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2/4/2009

Richard Galloway

Wyer Gallery, London

This April, Richard Galloway presents his second solo show at Wyer Gallery, which opens with a private view on the 3rd April 2009. Galloway will exhibit a new series of unique, large-scale linocuts containing meticulous depictions of London’s east end: snapshots of an only semi-fictitious sin-city, which comprise ‘High Street’. This most recent work continues with his now trademark bleak humour to explore the themes of social change, conflict, faith and struggle.

In the past, the intensity of Galloway’s linocuts, the dark humour and satirical edge of his narratives, has been compared to the landscapes of Paul Noble. Like Noble, Galloway is an accomplished draughtsman, but unlike what we see in Noble’s imaginary universe, Galloway’s world, albeit with a degree of artistic license, is based on what he sees about him everyday. And the accuracy or legitimacy of his observations has always been hard gained through being right there in the throng of the action, immersing himself in the environments he studies, be it his local barber’s, boozer or betting shop, or rising pre-dawn to accompany his neighbourhood’s dustbin men on their morning rounds.

With a dutiful nod to Hogarth and his modern moral subjects, Galloway offers enjoyably uncomplicated narratives that unfold the stories of these east end types – hard-men and hard-grafters, tramps, prostitutes, bar flies, bingo callers - unflatteringly depicted sometimes but without cruelty; narratives which, ‘contain detailed references to contemporary life in the East End, from the food people eat to the clothes they wear, while projecting an underlying sadness for its fading values. Branding such as Starbuck’s and iPods sully his romantic view of salt-of-the-earth types but, simultaneously, their inclusion updates his use of the traditional process of printmaking. [Gemma De Cruz 2005]

Richard Galloway (b. 1980 Kettering, Northamptonshire) lives and works London. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. Since his last show at Wyer Gallery he has exhibited in group shows with The Great Unsigned, which also presented his work at Zoo Art Fair, and he regularly collaborates with Le Gun. His work is in prestigious collections including the Saatchi Collection and the collection of David Roberts.

EDUCATION 2002-2004 Royal College of Art, MA Printmaking; 1999-2002 University of Northumbria, BA Hons Fine Art SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2006 Richard Galloway, Wyer Gallery, London (solo show); New News From Nowhere, curated by Mark Hampson at the William Morris Gallery, London; V22 Collection, curated by Tara Cranswick and Sara Dismore, Ashwin Street, London, April 06; V22 Collection, Clerkenwell, London, June 06 2005 The Great Unsigned, Zoo International Art Fair, London; Craving Your Indulgence, curated by Irene Bradbury and Soraya Rodriguez, The Great Unsigned, Great Eastern Street, London; Hot off the Press, curator Henry Walsh The New Academy Gallery, London 2004 New Graduates, curator Susan Oman, AAF, BatterseaPark, London; Tindle effect 2, curator Garath Brooks, Space Place, London; Le Gun, French Institute; Ex-press, The Royal College of Art; Show 1,The Royal College of Art 2003 Richard Galloway, Hockney Gallery, RCA; Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy 2002 Northern Graduates,The Curwen Gallery 2001 Finebrand South shields Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, May-June 2003 PRESS New News From Nowhere, William Morris Gallery, 2006; The Basil H Alkazzi Foundation, May 2005; Le Gun Royal College of Art, May 2004; Le Gun, Observer, Aug 2004; Comic Royal College of Art, May 2003 COLLECTIONS & AWARDS David Roberts Collection, July 2006; Saatchi Collection, May 2004; Alkazzi Collection, May 2004; Fatima and Faiza H Alkazzi Award, Royal College of Art, May 2004; Augustus Martin Prize, Royal College of Art, May 2004

Private View Friday 3rd April

Wyer Gallery
191 St. John's Hill - London
Free admission

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