Zoo 2009 General Information

Within a new multi-site location situated in the East End, the producers of Zoo Art Fair present Zoo 2009. An event that takes on an adapted structure, bringing together over 50 contemporary arts organisations and practitioners, through a series of exhibitions, solo shows and stand presentations.

Located on Shoreditch High Street near to many of the best contemporary art spaces in Europe’s largest cultural quarter, Zoo 2009’s venue consists of three buildings that date from 1875 to 2003. Occupied throughout by building merchants Nicholls and Clarke – traders of glass, lead and colour – the site has more recently been used as a film location for historical dramas such as Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes.

Zoo 2009 presents four specially curated exhibitions by invited organisations and curators – FormContent, LUX, Studio Voltaire and Rob Tufnell – within the unused Victorian industrial warehouses set in cobbled streets. In addition, Zoo 2009 will once again present solo shows by last year’s winners of the Champagne Perrier-Jouët Prize – Scoli Acosta and John Jones Art on Paper Award – Clunie Reid.

Alongside these exhibitions, twenty-one stand presentations from commercial and non-commercial organisations will be showcased within adjacent tile showrooms dating from the 1960s that face onto Liverpool Street’s main thoroughfare – Bishopsgate. In addition, individual works by 14 artists will be showcased in a specially dedicated Solo Works section. Primarily under six year old commercial and non-commercial organisations, Zoo 2009’s exhibitors have been selected by a panel of art professionals. Bringing together all elements of the event, a special full-page colour publication – Zoo 2009 Catalogue – will be kindly sponsored by Hallett Independent.

To celebrate our move East, Zoo 2009 will produce an East End Map, highlighting over 60 contemporary art organisations within a 2 mile radius of the event. Representing all types, from emerging to established, public to private, commercial to non-commercial spaces, it will offer visitors a unique insight into the richness of what is known to be Europe’s largest cultural quarter.

Zoo 2009 is produced by Zoo Art Enterprises – a non-profit organisation that specialises in emerging contemporary art. Zoo 2009 is sponsored by established galleries, collectors, commercial brands and arts businesses as well as public funding. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

For collectors, curators, critics, dealers, artists and art enthusiasts, Zoo 2009 remains a considered introduction to the next generation of art professionals.

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About the site:

Occupied throughout by Nicholls & Clarke – building merchants originally described as traders of glass, lead and colour – the site comprises Victorian industrial warehouses set in cobbled streets adjacent to showrooms from the 1960s used for the display of tiles, that face onto Liverpool Street’s main thoroughfare – Bishopsgate. More recently the site has been used as a film location for historical dramas such as Sherlock Holmes.

Getting there:

Zoo 2009 is less than five minutes walk away from Liverpool Street station. Old Street and Aldgate East stations are both fifteen minutes walk from the venue.

Bus numbers 8, 26, 35, 47, 48, 78, 135, 149, 242, & 388 stop near the venue on Norton Folgate. Parking is available off Bishopsgate and Commercial Street.

Tickets:

24 hour Box Office provided by See™ Tickets
http://www.seetickets.com/Zoo2009/
24 hour Box office: +44 (0)871 231 0849 / +44 (0)844 412 4650

Zoo 2009 Catalogue:

The Zoo 2009 Catalogue will be available for £10 at Zoo 2009 as well as selected London bookshops in October.
For further details or to order an advance copy, please contact: catalogue@zooartenterprises.com
The Zoo 2009 Catalogue is kindly sponsored by Hallett Independent.

Zoo 2009 Hotel Partner:

Days Hotel London Shoreditch

Visitors to Zoo 2009 can receive a special rate when booking at Days Hotel London Shoreditch. Brand new, purpose-built Days Hotel London Shoreditch offers a modern, clean and contemporary place in which to make your base whilst in London.

Log on to www.hotelshoreditch.com; promotion code ZooPUB2009.

For further information, please visit: http://www.zooartenterprises.com/zoo2009/info/how-to-get-there/