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19/3/2003

Relative values

Pitzhanger Manor House, London

A collaboration with Flowers East'

Tues - Fri 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

Private View: Thursday 20 March - 6pm - 9pm

Glenys Barton
Stephen Chambers
Carol Hodgson
Tim Lewis
Freya Payne
Trevor Sutton

RELATIVE VALUES heralds a wealth of interesting shows during 2003 at PM Gallery & House, the largest contemporary art space in West London. This exhibition signals a fruitful partnership between a commercial concern and a publicly funded gallery. RELATIVE VALUES offers the audience a unique opportunity to see the original work of six major international figures from the stable of Flowers East, one of the most innovative dealers in contemporary art.

Major works, including some that will be newly produced responding to the domestic setting of Pitzhanger Manor and the contemporary gallery, reflect the distinct vision of each of these six artists and their range of diverse mixed media. RELATIVE VALUES will explore the imagery and concerns of the artists' works selected to contrast with the architectural features within both spaces. This juxtaposition will enable audiences to see how 'setting' influences our response to the visual arts.

Stephen Chambers' paintings have a formidable presence, which blesses the eye while intriguing the brain. Chambers describes his paintings as being about 'states of mind' and talks of being 'interested in paradox; the welding together of seduction and mayhem, innocence and menace, serenity and anarchy.'

Freya Payne In response to Pitzhanger Manor, Payne has made a site-specific mixed media work for the upstairs drawing room. Th ree simple stained glass boxes stand on the white marble mantelpiece. Suspended in each is a bird-like form made from wood, bone, stone and hair. The bird motif is taken from the stylised exotic birds that repeat on the rooms printed wallpaper. In the sculptures however, the exotic is stripped and life dislocated in a more ambiguous fall between birth and death.

The art of these six artists share a common thread in the intensity of concentration each artist brings to the task of making art. This exhibition will allow our imagination to be challenged and inspired from many perspectives and invites our mind'8217;s eye to respond. It will provide audiences with an extraordinary opportunity to experience the breadth and quality of work emanating from the stable of influential and established artists from this renowned East London gallery.

For further details/images please contact - see attached editor's notes for artist details Edward Ward/Carol Swo!rds/Valerie Chang on 020 8567 1227
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Pitzhanger Manor House
Walpole Park, Mattock Lane - Ealing
London
W5 5EQ
Tel: +44 (0)20 8567 1227
Fax: +44 (0)20 8567 0595

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