DARING duo.

BRITISH WILDLIFE, 2000
88 taxidermy animals; 46 birds (35 varieties), 40 mammals (18 varieties),2 fish, wood, polyester glass fibre filler, fake moss, wire, light projector
150 x 90 x 180 cm (59 x 351/2 x 71 in)

METAL FUCKING RATS, 2006
Welded scrap metal, light projector
51.5 x 53 x 19.6 cm (201/4 x 21 x 73/4 in)

Storming onto the British art scene with their unorthodox installations, Tim Noble and Sue Webster have exhibited some of the most exciting art in the past two decades.

“There are two sides to the work; the shiny side and the dark side. That kind of reflects the two personalities within us,” explains Webster. Their art speaks bilingually to sculpture and to the image it projects: from the piles of garbage and taxidermy that construct the work, to the silhouette projected when it is illuminated.

See their 'Cabinet of Curiosities' at EWX from January 22 2012.  

Photographs courtesy of timnobleandsuewebster.com

SLINKACHU

“I like the idea that almost no one sees my work. Because we all ignore intentionally or unintentionally much that surrounds us in a city.”

My Little People Project by British-born artist Slinkachu has to be one of the wittiest, clever and endearing art projects conceived in recent years. Since 2006, miniature model train set characters have been surfacing in an around metropolises, compelling city-dwellers to consider their surroundings more thoughtfully.

Twinned as an installation/photography project, Slinkachu narrates his various miniature installations on his blog. His endeavors as a photographer – often displaying his photographs as triptychs on his blog – articulate how the often overpowering nature of the modern city can engender loneliness and melancholy. His work is situated in an artistic realm that seeks to empathize with the viewer in a identifiable and lighthearted way. The influence of Banksy is ever present in the wit and social comment of Slinkachu’s work. Although, unlike Banksy, Slinkachu succeeds in expressing his morals with an intelligible subtleness– in less than a few centimeters. A series of Slinkachu’s photographic works will be featured in the EWX exhibition, open to the public from January 22 2012.

OPENING Dawe's.

CLICK TO VIEW THE GUARDIAN ON GABRIEL DAWE AT EAST WING X

Photography courtesy of Linda Nylind for the Guardian

HERE Re-go again.

Scarecrow and the Pig, pastel on paper on board, 2005

Dubbed one of the most celebrated and problematic artists in Britain, Paula Rego is rumoured to be exhibiting at East Wing X.