West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
West Contemporary Presents XX Leading artists in sustainability, street art, sculpture, photography and mixed media are the highlights of celebration of British fine art at London-based Spring pop up art exhibition, ‘XX’, in Fitzrovia. LONDON (UK) - A motley crew of twenty of the U.K’s leading names in fine art are to descend on the capital for the first time collectively for a unique group show at the end of March 2023 as a celebration of British artistic excellence and to celebrate the twentieth birthday of one of London’s veteran gallerists. West Contemporary, formed as Beautiful Crime Gallery in 2003, started life at the turn of the 21st century as the new millennium wave of British street art found its way from urban walls to gallery spaces with the emergence of the likes of Banksy in post Brit-pop Britain. Beautiful Crime Gallery became an innovative fixture in this movement as the first online street art original gallery, combining a new home for original works from the burgeoning street scene with a bricks and mortar home in Shoreditch, East London that became a staple of shows, first exhibitions for emerging names and art events of note. Leaving in 2019 to graduate into an international art consultancy (West Contemporary) and an online gallery (West Contemporary Editions), the institution of art is now bringing together two-decades of partnerships under one room for the group show; ‘XX’. Amongst the names featured in the show are Lauren Baker, considered the leading British female neon and mixed media artist, a London-based Northern artist known for her work in environmentalism and empowerment and that has created installations at The V&A, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Lauren is an Ambassador for One Tree Planted, as well as Save Wild Tigers, and in 2023 will accomplish her goal of curating the planting of 8888 trees. In 2015, Baker created a Steinway piano encrusted with half a million crystals that sold for £420,000. Dan Rawlings, like Baker, pays homage to the natural world via his works highlighting nature’s resilience around humankind’s creations. Probably best known for his manipulation of metal and light conceived with intricate hand-plasma cutting. Projects include Future Returns a plasma-cut oil tanker housed inside a 19th century church, and Short Haul, an elaborately hand cut light aircraft shown at the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin during the 2019 Biennale. Rawlings has exhibited internationally and at the likes of Glastonbury and The Chelsea Flower show and is now considered one of the most exciting names in British art. This is his first show with West Contemporary. Socially-minded London-based artist Robi Walters transforms discarded materials into beautiful works of art as a recycling practice that has attracted collectors in Sir Paul McCartney, Mary J Blige and Usain Bolt. Emerging from a difficult start in life and a time in social care, Robi’s artistic practice echoes his own life. The process of taking discarded objects and making them beautiful and ‘wanted’ has taken him to the forefront of domestic art and an Artist-in-Residence placement with Aston Martin. Fin DAC, notably the only artist to be commissioned by the Frida Kahlo Foundation, is now considered one of the top 5 street artists in the world. The long-time West Contemporary collaborator is known for his mural works around the globe. Since quitting a design/marketing role aged 45 just over a decade ago, the self-taught, non-conformist urban artist has defined and perfected an atypical spray paint style he has dubbed ‘Urban Aesthetics’. His collections are known for selling out within two minutes of release and his murals can be seen in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, London and beyond. In a field where opportunities for female artists have been notoriously difficult to come by, internationally renowned sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge has moulded a well-earned space for herself as a leading light of British fine art and sculpture. Having worked with the universally admired Sir Anthony Caro and alongside Sir Normal Foster on the Millenium Bridge, Cullen-Kerridge’s pedigree is impeccable. Following a period establishing her Michelin-starred restaurants alongside TV-chef Husband, Tom – Beth is entering a period of her career where she is rightly earning the plaudits her work deserves. As arguably the world’s most important music photographer and documentarian, Denis O’Regan’s storied career is one of many highlights. As the person on earth to have taken the most photographs of David Bowie, the Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Albert Hall is also widely known for his work alongside The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. O’Regan had the honour of photographing the last ever Queen show featuring Freddie Mercury, alongside being the only official photographer of Live Aid and a Royal-appointment as the man behind the camera for the Concert For Diana. Official placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy cemented the London-based artist with a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty and a heavyweight in British fine art. West Contemporary are proud to use this opportunity and group exhibition to introduce The Cameron Twins. Born in 1999, the collaborative artist duo of identical twins Abigail and Phebe work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their work has an overall strong and garish style using an over-saturated bright colour palette to create a surreal quality and incorporates many familiar, recognisable, fun images and pop-culture references from childhood, such as Barbie, Trolls and My Little Pony. Considered by the gallery as one (or two) of the most interesting and expressive emerging artists in the U.K, this is a first major show opportunity for the recent graduates to exhibit alongside internationally successful artists. ‘XX’, titled as the roman numerals for ‘20’, will feature original artworks, limited edition pieces, unseen new releases and classic works across a wide range of medium including sculpture and will be open to the public for five days over March and April 2023 at Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London. Full Artist List: Alexander de Cadenet, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Bex Leigh, Carne Griffiths, Chloe Natalia, Day-z, Denis O’Regan, Fin DAC, Gabriella Anouk, Jim Threapleton, Lauren Baker, Mark Beattie, Raul, Robi Walters, Russell Marshall, The Cameron Twins, The Connor Brothers, Wildcat Will, Willkay. ‘XX’ is a group show by West Contemporary and will be held at Gallery Different, 14 Percy St, London W1T 1DR between Tuesday 28th March to Saturday 1st April 2023. The show is open to the public.
