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Viewing Voices in British Art: Second Edition

Currently installed across Kerridge’s Bar and Grill in London’s swanky Corinthia Hotel is Voices in British Art: Second Edition, a new exhibition of works curated by the restaurant’s Michelin-star chef Tom Kerridge in collaboration with art consultancy group West Contemporary.

Since the first edition of Voices in British Art in 2020, which received praise from critics and foodies alike, works by Chris Ofili, Jonathan Yeo and Harland Miller have graced the restaurant’s walls. For Kerridge, bringing art into the restaurant space adds a different energy to the dining experience and can help ‘demystify art world preconceptions for those not involved in it’.

Now you’ll see works by big names such as Damien Hirst, Gavin Turk and Marc Quinn nestling happily alongside pieces by rising stars including Alexander de Cadenet, Bradley Theodore and Boo Saville.

‘This stunning exhibition of British artists at our beautiful home in central London brings everything a top-level gallery show offers, all under one roof,’ said Kerridge. ‘Guests can enjoy a full and immersive dining experience at Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, surrounded by beautiful paintings, sculptures and original artwork’. What more could you want?

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Viewing Koo Jeong A [ YONG DONG ]

For the ninth exhibition at Pilar Corrias’ Savile Row space, the contemporary art gallery is turning the lens on Korean artist Koo Jeong A. Building on their interest in questioning the boundaries of fact and fiction, reality and the imagine, Koo’s latest work is focused on a red, three-headed eagle, a play on a familiar South Korean amulet that is worn to ward off evil spirits (the exhibition title means ‘face of the east’ in Korean).

Koo found themselves drawn to the motif during the lockdowns, inspired by the concept of a migratory bird who lives unrestricted. A symbol of freedom, lightness and strength, the bird represents all that we craved for in the height of the pandemic. In Koo’s compositions, however, the bird is almost monstrous — in fact, it’s depicted perched on a rocky landscape inspired by Hakdong Park and Dosan Daero in Seoul, which are known for being an area where golden eagles feast on carcasses. With the bold yellow and red colour palette, the viewer is left to draw their own conclusions on the symbolism that the three-headed eagle represents.

Other highlights of the exhibition include new works from the Seven Stars series, dynamic, geometric hand-drawn depictions of red stars converging and colliding on the page — an exploration of the connectivity between the earthly and metaphysical or spiritual worlds.

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Viewing Go Figure! 

Figurative art is seen through a contemporary new lens in this new group exhibition curated by Brad Keats. Each of the 11 featured international artists has reimagined the figurative style to explore their culture, heritage and pressing societal issues — many of which have historically been overlooked by the art world. The result is an intriguing and visually diverse exhibition that provides an exciting look at new names to watch.

A mix of painting, sculpture and textile pieces, the 30 featured works each adapt the figurative style to comment on or shed light on their own culture and the issues faced by their people. Highlights of the exhibition include Caroline Wong’s Caroline, Katharine, and Alisa, (2022) an exuberant colourful play on classical portraits that provides a fresh, contemporary perspective on East Asian women. Another striking work is Anne von Freyburg’s Trickster (After Fragonard, the Toilet of Venus) (2022), which sees the artist hand stitch fabrics over her paintings to comment on today’s consumerist society and the excesses of the fast fashion industry. In other works, such as the evocative pieces by Hanna Murray, Ivana Štulić and Wilba Simson, the subversion of figurative art is made through absences or anonymity, raising questions about the individuals who are ignored in current socio-political conversations.

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