One Foot In The Grove – Art for people and place!

UPDATE: One Foot In The Grove will also be open this weekend – October 30th and 31st and November 1st – come down and check out the new art that has recently been added!

In a small corner of west London, just round the corner from Ladbroke Grove tube station and under the Westway flyover, a group of renegade artists have put together one of the most fun, original and thought-provoking art events I have been to in a very long time.

If you find yourself in the area later today (18th October), or Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week (23rd-25th October), and if you’re into street art, mad sculpture, graffiti, poster art, witty and original paintings and photography, fascinatingly insane installations, projections, film, good food, good tunes, friendly people, and a licensed bar, then make an effort to head down to Acklam Road, W10 and see what the good folks of MuTATE BRITAIN are up to.

Believe me, it’ll be worth it.

MuTATE BRITAIN’s new event One Foot In The Grove is open from 2pm to 10pm on Friday, 1pm to 10pm on Saturday, and 12pm to 9pm on Sunday, and is in the open air, quite literally under the Westway. Compared to the expensive exhibitions in the galleries up in town, entrance to this is a veritable bargain – only £1 before 6pm and £2-3 after then.

I very much recommend you take an afternoon to check it out before the final day!

In the meantime and if you can’t wait to see it all, you can check out this selection of exclusive photos, snapped by yours truly on a late Friday afternoon visit. If you’re inspired by all this amazing and diverse art, or you’re just simply curious, and you want to know more about what’s really going on under the Westway right now, then check out the links below for all the details.

Meanwhile, have a look at all this….

Darwin's changed his tune a bit here...

Pale horses against a darkening West London sky

Mad shoes - I love this image!

Fascinating faces

The net result of a surveillance society?

More art - and a good message for the world!

An incredibly intricate and beautiful magic car

For more detailed information, have a look at the MuTATE BRITAIN blog, which you can find here.

Their website is also worth checking out, and has lots more on the One Foot In The Grove event. You can find that here.

You could friend them on MySpace, should you be so inclined. Their profile is here.

And there’s also a Facebook group you can join, which is here.

Bring a sense of humour and an open mind – just bring yourself!