Sam Knowles picked out as highlight of 2010

January 14th, 2011

Kenn Taylor picks out Sam Knowles as the highlight of New Contemporaries 2010 in his review for Aesthetica – he writes:

“A highlight is Sam Knowles’ series of works, which utilise the aesthetics of space. In Field (2009) star systems are painted over dozens of pages from books: novels, works of anthropology, philosophy and science. Elsewhere A Sectional View of the Endless Immensity (2009) is a complex map laying out an outline of both the mind and the universe. Reflecting on how we attempt to reduce the enormity of existence to technical diagrams and descriptions, it’s a complex, understated and arresting series of works.”

http://aestheticamagazine.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-bloomberg-new-contemporaries.html

See also:

http://www.ica.org.uk/microsite/bnc2010/

http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/index.php?app_year=2010&PHPSESSID=79231fb3ab89d7bb3d38120b378002e2

http://www.ica.org.uk/microsite/bnc2010/

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Posted by Simon Oldfield on January 14th, 2011

About Simon Oldfield

Simon Oldfield Gallery aims to work with the very best artists and realise ambitious projects across multiple locations.

We have exhibited work by Ben Ashton, Polly Morgan and Katy Kirbach and soon we will open our new space at 9 Henrietta Street with New Symphony showing work by Tim Ellis, Katie Cuddon, Sam Plagerson and Douglas White.

At the end of 2009 we curated Ben Ashton’s first solo show in a former monumental stonemason’s showroom. Ashton exhibited new paintings and sculptures that explore the notion of celebrity throughout history.

Katy Kirbach has recently exhibited in the annual Premiums show at the Royal Academy in February 2010. Tim Ellis’ latest series is to be exhibited in Saatchi’s “Newspeak: British Art Now” and Ben Ashton has recently exhibited alongside Antony Gormley.

We use part of our profit to support charitable organisations including the Whitechapel Gallery. In addition, we run a subsidised studio programme for emerging artists, which has recently been extended to provide studio/living accommodation for Yane Calovski in support of the Contemporary Art Society’s centenary programme.