Nader Ahriman presents the viewer with painted manifestations of philosophical and literary modes of thought. Drawing on sources from Plato to Ezra Pound, Aristotle to Jung, Nader's paintings give literal figuration to abstract, academic concepts. The work address the fundamental relationships involved ...
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Julien Berthier's inventions, installations and happenings offer clear social comment through absurdist techniques. Berthier uses humour as a tool to engage the viewer (see NO PRINT, 2006) yet underneath this humour the work offers pointed discussions on social tendencies, technological functionality ...
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Tom Colebrook is an intriguing young film maker. His highly performative film and video work operate within the familiar structures of writing and narrative yet use the identity of the artist as a vehicle for fantastical investigation. Characters and caricatures - rock stars, clowns, American heroes, ...
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The paintings, sculpture and collage of Annie Morris are obsessive, energetic and thoughtful. She is above all else a mark maker who uses the simplest of tools to make striking, often haunting images.Her peg pieces are constructed through rows and rows of clothes pegs. A female figure is drawn ...
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Lilly Phung's paintings are immediately nostalgic and dark. Much of the imagery within her work draws upon 60s American advertising with scenes of domestic bliss hiding behind layers of gesturally applied paint and surface-based text. Indeed much of the language within the work ("honeymoon" / "party") ...
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Nicolas Pol's (b. 1977) large canvases employ a striking array of styles, references and techniques whilst offering an aesthetic that is unique, complex and assured in its depth. Combining street art, graphic design and a multitude of fine art references from Renaissance masters to Majerus and Basquiat, ...
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Lykke Tavell sees her 'diagrams in space' as creating a seductive confrontation, or amalgamation, between the scientific and the spiritual. Whilst these works recall Serra's industrial structure with the linear delicacy of Sandback, the presence of the artist's hand adds a human ...
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Daniel Wallis work combines found objects with subtle, intricate craftsmanship. His diverse forms contain an underlying poeticism often imbued with humorous interpretations of the world around us. Wallis explores and re-contextualises quotidian motifs and forms (see Ostrich Lamp and La-Z-boy chair, ...
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