Expendable Youth - Dusk, 2023 Oil on canvas
Expendable Youth #3, 2023 Oil on canvas

Exhibition

Chris Rivers: Featured Works | Expendable Youth

Name: Chris Rivers: Featured Works | Expendable Youth
Start: 2023-11-18
End: 2023-12-23
Location: Pontone Gallery

18 Nov 2023 – 23 Dec 2023

Regular hours

Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00
Monday: 10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday: 10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday: 10:00 – 18:00
Thursday: 10:00 – 18:00
Friday: 10:00 – 18:00

Free admission

Pontone Gallery

London
England, United Kingdom

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Chris Rivers deploys his trademark gestural urgency and expressive handling to describe a world of jeopardy and turmoil.

About

Chris Rivers deploys his trademark gestural urgency and expressive handling to describe a world of jeopardy and turmoil. ‘Expendable Youth’ is a direct reference to the sombre consequences of the Great War. The paintings feature masked and mounted soldiers rendered in a swirling, misty impasto of clotted and crusty paint. Colour is acidic and caustic. Nevertheless, the pictures retain a mesmerising aesthetic appeal alongside their telling of a dark tale.