a difference. During small group
sessions, in the inspiring and creative setting of an Art Room studio, children and young people are given a
small sanctuary in which to explore their creativity and develop it without constraints.
Face Time is an exhibition of works by over 60 artists who are supporting The Art Room through their generous
donations. As an essential fundraising initiative for the charity, it is fantastic to witness the regeneration of art
to give something back. It is our hope that the exhibition inspires young people to discover their own creativity;
build on their self-esteem and their own identity and wonder about the endless possibilities of transforming
something as simple as a clock into a wonderful work of art!
Yinka Shonibare MBE,
Patron, The Art Room

4. The Art Room
“This year, I went to visit a charity, a marvellous charity called The Art Room. And I loved The Art Room because it seemed to formalise my
own take on the relationship of therapy and art. And it’s a very pragmatic thing as well. You know they didn’t necessarily do the sort of typical
things you do where you just do a painting that ends up being tacked to the fridge at home. They gave them things like they would get some old
furniture and get them to decorate it and then take that home. And of course these children often come from houses where there might not be
much furniture - so that idea of presenting the family with this object that you’ve made and the pride and the kind of feeling that they’ve
changed the world a little bit, I think that’s a very powerful thing.”
Extract, The Reith Lectures 2013
Grayson Perry CBE,
Patron, The Art Room
Since 2002, The Art Room has grown into a UK charity working with over 1,000 children and young people each year
to increase their self-esteem, self-confidence and independence through art. Many of the children we work with are
disengaged from mainstream education, may be disruptive, withdrawn, on the autistic spectrum or have specific learning
difficulties. Others have recently arrived in the UK, are looked after children ‘living in care’, are prime carers or suffering
from bereavement. The Art Room offers art as therapy at a time when these children most need it. Our ultimate aim
is to help them engage in their education and avoid exclusion.
As we reach our thirteenth year we need to continue to raise funds and increase the profile of our work. Face Time is
a celebration of The Art Room and is a vital fundraising initiative. It has been made possible through the huge generosity
of The Threadneedle Foundation, Mall Galleries and all the wonderful artists, children’s illustrators, architects, sculptors,
photographers and practitioners who have donated stunning work and their time to this exhibition.
Earlier this year, we invited the artists to transform a wooden clock face or to contribute a work from their own practice.
As the very first project on their arrival, we encourage our students to create a self-portrait on a clock face. Students’
transformation of regular items such as clocks, chairs, small pieces of furniture, mirrors and aprons help them work
towards increasing self-esteem and confidence. During the sessions they learn different skills, and ultimately life skills
which help them gain a sense of empowerment through their own creativity. The huge variety of works in Face Time
reflects the diversity in interpretation and individualism of creativity.
We are enormously grateful to all the artists for their amazing support of The Art Room and to the Threadneedle Foundation
and Mall Galleries for enabling us to stage Face Time.
Juli Beattie
Founder Director, The Art Room
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About The Art Room
The Art Room is a charity aimed at 5 – 16 year olds who are experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties.
There are currently five Art Rooms in Oxford and two in London. We are in the process of opening another two
Art Rooms, one in Wester Hailes in Edinburgh and one in West London and hope to take our practice offering art as
therapy to increase children’s self-esteem, self-confidence and independence to many more children in future years.
The Art Room offers children and young people a calm, therapeutic space in which to learn and achieve.
It provides optimal conditions for children to reach their full potential, giving them time and space away from
the classroom, to engage with education in a way that suits their individual needs. Students who might benefit
from the therapeutic intervention of The Art Room are referred by their schools, social workers or by their
parents/carers and can also self-refer.
Each session has two to three trained practitioners working with small groups for one to two hours a week.
Using art as a tool to engage with the children, sessions are structured to encourage communication, language
and life skills. In a recent evaluation, children who had clinical levels of difficulties at the start of their sessions
showed an 87.5% improvement in their self-reported mood and self-esteem following participation in The Art Room.
Acknowledgements
Face Time has been made possible through the generous support of The Threadneedle Foundation and Mall Galleries.
Particular thanks must go to Susie Pickering, Beverley Silverstone and Flora Fairbairn and all the artists who have
donated to Face Time.
The Art Room would also like to thank: Robert and Jane Toulson, Ingleby Gallery, Neon Circus, Susan Moxley, Nigel
Scarrott, Cathy Hollingworth, Woodrow Press Ltd and of course the Art Room students and all our friends who have
supported the exhibition.
Royal Patron of The Art Room HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

