#OpeningAnnouncement | LAYÚ a solo exhibition of new works by Polish artist Magda Skupinska, opens ...
Jan 24
#OpeningAnnouncement | LAYÚ a solo exhibition of new works by Polish artist Magda Skupinska, opens at the gallery next week Thursday!
Opening reception: January 30th 6-8pm. Exhibition runs through to March 19th,2020.
The show’s title translates to “Land”, a word originating from Isthmus Zapotec, an indigenous language spoken on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the southern part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The body of work offers a window into the process and exploration of organic materials, which the artist was exposed to when relocating her practice in the Pacific coast of Mexico over the last year.
#MagdaSkupinska #LAYÚ
Video:
Directed @raphael.chipperfield
Shot @rachelliewsy
Music @father_insta
Image Two:
©️Image courtesy of the artist.
©️Photography courtesy of Marcell Ibarrola
#ClosingSoon | Friday 24th of January will be the last day of Role Play, thank you to everyone ...
Jan 22
#ClosingSoon | Friday 24th of January will be the last day of Role Play, thank you to everyone involved in making it such a memorable exhibition. Most importantly the artists and curator.
Above image, installation view of the exhibition. The gallery talk between Amanda Renshaw and Somaya Critchlow will be published online in the coming weeks.
#PhilipGuston #SomayaCritchlow #LenzGeerk #RolePlay
©️image courtesy of the artists and Maximillian William, London.
#UpcomingPublication | Currently working on Reginald Sylvester II’s publication following his ...
Jan 18
#UpcomingPublication | Currently working on Reginald Sylvester II’s publication following his lastest exhibition, NEMESIS. Fully illustrated with a text by Michele Robecchi. Book direction c/o @paradigm_publishing
In the meantime, an image of a work from the above exhibition. “Hope for one last stand, 2019”.
#ReginaldSylvesterII #Publications #MaximillianWilliam
©️image courtesy of the artist and Maximillian William, London.
#GroupShow | ‘Xenia: Crossroads in Portrait Painting, an exhibition that explores the resurgence ...
Jan 17
#GroupShow | ‘Xenia: Crossroads in Portrait Painting, an exhibition that explores the resurgence of portraiture as an incisive platform through which to consider the nature and meaning of identity.’ Opened last night in New York @marianneboeskygallery
Above above: Somaya Critchlow,
Obligation II, 2019
Oil on Linen
34 x 24 in
Running through February 15th 2020.
#SomayaCritchlow #NewYork #GroupExhibition
©️Image the artist.
Wishing a very happy birthday to Coco Capitán!
Image above taken of the artist at ...
Jan 16
Wishing a very happy birthday to Coco Capitán!
Image above taken of the artist at the opening of her debut European museum show at the MEP in Paris.
#HappyBirthday #CocoCapitán
Somaya Critchlow
Untitled (Pink Hair), 2019.
Oil on Linen
Somaya ...
Jan 14
Somaya Critchlow
Untitled (Pink Hair), 2019.
Oil on Linen
Somaya Critchlow will also be in conversation with art historian Amanda Renshaw, this evening at the gallery. On the occasion of the gallery’s most recent group exhibition, Role Play. The two will be discussing all things art and Guston.
#SomayaCritchlow #AmandaRenshaw #Dialogues
Above image ©️ of the artist and Maximillian William, London.
Wishing a very happy birthday to Reginald Sylvester II!
Image above taken of the ...
Jan 11
Wishing a very happy birthday to Reginald Sylvester II!
Image above taken of the artist in his temporary studio in Mexcio city. Preparing for his up coming presentations this year.
#ReginaldSylvesterII #HappyBirthday
Lenz Geerk
Sleeping, 2019
Acrylic on canavs
#LenzGeerk #Roleplay
©️ The artist, courtesy of Roberts Projects LA.
The team at Maximillian William wish you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!
...
Dec 21
The team at Maximillian William wish you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!
The gallery will be closed from Saturday, 21 December 2019 and will re-open on Tuesday, 7 January 2020.
We look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year
Image above: Magda Skupinska, Alba, 2018, Chilli and nopal on canvas, 72.6 x 56.8in. (184.5 x 144.5cm.)
#MuseumAnnouncement | Pleased to announce the recent addition of Reginald Sylvester ...
Dec 19
#MuseumAnnouncement | Pleased to announce the recent addition of Reginald Sylvester II's ‘002601’ into the Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s contemporary collection. Sylvester II conceived the work in London during his travels around Europe in 2017. This was the first time the artist started to use the motif of barcodes as a means to give insight to his works and communicate his titles in a different manner. Aside from its relevance to our constant interaction with them, Sylvester II is persistently trying to find ways of bringing typography into his work without being overtly literal. This work holds particular importance to Sylvester II, as it paved the way for his more recent works that verge towards pure abstraction.
This is the Artists first inclusion within a British Institution. The painting is currently on display in the Contemporary Collection Exhibition, which covers a range of approaches to portraiture. Featuring other works within the muesum’s collection.
#WolverhamptonArtGallery #ReginaldSylvesterII
Image above:
REGINALD SYLVESTER II, 002601, 2017
Oil paste and acrylic on paper, 64. 3 x 53.2 in (163.4 x 132.9 cm)
Photography courtesy of Ilona Zielinsk
©️ Image courtesy of the artist and Maximillian William.
Lenz Geerk
Barefoot Man, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
As part of the...
