Serviceplan Marks US Expansion with Minority Stake in L&C NYC

From left to right: Andrew O'Dell, co-founder, CEO of Pereira O'Dell and CEO of Serviceplan Americas; Gian Carlo Lanfranco, co-founder, L&C NYC; Mona Munayyer Gonzalez, Pereira O'Dell's chief growth officer; PJ Pereira, co-founder and creative chairman of Pereira O'Dell and chief creative officer of Serviceplan Americas; Camden Elizabeth, executive producer, L&C NYC; Alexander Schill global CCO, Serviceplan Group; Rolando Cordova, co-founder, L&C NYC.

Credit: Serviceplan Americas

Serviceplan Americas will be led by Pereira O’Dell’s Co-founders, Andrew O’Dell and PJ Pereira. Global agency network Serviceplan Group has acquired a minority stake in L&C NYC. Along with the stake, Serviceplan will officially have operations in the U.S. Serviceplan Americas will consist of the independent agency Pereira O’Dell, which sold a minority stake to the network in 2020; L&C; media agency Mediaplus, whose clients include De’Longhi, Siemens and Zeiss; and Plan.Net, a European digital agency, which is also launching in the U.S. Serviceplan has over 6,500 employees outside of the U.S. and global clients such as BMW Group, L'Oréal, German retailer Penny and Lego Group.

As part of the deal, Pereira O’Dell Co-founders Andrew O’Dell and PJ Pereira will also serve as CEO and chief creative officer of Serviceplan Americas, respectively, while keeping their roles at Pereira O’Dell.

Read the AdAge article here:

https://adage.com/article/agency-news/serviceplan-group-buys-minority-stake-lc-nyc-launches-americas-office/2499191

Bowman Sculpture x Guerin Projects Present ‘The Power of She: A Tribute to Women in the Arts’

‘The Power of She: A Tribute to Women in the Arts’, will be presented by Bowman Sculpture and Guerin Projects at Bowman Sculpture’s iconic gallery space in the heart of St James’s, London, from 5th May to 16th June 2023.

Marie-Claudine Llamas and Mica Bowman photographed by James D. Kelly

‘The Power of She’ celebrates women in the arts and will bring together a diverse selection of artworks across different mediums. The exhibition will feature 15 artists from the 18th century through to the present day and will explore a multitude of themes from the silent history of female artists, women's current role in society, to humanity's relationship with nature and the human condition.

Featured artists; Joanna Allen, Pauline Amos, Hanneke Beaumont, Helaine Blumenfeld, Camille Claudel, Mollie Faustman, Else Fischer-Hansen, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Sarah Hoadly, Lily Lewis, Carla Prina, Germaine Richier, Jessica St James and Emily Young.

Helmed by 2 women curators passionate about providing a platform for female creativity, the exhibition will take place in Mayfair, the epicentre of what has traditionally been a male-dominated art world, ‘The Power of She’ promises to shake up the patriarchy. Marie Claudine and Mica are at the forefront of a handover of the curatorial baton to a new generation, with this passion project designed to put women artists front and centre.

‘The Power of She: A tribute to Women in the Arts’ is a ground-breaking curatorial initiative from a duo of accomplished women curators: Marie-Claudine Llamas (Guerin Projects) and Mica Bowman (Bowman Sculpture). This exhibition will feature some of the most exciting 19th century and modern sculptors including: Camille Claudel, Elizabeth Frink and Barbara Hepworth, juxtaposed with leading contemporary artists including Emily Young, Lily Lewis and Pauline Amos.

Dame Barbara Hepworth ‘Disc with Strings (Sun)’

Celebrating the contemporary, the modern and the timeless, the curation of this exhibition will encourage a dialogue between the historical and the contemporary in a frank and thought-provoking manner. While the exhibition will focus on works of art, the 6-week program will include a performance by Natascha Mair, Prima Ballerina of the English National Ballet, female musicians and DJ’s, talks from several artists involved, including Emily Young, described by the Financial Times as “Britain’s greatest living stone sculptor” as well as a special talk from New York gallerist Hong Gyu Shin, who rediscovered two 20th-century female artists - Carla Prina (1950s) and Else-Fischer-Hansen (1960s) and brought them into museum collections.

https://bowmansculpture.com

Natural Abstractions Group Exhibition Curated by Lee Sharrock at 99 Projects

NATURAL ABSTRACTIONS

GROUP SHOW

24 FEBRUARY - 18 MARCH 2023

A year after group show ‘Rebirth’ celebrated the arrival of spring and emergence from 2 years of lockdowns during the pandemic, Lee Sharrock is curating ‘Natural Abstractions’ at 99 Projects in West London.

“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.” - John Berger ‘Ways of Seeing’ (1972)

Featuring Noj Barker, Miranda Donovan, Jemima Murphy, Rajan Seth and Sky Sharrock.

’Natural Abstractions’ explores the relationship between abstract art and natural phenomena. Each artist is inspired by nature, be it in the form of skies, sea, clouds, flowers or foliage. ‘Natural Abstractions’ runs from 23rd February to 18th March 2023.

The Natural Abstraction Hypothesis, proposed by John Wentworth states that “There exist abstractions (relatively low-dimensional summaries which capture information relevant for prediction) which are ‘natural’ in the sense that we should expect a wide variety of cognitive systems to converge on using them.”

Abstraction is defined as freedom from representational qualities in art, and the featured artists all use forms, gestural marks, shapes and colour palettes designed to create an abstracted version of reality. Water and liquid forms, weather and atmospheric patterns, lines of structure and growth, the luminosity of fauna and flora, and the palette of the earth provide a cornucopia of source material for artists to abstract. Abstract art is often perceived to have a moral dimension, with elements of spirituality, purity and simplicity.

Read a feature on the exhibition in FAD Magazine: https://fadmagazine.com/2023/02/23/natural-abstractions/

Find out more about the exhibition here: https://www.99projects.co.uk/natural-abstractions-exhibition-info