Friday, 12 March 2010
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE – New Works by Sarah Harvey
Bound, gagged, and thrown into the water – this is the daring, sexual world of Sarah Harvey’s forthcoming exhibition of underwater paintings, “The Pleasure Principle”, opening at the Sesame Gallery in Islington on 4 March 2010.
Sarah Harvey’s work focuses exclusively on underwater paintings. Working from images taken in pools and seas across the world, her works examine figures abstracted, mutated, refracted and reflected within lush liquid environments. They have an exotic quality that is both escapist and carnal at the same time, a tension between the desire to dissolve into the softness of the water, and the love of being a physical, sensual, sexual human being.
In “The Pleasure Principle”, she takes this approach to a new level, documenting the power relationship between herself and her fiancé through other-worldly images of each other beneath the water. He appears with his hands tied, his mouth sometimes gagged, struggling in the water against her all-powerful presence that dominates the other paintings, beautiful and terrible. In this, her paintings create an extraordinarily frank and telling autobiography of a young woman both on and off the canvas. Much like the artist, the paintings are more than just a pretty picture, revealing the personal development of a successful, attractive woman in 21st century Britain.
Sarah Harvey draws deeply on very British painting traditions, from School of London painters such as Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Michael Andrews, through to contemporary figurative artists such as Jenny Saville, and with echoes of David Hockney’s pool paintings. Sarah builds on this tradition, and develops it into work that is very much of our moment – striking & ambitious, confident in its femininity, but also complex, self-reflective, a kind of introspective exhibitionism.
The Pleasure Principle is a solo exhibition by Sarah Harvey, and takes place from 4 March 2010 - 8 April 2010 at the Sesame Gallery, 354 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 0PD
PRIVATE VIEW: THURSDAY 4 MARCH, 6.30 - 8.30PM
RSVP: info@sesameart.com
Sarah Harvey’s work focuses exclusively on underwater paintings. Working from images taken in pools and seas across the world, her works examine figures abstracted, mutated, refracted and reflected within lush liquid environments. They have an exotic quality that is both escapist and carnal at the same time, a tension between the desire to dissolve into the softness of the water, and the love of being a physical, sensual, sexual human being.
In “The Pleasure Principle”, she takes this approach to a new level, documenting the power relationship between herself and her fiancé through other-worldly images of each other beneath the water. He appears with his hands tied, his mouth sometimes gagged, struggling in the water against her all-powerful presence that dominates the other paintings, beautiful and terrible. In this, her paintings create an extraordinarily frank and telling autobiography of a young woman both on and off the canvas. Much like the artist, the paintings are more than just a pretty picture, revealing the personal development of a successful, attractive woman in 21st century Britain.
Sarah Harvey draws deeply on very British painting traditions, from School of London painters such as Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Michael Andrews, through to contemporary figurative artists such as Jenny Saville, and with echoes of David Hockney’s pool paintings. Sarah builds on this tradition, and develops it into work that is very much of our moment – striking & ambitious, confident in its femininity, but also complex, self-reflective, a kind of introspective exhibitionism.
Click Here to see more images.
The Pleasure Principle is a solo exhibition by Sarah Harvey, and takes place from 4 March 2010 - 8 April 2010 at the Sesame Gallery, 354 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 0PD
PRIVATE VIEW: THURSDAY 4 MARCH, 6.30 - 8.30PM
RSVP: info@sesameart.com
Monday, 15 February 2010
Two New Works from Sam Branton!
We are happy to announce that two new drawings from Sam Branton are now available for a viewing online!
Untitled, 29.5 x 42 cm
Untitled, 27 x 37.5 cm
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Matthew Small's Studio featured in Tatler magazine
'A PIECE OF WORK' in the March 2010 edition of Tatler
Monday, 1 February 2010
Yuko Nasu at the Saatchi Gallery
Yuko Nasu is currently exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery as part of 'The Franks-Suss Collection; a curated selection of about 25 works from the collection' from January 28, 2010.
The pieces selected for this show highlights the work of some of the greatest artists from the
undiscovered and emerging sectors of the market.
Admission is Free/ Click Here for more details.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The Black Lodge Installation View
Henrijs Preiss solo project at the London Art Fair.
We are happy to be able to offer you free tickets for the fair (valid Wednesday – Sunday). These can be collected from the gallery, across the road from the fair, from Wednesday onwards, between 11am and 5pm.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Henrijs Preiss Solo Project at London Art Fair; Please collect free tickets at the gallery!
Henrijs Preiss – The Black Lodge
Stand P9 – Project Section
13 – 17 January 2010
This year, we will be presenting a solo exhibition for Henrijs Preiss, titled The Black Lodge. Inspired by the mystical place of the same name in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, the installation elaborates the ‘black box’ installation with theatrical overtones fitting to Henrijs’ uniquely dramatic work. This will be the last chance to see new work by Henrijs Preiss before his exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in June as part of the much-awaited Newspeak: British Art Now.
As always, we are happy to be able to offer you free tickets for the fair (valid Wednesday – Sunday). These can be collected from the gallery, across the road from the fair, throughout this week and from Wednesday onwards next week, between 11am and 5pm.
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