Hauser & Wirth.

 

                        Matthew Day Jackson Still Life and the Reclining Nude

The series of still life ‘paintings’ are direct representations of Jan Brueghel the Elder’s and Younger’s genre defining series of flower paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries, made during a time of Dutch colonial expansion and exploitation. The significance of these works for the artist is their simultaneously beguiling and prosaic qualities; they are both an exuberant expression of nature’s bounty and a visual manifestation of power and wealth.


                       

Lorna Simpson’s inaugural exhibition at Hauser & Wirth London, ‘Unanswerable’, features new and recent work across three different media: painting, photographic collage and sculpture. Simpson came to prominence in the 1980s through her pioneering approach to conceptual photography, which featured striking juxtapositions of text and staged images and raised questions about the nature of representation, identity, gender, race and history.

Sprueth Magers

in the basement gallery, Meeting You Halfway II (2009) projects two identical partial ellipses, that expand and contract at different speeds, angles and proportions from each other. Occasionally the forms and mobile planes of light align perfectly, but only ever for a fraction of a second. Visitors are encouraged to actively manipulate the changing light constellation by physically passing through it, thereby navigating the shifting environment within the exhibition space. The dialogic nature of Meeting You Halfway II is characteristic of the immersive and participatory conditions that are so celebrated in McCall’s oeuvre. 

Marian Goldman; Frith Street Gallery

Nairy Baghramian, Cristina Iglesias, Giuseppe Penone, Anri Sala, Thomas Struth

Modernity and the light we see it in is a long-standing theme in John Riddy's work ranging from the modernist architecture of 1930s Britain through to the architecture of Courbusier in Chandigarh. This exhibition of new works from the past two years consists of large scale colour photographs which depict disparate views similarly characterised by notions of progress; London’s Victorian railway arches, a tree local to Riddy’s studio newly lit with led lighting, a view across Lower Manhattan encompassing the High line, the new Whitney Museum of American Art and Ground Zero. 

27th February 2018

A smattering of snow greated todays walk around Soho, we crossed into Mayfair to see two very different galleries.

Firstly the brand new Laz Inc. Famous street artist's new Mayfair joint, looks amazing, although there seems to be a touch of apology of the location in some of the press.

Then PACE London on Burlington Gardens exhibits Tara Donovan: Compositions.

Known for her commitment to process, Donovan has earned acclaim for her ability to discover the inherent physical characteristics of an object and transform it into art.

Feb 13 2018

In a week that hosts Valentines Day and Shrove Tuesday you would be forgiven thinking that there was no time for anything else! But no... we also launch our first Art Tuesdays of the year! The icy rain was not enough to put off our intrepid team and we managed two great galleries.

  John Martin Gallery William Peers- A Line In Space.

Smooth unbroken forms loop through space and hang in the air as if suspended by magic. Our attention is caught not only by the marble contours, but by the spaces that surround them.

David Zwirner Bridget Riley- Recent Paintings 2014-2017

Riley’s formally taut, abstract compositions yield a singular sense of visual pleasure for the viewer, a notion derived as much from the artist’s formative encounters with Old Master and Impressionist painting as from her early experiences with nature.

Opera Gallery

No press available but this was one of the nicest galleries I have been to on Art Tuesdays.

Sophia Contemporary Gallery 06/09/17

True to name Sophia Contemporary Gallery features an up to date work from US based artist Ramin Shirdel.

"The exhibition focuses on the subjectivity and universality of human emotion. Each Sculpture explores the various stages of a developing feeling and the ambiguity of conflicting states of minds"