Essay by Dr Judith Tucker To accompany the exhibition “Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century”, Judith Tucker of the University of Leeds explores the role of the tactile and ‘real’ work of art in an ‘unreal’ world. Between us: British painting in China At the time of writing this essay…
Exhibition by Julian BrownWestminster Art Library: 3 – 8th April 2017 Julian Brown was born in 1974 and trained at The Royal Academy Schools. Of his paintings Julian says ‘The imagery in my work is very heavily influenced by childhood visions and the folk art from my mother Polish heritage. Both of these worlds have a handmade geometric…
Curated by Lucy Cox and Freya PurdueThe Crypt: 5 April – Friday 30 June 2017 Julian Brown | Lucy Cox | Jeff Dellow | David Manley | Andy Parkinson | Freya Purdue “Colour is a kind of bliss . . . like a closing eyelid . . . a tiny fainting spell.” Roland Barthes Read…
Susie Hamilton: Have you always painted the human figure? When did you start painting the fragmented figure? David Lock: Yes, although at Reading Uni I went through a period of abstraction, but during my MA at Goldsmiths the figure came back. I began layering different body parts from magazines on to acetate film. Later I…
Rearranging Curves by Amanda AnsellWestminster Reference Library: 30th January – 4th February 2017 Amanda Ansell was born 1976 in Sudbury, Suffolk and studied at the Norwich School of Art and Design (1995-1998) and The Slade School of Fine Art (1998-2000). This rare and intimate solo exhibition showcases a series of brand new abstract paintings by Ansell…
Curated by Charley PetersThe Crypt: 18th January – 24th March 2017 Lisa Denyer | Ian Goncharov | Phil IIlingworth | Sarah Longworth-West | Lee Marshall | Laurence Noga | Playpaint | Clare Price Panel discussion Saturday 18th March 2-4pm: Painter, Curator and Director of Turps Gallery Juan Bolivar in conversation with Merge Visible artists Lisa…
A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Merge Visible curated by and essay by Charley Peters. Artists: Lisa Denyer, Ian Goncharov, Phil IIlingworth, Sarah Longworth-West, Lee Marshall, Laurence Noga, Playpaint and Clare Price. Download the catalogue.
’30 x 30 x 34′ CBP Group Show 2016Curated by Wendy Saunders and Paula MacArthur.The Crypt: 8 November 2016 – 4 January 2017 The 2016 group show ’30 x 30 x 34′ is an exhibition of small works by 34 artists from Contemporary British Painting Iain Andrews | Amanda Ansell | Day Bowman | Julian Brown | Ruth Calland |…
Solo show by Matthew Krishanu and curated with Anneka French.Westminster Reference Library: 27 October to Saturday 05 November 2016 Expatriates is a solo exhibition of paintings of English expatriates in India and Bangladesh. The portraits are shown alongside fragmentary landscapes that depict trees, overgrown ruins, and old missionary buildings. A colonial history of cultural power…
Group Painting Exhibition Hosted by ArtHelixNYC: 20 – 23 October 2016 Contemporary British Painting is pleased to present Slippery & Amorphous, a group painting exhibition hosted by ArtHelix at the 2nd Bushwick International Exposition in Brooklyn, New York. Featuring the work of 10 painters, this exhibition explores the slippery nature of paint and the elusive…
“Although only in its first year, the Contemporary British Painting prize has drawn 631 entries of outstanding quality from both emerging and well-known artists and has set a benchmark for the nation.” Anna McNay, Art writer, London Contemporary British Painting Prize 2016 Cathy Lomax was announced the prizewinner receiving a £2000 purchase prize with her painting…
The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2016 catalogue features the work of the 15 finalists and includes an introduction by Robert Priseman. Read the essay Painting the scene of the self on the work of Cathy Lomax (the 2016 prize winner) written by Nicholas Usherwood. The 15 shortlisted finalists for the 2016 Contemporary British Painting Prize 2016 were:Louis Appleby, David Auborn,…
9 Contemporary Painters in Dialogue with Agnes MartinMarylebone Crypt: 1 September 2015 – 30 October 2015 Curated by Ruth Philo and Terry Greene this new show explores how contemporary artists are responding to the work of Agnes Martin. Painters include Julia Ball, Hanna ten Doornkaat, Gemma Cossey, Terry Greene, Sue Kennington, Rebecca Lowe, Jason Miller,…
40 artists celebrating 40 years of Quay Arts30th July – 15th October 2016 David Ainley, Claudia Böse, Day Bowman, Emma Cameron, Simon Carter, Jules Clark, Lucy Cox, Andrew Crane, Pen Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Annabel Dover, Natalie Dowse, Wendy Elia, Paul Galyer, Terry Greene, Susan Gunn, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Phil Illingworth,…
A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Summer Exhibition 2016 with introduction by Freya Purdue. Artists: David Ainley, Claudia Böse, Day Bowman, Emma Cameron, Simon Carter, Jules Clark, Lucy Cox, Andrew Crane, Pen Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Annabel Dover, Natalie Dowse, Wendy Elia, Paul Galyer, Terry Greene, Susan Gunn, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Phil Illingworth,…
Six women painters curated by Barbara Howey.Crypt: 4 July – 29 September 2016 Rebecca Fortnum, Susie Hamilton, Barbara Howey, Eleanor Moreton, Lexi Strauss, Jacqueline Utley 4th August 3.00-5.00 Eliza Gluckman in Conversation with the Artists The Crypt St Marylebone Parish Church Download Press Release.
Curated by Wendy Saunders and Paula MacArthurThe Crypt: 11 January – 26 March 2016 “For the painter, the codes and languages of painting, like the paint itself, are, by their very nature, slippery and amorphous.” This exhibition brings together striking work by ten artists who explore the materiality of paint through the elusive language of…
Essay by Katrina Blannin to accompany the Slippery and Amorphous Exhibition “For the painter, the codes and languages of painting, like the paint itself, are, by their very nature, slippery and amorphous.” If ‘all the world’s a stage’ then the stage is all the world – our world. While you are watching dancers, whether Nureyev,…
A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Slippery and Amorphous curated by Wendy Saunders and Paula MacArthur. Artists: Phillip Allen, Simon Carter, Nadine Feinson, Paul Galyer, Paula MacArthur, James Petrucci, Alison Pilkington, Wendy Saunders, Ilona Szalay and Mimei Thompson. Download the catalogue.
34 leading painters from BritainMarylebone Crypt: 3 November 2015 – 2 January 2016 The 2016 CBP group show, curated by Simon Burton and on display in the beautiful St Marylebone Crypt, London, for two months. Ehryn Torrell, Sean Williams, Nicholas Middleton, Alex Hanna, Natalie Dowse, Day Bowman, Susie Hamilton, Lisa Denyer, Pen Dalton, Julie Umerle, Ruth Calland, Wendy Saunders, Claudia Böse, Enzo Marra, Sam Douglas, Marguerite Horner, Sue Kennington, Katherine Russell, Ruth Philo, David Sullivan, Harvey Taylor,…
Barbara Howey: What are you working on at the moment? Amanda Ansell: I’m working on a series of paintings that explore the relationship I have with landscape. I have two ways of working which run side by side; first of all, a series which I have been working on since 2012 which I titled ‘Willow…