Frozen Asset/Material Gains

Image: Katie Pratt, Burbetton, 2021, Oil on canvas 203 x 147 cm

Frozen Asset/Material Gains Slowing the visual experience, images of painting, whether photographed or handmade, mediated through technology or technique, found or constructed, can

nd advantage through

material con iction. What happens when we look at something and see a painting where there is no painting; or, regard something which we know is painting yet, see no painting?

Frozen Asset/Material Gains presents a group of painters whose work embraces stillness: forced, or otherwise. Using immobilising gestures, they create restfulness where there is chaos; uplifting through melancholy; hopeful in a time of inertia; ready for happiness now.

Martin Bennett and Peter Lamb

About Frozen Asset/Material Gains In recent times, people might

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perception of space has been gained.

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Presented by ArtMoorHouse in collaboration with Martin Bennett and Peter Lamb

There could not be a better time to introduce Martin Bennett and Peter Lamb’s curated project ‘Frozen Asset/Material Gains’.

The name re ects the fundamental ethos underpinning the project which expresses how the dynamics of decelerating the visual experience and the space found in stillness can be curated and perceived.

Where the process is slowed down to the point of been frozen, each gesture, material and technology used acquire a fundamental role and visual value, to become a eld of energetic potential.

In an age of speed, nothing can be more refreshing than slowing down.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than experiencing the now.

The space found in stillness is where the mind travels inwards, connecting with the heart and experiencing the feeling of “timelessness.”

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Elisa Martinelli - Manager and Curator at ArtMoorHouse

ArtMoorHouse curatorial theme 2021: SPACE This year theme was selected to offer deliberately a vast range of possibilities embracing subjects as diverse as cyber space and the environment. Whilst being timely we wanted to select a topic that re ected a cultural shift that is happening now or that it’s about to happen. From the space we work or live in, to the new concept of space as the required distance between us, or from the importance of shapes in de ning space to the abstract idea of it. Our aim is to explore its concept through the very unique point of view of each of the artist or the projects selected.

ArtMoorHouse aim is to establish a unique platform for promoting an unsurpassed synergy between creativity and b u s i n e s s . We c rea te c u ra te d v i s u a l ex p e ri e n ce s a n d presentations, working with emerging and internationally acclaimed artists. We strive to engage, inspire and provide a talking point and an ice breaker in the banking and commercial environment. Where the process is slowed down to the point of been frozen, each gesture, material and technology used acquire

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Paul Hosking

www.paulhosking.co.uk

Paul Hosking (b.1976 in Plymouth, UK) is a London based artist.

He studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College. Hosking’s work has exhibited nationally and internationally at numerous galleries such as Andreas Thalmann Gallery (Zurich), Michael Fuchs Gallery (Berlin), Galleria Leme (Sao Paulo), Karyn Lovegrove Gallery (Los Angeles), The Economist Sculpture Plaza (London), Becks Futures (ICA, London), Three from

Britain (Nevada University, (Las Vegas), Heart and Soul (London and Los Angeles).

HIs work is held in many international collections.

Paul Hosking

Ally (red), 2020 Ink layered laser cut mirror and spray paint on aluminium

212 x 117 x 25 cm

Paul Hosking

Ally (red), 2020 Ink layered laser cut mirror and spray paint on aluminium

212 x 117 x 25 cm

Paul Hosking

Juncture (yellow), 2021 Ink layered laser cut mirror and spray paint on aluminium

185 x 100 x 25 cm

Paul Hosking

Paul Hosking

www.paulhosking.co.uk

Katie Pratt

www.katiepratt.net

Katie Pratt

Katie Pratt studied Painting at Winchester School of Art (1992) and the Royal College of Art (1998). She won the 2001 Jerwood Painting Prize. In 2019 she won the Thermae Bath Spa Commission. She is exhibited in the 2021 John Moores Painting Prize. In 2018 she was Artist in Residence at City & Guilds of London Art School. Her interviews with Suzan Frecon and with Jonathan Lasker were the main features in Turps Magazine issues #19 and #16, respectively. She co-curated The Order of Things with Andrew Bick & Jonathan Parsons at the Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham in 2017. Other group exhibitions include ‘Location / Dislocation…’ at the Mark Rothko Center, Daugavpils touring to Dubulti Art Station, Riga, 2020; ’Patrick Heron, Jonathan Lasker, Katie Pratt’ at John Hansard Gallery Southampton, 2006; Landscape Confection, curated by Helen Molesworth at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Ohio touring to Contemporary Arts Museum; Houston Texas and Orange County Museum of Art, California 2006. Solo Exhibitions include: Galerie Peter Zimmermann, 2012 & 2016; Fine Art Society, London, 2012; Kontainer Gallery Los Angeles, 2003, 2005 & 2008; Forum d’Art Contemporain, Sièrre, 2003 and Houldsworth Fine Art London, 2001 & 2003. Katie Pratt was born in Epsom, UK in 1969. She lives and works in London.

