Mark Barker and A Return to the Body in Sculpture
September Art Gallery Highlights
Preparations for Frieze London are in the air. I am crawling the city day and night so that you don’t have to! I am bringing you a selection of the most exciting exhibitions in London’s commercial galleries. The coming weeks are packed with openings and events. Stay in the loop!
Studio_Leigh commissions emerging artists: Catch them before they skyrocket
Studio_Leigh opened in September 2015. To celebrate the first year anniversary of one of the most innovative emerging art spaces in London, I am dedicating this article to revisit a selection of the gallery’s limited edition commissions. With a sharp eye, Studio_Leigh spots talent that you will be hearing a lot of in the future. Catch them before they skyrocket!
Mark Grotjahn’s Pink Cosco at Gagosian
“I called some paintings perspectives but I’m not interested in perspective; I called some butterflies but I don’t think they are butterflies; I call my sculptures masks but they are not masks.” —Mark Grotjahn
Artist in Focus: Francis Upritchard
It’s all about you
Art makes me feel. Art cracks open a fissure, which I love to delve into with further information from the artist, where it stands in art history, the context of the work’s production… but that comes after. First and foremost, art makes me feel. Sometimes it gives me profound calm and peace, other times it energizes me and feels like a fire ball in my body. Some works stand as a memento of that trip or that time when… and other works feel like an intellectual challenge I want to face head-on. What is your story?