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February 2004
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Forthcoming
Show: will and compulsion
6th
February – 6th March 2004
Edward Chell
Katerina Ivanišin
Nigel O’Neill
Mark Pearson
Andrew Vass
Manijeh Yadegar
MARK PEARSON
Medium-Support Conflict, 2003
will and compulsion features seven artists new to the gallery, selected
by
Will and
compulsion installation shot 2004
At a time of renewed discussion regarding the importance of painting and the possibilities of abstraction among both critics and an emerging generation of younger artists, this show was conceived as an opportunity to explore a range of work being made today. Ivanišin’s City Scape images for instance are constructed using newspapers and magazines as a form of abstract collage which are then photographed and C-type printed, while O’Neill’s work escapes from the tradition of a four sided canvas and flattens itself to the wall.
KATERINA
IVANIŠIN
City Scape, Series 5, 2003
The artists on
show have contrasting strategies where for instance in Andrew Vass’ work the
history of the marks and the way they are layered form the painting’s own
narrative, while in Gabriel’s work the painting takes place in the instant of
pouring. These artists escape the hedonistic tendency of artists such as Franz
Ackerman (whose work is in this month’s Christies sale of Contemporary art)
while stretching the notion of what it is to be an abstract painter today. Mark
Pearson exemplifies this; his work develops out of the formal methodology of process painting, but the result, caused by the
natural tendency of paint to coalesce on the canvas, is paintings that have an
engaging, biomorphic quality.
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Click
here for more details about the exhibition, images and biographies of the
artists.
Coming
soon:
(New
works on canvas and paper)
12th
march – 17th April 2004
While the paintings in
Imhof’s last show Pixel Shmixel started
with regular structures such as pixellated surfaces from computer screens which
Imhof then blurred through repetition, displacement and superimposition, the
work in the String show might be said to reverse the process. Beginning
this time with mere lines, which are packed and woven together, these new works
produce an uneven textured space inhabited by scratches, squiggles and drips.
Then from the apparent chaos of the primitive and disorganised emerges
coherence, even elegance, in paintings that might recall either the suave
roughness of a Coco Chanel tweed, or the lucid depths of Monet’s lily-pond.
Visit
our website soon to see more images
of the show.
1.
Ingrid Kerma Studio Visit
Ingrid Kerma in her studio
The
exhibition, which opens on the 27th February, will be held at a
recently established gallery in
Ingrid Kerma and
2. Staff
Changes
Farewell to Sarah
We
are very sad that
Other Staff changes
Lisa
Howard, who has been with the gallery as an intern for nine months, will take
over Sarah’s role as gallery manager. We will be looking to recruit a new
member of staff to help Angus on the sales side at the gallery – initially this
will be a part time post. We would love to hear from anybody who thinks they
may be interested in applying. Please call Lisa Howard for more information.
The
London Art Fair is a staple in Broadbent’s annual calendar. This year we were
located downstairs on the mezzanine level, and felt very comfortable in our new
position. It seems that the fair though is undergoing some uncertainty about
its direction – caused in part by the recent proliferation of art fairs in
The
Bologna Art Fair, by contrast has a strong sense of direction and is expanding
into new enlarged premises next year. We
had a lot of interest in our artists and follow-up from visitors to the fair
last year. All the British galleries (approximately 10 of us) did well -
although as always, the food in
Peter Griffin’s upcoming show at
1st – 19th
March: CAS,
7th – 30th
May: Transition Gallery,
September (dates to be confirmed):
1A Space,
Kate’s solo exhibition of new works on canvas
and paper opens at Broadbent on
Work
by Sam Francis will be showing at Baukunst Galerie (www.artnet.com/baukunst.html)
from the 5th February – 16th April
New
to Broadbent gallery are a selection of prints by
Casual Water (prints) and Gearless (wall mounted sculpture)
Willard
has been in
Broadbent
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Chepstow Corner
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