Burbetton, 2021 Oil on canvas

203 x 147 cm

Katie Pratt

Tenam, 2020 Oil on canvas

170 x 190 cm

Katie Pratt

Peter Lamb

www.peterlamb.org

Peter Lamb’s work can be read as combinations of elements of paint, photography and print media with no preference on one process over another.

These in uences expand and contract at interval and play with the possibilities of each, absorbing respective tendencies, traits of one medium are correspondingly outputted within the practices of another. The work exists in a broader network of painting that re ects on a practice caught up in

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transitive state of being. In other words something that passes from, between and into another state.

Peter has exhibited nationally and internationally over the last 25 years with recent exhibitions in Iceland, California and The Netherlands.

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Peter Lamb

'Unable to recognise themselves’, 2020 Digital print and ink on synthetic canvas (softimage240), aluminium subf rame

265 x 200 cm

Peter Lamb

'He bites his tongue' 2020 Digital print and ink on synthetic canvas (softimage240), aluminium subf rame

280 x 200 cm

Peter Lamb

Mountain 2021 inkjet prints on synthetic canvas and digital matte canvas, acrylic paint, aluminium subf rame

200 x 150 cm

Peter Lamb

Peter Lamb

www.peterlamb.org

Aidan O’Sullivan

instagram @aidandosullivan

Aidan O’Sullivan (b.1985 Limerick) lives and works in London, UK.

Graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2011 Aidan has exhibited in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Russia.

Recent exhibitions include Viva la Fiesta, French Rivera, London (2020), and All the Time, Luna Elaine, London (2019) Aidan is a recipient of the Gordon Luton award for ne art and his work is held in various private collections in the UK and Ireland.

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Aidan O’Sullivan

Sleeping dog (domestic) Oil on Canvas

92 x 117 cm

Aidan O’Sullivan

Das Reh Oil on Canvas

115 x 133 cm

Aidan O’Sullivan

Waves Oil on Canvas

80 x 65 cm

Aidan O’Sullivan

Aidan O’Sullivan

instagram @aidandosullivan

Nicky Hirst

www.nickyhirst.co.uk

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Nicky Hirst (b.1963 Nottingham) lives and works in London, UK. After studying Fine Art at Maidstone College of Art, Kent followed by Art and Architecture at KIAD, Canterbury, Kent, Nicky has pursued a parallel practice both showing in galleries and working collaboratively for diverse projects within the public realm. These public art projects include the Biochemistr y Depar tment and the Nuf eld Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, King sher Court NHS Mental Health Facility in Hertfordshire, Y Bwthyn Palliative Care Unit in Wales and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

She has exhibited in museums and galleries including the Courtauld Gallery, Royal Albert M e m o r i a l M u s e u m , S o u t h L o n d o n G a l l e r y, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Leeds City Art Gallery and Imperial War Museum. Her work is held in collections including Arts Council, British Council, BUPA, Clifford Chance, Government Art Collection, Manchester Art Gallery and Pictet Bank.

Nicky Hirst is represented by Domobaal, London

Nicky Hirst

Falls the Shadow, 2021 Paper on linen on board

40 x 30 cm

Nicky Hirst

River Run, 2021 Paper on linen on board

40 x 30 cm

Nicky Hirst

Aylesbury, 2021 Paper on linen on board

40 x 30 cm

Nicky Hirst

Kline, 2021 Paper on linen on board

40 x 30 cm

Nicky Hirst

Broadway, 2021 Paper on linen on board

40 x 30 cm

Nicky Hirst

Crazy for Trying, 2021 Paper on linen on board

40 x 30 cm

Nicky Hirst

From Tuesday the 29th of June to 7th September 2021 ArtMoorHouse 120 London Wall, London EC2Y 5ET, UK View by appointment only

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Frozen Asset/Material Gains

Special thanks to Madeleine Pugh and all Moor House’s building management team who, for the past ten years of collaboration, have been directly involved in the development of ArtMoorHouse thanks to their precious help and great support for our Art Program.

Acknowledgements:

ArtMoorHouse Elisa Martinelli E. info@artmoorhouse.com T. +447502211914