Oxford, Paris, and other things

Something strange will happen this summer, 26 June-20 July 2009 @ 10 St Clements, OX4 Oxford (the ex-pram store) Five emerging German artists: Max Frintrop, Martin Galle, David Ostrowski, Michail Pirgelis, Sven Weigel "Something strange will happen this summer" is the first show of Notfamousyet , a new art consultancy and gallery in Oxford created by Gabriele Dangel. In true Diaghilev -like manner Ms Dangel went to Germany, invited David Ostrowski , who in turn invited some of his friends and she went back to England with the little troup she is now looking after. The use of a "discarded unstylish environment" that is a recently abandonned shop is very intentional: it is about illustrating the urban themes of the five artists. There are very different styles and media here, from art-objects to mixed techniques on canvas, from the more traditional oil on canvas to video installations. David Ostrowski is definitely my favourite with his fantastic collection of owls, ...