Modern Masters

Feb8

From Picabia to Picasso: A Selection of Works by Modern Masters, Olivier Malingue Ltd, 143 New Bond Street, London, W1, until 1^st March 2017

From Picabia to Picasso,
Installation view at Olivier Malingue Gallery, January 2017.
Photo: Plastiques Photography

The Olivier Malingue Gallery opened in October 2016 with an exhibition of works by the Korean artist Cho Yong-Ik and at present it plays host to a fascinating exhibition featuring works by Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Sam Francis, Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Laurens, Fernand Léger, Francis Picabia and Pablo Picasso.

From Picabia to Picasso,
Installation view at Olivier Malingue Gallery, January 2017.
Photo: Plastiques Photography

This is a beautifully curated show with the works displayed in a way that allows them to each be studied and experienced individually but when, as the images indicate, the show is viewed as a whole it becomes a harmonious ensemble which both stimulates and satisfies the viewer’s senses.

http://oliviermalingue.com/

Inspiring Artists

Dec16

PAINTERS’ PAINTERS: Artists of today who inspire artists of tomorrow, Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3, until 28th February 2017

Installation view, Raffi Kalenderian
© Stephen White, 2016
Image courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London

The theme of this show is to celebrate painting at a time when painting is just a strand among the diverse array of contemporary art in other media and formats on show in museums and galleries.

Installation view, David Brian Smith
© Stephen White, 2016
Image courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London

The nine artists featured are either UK or USA based and their age range is between 30s and 60s. Although they are not part of a school or group their very individualistic approach to painting is proving a source of inspiration to a younger generation of artists in leading art schools around the world.

Installation view, Bjarne Melgaard and Ryan Mosley
© Stephen White, 2016
Image courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London

These inspirational artists are Richard Aldrich, David Brian Smith, Dexter Dalwood, Raffi Kalenderian, Ansel Krut, Martin Maloney, Bjarne Melgaard, Ryan Mosley and David Salle. Please do go and take a look.

http://www.saatchigallery.com

Lucy B. Campbell at the Winter Olympia Fair 2016

Oct29

Winter Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London W14, 31^st October – 6^th November 2016

Marco Ramasso
WINTER FIELDS, 2016
Oil on Canvas
47¼ x 47¼ ins /120 x 120 cm

It’s that time of year again and the Fair offers a wide-ranging selection of art and antiques for all tastes. It is especially useful for those who seek ‘prestige’ items for their homes. One gallery always worth a close look is Lucy B. Campbell.

Juan Luque
LAS CENIZAS DEL VIENTO TORRE, 2015
Oil on Canvas on Board
45 x 63 ins / 114 x 160 cm

After starting her gallery concentrating on rare antiquarian prints in 1984 she gradually moved in the 1990s towards international and British contemporary artists and very successfully specialises in paintings, sculpture and photographs. From her ‘stable’ of British, American and European artists she is bringing a fine selection of works by Anna Pugh, Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Manuel López Herrera, Juan Luque, Carlos Morago and Marco Ramasso to this edition of the Fair. By the way if you are looking for an artistic Christmas gift then you may find their Anna Pugh Jigsaw Puzzles fit the bill.

Anna Pugh
FLYING KITES, 2016
Acrylic on Board
28¾ x 32¾ ins / 73 x 83.2 cm

www.lucybcampbell.co.uk

http://www.olympia-antiques.com

Room Portraits by Jeremiah Goodman

Oct12

Jeremiah – Inspired Interiors, Room Portraits by Jeremiah Goodman, Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, 39 Brook Street, London W1, until 5^th December 2016

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To me this is the perfect subject for the last exhibition that Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler will host in the famous Yellow Room, so beloved by Nancy Lancaster, before they finally move out completely to Pimlico Road and Fulham Road. It has been curated by Dean Rhys Morgan.

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The American artist Jeremiah Goodman (b. 1922) is renowned for his evocative pictures of interiors. After studying at the Franklin School of Professional Art he became a successful advertising illustrator with his work appearing in magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Interior Design Magazine. It will come as no surprise that his work attracted the interest of architects, industrial and interior designers.

