Selma Parlour, One, The Side-ness of In-Out (detail)

Talk

Abstract Expressionism and its Legacy for a New Generation

Panel Discussion

Saturday 5 November 2016 3 - 4.15pm

The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts

£17 (includes exhibition entry). £10 (event only). Reductions available.

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Artists Gabriel Hartley, Lisa Denyer and Selma Parlour examine whether the spirit of Abstract Expressionism can be seen in the work of today’s young artists.

Abstract Expressionism is considered one of the seminal movements in 20th century art. But to what extent do this generation of artists identify with the movement and its ideas? In this discussion, Gabriel Hartley, Lisa Denyer and Selma Parlour explore their connection to Abstract Expressionism and examine the extent to which the spirit of the movement may be identified in the work of today’s young artists. The event is chaired by art historian and writer Ben Street.

£17 (includes exhibition entry). £10 (event only). Reductions available.

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Gabriel Hartley

Gabriel Hartley studied his BA at Chelsea college of Art and later graduated with PGDIP from the Royal Academy of Arts. His recent solo shows include Reliefs, Foxy Production (New York); Light, Studio Leigh (London); Splays, Brand New Gallery (Milan) and Posing, Foxy Production (New York). Recent curated projects include Cuts Shapes Breaks and Scrapes curated with Rhys Coren, Seventeen gallery (London); and Cloud, Foxy Production (New York). He lives and works in London.

Lisa Denyer

Lisa Denyer graduated from Coventry University in 2009 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. In 2010 she received second prize in the Gilchrist Fisher Award, held at Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London. Other awards include being shortlisted for Salon Art Prize 2010, Bankley Open 2014 and Greater Manchester Arts Prize 2016. Solo exhibitions include Geode at South Square Gallery, Thornton, and Paintings as Objects at PS Mirabel, Manchester. Group shows include About Painting at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, Contemporary British Abstraction at SE9 Container Gallery, London, and Paper Dialogues with Paper Gallery, Kir Royal, Valencia. Taking inspiration from ideas around modernity and escapism, Lisa Denyer's practice looks at materiality and the transportive potential of paint.

Selma Parlour

Selma Parlour is a painter known for her use of soft films of oil, trompe l’oeil illusion, and bands and units of isolated colour. She completed her PhD in Art at Goldsmiths College, London in 2014 and has held solo exhibitions at Dio Horia, Mykonos (2015) and MOT International, London (2012). Parlour is a prizewinner of this year’s John Moores Painting Prize. Parlour’s solo exhibition Parlour Games is a year-long site-specific commission with Marcelle Joseph Projects opening at the House of Saint Barnabas, London in October 2016.

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