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Image Going Underground by Darragh Powell
It's the launch of our Curio-City exhibition this evening (6-9, invites here), celebrating all things surreal and bizarre from our bright young artists. From Hannah Adamaszek's striking women, Agnetha Sjögren's brilliantly behaved sculptural dogs and Tannaz Oroumchi's re-imagined maps of London, we have the best of the capital's international vibrancy on our four walls.
Here are just a few of the delights you'll find at Curious Duke Gallery...
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
100x100cm
ï¿¡3500
A true description of London wouldn't be complete without noting just how colourful and alive this city is. And Darren MacPherson has captured this perfectly with exhale. The twist of the tiger tattoo motif on the women's back glitters against the shock of pink and graffiti body, a colourful mix that stand out in his other works August and The Return of Ghost Dog
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Ink on film.
59x42cm
ï¿¡500
Architect and artist Tannaz Oroumchi takes the existing cityscape, and throws away its permanency. Oroumchi's ink drawings play over existing lines in order to reimagine what our city could be, and how we could use it for it to become more functional for society. London Bubble proposes circular platforms that rise over the Thames, not to act as bridges, but as community areas to gain space and to take space from the overbearing corporate nature of London.
Acrylic on board
100 cm diameter
ï¿¡600
London isn't all grappling crowds, as Adamaszek's woman looks out at us, we too can bring some peace and tranquilly into our homes with her contemplative figures. Ocean Tides cool breeze lingers in this painting, bringing summer all at once.
Plaster sculpture covered in fabric.
30x32cm
ï¿¡2950
Agnetha Sjögren's terror of dogs led her to create a 'nice' dog, that will be well behaved and not need walking; a dog without the responsibility. And so her dogs were born, ranging from Tintin Calculus and Modesty Blaise from her comic book series, to Tant Gul, her first dog that celebrates the design and colours of fashion from the 1960s.
Watchtower (The Hill has Eyes)
Acrylic, ink and spray paint on board
60x80cm
ï¿¡1480
Powell's cinematic perspective plays on suspense and an eerie air that stops you in your tracks. One of three paintings that feature London, Going Underground and London Calling hold you in the magnetic grip of London in all its horror and beauty, and maybe the night bus.
Curio-City open 20th February - 28th March.
Monday - Friday 11:30- 6:30, Saturday 12-4.