FABULOUS PAINTINGS! HAND STAND – CHRISTIAN MANN’s 1ST SOLO SHOW (London)
FABULOUS PAINTINGS! HAND STAND – CHRISTIAN MANN’s 1ST SOLO SHOW
All welcome to the preview of the following amazing exhibition.
Come along to ‘HAND STAND’ – by Christian Mann
Christian is 27 years old and has been working in his studio in London for 5 years.
He has been waiting for the right opportunity to unleash his work on the public.
YES THAT MEANS YOU!!
You are most welcome to the PREVIEW PARTY of this exciting young artists 1st major
exhibition – with Guest Musician LEON VINCE performing live, and there are FREE
DRINKS!
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18TH 6-9PM
@ The Art House
140 Lewisham Way
New Cross
London
http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/
Presenting Christian Mann – an exciting young painter from London who produces
powerfully engaging paintings, each of them born from freakish notes prose and
drawings.
His paintings convey aspects of social issues which are constantly being
regergitated by the media, historians, politicians, and yes – artists too. But far
from being dated, each painting cries out a sense of ‘happening’. Some paintings
contain vortexes of colour which bleed into strange forms . Some look like
designed 20th Century propaganda posters – but with a modern twist or tension
‘puppeteered’ by surprising characters acting out poses amidst scenes of chaos
He says – “Different cultures will have different understandings about what
represents what. Conflicts can derive from misunderstandings of words or symbols
and I think a big part of the process behind these works is about helping me to
explore the idea that my intentions are not always black or white. The great thing
about painting is that you can just let it happen. The problem is when you try to
see meaning too much in what you see.”
His work is definately challanging – but what it challanges is constantly being
lost and found within a mealstrom of creation.
He says of his working stye “I have always felt I have been taking a stand with my
work -just by letting it happen. The trouble is I’m never sure what kind of stand
I’m making. What I want to convey with each painting is constantly changing – each
time I come up with an idea I immediately want to look at it upside down, or back
to front, strip it naked, or sometimes avoid it. I push the idea until it has
that aura of timeless purpose, so that it cannot be avoided”
Exhibition open from Weds 18th untill Sunday October 29th, 10-5pm. Though the
artist will be available for private views when taking down the show on Monday the
30th and Tuesday 31st October. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
ENTRY FREE
PREVIEW with guest musicians Weds 18th October 6-9pm
Open from the 18th – 31st October 2006 10 – 5pm (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)
Nearest train station; New Cross Gate or New Cross
Buses; 21,36, 436, 453, 171, 172, 321 (get off on New Cross Road or top of
Lewisham Way)
Contact – mailto:smashedplanet@btinternet.com
http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/
