Exhibitions

Gatherings - Madelynn Green

20 Jul - 10 Aug 2020 Online Exhibitions Referencing the visual language of film photography, Madelynn Green’s paintings function as the physical embodiments of underrepresented histories, in addition to visually engendering social and political concepts. 'Gatherings' includes a series of paintings addressing the collective and emotional aspects of crowds. These works further interrogate the formal qualities of crowds, in particular their composition and materiality; the positioning of figures inadvertently creates abstract forms. The paintings also address the subjectivity of the crowd over the individual. In the context of Covid-19, these works evoke a heightened appreciation for the personal and political utility of gatherings.

Crowds are marked by dynamic movement and rapid change. After culling through her own personal archive and researching videos of club scenes, Green became preoccupied with pausing the frenetic movements she observed and creating focused snapshots. When these scenes are immortalized in paint, contrary associations come to the forefront. Contemplation, insecurity, introspection, and desire are laid bare. The paintings are meditations on the communities and connections that arise from group settings. Many paintings depict crowds inside clubs and at parties. These are often generative spaces for mass culture, as well as important zones of self-affirmation for marginalised groups.

The interpersonal connections forged within crowds - whether through dance or conversation, are how ideas transfer from the individual to the public realm. While some scenes are imagined, others come from video references shot by Green herself, her family and also from discoveries in the archives such as Soul Train (1970's) and the New Dance Show (1990's). Green’s interest in group dynamics comes from her experience as a twin. The notion of “togetherness” shapes her worldview and sense of self. For her, the group is the natural default. Thus, a central interest for Green is how one situates themselves in relation to others. The act of looking at these paintings places the viewer within the crowd and allows them to ponder this question. Read more

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Kyle Coniglio - Last Summer

Richard Burton - Retrovisore

Justin Yoon - Opening Night

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Brea Weinreb - Between Men

Nat Meade - Scud, Works on Paper

Anika Roach - In Spite of That

Matthew F Fisher - Time and Space

Grace Mattingly - Yellow Horses

Carolyn Case - Bubbling Up and Boiled Down

Tessa Perutz - Miroir Miroir

Adam de Boer - Jalan-Jalan

Grace Metzler - It’s show time; everyone’s a winner at the end

Nick Hoover - Auto Body

Jen Hitchings - Deep Life In Heat

Amy Lincoln - Recent Works on Paper: Rainbow Studies

Béchir Boussandel - The sun sets in the east

Emil Robinson - Familiars

Craig Kucia - Windows

Manal Abu-Shaheen - Beirut

Group show curated by 106 Green Gallery - Still Going

Dave Walsh - Stereograph

Bryan Fernandez - Las Caras de mi Gente

Christina Lucia Giuffrida - Diesel and Dust

Hilary Doyle - Inventing Eden

Giorgio Celin - El Bolero Fue Mi Ruina

THE ARTIST ROOM BY TAYMOUR GRAHNE PROJECTS: Melvino Garretti - Are We Moving and Listening?

TGP NOTTING HILL: Martin Kazanietz - Historias sin Fin

TGP HOLLAND PARK: Sikelela Owen - Steady Love

Julia Florence - In my Waters

TGP NOTTING HILL: Mikey Yates - Love Letters

THE ARTIST ROOM BY TAYMOUR GRAHNE PROJECTS: Minyoung Kim - Night Fever

TGP HOLLAND PARK: Eliot Greenwald - Vague Distinction

Taedong Lee - Emerald Island

TGP NOTTING HILL: Nadia Ayari - We Saw Stars

TGP HOLLAND PARK: Coady Brown - Electric Bloom

Stipan Tadic - In the City

Shaun Ellison - Hit & Miss

Jeanne Jalandoni - Faraway Embrace

Summer Group Show Curated by Othman Lazraq

Tidawhitney Lek - Reminiscing

TGP NOTTING HILL: Asif Hoque - The American Loverboy

TGP HOLLAND PARK: Madelynn Green - Heartland

Marc Etherington - Everything will be A-O.K

TGP NOTTING HILL: Adrian Coleman - Citizens of Nowhere

TGP: HOLLAND PARK: James Bartolacci- Life Without Night

Dominic Musa - Unsettled Waters

Madeleine Bialke - Significant Other

TGP NOTTING HILL: Evie O'Connor - What Will Become of Us ?

Nick Hoover - Burning Red Sky

Cara Nahaul - Sunbeams and Windows

TGP HOLLAND PARK: Gabriella Sanchez - Rough Renderings of Sharp Images

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Aubrey Levinthal - Nightstand Paintings

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Amy Lincoln - Seascapes

Johnny Izatt-Lowry - A Table, with Things On

Jake Sheiner - Scenes from my Quarantine

Ryan Nord Kitchen - 2020 Paintings

Polina Barskaya - Time Passing

Mikey Yates - Home Clothes

Eliot Greenwald - In Fact

Dora Dalila Cheffi - Imitating Equilibrium

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Lilian Martinez - Coral Caves

Singing a New Song - Nicky Nodjoumi

Life Without Night - James Bartolacci

Fake Tears - Corey Escoto

TGP HOLLAND PARK: Impossible Garden - Cara Nahaul

Pinoñes Mon Amour - Radamés 'Juni' Figueroa

Hilary Doyle - Metrapolis

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Recurring Dreams - John Dilg

New Drawings by Nadia Ayari

whales - Craig Kucia

Domicile - Ashley Norwood Cooper

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