Pending: Guest Edit by Cassandra Bowes
Yulia Iosilzon, The Red Flower, 2020
We're delighted to present the first guest edit of our winter fundraiser Pending by Cassandra Bowes, the collector, gallerist and curator behind the Instagram account @the_arts_editor. Cassandra has selected 10 of her favourite artist objects from the 60+ works we have available.
All sales help us fundraise towards the costs of our 2021-22 exhibitions and the education projects with our local Lambeth communities that run alongside them. Profits are split 50/50 between the artists and this fundraising initiative. All purchases will support emerging artists, new projects and community outreach.
Pending continues online and on display in our windows until 31 December.
The Red Flower, 2020
glazed stoneware
14 x 10 x 6 cm
Yulia Iosilzon (b. 1992), lives and works in London, UK. Graduated from Royal College of Art, MA Painting, London and from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London in 2017. She draws on fragmentary narratives, persistent duality between text and subtext, clarity and opaqueness, rendered through form in the use of transparent fabric. Yulia’s work is born from an inherent interest in the narrative - of stories anecdotally told and retold, fables proliferated and propaganda through word of mouth and fairy tales passed down from generation to generation.
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This work is so beautifully whimsical - Yulia always nails her colour combinations and this work is no exception - it's so fun and delicious looking!
The Orange Flower, 2020
oil on transparent fabric
20 x 25 cm
”The submitted works is the way to break free from childhood stereotypes and give them another nature of existence with colour blocks and calligraphy”
Yulia Iosilzon (b. 1992), lives and works in London, UK. Graduated from Royal College of Art, MA Painting, London and from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London in 2017. She draws on fragmentary narratives, persistent duality between text and subtext, clarity and opaqueness, rendered through form in the use of transparent fabric. Yulia’s work is born from an inherent interest in the narrative - of stories anecdotally told and retold, fables proliferated and propaganda through word of mouth and fairy tales passed down from generation to generation.
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For a limited time only anyone who collects their order directly from the gallery will receive a free San Mei t-shirt!
For guaranteed shipping before Christmas please order by Sunday 20 December for UK orders. International shipping times will vary. Orders completed after Sunday 20 December will be fulfilled from 4 January, as the gallery remains closed for the Christmas and New Year period.
I had to include a second work by Yulia because I'm such a huge fan of her work. Her paintings have such a vibrant yet dreamy quality that comes from her brilliant use of colour and transparent fabric canvases
This womb of things to be and tomb of things that were, 2020
lambswool, pink Iranian onyx
18 x 16 cm
”A piece made through and for my admiration for Ursula K. Le Guin.”
Sophie Goodchild inquiries the otherworldly, linking the rural, the environmental, the mythological, the political, the folkloric and the historical. Goodchild is currently studying Painting at The Royal College of Art.
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Sophie's tapestries represent myth and folklore in such a nostalgically beautiful way, weaving through intense colours to re-invent a traditional art form into something totally modern.
Sad Shell, 2019
clay and Oil Paint Approx
15x15x1cm (as a composition)
”A 3D exploration of symbols from my painting practice”
Sophie Vallance Cantor (b.1993, Stirling, Scotland) lives and works in Glasgow. Her practice as a painter is an intense examination of moving through life, a conversation with herself. Encounters from her everyday are re-imagined on her large square canvases, half reality, half fantasy. Her imagery draws heavily on the use of animals, self portraiture, food and scenes based on real events, with the themes within her practice ranging from humorous to darkly sad.
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“I know Sophie's painting practice very well, and it's so fun to see her painting style come to life in this work! I love the possibilities of arranging and rearranging the elements of the piece.”
Pomegrenade, 2020
oil paint on board
9 x 10 cm
”Many theories claim that the forbidden fruit wasn't the Apple but the pomegranate. In the Hebrew culture its related to the promise land. They are also one of the symbols to represent St. John of the Cross (Spanish poet - 1542), who thought of them as a representation of the unity of the church.”
Natalia Gonzalez Martin is a London-based artist and co-founder or experimental curatorial project Subsidiary Projects. In her work she explores the symbols and images of Christian Europe and how they translate in our current society.
