Works by members of Contemporary British Painting selected by Anna McNay25 July – 5 August 2017 Despite, and perhaps because of, the global, mass and social medial world in which it exists, contemporary British painting is and remains something complexly personal, defined as much by its breadth and multiple individualities as by any pervading style or…
Paintings by Jules ClarkeWestminster Reference Library Exhibition Space: 3 July – 8 July 2017 As part of an ongoing series of solo shows featuring artists from the Contemporary British Painters group, Jules Clarke will be showing new work from 3-8 July. The fluidity of paint is used to describe one moment becoming another; an unstable world explored…
Curated by Marco Cali – The Crypt: 1 July – 28 September 2017Artists: Amanda Ansell, Emily Ball, Simon Carter, Keith Murdoch. Read a transcript from the panel discussion.Download a pdf catalogue. Over the last few years, Contemporary British Painting has staged a program of exhibitions in the crypt of St Marylebone Church. Most of us live in…
A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Drawing into Landscape curated by Marco Cali. Artists: Amanda Ansell, Emily Ball, Simon Carter, Keith Murdoch. Download the catalogue.
Essay by Andy Parkinson In 2017 the exhibition Colour: A Kind of Bliss brought together six British painters concerned with different approaches to the use of intense energy and luminous qualities of colour. Through varying densities of paint and chroma, saturation and de-saturation, their paintings realise direct emotive forms resulting in both subtly and vibrancy….
Essay Terry Greene Abstract art emerged from the United States of America in the 20th Century and has continued to evolve and flourish in 21st Century Britain. Explore some of Terry Greene’s ideas on this subject in his essay “Some Notes on Contemporary British Abstract Painting”. … “before the work conveys reality it must achieve…
Marguerite Horner talks about winning an award in the 2017 National Open Art awards for her painting of the Eritrean church in the 2014 Calais Jungle refugee camp.
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,…