Emma Neuberg – EMMA NEUBERG

Drapes at 99 Bishopsgate: Reconfiguring a Site-Specific Installation

Following the presentation of Drapes at the Mirror Gallery in Plymouth (UK), the installation was invited to open the Fine Art season in 2017 at 99 Bishopsgate in the City of London. The invitation came after Saff Williams, then at Acrylicize, encountered the press surrounding the original exhibition. The commission for Brookfield Properties marked an important new stage in the life of the work, bringing Drapes from a university gallery into one of London’s most striking contemporary architectural settings.

From the street, 99 Bishopsgate possesses a monumental presence; inside, its pristine geometry and luminous interiors reminded me of the cinematic spaces of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was an exhilarating context in which to present the work. Rather than occupying a conventional gallery, Drapes entered a space where art, architecture and public life intersected.

This version of the installation comprised eighteen suspended elements distributed throughout the building. Unlike the original presentation at the Mirror Gallery…

Barbie Goes Shopping: Material Actions and the Plastics Age

Barbie Goes Shopping is my favourite of the Billboard Skirts. Made in 2007 from discarded polythene and second-hand denim, it belongs to a series exploring consumer desire, identity and the increasingly complicated relationship between the materials we throw away and the images that persuade us to acquire more.

In 2010, Barbie Goes Shopping and Hey Superman were selected by curator Hannah Rose for Material Actions at the Mirror Gallery in Plymouth. The exhibition brought together thirteen artists and makers whose work explored the capacity of materials and making to contribute to ethical, social, cultural and environmental change.

The timing gave the Billboard Skirts a different resonance. I had made them in autumn 2007, at the height of the consumer boom and a year before the financial collapse of 2008. By the time they reappeared in Material Actions, the culture of apparently limitless consumption against which they had been made looked rather different…

Drapes at Aldgate Tower: Scale, Suspension and Architectural Space

Following its presentation at 99 Bishopsgate, Drapes was invited to Aldgate Tower in the City of London. Commissioned by Brookfield Properties and curated by Saff Williams at Acrylicize, the installation entered a dramatically different architectural setting.

Where 99 Bishopsgate offered a sense of intimacy through its sequence of spaces, windows and planted courtyard, Aldgate Tower presented an expansive glass-and-steel thoroughfare crowned by an exceptionally high atrium. The architecture transformed the work once again.

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS AT THE V&A

Emma Neuberg celebrates ten years lecturing in Digital Pattern & Decoration in Art & Design at the V&A.

AIR IN LA

We’re thrilled to announce that after a productive time on the Artist Residency OTIS Summer Program 2019 in Los Angeles, Emma Neuberg has produced a new series of painting sculptures

AT THE V&A

Emma is excited to present her new Digital Pattern Art & Design workshops at the V&A for the upcoming season.

IN THE STUDIO

Emma enjoys nomadic studios in Europe and the US where she explores different painting cultures and landscapes.

AT MIRROR GALLERY

Mirror Gallery celebrates the first installation of Emma’s Drapes, measuring 11.5 x 13 x 16 feet (3.5m x 4m x 5m) as part of its textiles season celebrating artists who work with fabric.

IN THE GEOMETRICS

Emma Neuberg’s solo show at Mirror Gallery presents new works based on grid formations, modularizations and repeating patterns.

AT LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE

Emma Neuberg will be in conversation with Neringa Dastoor for the London Festival of Architecture taking place at CASS ART this summer.

AT FRIDAY LATES

Emma Neuberg is excited to present the next V&A Friday Late for the blockbuster exhibition The Fabric of India with The People’s Print!

AT THE V&A WITH SAMSUNG AUTODESK

Emma delivers an exciting design collaboration with Samsung and Autodesk at the V&A Museum in Kensington!

AT SOMERSET HOUSE

Emma is excited to present her new Digital Pattern & Decoration Art & Design workshops at Queen Elizabeth I’s former residence Somerset House!

AT KINGSGATE GALLERY

Emma shows in The Geometrics, the new London group show that she co-curated with Daisy McMullan at Kingsgate Gallery.

AT CHELSEA FUTURESPACE

Emma Neuberg shows in Surface at Chelsea FutureSpace, London, with Brian Chalkley, Edward Cotteril, Vanessa Hodgkinson, Charlotte Jonerheim, Sanghyun Kim, Kangwook Lee and Mohammad Namazi.

AT YOUNG MASTERS’ ART PRIZE

Emma Neuberg’s triptychs created during her Artist in Residency at Chelsea College of Art are exhibited at the Young Master’s Art Prize show in west London.

AT WIMBLEDON SPACE

Emma exhibits new animated paintings and wall pieces in Detours show next month at Wimbledon Space, London.

RUNNING POSTMODERNISM AT V&A

Emma Neuberg is excited to present new Pattern & Decoration Art & Design workshops with The People’s Print at the V&A in Kensington.

IN THE NEW V&A PLASTICS BOOK

The V&A launches a new book on plastics with a chapter dedicated to Emma Neuberg’s work.

AT THE INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS

Emma is happy to make the cover story for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Spring 2008 magazine!

AT CRAFTS COUNCIL UK

Emma Neuberg is in the new group show Eco Style curated by Rebecca Earley opening at the Crafts Council UK in north London.

AT THE ICA

Seminal works by members of the Textile Futures Research Group at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, in March 2007.

AT CITY GALLERY

Emma Neuberg’s Blossom Capes are in the touring exhibition, Well-Fashioned – Eco Style in the UK, at the City Gallery Leceister, curated by Rebecca Earley. The show ran 15th July to 26th August 2006. Pictured is Blossom Cape, Emma Neuberg, watercolour and gold foil on rayon and PEVA, 40cm x 70cm, 2006. Photo by Emma Neuberg,…