Hugh Mendes 9/11 Works Revisited In London Retrospective
100 paintings spanning 20 years of work, the exhibition will provide a fascinating overview of Mendes’ career
5 September 2021
100 paintings spanning 20 years of work, the exhibition will provide a fascinating overview of Mendes’ career
5 September 2021
Consisting of over 100 paintings and spanning 20 years of work, the exhibition will provide a fascinating overview of Hugh Mendes’ career.
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CHARLIE SMITH LONDON announces an outstanding solo exhibition of new work by Emma Bennett
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In this talk organised by the London Art Fair Paul Carter Robinson FRSA Editor of Artlyst welcomes panelists Matthew Burrows MBE Artist and founder of the Artist Support Pledge and Artist/Gallerist Zavier Ellis of Charlie Smith London.
4 February 2021
Geraldine Swayne is a highly regarded painter known for her intimate portrait and figure paintings in enamel on copper, aluminium and canvas. Her subjects engage in everyday activities
6 September 2020
CHARLIE SMITH LONDON presents painter Geraldine Swayne in her first solo exhibition at the gallery.
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In 1972 John Berger suggested that “The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.” The male gaze, he argued in Ways of Seeing, for centuries defined the way we looked at the female subject.
9 February 2020
‘Taking obituaries out of context is a very important aspect of my practice. Fundamental. I hope to engage the viewer in an entirely different way. Painting is a very slow process.’
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CHARLIE SMITH LONDON has invited curator and collector Angela Koulakoglou to present Words that transform, vibrate and glow: 13 paintings inspired by the lyrics of Nick Cave.
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CHARLIE SMITH LONDON presents Emma Bennett’s ‘Volcano Lovers’. Known for her exquisite paintings where she sets still life, game, interior and other elements against monochromatic black grounds, Bennett introduces us to an entirely new and dominant motif in this exhibition.
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Zavier Ellis is the founder and director of CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, a vibrant contemporary art gallery in Shoreditch, London, which is currently celebrating their 10th Anniversary.
25 July 2019
CHARLIE SMITH LONDON presents ’10 Years’, its anniversary exhibition produced to celebrate a full decade’s operations in Shoreditch.
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The exhibition brings together three artists, Michael Boffey, Gina Soden, Danny Treacy, whose practice is rooted in photography.
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Two of the most consistent of these in terms of quality are Charlie Smith London, situated above a pub in Shoreditch; and the Pontone Gallery, just a step away from Sloane Square. Both of these galleries have just opened slightly unexpected shows.
19 March 2019
Charlie Smith London is celebrating its tenth year at the gallery in Shoreditch and it is fitting that Young Gods launches this significant and celebratory year.
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This is Hugh Mendes’ third solo exhibition with the gallery. Mendes is recognised for finely rendered obituary paintings that operate simultaneously as portrait and still life.
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Hugh Mendes returns for his third solo exhibition, mid September, at Charlie Smith London with a Menagerie of historical paintings of dead artists.
8 August 2018
‘Mythos’, is a three-person show investigating foreboding, personalised mythologies in oil, bronze, plaster and ink. Each of these artists engages with universal mythology in order to derive a unique, subjective and relentless vision.
Wednesday–Saturday 11am–6pm or by appointment
Charlie Smith London has long been one of the most reliable innovative galleries in Shoreditch.
17 July 2018
‘Transcript’ is a group exhibition exploring the use of text in contemporary art that has been transcribed from every day or alternative sources.
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Kiera Bennett continues her exploration of making paintings about the practice of painting, and the actions and emotions that accompany the process.
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Hugh Mendes has created his most controversial image to date, for his latest exhibition, a group show at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON.
17 February 2018
An opportunity to view Charlie Smith London’s gallery artists and key collaborators in context.
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The Sam Jackson-Derek Ridgers show currently on view at Charlie Smith London, and due to be seen again next April at the Galerie Heike Strelow in Frankfurt, carries with it a curious echo of the Soutine show, now on view at the Courtauld Gallery.
29 October 2017
RUN TO ME brings together the work of painter Sam Jackson and photographer Derek Ridgers. Curated by Faye Dowling, the exhibition celebrates the sacred ceremonies of excess, desire and experimentation which intoxicate our youth.
Wednesday-Saturday 11am-6pm or by appointment
Manigaud is recognised for his impeccable photo-realist drawings made after original, archival photographs. Working in series, he investigates profound, historical themes including injured World War I soldiers; bombed World War II cities; 19th century murder victims; and asylum inmates. His subject matter, therefore, is commonly brutal and uncompromising.
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Ten finalists from this annual art prize worth £2,500.
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Alastair Gordon and Hugh Mendes present diptychs memorialising Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Craigie Aitchison and Michael Andrews.
Featuring work by Peter Ashton Jones, Sam Douglas and Barry Thompson. ‘The Turning World’ investigates the relevance of contemporary landscape painting in relation to the art historical and our perception of it.
Wednesday-Saturday 11am-6pm or by appointment
The Armory Show, which opened to the public in New York on 2 March is always one of the highlights of the art fair season. This year, the first fully under new Executive Director Benjamin Genocchio is a step to separate the fair competitors like Frieze and Art Basel. “This is not a franchise fair,” Genocchio explained to the assembled press before the doors opened on Wednesday. “This is a New York institution.”
4 March 2017
The tenth edition of Young Gods, curated by Zavier Ellis, which opens at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON on 13 January is always an important exhibition to visit if you want to continue to have your ear to the ground!
23 December 2016
Hugh Mendes is a German-born British painter. He graduated with an MA in Fine Art from City and Guilds of… Read More
12 October 2016