Kanshō
KANSHŌ
An exhibition in partnership with Holly Hunt celebrating the reopening of their London flagship
THURSDAY 16TH OCTOBER
20 GRAFTON ST, MAYFAIR, LONDON W1
artworks by KAREN SWAMI ANKE BLAUE
CLEMENT MANCINI
Acrylic on antique linen · 200 x 200 cm
Kanshō
Contemplation in Clay & Colour.
This exhibition will be held at 20 Grafton Street, London W1S 4DZ, in the heart of London’s prestigious Mayfair, within Holly Hunt’s newly renovated European flagship showroom.
Presented in partnership with Holly Hunt—an acclaimed collector and design figure whose collection has included major works such as Robert Motherwell’s At Five in the Afternoon (1971) from the Elegy to the Spanish Republic series—this exhibition reflects the company’s continued passion for meaningful, enduring art. It brings together three distinctive European artists exploring form, material, and colour, with subtle nods to ancient Asian traditions.
French sculptor Karen Swami (1969, Paris) presents a series of architectural ceramic vessels that evoke the spirit of traditional Japanese and Korean firing techniques. Her work is grounded in time-honoured craftsmanship, conveying a quiet, meditative strength through earthy surfaces, balanced proportions, and minimalist forms.
French painter Clément Mancini (1991, Marseille) offers a compelling new body of abstract work, navigating gestural mark-making and layered compositions. His forms suggest natural rhythms—branch-like or calligraphic—without direct cultural references, resulting in a personal and instinctively contemporary visual language.
German artist Anke Blaue (1967, Wiesbaden) completes the trio with a selection of colourfield paintings. Influenced by Eastern philosophies and the principles of meditative repetition, her minimalist canvases explore the emotive potential of colour through subtle tonal shifts and restrained compositions.
Together, these artists form a resonant dialogue between painting and sculpture, where modern sensibilities engage with timeless compositional and philosophical ideas drawn from across cultures. Framed within Holly Hunt’s design-led environment, the exhibition highlights her continued commitment.
Acrylic on antique linen · 170 x 120 cm
Acrylic on antique linen · 190 x 140 cm
Acrylic on antique linen · 130 x 260 cm
Anke Blaue (1967, Schleswig) creates colourfield paintings that explore the spiritual and emotive dimensions of chromatic subtlety. Working predominantly on antique linen, her surfaces are structured by delicate shifts in tone, light, and linear rhythm. Minimalist in expression, her works resist overt signature or narrative, instead offering a space of visual clarity and quiet. Her compositions often develop within rectangular formats, their boundaries shaped by the weave of the linen and the precision of chromatic gradation. Her approach reflects a lineage of postwar abstraction filtered through Eastern philosophical ideas of presence and stillness. Blaue’s work has been exhibited widely across Europe and remains firmly situated within a tradition of slow, intentional painting.
Production: Richeldis Fine Art
Photos: Francisco Nogueira www.richeldisfineart.com
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