The first and largest exhibition of its kind, offering a rare insight into the lesser known side of the original Pink Floyd frontman’s inspiration and creativity. The exhibition included a series of previously unseen photographs ranging from intimate images from Syd’s childhood holidays through to the psychedelic hothouse of 1960s progressive rock as well as personal love notes written during the early days of Pink Floyd. Not only a stunning documentary of Syd Barrett, the exhibition featured a series of completely unseen photographs of early Pink Floyd, including the first ever images of the band playing live in Denmark and images by the photographer Mick Rock that he had previously considered lost forever. The exhibition also included an extraordinary collection of Syd Barrett’s original artworks --- the largest to date. The exhibition put the artist in a completely new light; celebrating his life as an exceptionally gifted painter as well as iconic musician. The show accompanied the publication of the book ‘Barrett: The definitive visual companion’ by Essential Works.

Idea Generation Gallery presents a unique exhibition uncovering some of the events, exstallations, sculptures, images, drawings, and ideas behind Storm Thorgerson’s 40 year career as one of the pioneers of original commercial design. A retrospective exhibition of his most celebrated covers offering a unique insight into the otherworldly and incongruous work Storm is carrying out today. Storm’s distinctive imagery is among the most recognisable in the modern world. Creating visually arresting and thought provoking visuals, Storm’s work establishes him as one of the most important creative minds of recent times. Responsible for what has been dubbed as one the greatest album covers of all time, - Pink Floyd’s 1973The Dark Side of the Moon - Storm’s other collaborations with 10CC, Catherine Wheel, The Cranberries, Muse, Genesis, Led Zeppelin and Peter Gabriel have all gone down in musical and design history and he continue to create groundbreaking work well into his 60s. Considered as the most influential and prolific designer of rock music imagery and photography Idea Generation Gallery will showcase Storm’s unmistakable contributions to both visual art and music over the last few decades. Alongside some of the most iconic images from his seminal career, the exhibition included previously unseen sculptures, sketches and writings from the artist. The exhibition provided an in-depth account of the artist and the processes behind some of Storm’s most acclaimed works. Especially for Idea Generation Gallery, Storm presented a number of brand new site-specific installations, including ambitious reinterpretations of a few of his most renowned pieces

"The Idea Generation Gallery in support of the Ray Lowry Foundation presents a unique exhibition paying tribute to the life and works of iconic illustrator, Ray Lowry. Manchester born, Lowry began his career drawing for Punch Magazine, International Times, OZ, NME and Private Eye creating a cult following for his celebrated illustrations and cartoons. Most famously, Lowry created the unforgettable art work for The Clash’s seminal 1979 album, London Calling. Followed by many devoted fans Lowry and his work has been cited as an influence by a broad spectrum of artists from John Squire to Arthur Smith, Keith Allen to Paul Simonon and Tracey Emin to Humphrey Ocean. Underlying Ray Lowry’s cult status and influences, 30 prominent artists have produced a new art work interpreting his famous 1979 album cover for The Clash. Celebrating Ray’s work and career the artists have looked at how Ray influenced their art as well as the personal influence he had on their artistic output. All the new works will be exhibited for the first time alongside a retrospective of Ray’s work. The original sketches, designs and ideas for the album cover, private sketchbooks, personal letters and previously unseen photographs, paintings and more will be on show. This showcase gives a personal insight into the mind and work of Ray Lowry and reveals the motivations behind one of the greatest illustrator’s of the past four decades."

The Sale of a Lifetime was a sale of all of the belongings of the renowned artist Jasper Joffe including his collections of paintings, drawings, teddy bears, and rare books, as well as his clothes, shoes, brushes and his bed.

"The Idea Generation Gallery presents a new exhibition of paraphernalia and photographs by veteran activist and revolutionary John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, many of which are being shown for the first time. Encompassing both the grand scale of mass rallies and the squalid intimacy of bedsit and backrooms of freaks, tearaways and bohemians, these electrifying images act as a record of 1960s London on the cusp of a new era, as the city shaped up for the struggle to redefine itself as a modern metropolis. It was an exhilarating time and Hoppy was both protagonist and observer in the story, at the vanguard of a generation which broke radically with a conservative past. Founder of legendary psychedelic night club, UFO; cofounder of radical underground newspaper, The International Times; and photographer for Melody Maker, The Times and Peace News, he was well placed to record the revolution as it unfolded. This exhibition will uniquely feature rare copies of the International Times, and stunning psychedelic posters designed by Nigel Weymouth for the UFO Part of the exhibition transferred to Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow and enjoyed a very successful run. Photographs are also being exhibited and the Against Tyranny documentary screened at the Charlotte Street Blues Bar, London. Idea Generation also worked with the Lexi Cinema in Kensal Green to develop a Hoppy Festival in which photographs were exhibited, Hoppy’s films and the Idea Generation documentary were screened. The exhibition has been so successful that the cinema has extended its run. "

Woodstock Experience was a book published by Genesis Publications and an exhibition at Idea Generation Gallery celebrating the 40th anniversary of the most famous music festival in history, Woodstock. Idea Generation were commissioned to raise awareness of the publication and exhibition, attract the media, general public and collectors to the sale of the publication and to visit the exhibition and ultimately boost the profile of the prominent publishers, Genesis Publications.

"Idea Generation Gallery brought together the world’s most prolific monster illustrators to create an exhibition of over 100 monster images, charting the development of monster drawings from the deepest, darkest depths of an artist’s imagination, on to the sketchpad and finishing on the gallery wall. Bringing together a new commission of Pete Fowler’s surreal and psychedelic Monsterism Island, the world-first display of Rob Steen’s visceral Flanimals with new works from nine illustrators of the Central Illustration Agency, the exhibition looked into the stories behind monster creation. Incorporating the Moshi Monsters Den, the Monsters Inked Children’s Programme ran alongside the exhibition and encouraged school groups and local children to take inspiration from the exhibtion and take part in a series of artist-led workshops. "