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Ferha Farooqui, The Kiss, acrylic glaze on wood panel
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Jane Palm-Gold, St Giles Renaissance, Ink, acrylics, gouache, collage
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Annette Fernando, INeverEvenToldYou.OhAndIMeantTo, acrylic on board
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Frank Creber, Glenkerry House, acrylic on canvas
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Timothy Hyman RA, Passing Across Parliament Hill (Nightfall) oil on canvas
Exhibition
Urban Sublime
4 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- 09:30 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 09:30 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 09:30 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 09:30 – 18:00
- Friday
- 09:30 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 30 Tottenham Street
- London
- W1T 4RJ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 24, 10, 390, 134
- Tube: Goodge Street tube station on the Northern line
- Euston Station is the nearest train station
16 artists coming together to offer over 40 paintings, inspired by the energy and tension of life in London.
About
The Urban Contemporaries Group's work examines particular places and scenes of the city environment, offering a meditation on the way we are now. The metropolis acts as a metaphor for humanity, reflecting achievement, fun and hope, but also a darkness and uncertainty.
The artists all start by working from observation. And for some this is the principal activity, creating works that meticulously record from life so that every part of the painting’s surface is active and contributing to the whole. Others edit and refine the raw record to create elusive work with internal narrative, introducing another kind of imagination to the viewer. The elements they use derive from their environment but the spaces created in the paintings are closer to allegory or myth, invention is more strongly a feature of their paintings. Work from these artists gives a symbolic, sometimes apocalyptic, dimension to the group.
The artists who make up the 16 Urban Contemporaries and the invited guest artists offer dynamic, thought provoking contemplations of the city environment, and the, predominantly, figurative nature of the works make them accessible to all audiences.
Artists: Philippa Beale, Trevor Burgess, Frank Creber, Susanne du Toit, Gethin Evans, Ferha Farooqui, Annette Fernando, Timothy Hyman RA, Michael Johnson, Sarah Lowe, Elizabeth McCarten, Jane Palm-Gold, Alex Pemberton, Melissa Scott-Miller, Grant Watson, Charles Williams.
Urban Contemporaries website: https://urbancontemporaries.weebly.com/
If you would like more information or to attend one of the Private Views, please contact:
Ferha Farooqui
ferhafarooqui39@googlemail.com
https://ferhafarooqui.weebly.com
Frank Creber
frankcreber@gmail.com
