3 British artists in their 70's

FRESH WINDOW BUSHWICK BROOKLYN PRESENTS BARTHA CONTEMPORARY LONDON. AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT WORKS BY DOUGLAS ALLSOP ADAM BARKER-MILL ALAN JOHNSTON THREE BRITISH ARTISTS IN THEIR 70’S OPENING EVENT AS PART OF EXCHANGE RATES EXPO THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 UNTIL SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL NOVEMBER 20 2016

DOUGLAS ALLSOP

DOUGLAS ALLSOP’S WORKS PRESENT A SITE SPECIFICITY THAT IS ARCHITECTURAL. THEY ARE NEITHER ABSTRACT NOR ILLUSORY BUT REFLECTIVE. THEY CAPTURE AN INVERTED MIRROR WORLD THAT CHANGES WITH OUR PERCEPTION. THEY QUESTION THE WAY WE LOOK AT THEM AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. DOUGLAS ALLSOP DOES NOT CREATE IMAGES BUT HIS WORKS DO. USING REFLECTIVE MATERIALS THEY MIRROR THE ROOMS THEY ARE IN, THE VIEWS THROUGH WINDOWS, AND THE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THEM. BUT THESE ARE ELUSIVE, GHOSTLY IMAGES, CAUGHT ON A SCREEN OF VIDEO-TAPE SPANNING THE ROOM, OR REGISTERING ON A PERFORATED SURFACE SO THAT THE ‘FRAME’ BECOMES A MOVING PICTURE. ALLSOP EXPLORES OUR PROCESSES OF PERCEPTION AND PLAYS WITH OUR QUEST FOR STABILITY AND MEANING.

DOUGLAS ALLSOP

Reflective Editor, Two Horizontal Rectangular Holes, Parallel Pattern, Horizontal Division, 2010

Cast Acrylic sheet, steel pins and polyester tubes, Edition 1 of 3, Each 11 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 1/8 in.

ADAM BARKER-MILL

THE WORK OF ADAM BARKER MILL EXAMINES THE PHYSICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROPERTIES OF LIGHT, AN INTEREST, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM HIS CHILDHOOD FASCINATION WITH THE CAVES LOCATED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF SOMERSET. BARKER MILL’S SCULPTURES REVISIT HIS CONCERNS FOR LIGHT, WHICH HE INITIALLY BEGAN WORKING ON IN THE SIXTIES. HIS WORKS HAVE A DECEPTIVELY SIMPLISTIC APPEARANCE, ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO MAINTAIN AN IDEALISTIC VISUAL, ACUTELY UNAWARE OF THE CAREFULLY STRUCTURED DESIGNS, WHICH GENERATE, MANIPULATE AND MODULATE LIGHT. BARKER MILL’S SCULPTURES ARE HIGHLY ENGAGING, THE VARIOUS LIGHT EFFECTS AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING EXPERIENCE, IS DUE TO THE VIEWERS POSITIONING, NATURAL LIGHT CONDITIONS AND IN SPECIFIC WORKS, THE OPTION TO INTERACT WITH THE WORKS; ACTUALLY ALTERING THE LIGHT INTENSITY AND COLOUR FOR YOURSELF.

ADAM BARKER-MILL Shadowgap 2, 2016, MDF and Acrylic, 1 3/4 x 55 x 4 1/2 in.

ADAM BARKER-MILL Red Box, 2016, Valchromat, PVC panels, LEDs, 19 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

ALAN JOHNSTON

JOHNSTON’S WORK EXPLORES SPATIAL CONTEXTS AND RELATIONS THROUGH DRAWING AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION, REFLECTING ON THE SPATIAL AND TACTUAL IMPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE WHERE PERCEPTUAL NOTIONS ARE RENDERED AS COMMON FACTORS IN SIGHT AND TOUCH. THIS FIELD IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE WORK OF PATRICK GEDDES, ‘PHILOSOPHICAL GENERALISM’, AND ‘GESAMTKUNSTWERK’.

THIS IS A COMPARATIVE CONTEXT WHICH HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE PRACTICE OF ART, ARCHITECTURE AND VISUAL THINKING IN THE WEST AND THE EAST, AND RELATES TO CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES SUCH AS WABI SABI. JOHNSTON IS REGULARLY ENGAGED IN COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING WITH PROFESSOR SHINICHI OGAWA, TOKYO, AND NEIL GILLESPIE, EDINBURGH.

ALAN JOHNSTON

Untitled, 2015, Acrylic titanium white, pencil, charcoal and beeswax on plywood, 9 x 9 3/4 x 1 1/4 in

Fresh Window 56 Bogart Street Lower Level Brooklyn, NY 11206 USA

Bartha Contemporary Ltd. 25 Margaret Street London W1W 8RX UK

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Opening hours During Exchange Rates Expo October 20 - 23 Friday - Sunday Noon to 6 PM Private View Thursday October 20, 6 to 9 PM Expo Late evening Saturday October 22

ADAM BARKER-MILL Ringstack, 2012, Notting Hill Gate London

Regular Opeing hours Friday - Sunday 1 to 6 PM