Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art

The Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art is an educational charity and a not-for-profit[1] contemporary art gallery based in London. Established in 2004, the foundation is housed in a converted warehouse over two floors in a building that was renovated to a design concept by the Italian architect, Claudio Silvestrin. The gallery comprises roughly 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) of exhibition space.

Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art
Location within Central London
Established2004
Location14 Wharf Road, London N1, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5302°N 0.095°W / 51.5302; -0.095
DirectorZiba Ardalan
Public transit accessOld Street tube, Angel tube
Websitewww.parasol-unit.org

Parasol Unit was established by its director and curator, Ziba Ardalan.[2] A graduate in the History of Art from Columbia University New York, Ardalan worked as Guest Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She guest curated the exhibition 'Winslow Homer and the New England Coast' at the Whitney's Stamford, Ct. Branch (1984). Ardalan became the first Director/Curator of New York City's Swiss Institute in 1987, before moving to Zurich, Switzerland, and then relocating to UK and founding Parasol Unit. She has curated numerous exhibitions and has also lectured and written about art. Prior to her career in art, Ardalan obtained a Ph.D. in physical chemistry.

Funding

The gallery space is privately owned and has been put at the disposal of the foundation at no charge.[3]


Selected exhibitions

Exhibitions include The Performance in 2005 by Michaël Borremans,[4] No Snow on the Broken Bridge in 2006 by Yang Fudong,[5][6] Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings with work by Francis Alÿs, William Kentridge, and David Shrigley,[7][8] Fire Under Snow in 2008 by Darren Almond,[9] Silent Warriors in 2010 by Adel Abdessemed,[10] The Time That Remains in 2010 by David Claerbout[11] and Morgenland in 2017 by Elger Esser.[12][13][14]

  • Parasol Unit gallery space
  • Heidi Bucher installation

See also

References
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  3. Charity Commission accounts http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/DocumentList.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1107425&SubsidiaryNumber=0&DocType=AccountList, retrieved 16 January 2011
  4. Cumming, Laura (15 May 2005). "Art: Michael Borremans". the Guardian.
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/apr/25/1 Yang Fudong review, The Guardian, retrieved 4 December 2010
  6. Secher, Benjamin (31 March 2006). "Viewfinder: from 'No Snow on the Broken Bridge' by Yang Fudong (2006)" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/gallery/2/static.shtml?collection=momentarymomentum Momentary Momentum at BBC Collective, retrieved 4 December 2010
  8. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/video/page/0,,2027212,00.html Momentary Momentum video and review, The Guardian, retrieved 4 December 2010
  9. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/captain-moonlight-a-new-exhibition-of-darren-almonds-ethereal-nocturnal-images-is-about-to-open-at-white-cube-770712.html Darren Almond review, The Independent, retrieved 4 December 2010
  10. Sherwin, Skye; Clark, Robert (17 September 2010). "This week's new exhibitions". the Guardian.
  11. Searle, Adrian (1 June 2012). "Adrian Searle encounters ... a teacup falling 70 times in a 14-hour film". The Guardian.
  12. "Beyond the bombs: Elger Esser's Middle Eastern landscapes – in pictures". The Guardian. 31 March 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  13. "Elger Esser: Morgenland". Time Out London. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  14. "Conciliating Landscapes". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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