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Another gallery making a name for itself is SUMARRIA LUNN, run by partners Vishal Sumarria and Will Lunn. Fresh-faced Lunn, who claims to be the UK's youngest contemporary art dealer, spends half his time dealing and the other half studying at London's Courtauld Institute...At the London Art Fair Lunn was enthusing about the work of British artist Claire Burbridge, whose arresting sculptures in clear cast resin tinted with pigment recall both the uncanny strangeness of Hans Bellmer's dolls and the fragility of Medardo Rosso's wax heads.
Gallery SUMARRIA LUNN – whose co-director, Will Lunn, is a mere twenty-one and running the gallery while still at university – included pencil on paper works by Ross Jones on their stand. Jones takes architectural modelling as a formal subject matter but relieves the buildings of any surrounding urban clutter, leaving them as bare, monolithic, self-reflective testaments to their own spatial and economic endeavour.
Sotheby's is supporting this charity auction in aid of the immensely worthwhile Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. The 70 artworks for sale span the British contemporary art scene, including pieces offered by Paula Rego, Howard Hodgkin, Peter Blake, Cornelia Parker, Michael Craig Martin, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and Mark Titchner.
Some of Britain's most prominent contemporary artists have donated works to the Medical Foundation Art Auction, whose proceeds will support the victims of torture. A brilliant-red triangular work, created by former Turner Prize nominee Mark Titchner for the auction, is branded with the message: "Not Now, Never". It is expected to go for at least £2,000. "Torture is an abomination", says Titchner. "The fact that it exists in any form is a stain on the human race. Supporting its victims is the least we can do."
For the next few days, these punchy works are on show in one of London's most atmospheric spaces, the brick-vaulted Crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. His body of work might remind some people of Anish Kapoor, the renowned sculptor who has also created adventurous applications of pigment and raised surfaces.
What is particularly striking about the pieces is the technical ability of the artists – the fine delicate brushstrokes of Yun-Kyung Jeong and the draftsmanship of Ross Jones mark a return to artistry without resorting to the decorative; the political overtones in Ross Jones's deserted cityscapes, for instance, are crystal clear.
Political artist Ross Jones' exploratory drawings—soon to be on display at London's William Angel Gallery—take a look at Britain's current societal problems... Titles such as "Surgical Strike, Agricultural Decline" and "Refuge" match the sober drawings, pulling you in with their simple grandeur... Having only been in the art scene since 2005, Jones has won a considerable amount of awards for his work, symbolizing how talented he is at expressing such relevant topics.
The gallery is co-managed by Will Lunn and Vishal Sumarria, both who are in their twenties... Ross Jones' work shows exceptional skill and attention to detail which distils contemporary issues into powerful imagery inducing a stark, but emotional impact. The visual simplicity of the graphite pencil drawings belie the intricacy of his work and one drawing will often take him weeks to create. This thought-provoking exhibition delivers a commanding observation of modern-day issues and is well worth a visit
The next generation of artists requires the next generation of gallerists. To find the next Larry Gagosian, check out William Angel Gallery... OUR ARTISTS HAVE RECEIVED PRESS WITH- Art Forum and Proof Magazine among others:
Whether it's an oilrig perched above a Scottish firth or the industrial outskirts of Berlin or Calgary, she finds, in these often neglected spaces, a particular kind of visual poetry... Sleigh achieves what few other contemporary artists have managed: her work not only depicts the post-modern city but brilliant recreates our experience of it.
A tall plume of billowing smoke drifts up into a great expanse of brilliant white sky. Its source is uncertain, lying far away on the horizon, at the end of an impossibly long street of receding flat-roofed buildings. This is Surgical Strike (2007), a large and exquisitely detailed pencil drawing by Ross Jones...Pithy statements lie at the heart of Jones's art; the media's proclivity for distilling complicated political affairs into snappy sound bites is dissected by his skilfully executed paintings and drawings, encapsulating the essence of a particular issue in a single arresting image. Jones surveys the media landscape, latching on to popular phrases and issues, responding with powerful visual statements...With some of the larger pieces taking up to two or three months to complete, his draughtsmanship is impeccable. ...Moscow 1808, 1905, 2007, 2008—consists of three layers of intricate white Dura-Lar forms pinned to a black ground. The three strata correspond to maps of the city from each of the years cited in the work's title, resulting in a beautiful tracery akin to a spiderweb, while serving as a complex survey of a place over a period of time. ...Washington DC, 2009, is an eerie dramatization of the nation's capital, made from carefully incised burned paper and hung on the wall. Blocky areas of the city form a maze of tiny white roomlike structures, the edges of each disintegrated and stained reddish brown by the smoke. The use of fire adds an element of unpredictability and chaos to an otherwise highly controlled process, a bridge between the cool distance of record keeping and the playful curiosity of imagination. |