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Sponsors Foreword
In establishing the Threadneedle Foundation, our aim was to grow Threadneedle’s commitment to investing in the
community by building partnerships that create positive social impact across a range of sectors, with a focus on art
and education. Face Time is the result of such a partnership, and we are proud to facilitate this unique collaboration
between our inspirational charity partners, Mall Galleries and The Art Room.
Threadneedle has a long-established relationship with Mall Galleries, a major visual arts charity that champions new
contemporary figurative art by living artists. As a charity, Mall Galleries places great importance on its educational
activities, using exhibitions and workshops to reach out to diverse age groups and communities from London and around
the UK. When in 2013 the Threadneedle Foundation made a three-year commitment to support The Art Room, there was
an obvious synergy between the two charities and it wasn’t long before the idea of an Art Room exhibition at Mall Galleries
was on the table.
Bringing Face Time to fruition has been a true collaboration, with our teams working together to draw on the skills and
resources of both the business and arts sectors. In addition to the fundraising exhibition, we will together host workshops,
networking and client events during the week to shine a light on the innovative and impactful work of The Art Room.
Finally, I would like to thank the artists who have contributed to Face Time. The generous support of such a significant
group of internationally acclaimed artists is testament to the importance of The Art Room and its work.
Campbell Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
Threadneedle Investments

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Emma Alcock
Balance
Oil and Gesso on Board
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Paul Benney
Time after Time
Oil on Wood
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Nicola Bayley
It’s About Time
Watercolour
34 cm (H) x 38.7 cm (W)
All clocks in Face Time
are 55 cm Diameter
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Anthony Browne
Patron, The Art Room
Ape Face
Black Ink and Gouache
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Alison Berrett
Gazing into Infinity
Acrylic on Wood
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Tess Blenkinsop
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Mixed Media - Contains four silver
detach & wear ‘Rock Pool’
pendants with matching earrings

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Sarah Campbell
Every Second Counts
Cotton Yarn
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Jake & Dinos Chapman
What’s Time to a Pig?
Wood and Paint
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Lauren Child
The New Small Person
Pen and Ink

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12
Martin Creed
Work No. 1891
Portrait of a Young
Man, 2014
Pencil on Watercolour Paper
29.9 cm (H) x 21 cm (W)
11 3/4” (H) x 8 1/4” (W)
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Robert James Clarke
Time for Speed
Acrylic
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Lara Cramsie
Time Does Not Exist Other
Than As A Useful Notion
Pen and Ink on Paper

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13
Miranda Creswell
& Chris Green
Two Views of One Landscape
Pencil on Gesso with Giclée print
One side represents pre-historic field
formations in Salisbury Plain. Alongside
this is a contemporary view of this
landscape drawn as the first larks
sang in 2014.
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Emma Faull
Rainforest Clock
Watercolour, Pen and
Ink Collage
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Eleanor Fein
The Mermaid Rose Clock
Oil on Board

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18
Nicola Gresswell
Camel Estuary from
Trebetherick Point
Watercolour
30 cm (H) x 60 cm (W)
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Antony Gormley
LEARNING TO BE XVIII, 2013
Carbon and Casein on Paper
19.3 cm (H) x 14 cm (W)
© the Artist
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Jennie Foley
Sundial Clock
Gouache on Board

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20
Maggi Hambling
Night and Day Wave
Oil on Board
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David Anthony Hall
Summer Foliage, 2014
Jetrix on Acrylic
110 cm diameter
Edition of 15
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The Honourable
K. W. Harman
Sign of the Time
Sign Installation

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Patrick Hughes
Rainbow Clock
Oil on Board
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Andy Harper
Impression of Plenty
Oil and Mixed Media
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Simon Hitchens
Rock Trace
Paint and Ink

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25
James Hugonin
Binary Rhythm
(Dark Red), 2012
Screenprint
Edition of 45
81.6 cm (H) x 72.2 cm (W)
26
Kassandra Isaacson
Mona Lisa Selfie
Gesso, Ink, Paper, Varnish &
Varnish Remover on Wood
27
Cambridge Jones
The Time is Nighy
Photo Print on Aluminium

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29
Roger Law
Mudskipper Bowls
Ceramic
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Andrew Lawson
Blown Time
Photo Print on
Aluminium
Edition of 5
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Jim Kempton
Milking Time
Mixed Media Sculpture
265 mm (H) x 89 mm (D)

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Briony Lawson
Time and Tide Wait
for No Man
Pen, Charcoal on Board
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AL_A
Clock Kit
80 cm (H) x 44 cm (W) x 2 cm (D)
Extruded Acrylic
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Peter Liversidge
Untitled (Clock)
Gouache and Genuine
Silverleaf on Wood

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35
Lucy McMillan-Scott
In The Violet Air
Oil in board
32 cm (H) x 32 cm (W)
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Harland Miller
Too Cool to Lose, 2012
Hor de Commerce
Silkscreen on Somerset paper
25” x 17 15/16”
63.5 cm (H) x 45.5 cm (W)
© Harland Miller
Photo: Ben Westoby
Courtesy White Cube
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Alastair Mackie
Separating Circle, 2014
Line etched using sunlight
and a magnifying glass
over a period of 12 hours.