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Goodman was always interested in creating portraits of interiors but a meeting with the renowned actor Sir John Gielgud in 1948 changed things. Jeremiah sums it up: ‘Before I met him I painted interiors for my own pleasure, but he invited me to England, where I went in 1949, and began to introduce me to his friends. It was all very Brideshead Revisited and I found myself in the company of people like Cecil Beaton, John Fowler and Ivor Novello. I was invited to stay in glorious country houses.’ Since then he has been creating portraits of rooms from the homes of the rich and famous.

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His distinctive informal style – often using transparent watercolour and opaque gouache on illustration board – perfectly captures details on textiles and the patterns of light in these exquisite rooms. These room portraits are the perfect finale for the Yellow Room and I seriously encourage you to see them.

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www.jeremiahgoodman.com

www.sibylcolefax.com

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PACE LONDON

Jul6

Louise Nevelson, Pace London, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, W1, until 16^th July 2016

© 2016 Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

I first came across Nevelson’s work many years ago in an article on the noted fashion designer Arnold Scaasi’s home published in Architectural Digest where one of her large sculptures was in his living room.

Nevelson (1899-1998) was an important figure in the post-war New York art scene known for her garnering of scraps of wood and other materials from her local streets and transforming them into free-standing or wall-mounted works of small or large size, often in black or white. This exhibition surveys her work from the mid-50s until her death in 1988.

pacegallery.com

Three London Galleries

Apr25

Blair Thurman – Mature Blonde, Almine Rech Gallery, 1^st Floor, 11 Savile Row, London W1, until 14^th May 2016

Blair THURMAN
Dynamic Friend (Night Owl), 2016
Acrylic and canvas on wood
243,84 x 114,3 x 16,51 cm
96 x 45 x 6 1/2 inches
Photo: Melissa Castro Duarte
Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

These exciting works made of canvas on wood are by the American artist Blair Thurman. His work reflects his interest in cars and racing games and also has a nod to minimalist and pop art.

Blair Thurman
View of the exhibition Mature Blonde
Almine Rech Gallery, London
31.03 – 14.05.16
Photo: Melissa Castro Duarte
Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

http://www.alminerech.com

Mouna Karray – Nobody will talk about us, Tyburn Gallery, 26 Barrett Street, London W1, until 21^st May 2016

Mouna Karray,
33°28’34.8″N 9°20’54.3″E,
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, 2012-2015,
Copyright the artist, Courtesy Tyburn Gallery

These are powerful images of the neglected south-western area of the photographer’s native Tunisia since a body in a white sack is deposited in various locations and symbolises through the body’s struggling against the fabric a hope to change and fight the oppression that the people of this area endure.

Mouna Karray,
Installation View
Copyright the artist, Courtesy Tyburn Gallery

tyburngallery.com

John Kørner: Apple Bombs, Victoria Miro Gallery, 14 George Street, London W1, until 14^th May 2016

John Kørner
Running against apples, 2016
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 120 cm, 59 1/8 x 47 1/4 in
Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London© John Kørner

The new paintings by the Danish artist John Kørner certainly engage our thought processes as the mix of pictorial elements on the canvases presents us with images we have to discern and interpret in a mental rather than physical workout.

John Kørner
Architecture lines, 2015
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 120 cm, 59 1/8 x 47 1/4 in
Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London© John Kørner

http://www.victoria-miro.com

Mazzoleni London & Skarstedt – two exhibitions

Jul1

Alighiero Boetti: Order and Disorder – Curated by Rinaldo Rossi and Corinna Turati, Mazzoleni London, 27 Albemarle Street | Mayfair, London W1, until 31st July 2015

Alighiero Boetti, Mappa, 1979, Embroidery, 90x130.5 cm, Courtesy Mazzoleni London

Alighiero Boetti,
Mappa, 1979,
Embroidery, 90×130.5 cm,
Courtesy Mazzoleni London

The Italian conceptual artist Alighiero Boetti is celebrated in this special exhibition. We get a unique insight into the artist’s work and life through the art and personal artefacts that have been carefully chosen by his long-time assistant, friend and collaborator Rinaldo Rossi. It includes a recreation of Il Muro; a wall in Boetti’s flat in Rome on which he hung objects that were a source of inspiration.

