Strike a light AARON KASMIN
SIMS REED GALLERY 9 JUNE - 20 JULY 2023
Aaron Kasmin Strike a Light
Sims Reed Gallery is thrilled to be collaborating with contemporary artist Aaron Kasmin for his fifth solo show. Inspired by his own collection of mid-twentieth century original matchbooks, some of which you can see on display, Kasmin brings new life to these ephemeral objects with his bold, vibrant and striking coloured pencil drawings.
Deriving from his penchant for America’s chic post-war prohibition era, these miniature drawings reflect the rise of America’s consumer culture. Each highly evocative work reproduces a three-dimensional scene or object, transporting the viewer back in time to a liberal & glamorous bygone era. With a wide range of themes from travel to fashion, food to sports these bold and dynamic works are as captivating as they are beautiful.
All drawings are framed under museum glass.
Each work is £1,750 framed.
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Sims Reed Gallery 43A Duke Street St James’s London SW1Y 6DD gallery@simsreed.com +44 (0) 207 930 5111
Bubbles
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Coleman House Bar
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Vogue
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
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30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
Glide’er Inn
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Heinie’s coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Sea Shell Grille
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Wrigley’s coloured pencil on paper, 2022
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30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
You Dine in an Oceanic Atmosphere coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Legs
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Scotty’s coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Uniforms coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Chef coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Sea Foods and Steak coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Lauer Sisters’ Restaurant
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Crab coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
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‘These works offer an enticing glimpse into the romantic world of America in the era of F Scott Fitzgerald & Humphrey Bogart. They are small ephemeral vestiges of Americana’.
- Aaron Kasmin
An Attractive Buy coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Cape Cod Ginger Ale
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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The Palette
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Budeke’s Paint coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Waitresses and Lobster
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Old Overholt coloured pencil on paper, 2022
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30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
That Glass Guy coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Spring Roundup coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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The Town House
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Color Boy
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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The Players Club
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Equipment coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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The Aztec Club coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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The Longettes coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Subway Glamour Girls
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Festive Fun coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Parise’s Steak House
coloured pencil on paper, 2022
30 x 21 cm/ 11.7 x 8.3 in
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Sims Reed Gallery 43A Duke Street St James’s London SW1Y 6DD gallery@simsreed.com +44 (0)207 930 5111