Gallery Guide
Room
One
Drawings by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date:
30-Oct-2011
It is the visceral aspect of Jozsef's drawings that is most obvious, but these are not straight anatomical studies. Taken from the artist's memories and imagination, they bring to mind works by Blake and Dali, containing half-hidden or suggested figures and gestures that lend the drawings a very human and emotional quality.
Room
Two
Life in the City by Izaskun Gamen
Exhibition date:
08-Jun-2009
Izaskun Gamen uses a mixture of digital and traditional drawing techniques to present us with a view of London as a fluid tangle of overlapping elements. The images touch on the cultural, material, social and individual aspects of life in the city, drawing these together with simple, flowing lines.
Room
Three
Wick Vic's Final Robbery by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date:
14-Dec-2009
In this quirky and touching video, Xiang Zeng introduces us to the eponymous bear who feeds his vanity by stealing beauty from victims he meets in the woods.
Room
Four
Landscapes 2010 by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date:
20-Oct-2010
This latest exhibition by Jonathan Hooper is an exciting new series of expressive landscapes.
Room
One
Little Red Riding Hood by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date:
14-Dec-2009
In Little Red Riding Hood, Xiang Zeng draws on the traditional children's story to produce works whose decorative and simple forms contrast effectively with an often unsettling or intriguing subject.
Room
Two
ASKR DECA by Matilda Song Wen Huang
Exhibition date:
10-Dec-2008
Matilda's exhibition provides a beautifully realised world in which engaging and intricately drawn images tell the story of a complex relationship that grows between a girl and a real or imaginary monster, where both are consumed by sadness.
Room
Three
Recent Paintings by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date:
02-Jul-2008
With this exhibition from Jonathan Hooper, it is the very physical use of colour and line that immediately grabs the viewer. The paintings are intellectually demanding and academic but never at the expense of their aesthetic, sensuous qualities.
Room
Four
Allusion by Alfred Balazs
Exhibition date:
15-Aug-2010
Combining abstract planes of vivid colour with half recognisable forms, our exhibition of Alfred Balazs' paintings invites the viewer to reflect on universal metaphysical concepts.
Room
Five
Rhythmyth by Claudia de la Peña
Exhibition date:
20-Feb-2011
Rhythmyth shows a selection of works that explores the balance between the functional and the emotional qualities of found objects.
Room
One
Illustrations and Paintings by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date:
14-Dec-2009
Xiang Zeng's exhibition displays a broad range of styles and media ranging from magnetic wallpaper and decorative textiles, to figurative and often humorous paintings and illustrations.
Room
Two
Recent Abstracts by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date:
30-Mar-2009
In her exhibition of recent paintings, Fiona uses multiple overlapping planes and blocks to describe her subjects. The results are full of light and colour, evoking a strong sense of space and openness.
Room
Three
Transformations by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date:
30-Oct-2011
Jozsef's powerful use of colour is a unifying thread in this diverse exhibition of abstract oil paintings based on the artist's emotional response to his experiences.
Room
Four
Paintings 2009-10 by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date:
20-Oct-2010
In her latest exhibition, Fiona uses translucent layers of colour to express her emotional response to the landscapes she paints. There is an ephemeral, fragile quality to the works, as though each has captured a fleeting moment.
Room
Five
Abstract and Representational by Carles Guitart
Exhibition date:
11-Nov-2011
In the paintings exhibited here, Carles questions the border between representational and abstract art.
