ART LONDON, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA

A brilliant sunny day for a nice intimate Gallery driven exhibition in London: Art London, Chelsea. Similar to 20/21 British Art fair mentioned in my 30 September entry, it houses a reasonable number of galleries showing contemporary artists (though, as usual, there is always the odd Henry Moore or Barbara Hepworth and Bridget Riley prints). The visitors are welcomed by a number of three dimensional works such as Rick Kirkby's Stainless still 'Crescent':



Unfortunately, photography was not allowed in the building so I have linked as many artists and galleries as possible.

As you go in, there is a collection of works by Jean-Francois Rauzier who has developed the concept of 'Hyperphotos': each composition is made up of between 600 and 3,500 close-up images stitched together to form some formidable illusions. He is represented by Waterhouse & Dodd at 26 Cork Street.
Chuck Elliott, represented by Mark Jason Gallery, also uses photography for his abstract work full of light, colour and based on geometry. Somehow for me, the work seems very inspired by Bridget Riley and uses similar repetitive shapes and movements, though the colours are far more 'electric'. Also represented by the same gallery, is Pamela Stretton: her female form images are made of iconography drawn from the food, fashion, consumerism and health and fitness industries and are built up from small 20x20mm squares. Marcus Harvey's Myra Hinley painting comes to mind when I look at Pamela's work, but I guess not has shocking as Harvey's work.
Four Square Fine Arts gallery offers works from two artists I have been following lately: Ellen Bell as well as Eberhard Ross. Both the artist's work are using repetitive patterns to create their imagery and somehow this strikes a cord with me and my 'coding' research. Very clean imagery from both artists.
Ellen has very kindly allowed me to show some of her work from photos on her website (Thanks Ellen)




The Art Movement Consultancyshows minimalist work by Geoff Catlow: The work is refined, clean and follows clean rules set by the creator. Geoff only uses black and white (or derivatives such as greys and creams) and always works from a square. This gives him a rigid base for his explorations which are surprisingly varied.
Anastasia Lewis, represented by Long & Ryle Gallery is based on repetition, hence I am very attracted to it. Her butterfly studies using simple watercolour on paper form a seemingly uniform picture, however, every single butterfly is different, just exquisite work. Katharine Morling's porcelain work also attracted me within the exhibits of Long & Ryle. I saw her work at the 20/21 British Art fair a few weeks ago and I really like the drawing element of her monochromatic three dimensional still life tableaux. I particularly like the keys and locks which are life size and yet look like cartoons because they are so representational rather than realistic.
I will have to finish this entry with the work of Fernando Costa, represented by The French Studio. Costa uses road signs that he cuts and construct into new compositions. I like the subversive element of the work. I had a chat with director Caroline Le Luel and she seemed pleased with the way the exhibition was going.
A really nice afternoon, finished with taking some great photos of Battersy Power station: