Exhibition
Date: Tuesday 14/10/03 – 15/11/03
tue-sat 12pm-8pm
Contact: Zavier Ellis / Aniko Pall
CLAPHAM
ART GALLERY is delighted to present LOUISE LAWTON.
Lawton
has been exhibiting with Clapham Art Gallery since her graduation from
Wimbledon School of Art in 2001. Following immediate success, she has
become an incredibly sought after artist, and here we present her most
recent body of work.
Lawton
is known for her highly distinctive figurative works in charcoal on gesso.
Commonly she depicts groups of figures viewed from above, referring to
the natural grouping or herding tendencies of humans when found in crowded
urban environments such as train stations, airports or most recently in
the street. They reveal common tendencies of spatial distancing found
in different countries and patterned behaviour only illustrated when viewing
people from a raised viewpoint at any given time.
Recently,
in particular in the ‘New York’ series, Lawton has experimented
with more diverse viewpoints at varying angles and distances, for example
from the ground upwards or head on. She has also developed the subject
matter itself, presenting us with flawlessly drawn cityscapes and streetscapes.
But despite this diversification, Lawton’s work maintains its observational,
objective character – indeed, it is strengthened as the subject
matter comes to provide complementary parts of a shared whole. That whole
is the urban environment in which despite our individuality and urge towards
privacy we are obliged to interact with strangers on a daily basis in
rituals of which we can only be partially aware.
‘New
York’ is a feature series that examines the ‘mass-inhabitation
and urban space’ of New York City. Consisting of approximately ten
fifteen by fifteen centimetre pieces it provides a selection of views
from and of the city. Highly cropped and drawn in great detail, these
images ‘emphasise the scale and expanse of the cityscape as well
as its confinement’.
In
combination this new body of work consists of a set of dynamic pieces
defined by impeccable technical skills. We are treated to a mature artist
of tender age who continues to make critical work of mass appeal.
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