Dec 17
Lenz Geerk
Barefoot Man, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
As part of the gallery’s current group exhibition, 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲. Through January 24th.
#LenzGeerk #RolePlay
©️ Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects LA.
Opening next week, the culmination of @thegreatwomenartists x @palazzomonti six week residency. ...
Dec 7
Opening next week, the culmination of @thegreatwomenartists x @palazzomonti six week residency. Opening Saturday 14th 6-8pm. A further text further explaining the residency as well as Somaya Critchlow’s process below, by curator Katy Hessel;
Posted @withrepost • @thegreatwomenartists The London-based artist Somaya Critchlow (@somayacritchlow) is currently participating in this year’s @thegreatwomenartists x @palazzomonti Residency ✨ And wow am I excited for the brilliant work she has been producing to be exhibited alongside @saraanstis @edey_ and @ellawalker.me at our show next Saturday 14th December (opening 6–8pm!) 🖤 Working predominately on a smaller scale in both drawing and oil on canvas, Somaya’s relic and icon-like works depict bold female characters that subvert culture expectations of race, gender and power in the history of art 🔥 Adopting historical and classical traits from the likes of Rembrandt to David Lynch films – as well as still life painters with her projections of grapes – Somaya situates her figures in an atmospheric and often non-descript background that allows the viewer to imagine a time and place for the subject. As soon as I was introduced to Somaya’s work by @maximillian_william I was so excited about working with her for this year’s GWA x PM residency because of her ties to classicism and reinvention of portraiture. She’s a master and you’ve got to see these (sometimes even matchstick-size!) works in the flesh. Come down! 💫 • #SomayaCritchlow #womenartists
Visiting Magda Skupinska’s studio this morning, preparing for her upcoming exhibition at the ...
Dec 6
Visiting Magda Skupinska’s studio this morning, preparing for her upcoming exhibition at the gallery in 2020.
#MagdaSkupinska #london
𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐳 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐤
𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗
𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬
“With postures and gestures a fiction of representation, Geerk imagines how a certain fragile moment, derived from neither model nor photograph, can instead be expressed through atmosphere and body language. The nearly monochromatic palettes, only occasionally warmed by other colors, adds to the aura of emotional tension.”
#𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 #𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐤
© Image courtesy of the Artist and Roberts Projects LA.
𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡.
#𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐰 #𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐤 #𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧
Opening this evening. #RolePlay
Role Play aims to investigate the work of Philip ...
Nov 20
Opening this evening. #RolePlay
Role Play aims to investigate the work of Philip Guston alongside contemporary artists Somaya Critchlow and Lenz Geerk who take on a performative and theatrical role in the subject matter of their paintings. This exhibition expands on the notions of representational vocabularies of identities and the limitation of how perception is evoked. By subtly implicating themselves in their subjects through the use of “props” and dramatic poses, these artists stimulate a comically morbid storyline imbued with methods of masquerade and role-play leaving the viewer implicated in their narrative.
Image above:
Somaya Critchlow
Untitled (Mandolin), 2019
Oil on linen
8.4 x 5.9 in (21.3 x 15.1 cm)
Courtesy of the Artist and Maximillian William.
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰. #𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐰
𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐳 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐤
𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧
𝑵𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑺𝑰𝑺 , has come to a close. Thank you to @reginaldsylvester2 for ...
Nov 14
𝑵𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑺𝑰𝑺 , has come to a close. Thank you to @reginaldsylvester2 for inaugurating the gallery’s first physical space with such a thoughtful presentation.
A fully illustrated catalogue will be released in January 2020, with an essay by Michele Robecchi.
#NEMESIS #ReginaldSylvesterII
We are pleased to announce the opening of our next exhibition, Role Play. Curated by Gallery ...
Nov 11
We are pleased to announce the opening of our next exhibition, Role Play. Curated by Gallery Director, Charlotte Eytan, the exhibition investigates the work of Philip Guston, alongside contemporary artists Somaya Critchlow and Lenz Geerk, who use a performative and theatrical role in the subject matter of their paintings. To coincide with the exhibition, we will be hosting a panel discussion on the 14th of January 2020, moderated by editor, curator and writer, Amanda Renshaw.
Role Play
Philip Guston | Somaya Critchlow | Lenz Geerk.
Opening Reception: Wednesday 20
November from 6:00 - 8:00pm
21 November 2019 - 24 January 2020
#RolePlay #PhilipGuston #SomayaCritchlow #lenzgeerk
Image above: Lenz Geerk | Role Play, 2019 | Acrylic on canvas | 15.75 x 8.27 in (40 x 21 cm). Courtesy of the artist & @robertsprojects
On the occasion of Reginald Sylvester II exhibition NEMESIS. Michele Robecchi (Commissioning Editor ...
Nov 4
On the occasion of Reginald Sylvester II exhibition NEMESIS. Michele Robecchi (Commissioning Editor At Phaidon Press) and him sat down to discuss the exhibition and energy further.
Full piece to be released tomorrow.
Thank you:
🎥 @raffichipp
📸 @rachelliewsy
🎧 Zach Nahome
My life as a Man by John Currin Dallas Contemporary, Dallas 15 September – 22 December 2019
in The Seventh Continent 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul 14 September – 10 November 2019
in The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030-2100 Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow 28 June – 01 December 2019
in Delirious Lustwarande – Platform for Contemporary Sculpture, Tilburg 15 June – 20 October 2019
in Game of Drones. Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen 07 June – 03 November 2019