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Patrice Moor
Et toujours pourquoi?
Oil on Board
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Matt Moser-Clark
60
Pencil, Crayon,
Oil Pastel on Melamine
Faced Plywood
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Susan Moxley
One in Nine, Number Nine
Collagraph Print on
Hahnemuhle Paper on board
with Beaten Sterling Silver
Studs and Clock Hands

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Charlotte Olympia
Purrrfect Timing
Black Suede Leather
and Galvanised Brass
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Angela Palmer
Tick Tock
Edition 1 of 5
Neon and metal casing
(generously donated by
Neon Circus)
102 cm (H) x 27 cm (W)
12.5 cm (D)
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Simon Norfolk
Large Hadron Collider, 2013
Photo Print on Aluminium

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Cornelia Parker
Poison and Antidote
Drawing, 2012
Rattlesnake Venom and
Black Ink, Anti-Venom and
White Ink
28 cm (H) x 28 cm (W)
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Martin Parr
Time for Tea
Photo Print on
Aluminium
45
Korky Paul
Patron, The Art Room
Winnie the Witch
Time, 13h00
Acrylic and Kandahar Ink

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Vanessa Raw
DreamTime
Acrylic, Ink and Gouache
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Peter Randall-Page
Ragtime
Linocut on Wood
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Jan Pienkowski
What greater gift
than the love of a cat
(Charles Dickens)
Hammerite Paint, Brass
Hour Numerals and Studs,
Coloured Plastic and Foil,
Gloss Paper Cut-outs.

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Jane Ray
Maha and the Elephants
Watercolour
36.3 cm (H) x 38.6 cm (W)
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Matthew Rice
Chickens in a Garden
Pen and Watercolour
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Jenny Saville
Patron, The Art Room
Reproduction Drawing III
After the Leonardo
Cartoon (Print),
2009 – 2010
Edition of 50

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Francesca Shakespeare
Time is like a River...
Water Colour and Giclée
Prints on Paper
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Yinka Shonibare MBE
Patron, The Art Room
Squiggly Clock
Gold Acrylic, Black Marker
and Dutch wax printed on
cotton on wood
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Gerald Scarfe
Time to Go
Pen and Ink on Board

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Jason Shulman
Unspecified Use Bank of
England Sealing Wax
Unspecified use Bank of
England sealing wax
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Jon Snow
Patron, The Art Room
The Art Tree of Time
Watercolour on Wood
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Joseph Steele
Clockblast
Silk screen paint fired
from a liquid CO²
Gas Cannon

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Tessa Traeger
Chilli Time
Photo Print on
Aluminium
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Kieran Stiles
Bryher
Oil on Board
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Tony Thomson
Still Waiting for Tea
Ceramic and Silver

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Emmie Van Biervliet
Time Travel
Mixed Media
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David Walser
Approximate Time
Ceramic Panels
on Wood
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Paul Vanstone
Time Travel
Mixed Media
No image available
at time of print
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Richard Wentworth,
Patron, The Art Room
Through a Glass Darkly
Archival Inkjet Print
329 mm (H) x 428 mm (W)

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Sam Zealey
Helix
Mixed Media
Maquette. Steel,
MDF, Polyfilla and Render
60 cm (H), 15 cm x 15 cm (W)
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Marcia Williams
The Elephant’s Friend
Acrylic
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Lisa Wright
Holding Time
Oil on Canvas

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31. artists:
Emma Alcock • Nicola Bayley • Paul Benney • Alison Berrett • Tess Blenkinsop • Anthony Browne
Sarah Campbell • Jake & Dinos Chapman • Lauren Child • Robert James Clarke • Lara Cramsie
Martin Creed • Miranda Creswell • Emma Faull • Eleanor Fein • Jennie Foley • Antony Gormley
Nicola Gresswell • David Anthony Hall • Maggi Hambling • Kevin Harman • Andy Harper
Simon Hitchens • Patrick Hughes • James Hugonin • Kassandra Isaacson • Cambridge Jones
Jim Kempton • Roger Law • Andrew Lawson • Briony Lawson • AL_A • Korky Paul
Peter Liversidge • Alastair Mackie • Lucy Mcmillan-Scott • Harland Miller • Patrice Moor • Matt Moser-Clark
Susan Moxley • Simon Norfolk • Charlotte Olympia • Angela Palmer • Cornelia Parker • Martin Parr
Jan Pienkowski • Elisabeth Price • Peter Randall-Page • Vanessa Raw • Jane Ray • Matthew Rice
Jenny Saville • Gerald Scarfe • Francesca Shakespeare • Yinka Shonibare MBE • Jason Shulman
Jon Snow • Joseph Steele • Kieran Stiles • Tony Thomson • Tessa Traeger • Emmie van Biervliet
Paul Vanstone • David Walser • Richard Wentworth • Marcia Williams • Lisa Wright • Sam Zealey
www.theartroom.org.uk

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