Riflemaker /// Marta Marce Inspired by the Surrealist god Bataille, these
spanish paintings, prints and sculpture are beautifully
raw..
June 6-July 8.
79 Beak Street, W1F 9SU
Tel. 020 7439 0000 www.riflemaker.org
Serpentine Gallery /// Thomas
Demand Works by the German photographic artist who
takes photographs of cardboard models and interior landscapes.
June 6-August 20.
Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA
Tel. 020 7402 6075 www.serpentinegallery.org
V&A
/// Sixties Fashion The swinging sixties encapsulates an aesthetic
and a spirit of youth that no other fashion style has rivalled,
unless chav chic could be considered a modern equivalent,
and how worrying is that? With garments ranging from the
legendary collections of traditional tailor to the stars,
Hardy Amies, the eclecticism of Ossie Clark to Biba’s
iconic silhoutte, these designers forged the way for todays
McQueens. It was Mary Quant’s perverse juxtapostion
of styles that pushed the button, who would have thought
that pudding basin haircuts with ankle socks could be a
look? Forty years on, Quant is regarded as our female fashion
pioneer, creating classless looks and virtually inventing
the concept of high street style, so Topshop, and Philip
Green should know who to thank.
June 6-Feb 25, 2007.
Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Tel. 020 7942 2000 www.vam.ac.uk
Haunch of Venison /// Zarina
Bhimji Ugandan Zarina Bhimji’s poignant photographs
are painstakingly composed beautiful and evocative images
that are thankfully more inspiring than you might expect.
May 10-June 6.
6 Haunch of Venison Yard, W1K 6ES
Tel. 020 7495 5050 www.haunchofvenison.com