Robert Platt
dal 16/4/2008 al 16/5/2008
Segnalato da
16/4/2008
Robert Platt
Houldsworth Gallery, London
Huntorama. The artist adopts the medium of painting to explore a series of dichotomies whereby nature and artifice stand opposed. In this show he explores a lost Eden in a time when nature has become increasingly mediated and domesticated.
Pippy Houldsworth is proud to present to press Robert Platt's first
UK solo show. A Royal College of Art alumni, Platt adopts the medium
of painting to explore a series of dichotomies whereby nature and
artifice stand opposed. In Huntorama he explores a lost Eden in a
time when nature has become increasingly mediated and domesticated.
This wistful yearning for a reconnection with both nature and its
wilderness is personified for Platt in activities such as hunting and
Huntorama stages a rich mix of Japanese landscape imbued with a very
British sensibility.
Please find attached a preview of works from the show. Press are
invited to book appointments to visit the gallery to view a sample of
those to be included in Huntorama prior to the official opening on
Friday 18th April. Further information concerning Robert Platt's
work and practice is contained in the documents attached (Visual Info
& Press Release).
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery will be participating in PULSE Art Fair,
New York from 27-30 March. If you are covering the art fairs please
visit us at booth A-04 where we will be exhibiting new work by
renowned British sculptor Laura Ford, previous Tate Modern ArtNow
exhibitor Matt Franks, award-winning filmmaker Clare Langan, RCA
graduate Nicola Williams and Liverpool Biennial 2008 exhibitors the
Royal Art Lodge.
Image: Thoreaux’s Retreat, 2006, oil on board 151 x 182 cm, 59 1/2 x 71 3/4 in
Opening april 17 2008
Houldsworth Gallery
50 Pall Mall Deposit, 124-128 Barlby Road - London
Free admission