Alighiero Boetti, Smettere in Moto 1978-79, ballpoint pen on paper laid down on canvas, 3 panels, 100x70 cm each, Courtesy Mazzoleni London

Alighiero Boetti,
Smettere in Moto 1978-79,
ballpoint pen on paper laid down on canvas, 3 panels, 100×70 cm each,
Courtesy Mazzoleni London

The works reflect the different stages of Boetti’s artistic oeuvre from his Arte Povera works onwards, including his maps and photographic self-portraits.

http://www.mazzoleniart.com

Burning, Cutting, Nailing, Skarstedt, 23 Old Bond Street, London W1, until 31st July, 2015

Installation image, Burning, Cutting, Nailing at Skarstedt, London

This show looks at how three artists Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana and Günther Uecker sought a new mode of painting by moving away from the flatness of the traditional surface to a new plane where there was light, space and movement.

Installation image, Günther Uecker, New York Dancer IV, 1965; Burning, Cutting, Nailing at Skarstedt

We can experience and enjoy the blocks of colour that these artists created be they Günther Uecker’s white nail paintings, Yves Klein’s abstract ‘fire paintings’ or Lucio Fontana’s metal paintings or his red and white ‘cut’ or tagli paintings.

Installation image, Günther Uecker, Structure Field, 1962; Inseln (Island), 1964; and Untitled, 1962; Burning, Cutting, Nailing at Skarstedt

http://www.skarstedt.com

Serpentine I

Apr19

Leon Golub: Bite Your Tongue, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London W2, until 17th May 2015

Leon Golub: Bite Your Tongue Installation view, Serpentine Gallery (4 March – 17 May 2015) Image © READS 2015

Leon Golub favoured a large-scale format for many of his works as can be seen in this great show which examines his work from the 1950s until his death in 2004. He was part of the Monster Roster post-war art group that concentrated on the figurative rather than the abstract. They were influenced by contemporary events as one sees through Golub’s work which in the 70s and 80s repeatedly visits the themes of violence and oppression reflecting American foreign policy, the Vietnam War, Latin America and South Africa. These are powerfully engaging and thought-provoking images.

www.serpentinegalleries.org

Skarstedt

Mar12

Barbara Kruger: Early Works, Skarstedt, 23 Old Bond Street, London W1, until
11th April 2015

Barbara Kruger,
Untitled (You kill time), 1983,
black and white photograph, 72 x 49 in.
© Barbara Kruger, Courtesy of the artist and Skarstedt

These early works by the American artist Barbara Kruger date from the 1980s. The large black and white photographs have great impact, partly due to their red enamel frames but more so to the overlaid Futura type captions which help form the questions the artist poses be it about identity, power or sexuality. Kruger herself says “In my work I try to question the seemingly natural appearance of images through the textual commentary which accompanies them.”

Barbara Kruger,
Untitled (We are your circumstantial evidence), 1981,
black and white photograph, 91 1.2 x 61 1.2 in.
© Barbara Kruger, Courtesy of the artist and Skarstedt

http://www.skarstedt.com

Waterhouse & Dodd

Mar10

Karen Gunderson – Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Waterhouse & Dodd, 47 Albemarle Street London W1, until 28th March 2015

Bridge to the Kingdom
Oil on canvas
52.5 x 61.5 in / 133.5 x 156 cm
(C)

The American-born artist Karen Gunderson has since the 1980s used only black or white paint in creating pictures. She uses five different shades of black and scores the painted surface to create the impasto that reflects the light and gives the illusion of movement in sky and water. The result as you can see in this her first solo London show is remarkable.

Small White Matterhorn
Oil on panel
12 x 12 in / 30 x 30 cm
(C)

http://www.waterhousedodd.com

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