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INSIGHT: WEEK 11 | ALEX URIE
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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.
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INSIGHT: WEEK 11 | Alex urie
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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to present Insight: Week 11 | Alex Urie in collaboration with PEER, where the artist's solo exhibition, Silo, is currently on view. PEER is an independent arts organisation based in London and supported by Arts Council England, Hackney Council and PEER Patrons.
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Alex Urie approaches the surface of each of his paintings as a permeable boundary - a point of contact where media applied from either side enter into dialogue with one another. Choosing to work with untreated canvas, linen or jute, the artist employs latex to mark out sections as porous or impenetrable. He then pours paint directly onto the painting's surface, allowing it to seep through from the reverse to the front where he continues to work before the paint dries. Found imagery and personal observation of everyday life inform the resulting abstracted compositions and introduce narrative components into a practice primarily driven by process. Urie's working method, incorporating elements of chance, disrupts perception of forms recognisable to the viewer to produce a tension between image and ground.
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'Big but sensitive paintings that hint at images through wafts of abstraction'
Jonathan Jones, Guardian - Art Weekly, 2020
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Bathroom on the left, 2020
oil, household gloss and acrylic on canvas
195 x 170 cm, 76 3/4 x 66 7/8 inIn Bathroom on the Left, Urie constructs a domestic interior, hinting at narrative through the shadowy figure that appears silhouetted against the door frame, possibly responding to the title's directive. Abstract shapes, graphic lines and flat planes of muted colour flatten the composition, disrupting perspective and pointing to the instability of the image.
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'I am interested in painting as a newly networked medium, now imbued with high-speed dissemination across digital platforms, yet still inextricably linked with the intimate touch of the maker.'
Alex Urie, 2020
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Alex Urie, Silo, is on show at PEER until 5 September 2020.
97-99 Hoxton Street, London N1 6QL
Open Wed-Sat, 12pm-6pm
Prices range betwen £1,100-4,500 ex tax. Please direct enquiries here
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About Alex Urie
Alex Urie (b. 1985) lives and works in London. Urie graduated from Camberwell College of Arts, University of Arts London in 2006 with a BA in Sculpture. He completed an MA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London in 2017, where he was awarded the Frank Bowling Scholarship Award. The artist was also selected for the Chelsea College of Art MA Studio Award. Recent exhibitions include Scrim, a solo exhibition at The Stone Space, Leytonstone (2019) and Bound at PEER (2018).