Mother Goes Pop

It was bound to happen sooner or later - no Shoreditch space is complete unless it has some trendy art hanging on it's walls. So Mother add to their adventures outside of advertising by turning their reception and canteen area into a fully fledged art gallery. They're titling it Downstairs, and last night was the opening of a Peter Blake retrospective.

This hasn't been the first exhibition in the space, (previous experiments have included Martin Parr and Anthony Burrill & Michael Marriott) but it was officially the first opening of Downstairs, and a very swanky affair it was too. Apart from the legend himself, we noticed Dawn from East Enders and Harry Hill supping on the free culture.



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Along with the exhibition starting, Mother have launched the CCA Art Bus. It was parked outside last night, and in a lot of ways, is a cooler idea than the gallery opening itself. It's upper deck is an art space, while it's lower is an educational space. Yesterday Peter Blake bombed about in it, stopping at various pop art monuments and picking up relevant celebs along the way. In the future it will drive to British schools with the aim of introducing children to the visual arts.

CCA Art Bus



CCA Art Bus