GRAHAM LITTLE
2026-10-26Working delicately with gouache on paper, Little constructs intricate paintings from carefully staged arrangements assembled in his studio using cut paper, found objects gathered from the streets around his home, friends posing as models and, occasionally, imagery drawn from books in his personal collection. Conceived over months – and often years – while Little’s interest in perceived beauty cannot be underplayed, his compositions are often characterised by the psychological blemishes that beauty cannot mask: distraction, disinterest and distance, emptiness cloaked in aesthetic sheen. As Little writes, ‘This show is less of a looking at beauty and more of a dismantling and looking around it.’
Opposite – Untitled (Pearl), 2025
Exhibition runs through till November 14th, 2026
Alison Jacques
22 Cork Street
W1S 3NG
London
