THE AESTHETICS OF ENCHANTMENT IN ABSTRACT ART Visual Arts

A group show of contemporary abstract art featuring Nina Dolan, Laurence Noga, Gordon Dalton, Rebecca Meanley, Henry Ward, Mark Wright

"You can make up your own history, but the point remains: the paintings here assert something, however quietly - that painting, whatever it's of, is always first and foremost of the world we share." Ben Street

The Aesthetics of Enchantment In Abstract Art marks the start of a new season of exhibitions curated by Aleph Contemporary at the In and Out, one of London's most prestigious private members clubs in the heart of StJames'sThe exhibition brings together seven contemporary artists, all of whom work in paint and whose works are connected through the exploration of abstract artEach artist taking abstraction in a unique direction

Nina Dolan's work is distinguished by a poetic sense of geometry, movement, decoration, and colourGordon Dalton's contemporary interiors and landscape paintings reveal traces of style and form inspired by the Nabis, Fauvism and twentieth century abstractionWidely admired, British artist Rebecca Meanley's paintings exhibit a remarkable orchestration of bold colour and gestureMulti-media artist Laurence Noga creates striking geometric paintings and colourful, yet architectonic collages assembled from industrial materials and found objectsHenry Ward explores the structure of painting and the act of makingIn works hewn from a process of layering pigment, laid out in rapid movement, Ward's paintings come together as perfectly configured pieces created by blocks and roundels of colour and patterningMark Wright's nocturnal, luminous paintings capture the beauty of sublime landscapeUsing a cosmic alternation of light and dark, Wright creates mediated imagery based in part on photographs taken and collectedFrench artist Charlotte Winifred Guérard's monumental abstractions offer a lyrical response to the natural world; aqueous expanses of pigment and pattern form oceanic cartographies of colour on paper and canvas

In an extended text written to accompany the exhibition, Ben Street observes that space-making is central to the paintings of Mark Wright, Laurence Noga and Charlotte Guérard, while Rebecca Meanley's and Nina Dolan's works focus more on the process of applying paint to surfaceHenry Ward and Gordon Dalton, Street says "play at the edges of description and by doing so embody the intransigence of painting as a medium, its ability to be many things at once." In summing up the theme of this reflective exhibition on the nature of abstraction, Street says: "What all of these artists do is to position their paintings as points of contact between two kinds of experience, the maker's and the viewer's." He continues: "The paintings here are unmistakeably physical and of the world of sight and touchTheir metaphysics, if it's there at all, comes through an encounter with the world as experienced bodily."

The exhibition is free to attend - just be sure to book ahead using the link hereThe tickets include a visit to the In and Out, one of London's most distinguished private members clubs

The exhibition is also online and can be viewed at alephcontemporary.com

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Artists: NINA DOLAN, GORDAN DALTON, REBECCA MEANLEY, LAURENCE NOGA, HENRY WARD, MARK WRIGHT, Charlotte Winifred Guerard

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