Abstract and Representational by Carles Guitart
Exhibition date: 11-Nov-2011
Location: First Floor: Room 5
Drawings by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date: 30-Oct-2011
Location: Lower Floor: Room 1
Transformations by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date: 30-Oct-2011
Location: First Floor: Room 3
Rhythmyth by Claudia de la Peña
Exhibition date: 20-Feb-2011
Location: Ground Floor: Room 5
Landscapes 2010 by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date: 20-Oct-2010
Location: Lower Floor: Room 4
Paintings 2009-10 by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date: 20-Oct-2010
Location: First Floor: Room 4
Allusion by Alfred Balazs
Exhibition date: 15-Aug-2010
Location: Ground Floor: Room 4
Illustrations and Paintings by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: First Floor: Room 1
Little Red Riding Hood by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: Ground Floor: Room 1
Wick Vic's Final Robbery by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: Lower Floor: Room 3
Life in the City by Izaskun Gamen
Exhibition date: 08-Jun-2009
Location: Lower Floor: Room 2
Recent Abstracts by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date: 30-Mar-2009
Location: First Floor: Room 2
ASKR DECA by Matilda Song Wen Huang
Exhibition date: 10-Dec-2008
Location: Ground Floor: Room 2
Recent Paintings by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date: 02-Jul-2008
Location: Ground Floor: Room 3
Allusion by Alfred Balazs
Exhibition date: 15-Aug-2010
Location: Ground Floor: Room 4
Abstract and Representational by Carles Guitart
Exhibition date: 11-Nov-2011
Location: First Floor: Room 5
Rhythmyth by Claudia de la Peña
Exhibition date: 20-Feb-2011
Location: Ground Floor: Room 5
Paintings 2009-10 by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date: 20-Oct-2010
Location: First Floor: Room 4
Recent Abstracts by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date: 30-Mar-2009
Location: First Floor: Room 2
Life in the City by Izaskun Gamen
Exhibition date: 08-Jun-2009
Location: Lower Floor: Room 2
Landscapes 2010 by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date: 20-Oct-2010
Location: Lower Floor: Room 4
Recent Paintings by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date: 02-Jul-2008
Location: Ground Floor: Room 3
Drawings by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date: 30-Oct-2011
Location: Lower Floor: Room 1
Transformations by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date: 30-Oct-2011
Location: First Floor: Room 3
ASKR DECA by Matilda Song Wen Huang
Exhibition date: 10-Dec-2008
Location: Ground Floor: Room 2
Illustrations and Paintings by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: First Floor: Room 1
Little Red Riding Hood by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: Ground Floor: Room 1
Wick Vic's Final Robbery by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: Lower Floor: Room 3
ASKR DECA by Matilda Song Wen Huang
Exhibition date: 10-Dec-2008
Location: Ground Floor: Room 2
Abstract and Representational by Carles Guitart
Exhibition date: 11-Nov-2011
Location: First Floor: Room 5
Allusion by Alfred Balazs
Exhibition date: 15-Aug-2010
Location: Ground Floor: Room 4
Drawings by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date: 30-Oct-2011
Location: Lower Floor: Room 1
Illustrations and Paintings by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: First Floor: Room 1
Landscapes 2010 by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date: 20-Oct-2010
Location: Lower Floor: Room 4
Life in the City by Izaskun Gamen
Exhibition date: 08-Jun-2009
Location: Lower Floor: Room 2
Little Red Riding Hood by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: Ground Floor: Room 1
Paintings 2009-10 by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date: 20-Oct-2010
Location: First Floor: Room 4
Recent Abstracts by Fiona Starr
Exhibition date: 30-Mar-2009
Location: First Floor: Room 2
Recent Paintings by Jonathan Hooper
Exhibition date: 02-Jul-2008
Location: Ground Floor: Room 3
Rhythmyth by Claudia de la Peña
Exhibition date: 20-Feb-2011
Location: Ground Floor: Room 5
Transformations by Jozsef Stichleutner
Exhibition date: 30-Oct-2011
Location: First Floor: Room 3
Wick Vic's Final Robbery by Xiang Zeng
Exhibition date: 14-Dec-2009
Location: Lower Floor: Room 3
Gallery Guide
Room Five: First Floor
Abstract and Representational by Carles Guitart
Exhibition date: 11-Nov-2011
In the paintings exhibited here, I try to show that the border between representational and abstract art is unclear. Some representations of reality, including elements of classical paintings, can be incorporated as mere backgrounds upon which to build an abstract painting.
Equally, abstract forms or lines can be used with the sole aim of contributing to a composition which depicts a representational scene. In either case we could say in a sense "objectively" that these paintings are representational or that they are abstract. I invite the viewer of the work to participate as a critical contributor to this dialogue and to question the distinction between abstract and representational art.