Exhibition
The first swing of the bat
Organised by GALLERY46 - TICKNER McLUSKY BELL & YOUNG
The first swing of the bat pulls together a broad collection of language and conceptual framework, each artist bringing a distinct language to the show. The exhibiting artists primarily work with paint, sculpture, collage, drawing and printmaking also play in a role. Certain types of realism hover at the precipice of abstraction, amalgamations of the unreal and hyperreal collide, there is tension sought between these languages and their relationship to time. There are slight overlaps of interest but for the most part each artists agenda is solitary, ten islands to visit.
The ambition of this show is to present an ariel view of painting, now.
Private View, Wednesday 14th April, 6pm-9pm
Late Opening, Friday 16th April, 12pm-10pm
Show runs until Sunday 28th April
The first swing of the bat alludes to a tight grip, bat in hand, and the moments before the batter swings, the tension, suspense and release of these nanoseconds. The ritualistic nature of honing skills in anticipation of performance and the zones occupied in two states is a thread not dissimilar to that found in any studio. The palpable, tangible excitement of a long awaited event, a thread reproduced endlessly in cinema and literature. The introduction to Don Delillo’s Underworld and Takeshi Kitano’s Boiling Point each contributed to the conception of the show. Delillo’s minute description of the excitement coupled with Kitano’s absurd nostalgic odyssey, subverting the banal, unrolling untold events. Visual equivalents have been sought to mirror the tension, malleability, elasticity and scale cited in Delillo and Kitano’s narratives.
Artists
Ned Armstrong
Max Gimson
Ariane Heloise Hughes
Sophie Lourdes Knight
Viktor Mattsson
Holly Mills
Jade Ching-yuk Ng
Daniel Taylor
Heidi Ukkonen
Maïa Régis
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