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28/2/2003

Stuart Cumberland

Kate MacGarry, London

'It is dangerous to ignore the existence of the irrational. The more cultivated a person is, the more intelligent, the more repressed, then the more he needs some method of channelling the primitive urges he's worked so hard to subdue. Otherwise those powerful old forces will mass and strengthen until they are violent enough to break free, more violent for the delay often strong enough to sweep the will away entirely.'
The Secret History Donna Tartt

Cumberland's paintings are a satisfying mix of knowing, disciplined, gestural abstraction and a riot of referential ambiguities. With a dripping and slack-brushed approach, simple shapes take on the quality of 'Modern Art' primitivism.

The most notable motif in his recent work is a solitary arm that appears alone or buried among abstract shapes. These limbs suggest a figurative reading while the basic shapes pull towards abstraction.

The artist's admiration for the work and vitality of the modern masters is clear in his motifs and technique. He strives for and manages to retain, a fresh and energetic approach without making caricatures of historical works.

Stuart Cumberland - born 1970, lives and works in London

Group Exhibitions
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, 2003
Heart & Soul, Sandroni Rey, Venice, California, 2000 &
60 Long Lane, London, 1999
Home & Away, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, 1998
Gonzo, Bethnal Green Police Station, London, 1997
Still Things, The Approach, London, 1997
East International, Norwich Art Gallery, 1996
BT New Contemporaries, National Touring Exhibition,1993-1994

Solo Exhibitions
5 New Paintings, Tablet, London, 2002
New Paintings, Royal College of Art, London, 2001

Image: The Grand Escape 2003 (detail)
acrylic on linen
195 x 160cm

Open Thursday to Sunday 12.00 - 18.00 or by appointment.

Kate Macgarry
95-97 Redchurch Street London E2 7DJ
Tel +44 (0)20 7613 3909

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