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Spring Affair
Group Show - London ,

Spring Affair: Group Show - London

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  • André Saraiva, Castelbajac, Eko Nugroho, Robert Montgomery, Erwin Olaf, FAILE

  • Entering into a new season signifies a moment to look into arts that reflect on our immediate environment. Danysz gallery...

    FAILE, Held: Study in Blue, 2013

    Entering into a new season signifies a moment to look into arts that reflect on our immediate environment. Danysz gallery is pleased to present online exhibition that aims to examine the work of six artists and their artistic engagement with lifeforms – either through text, painting, or photography. 

    Artists included in the exhibition are driven by curiosity for the urban and natural world and the intricate ways we are connected to it.

    With the new season, our renewed state of mind suggests that we are open to serendipity. The result is that we stumble upon new behaviours, thoughts, movements or ways of being.

  • André Saraiva draws on the improvisational potential and free play of possibilities as his style evolves into a more conceptual...

    André Saraiva, Sans Titre, 2018 

    André Saraiva draws on the improvisational potential and free play of possibilities as his style evolves into a more conceptual practice. His artistic language is revolving around bold colours. The artist's signature use of candy pink and azure blue, ranging from its faint hues to neon, expresses positive emotions; happiness, playfulness and even poetics.

    Saraiva’s Mr. A, character with signature ‘X’ and ‘O’ eyes, represents artist’s alter ego. He began painting this iconic grinding face throughout the cities searching for a joyful interaction with the public space and passers-by. Mr. A is a visual shortcut, an emoticon used by the artist to project playfulness. The artist is curious to find out what happens when our behaviour is influenced by the idea of play. Looking at the phenomenology of movement, game brings about a form of kinesthetic freedom; games begin, are played out, even end, only to be repeated by players who want to continue playing, over and over again as the pleasure of the experience drives the desire. 

     

     

     

  • In the 2000s, André Saraiva began a performative project called ‘Love Graffiti’ in which he would spray paint the name of someone's lover at an address of his or her choosing.  

    • Robert Montgomery Love Detonates, 2021 Ara acrylic and glaze on canvas 210 x 165 cm 82 5/8 x 65 in
      Robert Montgomery
      Love Detonates, 2021
      Ara acrylic and glaze on canvas
      210 x 165 cm
      82 5/8 x 65 in
    • Faile Held: Study in Blue, 2013 Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas - original variant of 2 157 x 216 cm 61 3/4 x 85 1/8 in
      Faile
      Held: Study in Blue, 2013
      Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas - original variant of 2
      157 x 216 cm
      61 3/4 x 85 1/8 in
    • Robert Montgomery Salvage Paradise, 2021 Ara acrylic and glaze on canvas 250 x 150 cm 98 3/8 x 59 1/8 in
      Robert Montgomery
      Salvage Paradise, 2021
      Ara acrylic and glaze on canvas
      250 x 150 cm
      98 3/8 x 59 1/8 in
    • André Saraiva, painting, courtesy Danysz gallery
      André Saraiva
      Constellation, 2017
      Acrylic and spray paint on cardboard and canvas
      100 x 100 cm
      39 x 39 in.
    • Castelbajac Sans titre 4, 2019 Acrylic and pastel on paper 42 x 30 cm 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in
      Castelbajac
      Sans titre 4, 2019
      Acrylic and pastel on paper
      42 x 30 cm
      16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in
    • André Saraiva, painting, courtesy Danysz gallery
      André Saraiva
      Sans Titre, 2018
      Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
      100 x 100 cm
      39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
    • Faile Paradise, 2020 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 153 x 122 cm 60 1/4 x 48 1/8 in
      Faile
      Paradise, 2020
      Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
      153 x 122 cm
      60 1/4 x 48 1/8 in
    • Castelbajac Sans titre 2, 2019 Acrylic and pastel on paper 30 x 42 cm 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in
      Castelbajac
      Sans titre 2, 2019
      Acrylic and pastel on paper
      30 x 42 cm
      11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in
  • “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.”

    —Ernest Hemingway, 'A Moveable Feast'

  • The work of Robert Montgomery introduces lyricism and a different kind of visual exploration. Often deeply emotional, inspired by the graffiti artists of East London and the poetry of Philip Larkin, Robert Montgomery’s text-based works are both ambiguous and emotionally poignant.

  • Montgomery speaks to passers-by by placing his lyric messages at the most unexpected places, luring us to tap into our...

    Montgomery speaks to passers-by by placing his lyric messages at the most unexpected places, luring us to tap into our inner poet. Under his touch the city becomes a place of participation. He writes large-scale texts on billboards or light works; “whereas graffiti sprayers usually covertly place their tags in the grey zones of awareness—on underpasses, overpasses, or the walls of buildings; Montgomery operates openly, using, among others, bus stops, parks, and billboards as projection screens.” (Ingo Arend)

     

    More recently, Robert Montgomery started producing poetic paintings depicting elements of human and natural form, often derived from his immediate surroundings. Using subtle color palette, his styles range from the naturalistic, to the abbreviated and abstract, indicating a way of differentiating among modes of representation, that is akin to postmodern practices.

  • Drawn by Castelbajac’s playful hand, Sans Titre 3, 2019 offers a lyrical interplay of visual elements. Omitting accessible representation, the...

    Castelbajac, Sans Titre 3, 2019

     

    Drawn by Castelbajac’s playful hand, Sans Titre 3, 2019 offers a lyrical interplay of visual elements. Omitting accessible representation, the artist produces swirling abstract forms resembling automatism – a practice that seeks to give creative license to the unconscious mind.

     

    Composed in a symphony of rhythmic markmaking, vigorous patterns of blue, orange, green and yellow, de-emphase the significance of the image, and instead project ideas of happiness and joy.  

  • In the work of these artists, the whimsical dreamscape, however, has a direct link to the contemporary societies. The changing shape of our environment and the multiplicity of botanical richness all expand our engagement with world, whether it is a result of prescribed rituals connected to physical activity or a simple visual and sensorial engagement with the outdoors.

    • André Saraiva, painting, courtesy Danysz gallery
      André Saraiva
      Mister A 8, 2018
      Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
      100 x 100 cm
      39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
    • Robert Montgomery Sentinels, 2012 Oak, green polymer and 12volt LED lights 150 x 340 cm 59 1/2 x 134 in Edition of 5
      Robert Montgomery
      Sentinels, 2012
      Oak, green polymer and 12volt LED lights
      150 x 340 cm
      59 1/2 x 134 in
      Edition of 5
    • Eko Nugroho Take Care of the Sun, 2021 embroidered painting 154 x 139 cm 60 x 54 inches
      Eko Nugroho
      Take Care of the Sun, 2021
      embroidered painting
      154 x 139 cm
      60 x 54 inches
    • Erwin Olaf Shanghai Huai Hai 116 Still Life, 2017 - 2018 Photograph Fine art print 75 x 56 cm 29.5 x 22 in. Edition of 12 plus 2 AP
      Erwin Olaf
      Shanghai Huai Hai 116 Still Life, 2017 - 2018
      Photograph
      Fine art print
      75 x 56 cm
      29.5 x 22 in.
      Edition of 12 plus 2 AP
  • Stay tuned for more

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