Nov
2
to Nov 17

Walk the Line - Artdog

Joe Richardson is presenting a new collection of paintings at artdog gallery in Honor Oak.
The paintings were created out of a dedicated practice of observational drawing and simultaneously drawing and walking through nearby Elmstead Woods. His is a practice that conjures instinctive marks and gestures  to communicate a raw and immediate sense of drawing on canvas.

Richardson offers a series of works in oil, acrylic and cyanotype that crop and enlarge drawings made on walks, in train carriages and in the middle of the night.  They depict frenetic gestures to convey the artist's restless attempts to be present, as an antidote to balancing multiple responsibilities and as a method to manage his mental health.

Most of the works are made in short, energetic bursts; often the length of an album or two; made in groups of two or three. Cyanotypes bathe on the lawn, while triptychs are worked up in his garden studio. Some works are layered into and collaged over in reference to Amy Sillman and Kes Richardson.  Others exist as records of a practice of rehearsing gestures until refined and ready to be performed on canvas in homage to Brice Marden.

Richardson keeps his eyes wide open all the time, walking the line between expression, abstraction, drawing, painting and collage. Subjects include parakeets that land on in the pear tree above the artists studio, the artist’s wife, Miranda, and a series of abstract and figurative motifs that emerge on closer engagement with the collection. Richardson borrows from art history, constructing a collection of symbols/alphabet that draw from the later works of Philip Guston as well as the expressive compositions of Jadé Fadojutimi and Richardson’s former tutor, Clem Crosby.

Joe Richardson lives and works in South East London. He is a Central Saint Martins MA Fine Art painting graduate, Red Mansion Art Prize winner (2018) and has exhibited nationally and internationally at Royal Academy Weston Studio, FIVE YEARS, OOF Gallery, in Red Gate Gallery, China, La Louviere, Belgium and Stokkoya, Norway. Richardson is also a member of The Lunar Towers, who will be performing on the opening night of the exhibition. 

Many thanks to the Eaton Fund for their support.

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The Second Longest Train Platform in the UK
Sep
1
to Sep 30

The Second Longest Train Platform in the UK

  • Main Gallery, Gloucester Guildhall (map)
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The Second Longest Train Platform in the UK will be showing in Gloucester Guildhall’s Main Gallery from 04 April to 01 May 2020. The gallery is open to the public Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Joe Richardson presents his first solo exhibition, ‘The Second Longest Train Platform in the UK’ at Gloucester Guildhall. Richardson has developed a new body of work stemming from a local myth told unto him as a child by his father. That, if one were to stand at the top of Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire and keep travelling East, the next highest point they will reach will be in the Ural Mountains, Russia. Richardson’s practice plays on farcical moments of ‘almost’ success, calling upon tension, persistence, and potential failure to underpin his works.

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Digital Residency @ The Wilson, Cheltenham
May
1
to May 15

Digital Residency @ The Wilson, Cheltenham

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This May, I'll be in digital residence with The Wilson, Cheltenham. I'll be sharing insights into the process and inspiration behind my work for the

upcoming group exhibition 'Artists in their Residence' taking place at the Museum this July (covid-permitting). You'll be able to access that from The Wilson's Instagram.

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Show Off!
Feb
18
to Feb 22

Show Off!

An exhibition of work by 20 early-career artists, working across a wide variety of media, from paintings and installations to soft sculptures and digital animations. The show is curated by Sally Gorham.

By bringing together a selected mix of colourful eclectic works, the exhibition aims to convey a sense of the dynamism and diversity of the contemporary art world. It highlights the way in which each emerging artist is developing their own identity, though a process of exploration and experimentation.

The works on display demonstrate how each artist plays with their own materials and methods to explore the relationship between themselves, their work and their environment. The energetic and playful interactions between the works mirror the ongoing creative dialogue between the artists, many of whom studied together at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

Although the individual artists have gone on to participate in many small group and solo shows they value the opportunity to come together as a larger group to show their work.

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Exceptional
Nov
7
to Feb 19

Exceptional

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‘Exceptional’, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK

This award is aimed at supporting artists in the precarious initial years after graduation. Exhibiting artists are recent graduates of City & Guilds of London Art School, Chelsea College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Goldsmiths, Kingston University, the Royal Drawing School, the Royal College of Art, the Slade School of Fine Art and Turps Art School. Winners of the £2,000 award and the staff prize will be announced at the Private View.

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