CLAUDE JAMMET | The Gathering | | Everard Read London

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KIRSTEN BEETS, Promise of Another Summer

oil and pencil on board, 62 x 77 cm

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KIRSTEN BEETS, The Night Turns Bright

oil and pencil on board, 62 x 77 cm

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RICKY DYALOYI, Step out of your bubble

Oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm

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CLAUDE JAMMET, Il Commendatore

Oil on paper on canvas, 140 x 100 cm

"The title of this painting is named after one of the characters from Mozart’s Don Giovanni Opera. And the commendatore is actually the father figure, who represents Saturn. He is the our castigator. He is the person who drives us." - Claude Jammet

The bird depicted is the harpy eagle, one of the largest raptors in the world. They will also hunt in open areas adjacent to forest patches. Though their range is extensive, including Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela, Harpy Eagles are generally rare and sparsely distributed. They are thought to be locally or regionally extinct in large parts of their former range, which covered most of central and north Central America.

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CLAUDE JAMMET, The Gathering

Oil on paper on canvas, 95 x 70 cm

In the poem, the group of birds are looking for their ideal leader. I thought it was quite apt with all the elections that have been going on worldwide, with all of us trying to work out what’s going to be the best bet for us ourselves … The Gathering makes reference to political gatherings and rallies.

– Claude Jammet

Cousin to the Andean Condor, the California Condor is the largest bird in North America. The population fell to just 22 birds in the 1980s, but there are now about 275 free-flying birds in California, Utah, Arizona, and Baja California with more than 160 in captivity.

MARK RAUTENBACH, Dry Summer (Late Summer Suite, Ad Hominem Series)
Mixed media

mark rautenbach dry summer late summer suite ad hominem series mixed media 128 x 88.5 cm mr c mike hall

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MARK RAUTENBACH, Dry Summer (Late Summer Suite, Ad Hominem Series)

Mixed media, 128 x 88.5 cm

“I believe that there's an animating spirit that gets channelled through artists. Artists are facilitators, and the more I get out of the way, the smoother the flow. Chance is an excellent way of facilitating this. I structure things and play with material so that this can happen. Formally I use chance as an element to contrast with the other meticulous, rigorously-controlled elements.” – Mark Rautenbach

MARK RAUTENBACH, Moss Gathering (Garden Suite, Ad Hominem Series)
Mixed media

mark rautenbach gathering moss garden suite ad hominem series mixed media 128 x 88.5 cm mr c mike hall

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MARK RAUTENBACH, Moss Gathering (Garden Suite, Ad Hominem Series)

Mixed media, 128 x 88.5 cm

“I carefully select colour and tones, meticulously grading and contrasting them. I'm fascinated by transitions. When does green-become-turquoise-become-blue? When is it no longer green? How green changes and is influenced by the colours around it. And how it affects the colours it surrounds or into which it is placed.” - Mark Rautenbach.

MARK RAUTENBACH, Summer Dry (Late Summer Suite, Ad Hominem Series)
Mixed media

mark rautenbach summer dry late summer suite ad hominem series mixed media 128 x 88.5 cm mr c mike hall

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MARK RAUTENBACH, Summer Dry (Late Summer Suite, Ad Hominem Series)

Mixed media, 128 x 88.5 cm

”For many decades, I was working very much in the dark and felt quite isolated working with ‘unorthodox’ materials. It feels to me that fabric, fibre and textiles have only really received acceptance in the contemporary art scene this millennium - even though humans have always been making art with them.” – Mark Rautenbach