Beauty in simplicity of form is found in the white wooden structures of Edward Payne. Translating the shape of a paper bag into solid wooden form – he plays with this iconic design, highlighting it’s familiarity, questioning it’s function, celebrating its simplicity and challenging the way we receive visual information.
Benjamin Senior has a visual language that we haven’t seen before – which is really exciting. He pares down the figure whilst simultaneously expanding it’s form. His sculptural paintings create a sense of solid movement, referencing many periods of art history including post impressionism, the futurists and surrealism. But his new visual language is unique. Here is something really special.
A sense of illusion is continued throughout the show and our expectations of what we see on a daily basis are challenged again in Stuart McCaffer’s remarkable piece. The realism of this installation was remarkable.
In an equally playful piece, Mimi Norrgren reinvents the tree house:
Krister Klassman uses mass in interesting ways. The sculptures look weighted yet the space around them and the light that falls across them gives a sense that they somehow defy gravity….
Tuesday Nesbitt – creates simple yet beautiful paintings – expertly manipulating colour and paint.
Jesse Wine also uses simple form to exploit the qualities of colour and light. Do you think these works reaffirm the belief that often the simplest objects are the most beautiful?
James Bowyer uses simple shapes and colour palettes in prints which evoke an African feel. The shapes lie somewhere between camouflage print and cacti yet can be enjoyed as simply stunning graphic examples.