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20/1/2004

Together

Le Salon for Art Collectors, London

Carol K. Brown, Cedric Christie, Katy Lynton, Frances Richardson, Sophie Smallhorn and Jeanne Susplugas

Vanessa Suchar is pleased to announce 'Together', the next Salon for Art Collectors, where new works by emerging talents will be presented in a smart collector's apartment in South Kensington.

Cedric Christie has been building a name for itself in contemporary art circles with a number of well-received exhibitions since he gave up being a car mechanic and turned his hand to art full time several years ago. From snooker ball sculptures to monochrome portraits on solid aluminium, he sets out to produce work, which is 'beautiful in its emptiness'. His sculptures challenge the viewer to make sense of throwing away statements and intrigue with their overlap of purpose - he uses colour for aesthetic satisfaction, to update the monochrome tradition and to query the role of colour in pubic culture. Cedric Christie appears courtesy of Rocket Gallery, London.

Once upon a time, the photograph was perceived as a visual truth. We knew that paintings might lie, but never the camera. With the advent of computer technology that permits the alteration of photographs, this myth has been shown as the nonsense that artists knew all along. The acrylic paintings in Carol K. Brown's Encounters series seem 'more real' than many photographs we see in our daily lives, in spite of her obvious manipulation of realty. In her work, Brown combines and alters multiple photographs, often of the same person, and then meticulously reproduces them in paint. The resulting images reflect relationships that never existed, but appear plausible, nonetheless. The paintings seem photographic at first glance. They are small and upon close inspection reveal the tiny brush strokes of acrylic paint.

Katy Lynton makes paintings, which suggest an extra-ordinary journey- out of the mundane and into the magical. She draws from her past experiences revisiting a particular place or emotional state and intuitively recreating them on the canvas. Exuberant colours and soft organic forms are offset by hard-edged lines and an artificially heightened surface pattern. Lynton blends real world references with a highly personal symbolism to create mystical landscapes.

Frances Richardson's drawings explore with the simplest of means the idea that there is an essence of existence, an energy or life force that exists at the core of all matter. Using graphite pencils that range from 8H to 8B, the artist creates movement and light across the surface of the paper with marks that are the symbols of the basic electrical forces. A balance of positive and negative symbols permeates cosmological landscapes, materialising into subtle shapes that coalesce into fractal-esque forms. The marks in Frances Richardson's drawings present another way to express continual growth through endless addition.

In her work Sophie Smallhorn explores colour, volume and proportion. The forms of her wall works are small, simple, clean and geometric. Geometry and saturated colour are centre stage in her compositions, combined and contrasted depending on her intuitive sense of play. There is no theory, science or system in her approach. Texture is not admitted - the chance element of light and the controlled juxtaposition of form, volume, weight and colour are all she requires to make these complex scenarios that are journeys for the eye and mind.

Jeanne Susplugas comes back with her magical lens and macro photography, on a new series. 'Des photos s'enchaînent et défilent, affichant sous tous les angles possibles deux corps imbriqués l'un dans l'autre. (...). Dans ces photos, la véracité de l'apparence charnelle, est aussi illusoire. Ce ne sont que des ébats de plastique, soulignant le caractère à la fois pervers et bénin de gadgets à la physionomie plus vraie que nature. Le rose et les poupées sont parfois trompeurs. Ne pas mettre à portée des enfants' Jérôme Sans.

Le Salon for Art Collectors showcases international emerging artists in private homes, an ideal setting that helps break through the many barriers surrounding contemporary art. Le Salon provides a comfortable learning environment, while letting art-enthusiasts imagine how a piece of art would look in their own house. Prices are affordable and clearly marked, and the atmosphere is without the pressures of a gallery.

For further information and images, please contact Vanessa Suchar at +44 (0) 7887 991 932

Many Thanks to our sponsor, Glenfiddich, who will allow us to drink funky cocktails during the two opening nights.

On Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd of January 2004
>From 6pm to 11pm
Funky cocktails will be served thanks to Glenfiddich

The exhibition continues everyday until Sunday January 25th, from 2 to 8 pm Vanessa will be there from 2 to 8 pm, Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of January. Please call her for an appointment (07887 991 932) or come at your convenience

39 Emperor's Gate, Flat B, South Kensington, London, SW7 (tube: Gloucester Road)

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NEXT EVENTS:

BRUSSELS: 11-15 February, 2004
Carol K. Brown, Cedric Christie, Lili Fantozzi, Charlotte Marchand, Georges-Pascal Ricordeau, Jeanne Susplugas
In a fantastic loft: 10 Rue des Ailes, 1030 Brussels, Belgium

NEW YORK: 12-15 March, 2004 @ Scope Art fair
Hotel Gansevoort
18 9th Avenue (at 13th Street)
New York, New York 10014
USA

PARIS: April or May, 2004

LONDON: Mid May to End of June, 2004
PERFORMANCE FROM JEANNE SUSPLUGAS
@ Urban Rites
151 Sydney Street
London, SW3 5UE
UK

Vanessa Suchar J
"Galeriste sans galerie"
Le Salon for Art Collectors
29B Brook Mews North
London, W2 3BW
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7706 2710
Port FR: + 33 (0)6 68 09 50 42

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