During London’s forthcoming Art Fair week (12th - 16th October 22) at the Saatchi Gallery StART Fair - British artist Alexander de Cadenet with his Gallery of representation- Space 4.1- West Contemporary will present a new series of incredible skull portraits of powerful, historical - Medici Family. De Cadenet who is well known for his photographic "skull portraits" and also his meteorite and Life Burger sculptures that featured none other than Donald Trump, will present this incredible new series of portraits based on the photos of the skulls from the Medici Family tomb in Florence, taken by Professor Gena in 1947 when the Michelangelo tomb sculptures were removed for safekeeping during WW2. Subjects include the actual remains of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo the Elder, Cosimo I, Eleanor of Toledo, Giovanni di Bicci de Medici. It’s the fifth series of skulls and the first time actual photos have been used as opposed to x-rays, and that the remains have will be released into the public domain on a wide scale other than in medical books. De Cadenet’s first skull portrait was a self-portrait made in 1995 and based on a full frontal x-ray of his skull. It was a way to show who the subjects were inside as opposed to how they appeared on the surface. He endeavours to capture the deeper essence of the subject's identity independent of the criteria we normally use to identify someone: their unique facial features, their age, sex or socio-economic status. His previous subjects for his skull portraits have included various personalities including MI5 spymaster Stella Rimington and snooker champion Stephen Hendry, Richard III and the Gucci family to name just a few. He also crafted x-ray portraits of a vast portfolio of people including artist Dinos Chapman, rapper Mike Skinner. The process of these portraits involves not just taking a photo of them but going through the whole X-ray process of the skull that records a whole further dimension of their identity as oppose to just a simple photographs. The quotes that feature on the works have either been said at some point by the family members or are someway associated with them. This series is the first to present a whole family dynasty of subjects, family being one of the principle ways in which we construe identity during life and afterwards. All the remains came from the Medici Tomb in the New Sacristy, designed and in part created by Michelangelo and commissioned by Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII (both Medici family). The Medici are most significant in that they utilized and understand the value of art and culture to create their legend, this is in part why they are credited for creating the Renaissance – some of them especially the more famous ones sought to be remembered many years after their mortal death. In this sense their skull and their physical remains are also symbolic of what about them has lasted 300-600 years later. De Cadenet comments: "It’s fascinating to me that as an artist I can contribute in a small way to the ongoing legacy of the subjects, this is for me one of the more meaningful purposes of portraiture in that there is some transcendence from the finality and depressing nihilism of death. I also enjoy the paradox of presenting “who the subject really is inside” yet this also can be a mask, as you cannot recognise the person by looking at their skull. Ultimately all my art is about exploring what is giving my life meaning and on this subject, a contemplation of mortality is a chance for deeper spiritual contemplation and questioning. The skull portraits can even hint at the more meta-physical dimension, the soul. What happens to the soul after death? Can the living still impact the souls of the departed? Maybe art can have some part to play in these eternal questions”. Alexander de Cadenet is Represented by his gallery in London West Contemporary with whom he is showing at The Saatchi Gallery Art Fair StART
During London’s forthcoming Art Fair week (12th - 16th October 22) at the Saatchi Gallery StART Fair - British artist Alexander de Cadenet with his Gallery of representation- Space 4.1- West Contemporary will present a new series of incredible skull portraits of powerful, historical - Medici Family. De Cadenet who is well known for his photographic "skull portraits" and also his meteorite and Life Burger sculptures that featured none other than Donald Trump, will present this incredible new series of portraits based on the photos of the skulls from the Medici Family tomb in Florence, taken by Professor Gena in 1947 when the Michelangelo tomb sculptures were removed for safekeeping during WW2. Subjects include the actual remains of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo the Elder, Cosimo I, Eleanor of Toledo, Giovanni di Bicci de Medici. It’s the fifth series of skulls and the first time actual photos have been used as opposed to x-rays, and that the remains have will be released into the public domain on a wide scale other than in medical books. De Cadenet’s first skull portrait was a self-portrait made in 1995 and based on a full frontal