The paintings that Beard is exhibiting in Exposure Gallery deal with questions of the painting surface and materials, portraiture and the theme of metamorphosis.

The surface materials Beard has chosen to use are mirrors and enlarged photographs, painted upon with many layers of bright clear lacquer and oil colour. The mirror transmutates from that of a 2 dimensional surface into a liquid space that reflects our reality in new ways, containing the viewer in the world of the painting’s subject. The photograph changes from portraying a snapshot of reality into a painted, organic fantasy. So too the portraits, both human and animal, undergo a metamorphosis in themselves, dissolving into their space and even reducing down to their skeleton or disappearing altogether.

All sales, further information, press enquires and interview requests:
Chloé Nelkin
T: 020 7907 7200,
E: chloe.nelkin@exposure.net

Hannah Leiser
T: 020 7907 7130
E: hannah.leiser@exposure.net

Exhibition:
Thursday 4th March – Thursday 1st April 2010
Gallery Opening Times:
Monday – Friday 10.00 – 18.00
Entry: Free

Based in Exposure head office and reporting into the accounts Senior Producer, we are looking for an ‘all-rounder’ who is comfortable in an agency environment and dealing directly with the client when necessary. Beginning March, this is a full-time, 6-month contract (with the possibility of an extension, to be assessed as the project unfolds).

Exposure Gallery, 22-23 Little Portland Street, London W1W 8BU
Monday to Friday, 10am – 6pm

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Ryan is a romantic; his highly decorative and elaborate paper cuts and screen prints show loving couples with hands clasped, surrounded by church bells, boats, boughs, and other motifs.  On close inspection, you discover words delicately cut amongst the imagery and see a world filled with dark as well as light where love, hate, loss, pain, fear and death are interwoven.  This body of work, beneath its overtly visual romanticism, is visceral in its melancholy.  Ryan’s poetry-filled art evokes fairy-tales; the simple and straightforward subjects are in marked contrast to the deceptively sophisticated manner in which the works are made, painstakingly hand-cut with the smallest scalpels from the finest papers.

Walter was inspired by the unfolding drama of city life. ‘The Island: London Series’ is a collection of intricate drawings mapping the 33 individual boroughs as well as amalgamating them into one large island.  ‘The Island’ took two years to complete and requires the use of a magnifying glass to decipher its central areas. The geographically accurate maps include many of London’s main roads, railway lines, landmarks and green spaces.  However, on closer inspection, ‘they have their own unique identities fashioned by the artist’s idiosyncratic semiotics, wittily juxtaposed with the familiar everyday signage of maps and public spaces.   Indeed, Stephen Walter’s lucid combination of diverse source material and his accurate re-mapping of the city that is so compelling, inviting viewers to re-visit the piece and discover something quite new each time, maybe even their own house or road!

Thursday 4th February – Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Gallery Opening Times – Monday to Friday, 10.00 – 18.00

All further information:

Chloé Nelkin
T: 07764 273 219, 020 7907 7200, E: chloe.nelkin@exposure.net

Hannah Leiser
T: 020 7907 7130, E: hannah.leiser@exposure.net