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Colour catalogue
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Installation shot (coco ricco 2 far left)
This
exhibition of abstract paintings and works on paper takes its title from
theoretical physics as well as the string that holds our lives together. It
includes paintings abstracted from Monet’s lily paintings at Giverny and the fabric designs of Coco Chanel.
At first sight a seemingly incongruous group of images but
for
Imhof we are surrounded by the illusion of neatness at every level; theoretical
equations that encapsulate our universe, the optical neatness of endlessly
repeatable clothes patterns and the mass consumerism of iconic paintings
endlessly reproduced on place mats and mugs.
His
response as a painter to this order is coded in titles such as “s=mc+e” (string equals mess, chaos and elegance), “Liquid
Equation”, “Giverny, Giverna,
Givernette” and “Coco Rico” and “Coco Ricco 2” (sic). Imhof confronts orderliness by constructing
and then deconstructing it on the canvas, creating a situation that “is as
messy as the worst bits of life”. From this he creates a painterly, “elegant”
resolution where visual cohesion becomes unique and complex, reflecting our
human perspective
Underlying
all these works is the presence of string as a collection of lines. Vertically
packed together, sometimes crossed at right angles by more of the same, they
produce a weave effect. At some places these organised unidirectional lines
collide and interfere with each other creating eddies, swirls and periods of
brief hiatus which themselves become filled with squiggles and drips of colour.
It is these points of collision that give the value to the work and introduce a
complexity beyond both theory and pattern.
This is
Coming
soon:
New works on canvas and paper – 22nd April
“Tout
Arrives” – Everything Happens was
used by Manet as his letterhead. Literally it
suggests that whatever happens is only an event, colloquially it means
something slightly more than just the range of possibilities – it means “I
didn’t think that was possible!”, that the extraordinary can happen through the ordinariness of daily
practice.
orsg1 mixed media on paper 33 x
100cm
In
this exhibition we are left with works that are both open-ended and
exploratory, abstract paintings that build up a history through layers. Where
recently laid marks can refer back to a history o
ORS 7, indeterminacy with no other
setting than itself, 2003 114 x 305cm
The show will consist of 6 paintings and 16 framed drawings.
Visit
our website soon to see more images
of the show.
Ingrid Kerma’s exhibition L.A.
Ingrid Kerma’s first show in
As
mentioned before
Further details of
The show at
View of
This mini-retrospective will
gather together 32 major paintings and his print-work from 1995. It will cover
his work with the poetry of Pablo Neruda and the
writings of Ortega y Gasset as well as his collaborative
work with the famous playwright Ariel Dorfman. The show opens on
Out of the
crowd: oil on canvas 152 x 130cm 2001
The 32 paintings will
include pieces such as “Out of the Crowd” (above) and bring
Broadbent
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Chepstow Corner
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