x-ray of his skull. It was a way to show who the subjects were inside as opposed to how they appeared on the surface. He endeavours to capture the deeper essence of the subject's identity independent of the criteria we normally use to identify someone: their unique facial features, their age, sex or socio-economic status. His previous subjects for his skull portraits have included various personalities including MI5 spymaster Stella Rimington and snooker champion Stephen Hendry, Richard III and the Gucci family to name just a few. He also crafted x-ray portraits of a vast portfolio of people including artist Dinos Chapman, rapper Mike Skinner. The process of these portraits involves not just taking a photo of them but going through the whole X-ray process of the skull that records a whole further dimension of their identity as oppose to just a simple photographs. The quotes that feature on the works have either been said at some point by the family members or are someway associated with them. This series is the first to present a whole family dynasty of subjects, family being one of the principle ways in which we construe identity during life and afterwards. All the remains came from the Medici Tomb in the New Sacristy, designed and in part created by Michelangelo and commissioned by Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII (both Medici family). The Medici are most significant in that they utilized and understand the value of art and culture to create their legend, this is in part why they are credited for creating the Renaissance – some of them especially the more famous ones sought to be remembered many years after their mortal death. In this sense their skull and their physical remains are also symbolic of what about them has lasted 300-600 years later. De Cadenet comments: "It’s fascinating to me that as an artist I can contribute in a small way to the ongoing legacy of the subjects, this is for me one of the more meaningful purposes of portraiture in that there is some transcendence from the finality and depressing nihilism of death. I also enjoy the paradox of presenting “who the subject really is inside” yet this also can be a mask, as you cannot recognise the person by looking at their skull. Ultimately all my art is about exploring what is giving my life meaning and on this subject, a contemplation of mortality is a chance for deeper spiritual contemplation and questioning. The skull portraits can even hint at the more meta-physical dimension, the soul. What happens to the soul after death? Can the living still impact the souls of the departed? Maybe art can have some part to play in these eternal questions”. Alexander de Cadenet is Represented by his gallery in London West Contemporary with whom he is showing at The Saatchi Gallery Art Fair StART
During London’s forthcoming Art Fair week (12th - 16th October 22) at the Saatchi Gallery StART Fair - British artist Alexander de Cadenet with his Gallery of representation- Space 4.1- West Contemporary will present a new series of incredible skull portraits of powerful, historical - Medici Family. De Cadenet who is well known for his photographic "skull portraits" and also his meteorite and Life Burger sculptures that featured none other than Donald Trump, will present this incredible new series of portraits based on the photos of the skulls from the Medici Family tomb in Florence, taken by Professor Gena in 1947 when the Michelangelo tomb sculptures were removed for safekeeping during WW2. Subjects include the actual remains of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo the Elder, Cosimo I, Eleanor of Toledo, Giovanni di Bicci de Medici. It’s the fifth series of skulls and the first time actual photos have been used as opposed to x-rays, and that the remains have will be released into the public domain on a wide scale other than in medical books. De Cadenet’s first skull portrait was a self-portrait made in 1995 and based on a full frontal x-ray of his skull. It was a way to show who the subjects were inside as opposed to how they appeared on the surface. He endeavours to capture the deeper essence of the subject's identity independent of the criteria we normally use to identify someone: their unique facial features, their age, sex or socio-economic status. His previous subjects for his skull portraits have included various personalities including MI5 spymaster Stella Rimington and snooker champion Stephen Hendry, Richard III and the Gucci family to name just a few. He also crafted x-ray portraits of a vast portfolio of people including artist Dinos Chapman, rapper Mike Skinner. The process of these portraits involves not just taking a photo of them but going through the whole X-ray process of the skull that records a whole further dimension of their identity as oppose to just a simple photographs. The quotes that feature on the works have either been said at some point by the family members or are someway associated with them. This series is the first to present a whole family dynasty of subjects, family being one of the principle ways in which we construe identity during life and afterwards. All