Intimate portrait paintings by prominent London artist Gavin Nolan.
CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is delighted to present Gavin Nolan's highly anticipated solo exhibition 'Phantasmagoria' in Soho, London
Nolan presents nine new portrait paintings that continue a mature style introduced in 2023Each painting depicts a figure, real or imagined, engaged in the creative processDeep in concentration or caught in a moment of contemplation, Nolan's subjects represent Modernist archetypes who defined visual culture towards the mid-20th centuryThey are also, however, referred self-portraitsNolan approaches this series in the knowledge that his own assumptions, beliefs and judgement tendencies influence the making processIn doing so, he is manifesting alternative realities where each portrait acts as a cipher for a confluence of personal, objective, real and imagined events
The construction of the paintings is in part left visible, again referencing the act of making by revealing the artist's processEach layer - primer, under-painting, and grisaille - leads to a refinement of illusion and signifies the history of the objectThe black and white colour palette serves as shorthand for objectivity, whilst suggesting dream or memoryThe spaces the figures inhabit are simplified and provisional, emphasising the flatness of the picture plane and the primacy of the subjects and the objects they createBrush marks metamorphose into sculptural forms, smoke and other phantasmagoria, and the individuals depicted dissolve, becoming immersed in the compositionSubject, objects, environment and material ultimately merge into one thing in itself
Gavin Nolan graduated from the Royal Academy Schools in 2002, having completed his BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Loughborough University School of Art in 1999Nolan has exhibited at galleries, institutions and off-site projects internationally throughout his career, including 21c Museum, Saatchi Gallery, Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Torrance Art Museum, Chungking Projects, Wooster Projects, Leisure Club Mogadishni, Rockwell and THE FUTURE CAN WAITHis work is in leading private collections globally'Phantasmagoria' is Gavin Nolan's first solo exhibition since 2016
The event will take place at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, Gramercy Park Studios, 25 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1F 9NDAvailable to view Monday-Friday 10am-4pmFollow @CHARLIESMITHIdn
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