Exhibition
SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
14 Oct 2015 – 28 Oct 2015
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Friday
- 09:00 – 22:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 22:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 33 Dartmourth Road
- Forest Hill
- London
- SE23 3HN
- United Kingdom
The exhibition by these two artists, one, Anthony Tuite, a ceramicist, the other a painter, John Jukes Johnson, are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Whereas the ceramics are Anthony's most recent production, John's paintings represent the synthesis of two decades of work.
About
In the first room are small graphic works dating from 1997 till the present, plus some more recent modest canvases.
The alcove on the landing contains a table with an eclectic collection of white ceramics below a pair of framed saggar tiles in shades of pink & smoke grey. On the stairs is a large painting about the dangers of riding motorcycles too fast on Corsican mountain roads, while opposite it 'A Kite in Lahore' concerns the murderous competition of local youths.
In the centre of the middle room on a plinth are two saggar fired pots, one square, one round, in terra cotta with cloudy smoke effects. Of the other two pots in the room, one has the ghost of Marilyn Monroe, while the other is slashed in dark red & blue matt glazed stoneware. The paintings in this room are large monoprints & a screen print.
The third room has three plinths with variations of 'The Leaning Man' which echo the two figures in the diptych of the large painting which gives the show its title. The other three paintings in this room, 'King Cole is Dead', 'Irak' & 'Torvaianic' cover historic events. The last one refers to a beach near Rome famous for 'Il caso Montesi' which concerns a murder in the early 1950's which nearly brought down the Italian government.