the remains came from the Medici Tomb in the New Sacristy, designed and in part created by Michelangelo and commissioned by Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII (both Medici family). The Medici are most significant in that they utilized and understand the value of art and culture to create their legend, this is in part why they are credited for creating the Renaissance – some of them especially the more famous ones sought to be remembered many years after their mortal death. In this sense their skull and their physical remains are also symbolic of what about them has lasted 300-600 years later. De Cadenet comments: "It’s fascinating to me that as an artist I can contribute in a small way to the ongoing legacy of the subjects, this is for me one of the more meaningful purposes of portraiture in that there is some transcendence from the finality and depressing nihilism of death. I also enjoy the paradox of presenting “who the subject really is inside” yet this also can be a mask, as you cannot recognise the person by looking at their skull. Ultimately all my art is about exploring what is giving my life meaning and on this subject, a contemplation of mortality is a chance for deeper spiritual contemplation and questioning. The skull portraits can even hint at the more meta-physical dimension, the soul. What happens to the soul after death? Can the living still impact the souls of the departed? Maybe art can have some part to play in these eternal questions”. Alexander de Cadenet is Represented by his gallery in London West Contemporary with whom he is showing at The Saatchi Gallery Art Fair StART
During London’s forthcoming Art Fair week (12th - 16th October 22) at the Saatchi Gallery StART Fair - British artist Alexander de Cadenet with his Gallery of representation- Space 4.1- West Contemporary will present a new series of incredible skull portraits of powerful, historical - Medici Family. De Cadenet who is well known for his photographic "skull portraits" and also his meteorite and Life Burger sculptures that featured none other than Donald Trump, will present this incredible new series of portraits based on the photos of the skulls from the Medici Family tomb in Florence, taken by Professor Gena in 1947 when the Michelangelo tomb sculptures were removed for safekeeping during WW2. Subjects include the actual remains of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo the Elder, Cosimo I, Eleanor of Toledo, Giovanni di Bicci de Medici. It’s the fifth series of skulls and the first time actual photos have been used as opposed to x-rays, and that the remains have will be released into the public domain on a wide scale other than in medical books. De Cadenet’s first skull portrait was a self-portrait made in 1995 and based on a full frontal x-ray of his skull. It was a way to show who the subjects were inside as opposed to how they appeared on the surface. He endeavours to capture the deeper essence of the subject's identity independent of the criteria we normally use to identify someone: their unique facial features, their age, sex or socio-economic status. His previous subjects for his skull portraits have included various personalities including MI5 spymaster Stella Rimington and snooker champion Stephen Hendry, Richard III and the Gucci family to name just a few. He also crafted x-ray portraits of a vast portfolio of people including artist Dinos Chapman, rapper Mike Skinner. The process of these portraits involves not just taking a photo of them but going through the whole X-ray process of the skull that records a whole further dimension of their identity as oppose to just a simple photographs. The quotes that feature on the works have either been said at some point by the family members or are someway associated with them. This series is the first to present a whole family dynasty of subjects, family being one of the principle ways in which we construe identity during life and afterwards. All the remains came from the Medici Tomb in the New Sacristy, designed and in part created by Michelangelo and commissioned by Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII (both Medici family). The Medici are most significant in that they utilized and understand the value of art and culture to create their legend, this is in part why they are credited for creating the Renaissance – some of them especially the more famous ones sought to be remembered many years after their mortal death. In this sense their skull and their physical remains are also symbolic of what about them has lasted 300-600 years later. De Cadenet comments: "It’s fascinating to me that as an artist I can contribute in a small way to the ongoing legacy of the subjects, this is for me one of the more meaningful purposes of portraiture in that there is some transcendence from the finality and depressing nihilism of death. I also enjoy the paradox of presenting “who the subject really is inside” yet this also can be a mask, as you cannot recognise the person by looking at their skull. Ultimately all my art is about exploring what is giving my life meaning and on this subject, a contemplation of mortality is a chance for deeper spiritual contemplation and questioning. The skull portraits can even hint at the more meta-physical dimension, the soul. What happens to the soul after death? Can the living still impact the souls of the departed? Maybe art can have some part to play in these eternal questions”. Alexander de Cadenet is Represented by his gallery in London West Contemporary with whom he is showing at The Saatchi Gallery Art Fair StART
