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Viewing Conscious Unconscious

The Wick Culture - Katarina Caserman
Metremaognyobena, 2022, oil on linen
165 x 120 cm, 65 x 47 ¼ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Katarina Caserman Metremaognyobena, 2022, oil on linen 165 x 120 cm, 65 x 47 ¼ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Héloïse Chassepot
The goodness of the heart n°5, 2022
oil on stitched canvas
160 x 105 cm, 63 x 41 ⅜ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Héloïse Chassepot The goodness of the heart n°5, 2022 oil on stitched canvas 160 x 105 cm, 63 x 41 ⅜ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Katarina Caserman
Sousarano, 2022
oil on linen,
55 x 25 cm, 21 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Katarina Caserman Sousarano, 2022 oil on linen, 55 x 25 cm, 21 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Zoe McGuire
Red Extension, 2022
oil on canvas
152.4 x 121.9 cm, 60 x 48 in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Zoe McGuire Red Extension, 2022 oil on canvas 152.4 x 121.9 cm, 60 x 48 in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Alexis Soul-Gray
What excited them most was the clown, 2022
oil, bleach, spray paint and ink on linen
160 x 200 cm, 63 x 78 ¾ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Alexis Soul-Gray What excited them most was the clown, 2022 oil, bleach, spray paint and ink on linen 160 x 200 cm, 63 x 78 ¾ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Katarina Caserman Metremaognyobena, 2022, oil on linen 165 x 120 cm, 65 x 47 ¼ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Héloïse Chassepot The goodness of the heart n°5, 2022 oil on stitched canvas 160 x 105 cm, 63 x 41 ⅜ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Katarina Caserman Sousarano, 2022 oil on linen, 55 x 25 cm, 21 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Zoe McGuire Red Extension, 2022 oil on canvas 152.4 x 121.9 cm, 60 x 48 in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Alexis Soul-Gray What excited them most was the clown, 2022 oil, bleach, spray paint and ink on linen 160 x 200 cm, 63 x 78 ¾ in, courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Conscious Unconscious
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

12 January — 4 February 2023
www.houldsworth.co.uk

Landing at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery this month is Conscious Unconscious, a brilliant new show exploring desire in all its many forms, from fantasy and memory to eroticism and sexuality, notably the repression or suggestion thereof. Uniting these psychological compositions, whether highly abstracted or hinging on figuration, is an exploration of organic matter.

You’ll encounter new paintings by Katarina Caserman, Héloïse Chassepot, Saskia Colwell, Li Hei Di, Zoe McGuire and Alexis Soul-Gray. Immerse yourself in the fantastical world of Zoe McGuire before diving headfirst into the sinewy contours of Caserman’s heady compositions. Equally striking are Chassepot’s psychedelic paintings featuring abstracted hearts, a symbol conceptually inseparable with emojis and social media, and used to indicate a ‘like’ but without any emotional commitment.

This bold brilliant show is sure to enliven even the darkest of British winter afternoons. Add to your diary now.

Viewing Magic in this Country: Hepworth, Moore and the Land

The Wick Culture - Robertson, Rosanne; Between Two Bodies; The Hepworth Wakefield; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/between-two-bodies-312428

Above Robertson, Rosanne; Between Two Bodies; The Hepworth Wakefield; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/between-two-bodies-312428

The Wick Culture - Courtesy of The Hepworth Wakefield

Above Courtesy of The Hepworth Wakefield

Above Robertson, Rosanne; Between Two Bodies; The Hepworth Wakefield; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/between-two-bodies-312428

Above Courtesy of The Hepworth Wakefield

Magic in this Country: Hepworth, Moore and the Land
The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire

20 January — end date to be confirmed
hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/magic-in-this-country-hepworth-moore-and-the-land/

This brilliant exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield unites two titans of 20th-century art: Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Why? Because both artists grew up in Yorkshire and claimed the landscape as a formative artistic influence.

Taking inspiration from the rugged coastline of Cornwall, where she moved from London following the outbreak of the Second World War, Hepworth carved smooth, undulating forms that echoed the natural world. Some of her works are even titled after specific places she visited, such as Mincarlo, a bay off the Isles of Scilly. Indeed, Hepworth was so struck by the beauty, light and open spaces of Cornwall that she wrote in 1952, ‘there must be magic in this country around here.’

Moore was more interested in exploring the affinity between human beings and the landscape. So, it’s hardly surprising that a visit to Stonehenge in 1921, when he was a student at the Royal College of Art in London, had such a formative impact on his practice. So much so, in fact, that he created a series of detailed lithographs of the stones some 50 years later.

Shown alongside works by Hepworth and Moore are contemporary works by Emii Alrai and Ro Robertson, who are inspired by Yorkshire and Cornish landscapes respectively. Book your train tickets now!

Viewing Antoni Tàpies

The Wick Culture - Antoni Tàpies
Mà i paisatge, 2000
signed (lower right)
Paint and pencil on paper

Above Antoni Tàpies Mà i paisatge, 2000 signed (lower right) Paint and pencil on paper

The Wick Culture - Antoni Tàpies
Triangle sobre matèria, 1999
Mixed media on wood

Above Antoni Tàpies Triangle sobre matèria, 1999 Mixed media on wood

The Wick Culture - Antoni Tàpies
Quatre parts, 2008
Mixed media on canvas

Above Antoni Tàpies Quatre parts, 2008 Mixed media on canvas

The Wick Culture - Antoni Tàpies
Recordant, 1999
Paint and assemblage on wood

Above Antoni Tàpies Recordant, 1999 Paint and assemblage on wood

The Wick Culture - Antoni Tàpies
Dues urpes, 1989
signed (lower right)
Mixed media on paper

Above Antoni Tàpies Dues urpes, 1989 signed (lower right) Mixed media on paper

Above Antoni Tàpies Mà i paisatge, 2000 signed (lower right) Paint and pencil on paper

Above Antoni Tàpies Triangle sobre matèria, 1999 Mixed media on wood

Above Antoni Tàpies Quatre parts, 2008 Mixed media on canvas

Above Antoni Tàpies Recordant, 1999 Paint and assemblage on wood

Above Antoni Tàpies Dues urpes, 1989 signed (lower right) Mixed media on paper

Antoni Tàpies
Timothy Taylor, London

19 January — 4 March 2023
www.timothytaylor.com/exhibitions/antoni-tapies/

Born in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, Antoni Tàpies gained celebrity in the late 1940s for his richly symbolic paintings influenced by French symbolism. But he abandoned this style in the mid-1950s to forge his own visual language of abstraction, underpinned by the reoccurring use of windows, crosses and triangles, as well as unorthodox art materials such as dust, clay and string.

In celebration of the late artist’s 100th birthday, Timothy Taylor presents a solo exhibition of Tàpies’s paintings, object-based assemblages and works on paper, dating from 1989 to 2008, that explore spiritual decay and rebirth. Highlights include Matriu (1991), in which a cross symbol submerges a white canvas in graffiti spray-like black paint, and Ona-Mar (2006), an etched silkscreen which resembles a newspaper scribbled with codes, suggesting a world of hidden protest – repressed, clandestine, but full of life.

Shown together, they reveal an artist grappling with the emptiness unleashed by the post-war period in Europe. Tackling social, political and spiritual issues that resonate today, it’s little wonder his work continues to influence contemporary artists engaging with life, death and the complex of events of history. Make haste.