In parallel to the upcoming Moniker Art Fair a solo show ‘Aqua Regalia‘ by South African artist Faith47 just opened at the Old Truman Brewery in London. Juxtapozing religious iconography and sacred geometry with everyday found objects, her artworks illustrate pictorial representations of incarnated divinity from wildlife to female figures.
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Faith47 – Aqua Regalia
Until 19 October 2014
91 Brick Ln, London E1 6QL
We visited the studio of French artist Ludo in Paris as he prepares for his London solo show Chaos Theory at Lazarides Rathbone.
Using his trademark neon green and monochrome palette, Ludo’s new body of work illustrates themes of dissolute time and resolute chaos, through a battalion of futuristic mechanical butterflies.
Blending nature and human technology with anatomical and technical precision, Ludo references the accelerated pace of life in which people continually strive to keep up with the ongoing race against the clock. The frail and ephemeral butterfly image is reincarnated into hybrid creatures that possess strength and durability reminiscent of combat weaponry: the Butterfly effect.
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Ludo ‘Chaos Theory’
10 Oct – 13 Nov 2014
11 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HR
Filmaker and member of the music band Faust, Geraldine Swayne is also a painter and is currently showing a series of miniature works titled How are you? at the Fine Art Society.
Swayne creates intimate paintings with enamel on small copper or aluminium panels, featuring contemporary subjects from sources as diverse as pornography, landscape painting and portraits of friends.
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Geraldine Swayne – How are you?
Until 24 September
Fine art Society London
The British artist Juliette Losq just opened her solo show Nemora at Fine Art Society in London. Inspired by English ‘Gothic’ of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Losq depicts liminal landscapes by juxtaposing rococo prints, Victorian newspaper illustrations, sci- fi and horror films, as well as detritus. Working over the surface repetitively, multiple painted layers simultaneously obscure and reveal those beneath. In parallel to her mixed media paintings, Juliette Hosq has created three site specific installation works including a piece that revisits the gallery’s historic ground floor fireplace. Another work will features a 3m high wave of painted paper tumble from an antique grandfather clock.
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Juliette Losq- Nemora
FAS
Until 2 October
StolenSpace Gallery is opening the new season in London with two concurrent solo shows from Australian artists based in Berlin: Reka’s “Trip the Light” and Two One’s “The Hunted Hunter’s Head.”
Reka’s new body of work is inspired by his mother who was a ballerina. His brushstrokes reflect the graceful movements of a female dancer though a monochrome palette. Referenced in John Milton’s 1645 poem L’Allegro, to “trip the light fantastic” alludes to those who dance without inhibition.
In parallel Reka has given a new life to disused rusted spray cans found throughout his adventures and repurposed them into new works of art.
Japanese born Hiroyasu Tsuri aka Two One emigrated to Australia before relocating recently to Berlin. Continuing his ongoing series that he calls “Psychological Portrait”, Two One uses patterns and human-animal hybrids portraits to show more of the inner character and personality.
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Reka – Trip the Light
TwoOne – The Hunted Hunter’s Head
Until 4 October 2014
StolenSpace Gallery
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