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Don't ring up the gallery asking to speak to Matt - the name above the door refers to the gallery owner's dog, Matt E. Mulsion. Robin Klassnik, a graduate of Leicester College of Art, has variously worked in painting, sculpture, 8mm film and photography and the fruits of his labours have been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Art Gallery and the Paris Biennale. Not only successful as an artist, his gallery - first started in 1979 in his studio - is well known as an East End bastion of modern art. The purpose-built gallery opened at this premises in Copperfield Road in June 1993 with funding from the Arts Council, England, the Henry Moore Foundation, and the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, encompassing two 1,500 sq ft gallery spaces, reading room, office and archive area. Klassnik designed the two gallerie spaces with the intention of allowing artists to work in one area whilst an exhibition runs in the other. As well as exhibiting established artists who find the need for an open approach which they cannot find elsewhere Klassnik is known to collaborate with and take a chance on little known and younger artists. A progressive and inclusive policy that nurtures raw talent.
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45 Vyner Street, Hackney, London E2 | 26 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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321 Whitechapel Road, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 18 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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London > Entertainment > Theatres
43 White Horse Road, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 9 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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490 Commercial Road, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 11 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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93-95 Mile End Road, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 13 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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E14 | 9 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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Roman Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 17 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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389 Mile End Road, E3 | 7 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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129 Salmon Lane, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 8 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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558 Mile End Road, Mile End, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 9 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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121 Roman Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 17 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 33 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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41 Hopewell Square City Island, South Kensington, London E14 | 36 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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London > Leisure > Activities
Arches 422-424 Mile End Park, Burdett Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 5 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 18 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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E14 | 19 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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44 Narrow Street, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 13 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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110 Grove Road, Bow, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 15 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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London > Nightlife > Bars
199 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green Gardens, E2 | 19 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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22 Hertsmere Road, E14 | 20 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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31 Fisherman's Walk, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 22 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 19 minutes from Matt's Gallery
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