During London’s forthcoming Art Fair week (12th - 16th October 22) at the Saatchi Gallery StART Fair - British artist Alexander de Cadenet with his Gallery of representation- Space 4.1- West Contemporary will present a new series of incredible skull portraits of powerful, historical - Medici Family. De Cadenet who is well known for his photographic "skull portraits" and also his meteorite and Life Burger sculptures that featured none other than Donald Trump, will present this incredible new series of portraits based on the photos of the skulls from the Medici Family tomb in Florence, taken by Professor Gena in 1947 when the Michelangelo tomb sculptures were removed for safekeeping during WW2. Subjects include the actual remains of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo the Elder, Cosimo I, Eleanor of Toledo, Giovanni di Bicci de Medici. It’s the fifth series of skulls and the first time actual photos have been used as opposed to x-rays, and that the remains have will be released into the public domain on a wide scale other than in medical books. De Cadenet’s first skull portrait was a self-portrait made in 1995 and based on a full frontal x-ray of his skull. It was a way to show who the subjects were inside as opposed to how they appeared on the surface. He endeavours to capture the deeper essence of the subject's identity independent of the criteria we normally use to identify someone: their unique facial features, their age, sex or socio-economic status. His previous subjects for his skull portraits have included various personalities including MI5 spymaster Stella Rimington and snooker champion Stephen Hendry, Richard III and the Gucci family to name just a few. He also crafted x-ray portraits of a vast portfolio of people including artist Dinos Chapman, rapper Mike Skinner. The process of these portraits involves not just taking a photo of them but going through the whole X-ray process of the skull that records a whole further dimension of their identity as oppose to just a simple photographs. The quotes that feature on the works have either been said at some point by the family members or are someway associated with them. This series is the first to present a whole family dynasty of subjects, family being one of the principle ways in which we construe identity during life and afterwards. All the remains came from the Medici Tomb in the New Sacristy, designed and in part created by Michelangelo and commissioned by Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII (both Medici family). The Medici are most significant in that they utilized and understand the value of art and culture to create their legend, this is in part why they are credited for creating the Renaissance – some of them especially the more famous ones sought to be remembered many years after their mortal death. In this sense their skull and their physical remains are also symbolic of what about them has lasted 300-600 years later. De Cadenet comments: "It’s fascinating to me that as an artist I can contribute in a small way to the ongoing legacy of the subjects, this is for me one of the more meaningful purposes of portraiture in that there is some transcendence from the finality and depressing nihilism of death. I also enjoy the paradox of presenting “who the subject really is inside” yet this also can be a mask, as you cannot recognise the person by looking at their skull. Ultimately all my art is about exploring what is giving my life meaning and on this subject, a contemplation of mortality is a chance for deeper spiritual contemplation and questioning. The skull portraits can even hint at the more meta-physical dimension, the soul. What happens to the soul after death? Can the living still impact the souls of the departed? Maybe art can have some part to play in these eternal questions”. Alexander de Cadenet is Represented by his gallery in London West Contemporary with whom he is showing at The Saatchi Gallery Art Fair StART
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
One of the UK’s leading restaurants, operated by an award-winning and highly celebrated British TV chef, has teamed up with a London-based international art consultancy and several acclaimed, domestically based artists to create a world-class art show within the spectacular settings of a legendary 5-star hotel. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, led by Michelin-star chef and noted innovator Tom Kerridge, once again has enlisted notable art gallerists West Contemporary (supported by Manifold Editions) to curate the ‘Voices in British Art: Second Edition’ exhibition...
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