Adam Barker-Mill Exhibition 2016

A DA M B A R KER- MILL METACOLOUR JANUA RY 2 2 - M A R CH 12 2016

BARTHA CONTEMPORARY

ADAM BARKER-MILL METACOLOUR JANUARY 22 – MARCH 12, 2016 Bartha Contemporary is proud to announce Adam Barker-Mill’s first solo-exhibition with the gallery. Entitled Metacolour, the show will feature recent light-installations and watercolours and explore the metaphysical experience of light and colour. A monograph, documenting the life and work of this multi-talented British artist, will accompany the exhibition.

Adam Barker-Mill’s (b. 1940 Somerset, lives and works in London & Southampton) works examine the physical and experimental properties of light, an interest, which originated from his childhood fascination with the caves located near his home in Somerset. His latest installations revisit the artist’s concern for colour in light, an element with which Barker-Mill began working on in the sixties.

Deceptively simplistic in appearance, these installations allow the viewer to maintain an idealistic visual, acutely unaware of the carefully structured designs, which generate, manipulate and modulate light.

Each work appears to be in a constant state of transition, as the sequentially arranged and looped works shift from colour-space to colour-space. Devoid of any literal meaning, beginning or end the works remain suspended in a heightened state of awareness, which invite the viewer to briefly remove themselves from their own everyday existence and enter into an intimate and uninterrupted colour experience.

A selection of recent watercolours, juxtaposed alongside some earlier watercolour studies will complete the exhibition. In particular his latest works on paper display the artist’s unmistakable sense for colour, space and light. Conceived through a systematic methodology akin with his light-installations, the precisely placed bands of colour describe the shift from one tone or colour to another.

Blue Box, 2016 Valchromat, PVC, vinyl paint and LED lamps 26.8 x 48.7 x 23 cm £ 5’600 *

5 Colour Boxes, 2016 Valchromat, aluminium, vinyl paint and LED lamps 26.8 x 127.3 x 23.2 cm £ 7’200 *

Shadow Gap, 1992 MDF, varnish and acrylic paint 4.5 x 70 x 11 cm £ 2’500 *

Rotor v4, 2016 Powder-coated aluminium, PVC, silent motor Ø 40 cm x 18.4 cm £ 6’400 *

Nought, 2015 Perspex, PVC, melamine, aluminium and LED lamp 25 x 25 x 7 cm £ 3’200 *

Circle in a square (mini), 2014 Powder-coated mild steel, perspex, PVC and LED lamp 25 x 25 x 9.8 cm £ 3’200 *

Chromat 9, 2015 Valchromat, LED lamps 70 x 70 x 31.8 cm

Indian Yellow, 2015 Watercolour on handmade-paper 44.3 x 89.2 cm £ 1’800 (incl. Museum standard frame) *

Lemon Yellow – Cadmium Yellow Mid, 2015 Watercolour on handmade-paper 44.3 x 89.2 cm £ 1’800 (incl. Museum standard frame) *

Untitled (a), 1995 Watercolour on handmade-paper 35 x 35.5 cm £ 1’500 (incl. Museum standard frame) *

Untitled (b), 1995 Watercolour on handmade-paper 35 x 35.5 cm £ 1’500 (incl. Museum standard frame) *

TERMS GOVERNING THIS DOCUMENT * These works by Adam Barker-Mill are offered exclusively by Bartha Contemporary Ltd. The offer contained in this document is subject to change without prior notice. Offers are intended as a guide only. Works quoting prices are available at the time of publication (January 22, 2016), availability may change at any time.

Price quoted including EU Sales Tax. The works remain on view until March 12, 2016. for the duration of the exhibition. Price quoted is excluding shipping and installation.

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