Laissez-Faire

April 15 - May 7, 2016

Curated by Jamie Hanton
 
 
Installation view - back gallery
 
 
Curator's Statement:
 
"Fundamentally, I wanted to show the work of four artists who have rigorous studio practices, and whose work, I believe, deserves to be seen. Laissez-Faire is an attempt to interfere as little as possible in the system of art production and exhibition. Of course, realising this is another thing altogether; all gallery spaces have intrinsic physical limitations that dictate how much work can be shown. It is at this point where the paradox of a laissez-faire attitude to curating an exhibition becomes somewhat absurd; decisions have to be made. Working with the remnants of Neil Dawson's Vertigo by re-using his black painted walls in the back gallery was one way to address some of these practical questions..."
J.H.
 
 
installation view
 
installation view
 
installation view
 
 

Selected works

Please hover over image to see artist and title...
 
 
Justin Spiers
 
Justin Spiers - Revolution (The real thing)
 
Justin Spiers - Lying Still     Justin Spiers - Laundered II
 
 
Philip Madill
 
Philip Madill - Hopeless Destroyer     Philip Madill - You Press the Button We Do the Rest
 
 
Nicola Hansby
 
 
 Nicola Hansby - Camellia and Jasmine
 
Nicola Hansby - Blue Vase 1 and Blue Vase 2
 
 
 
Charlotte Watson
 
Charlotte Watson - All      Charlotte Watson - Yours
 
 
 
 
List of works
 
Justin Spiers
Revolution (The real thing), pigment print, 1/3
Nothing, pigment print, 2/3, 2016
Laundered I, pigment print, 2/3, 2016,
Laundered II, pigment print, 1/3, 2016
Lying Still, pigment print, 1/3, 2016
Souvenir, pigment print, 1/3, 2016
Viewed Room, pigment print, 1/3, 2011
 
Philip Madill
Hopeless Destroyer, Graphite on paper, 305 x 455mm
Conveyer, Graphite on paper, 455 x 305mm
You Press the Button We Do the Rest, graphite on paper, 455 x 305mm
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, graphite on paper, 455 x 305mm,
The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey, graphite on paper, 760 x 560mm
 
Nicola Hansby
Blue Vase 1, acrylic on hardboard, 250mm x 250mm
Blue Vase 2, acrylic on hardboard, 250mm x 250mm,
Camellia and Jasmine, acrylic on hardboard, 250mm x 250mm
Love Struck 1, acrylic and watercolour crayon on paper, 330 mm x 250mm,
Love Struck 2, acrylic and watercolour crayon on paper, 330 mm x 250mm
Love Struck 3, acrylic and watercolour crayon on paper, 330 mm x 250mm
 
Charlotte Watson
All, ink and pencil on paper, 680 x 890mm,
Mine, ink and pencil on paper, 690 x 890mm
Yours, ink and pencil on paper,  690 x 890mm
Ours (I & II), ink and pencil on paper, 880 x 400mm