KEITH TYSON – PANTA RHEI

Posted on 2013-02-04

The exhibition features sixteen paintings inspired by poetry, music, and personal references, executed by the artist over the last three years.
Panta Rhei, which translates as “everything flows” in Ancient Greek, embodies the idea of a world in perpetual motion, a fundamental concept for Tyson.

Drawing parallels between previous bodies of work, Tyson explains: “In the past, I’ve always tried to represent what I call the ’Field’, which for me, is the myriad of networks – whether physical, conceptual or emotional – that make the present moment. All these systems combined form our interdependent world. I attempted to reflect these associations through sculptures, in the immersive installation Large Field Array or on a smaller scale, through the fluid dynamics of the Nature Paintings. This time, I wanted to gather the ideas and techniques I’d learnt in previous pieces and work exclusively with paint to compose visual poems.”

Exhibition runs through to March 28th, 2013

Pace Gallery London
6 Burlington Gardens
London
W1S 3ET

www.pacegallery.com

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JOSÉ PARLÁ – BROKEN LANGUAGE

Posted on 2013-02-04

José Parlá’s vibrant works explore the multi-layered histories of cities and urban environments; his paintings and site-specific installations are created both in his large carriage house studio and also works outside throughout city surfaces. His expressive painting style and layers of ephemera and found objects combined with calligraphic abstraction have a lyrical feel to them, are uniquely his. This exhibition presents new paintings, works on paper, photographs and sculptures throughout our three gallery spaces.

Parla’s work acts as a record of his journeys through streets that he navigates, using a map of one city to direct you through another. He documents his city walks through photographs as well as at times collecting detritus from the streets, once back in the studio they are used to build the composition of each painting.

Language and writing are key themes within Parlá’s work. He often incorporates layers of text from street posters he collects while traveling. His own stylized calligraphy is worked into and on the surface of each painting, and although it is always partially obscured and indecipherable, it is a personal narrative of his experiences and a record of stories he discovers on his various journeys.

Exhibition runs through to March 28th, 2013

Haunch of Venison
103 New Bond Street
London
W1S 1ST

haunchofvenison.com

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MARCIN MACIEJOWSKI

Posted on 2013-02-04

The work of Marcin Maciejowski re-presents everyday images of our time. Using those already in popular circulation as starting points – found photographs, movies, posters, newspaper illustrations – his paintings naturally inherit the social and political implications of their source material.

Current affairs, film stills, military and religious figures and film noir femmes fatales all populate his art. Witty and often ironic, these subjects are presented in a deliberate abandonment of the traditions associated with the history of painting. Echoing the speed of the digital reproduction, the slowness of his chosen, analogue, medium brings an examination of the role of painting in today’’s cultural world.

Exhibition runs through to June 2nd, 2013

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA

www.balticmill.com

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