Insight: Week 10 | Arthur Timothy

INSIGHT IS A NEW ONLINE PLATFORM PRESENTED BY PIPPY HOULDSWORTH GALLERY, DEBUTING WORK BY A DIFFERENT ARTIST EACH WEEK. NEW WORK MADE DURING LOCKDOWN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED ALONGSIDE A SHORT VIDEO PRESENTED BY THE ARTIST. 

INSIGHT: WEEK 10 | ARTHUR TIMOTHY

Arthur Timothy is a painter whose practice responds to personal experience, memory, and close family history. Recent works have drawn inspiration from a number of small black and white photographs taken during his early life in Accra, Ghana and Freetown, Sierra Leone, where the artist grew up before moving to the UK. His work is characterised by a vibrant palette and soft application of paint that reflects the light and lucid colours of West Africa.

The artist’s compositions present figures relaxed at moments of leisure and socialising at events. They engage confidently with diverse aspects of African and Western culture, as seen through the various activities, architectural styles and clothing depicted throughout his work. Through an intimate personal lens, Timothy engages in a wider move to foreground black histories that are often unknown or ignored. His practice complicates uniform narratives that construct black identity, aspirations and experience, as well as perceptions of life on the African continent.

Introducing: Arthur Timothy + Juan Miguel Quiñones

25 June – 25 September 2020

Ronchini Gallery

22 Dering Street, London, W1S 1AN