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“Natalia's work channels elements of Medieval and Early Modern painting in a beautifully contemporary way that seems to capture the magic of the symbolism of European painting. The Pomegranate is one of my favourite symbols in painting.”
Janet Currier, Pending sculptures, 2020
fabric and recycled fibrefill
15 x15cm
Pending 1 - butter vinyl, recycled fibrefill, 15 x 14 cm (vinyl leatherette)
Pending 2 - synthetic crushed velvet, recycled fibrefill, 14 x 14 cm (fuzzy sap green)
Pending 3 - textured polyester, recycled fibrefill, 15 x 15 (brown bumpy)
Pending 4 - textured polyester, lycra and recycled fibrefill, 15 x 15cm (brown and pink)
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“These sculptures are so fun!! I love the colours and textures.”
Blossom Faced Snuff Bottle, 2020
Polymer clay, ink, gold plated chain
7 x 14 x 5 cm
”During lock-down I began working on a series of re-imagined snuff bottles. These objects are far larger than the traditional snuff bottle, often without a stopper and sometimes quite anthropomorphic. These snuff bottles capture elements of my identity, particularly those associated with my Chinese heritage. They're sometimes stamped with my name sake chop, decorated with clay copies of my grandmother’s jade pendants and covered with intricate botanical details; lilies, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum and orchids. Snuff bottles are intended to be personal, fitting inside of the owners palm. Their visual intricacy and texture are equally important; snuff bottles are meant to be held and such they should have a pleasant tactile quality”
Hannah Lim is a London based artist, she graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Sculpture. Hannah's work responds primarily to her cultural identity and experience. As a person of mixed Singaporean and British heritage both her research and practice has come to engage with the colonial connotations of the relationship between the East and the West. These connotations are most evident in themes such as Orientalism and its relationship to the Chinoiserie, in which elements of Chinese design were recreated in relation to European aesthetics and tastes.
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“This is such an incredibly beautiful and delicate work from Hannah that perfectly captures her heritage and identity.”
Best Bathing Experience, 2020
Tracing paper, graphite, colouring pencil, etching and resin
9 x 9 x 4 cm
”An etching of communal a bath is tinted with colour pencil and embedded within a resin splash. The reverse features a drawing of a singing mouth on tracing paper. The resin acts as the glass pane of a window into the shared but private space of bathing. Reality and everyday scuffs are soaped, rubbed and washed off to leave space for imagination. People perform when they bathe, stripping back any clothing, cosmetics, scents or external factors (the costume of the everyday), to become their ‘shower character’. Mirrors, shower curtains, reflective puddles and hot steam are atmosphere enhancers or stage directions that allow the shadow of something to become a weightier action”
Eleanor is interested in exploring content generated from behaviours and routine. Considering the performativity and stillness of her works, she creates a situation for cross-contamination and the suggestion of movement. She works predominantly with painting alongside a more collaborative practice involving performance. She graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2018.
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“I love how dynamic this little object is, and how it invites us to look closely at the tiny drawing inside, focusing our thoughts and attention.”
Cocoon, 2020
yarn, canvas, stitching, iron wire
15 x 5 x 3 cm
Emily Moore is a London-based artist who recently graduated from MA Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Moore’s practice explores her own term ‘wildness’ in contemporary painting, adopting an approach to the studio similar to that of a natural untamed landscape.
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“Moore's approach to materiality and exploration of 'wildness' is something I absolutely love.
I'm not Made for Pouring
Cathy Tabbakh, 2020
Acrylic on clay, golden chain
11 x 8 x 8 cm
”I'm not Made for Pouring is my first ceramic work. As a painter I needed to experiment with clay and its powers. This little clay sculpture hanging with golden chains is inspired by the lockdown, and the fact that we are all "hanging in there" until the pandemic ends. It is also inspired by my love for contemporary design”
Cathy Tabbakh is a French artist working both in France and the UK. Her work collides imaginary forms with existing landscapes through the use of architectural and botanical elements. Recent exhibitions include group shows in London with Delphian Gallery, Bowes-Parris Gallery, and Theprintspace.
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Cathy is another artist whose painting I know well, but it's so fun to see this translated into a 3D object! I especially love the inscription on the bottom.”