Painting by Zebedee Jones.

Zebedee Jones: Recent Paintings

12th October – 4th November, 2011

Agnews Gallery, 35 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JD

There is a seemingly sensory experience to the abstract work of Zebedee Jones. The layered surface of his monochromatic canvases speak of a textural depth that are part and parcel of Jones’ painting process.

The release about his work is quoted as saying – “Most obviously Jones’ paintings are suggestive of sensory experiences, which in part may be attributed to the artist’s life long hearing impairment. As highly tactile surfaces, a predominant part of perceiving these paintings is the memory of touch they invite.”

His solo exhibitions include; Karsten Schubert, London (1995), Waddington Galleries, London (1998), Green on Red Gallery, Dublin (1998), Danese, New York (1999), and Slewe Galerie, Amsterdam (2001) etc

Jones is exhibiting his recent work at Agnews, as part of their contemporary program. The exhibition which coincides with October’s Frieze Art Fair.

More on the exhibition here.

Richard Serra: Junction (2011) / Cycle (2010)

September 14th, 2011 – November 26th, 2011

GAGOSIAN Gallery, 555 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011.

Richard Serra is renowned for his large scale, minimalist, metal sheet sculpture. The American artist has been described as one of the most important artists of our time.

His monolithic work (you get a true understanding of scale in the second image, which sees the women pictured against his work) is found dotted across the globe. Vast site pieces such as Serra’s Fulcrum, which is near London’s Liverpool station, strongly challenge ones perception of space and size in relation to the piece.

Serra retrospectives have been held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art.

The Gagosian Gallery on New York’s West 24th Street currently has on exhibition two of his latest work; Junction (2011) and Cycle (2010).

I explored the both within and around each. Never before have I felt so small (this is no easy feat given that I am 6ft1). I experienced trepidation and wonderment simultaneously.

Notions of space, movement and size are challenged and reexamined by Richard Serra’s Junction and Cycle exhibition.

More on the exhibition here.

Owl by Karl de Vroomen, 2011. Courtesy of Karl de Vroomen

Opus Art presents Karl De Vroomen exhibition, ‘This is the First Thing’.

23rd May – 28th May 2011.

At The Gallery on Cork Street, 28 Cork Street, London.

Opus Art comes to London to present Karl de Vroomen’s exhibition, ‘This is the First Thing’. De Vroomen is highly regarded in the art world, having exhibited with Saatchi (he has shown his work in New York, Newcastle upon Tyne, London and Manchester) to being shortlisted for the Sainbury’s Scholarship in Painting and Sculpture at the British School of Rome.

He is known for drawing upon the traditional aspects of Romanticism whilst depicting the poetry of the animal subjects or places he paints.

The title of De Vroomen’s exhibition takes its name from the opening line of Philip Larkin’s 1940′s poem. The body of work featured in the exhibition sees the artist explore the thematics of Larkin’s poem, ‘This is the First Thing’.

More on the exhibition here.