Overview
Stephen Friedman Gallery is delighted to participate in Art Basel’s standalone Online Viewing Room Programme showcasing works that have been made this year. Coinciding with Marina Adams' and Jonathan Baldock’s solo institutional exhibitions in autumn 2020, we are presenting a selection of new works by each artist.
Marina Adams’ work explores colour, form and movement in unabashed fashion. Her solo show at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, will open in November 2020, comprising large-scale paintings from the past four years alongside recent gouaches. The three new paintings displayed in OVR: 2020 are typical of her practice, featuring an array of vibrantly coloured forms and abstract configurations inspired by textile design, architecture and postmodern poetry.
Jonathan Baldock’s work is saturated with humour and wit, as well as an uncanny, macabre quality that channels his longstanding interest in myth, folklore and the narratives of ‘outsider’ practices. His solo exhibition ‘Me, Myself and I’ opened at Kunsthall Stavanger earlier this month, following his solo show at Bluecoat, Liverpool earlier this year. A number of the works shown in the OVR are taken from ‘Facecrime’, a monumental installation comprising precariously stacked ceramic columns. The works are a continuation of Baldock’s investigation into ruins, the language of emojis and the interaction of sound and sculpture. Drawing on the illusion of theatre and puppetry, new and unseen works from the artist’s current show at Kunsthall Stavanger – encompassing life-size marionettes, fabric hangings and ceramics – will also be presented.
The OVRs will open on the official Basel website on Wednesday 23 September to VIPs and on Friday 25 September to the public.
Please contact sales@stephenfriedman.com for further information.
Stephen Friedman Gallery is delighted to participate in Art Basel’s standalone Online Viewing Room Programme showcasing works that have been made this year. Coinciding with Marina Adams' and Jonathan Baldock’s solo institutional exhibitions in autumn 2020, we are presenting a selection of new works by each artist.
Marina Adams’ work explores colour, form and movement in unabashed fashion. Her solo show at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, will open in November 2020, comprising large-scale paintings from the past four years alongside recent gouaches. The three new paintings displayed in OVR: 2020 are typical of her practice, featuring an array of vibrantly coloured forms and abstract configurations inspired by textile design, architecture and postmodern poetry.
Jonathan Baldock’s work is saturated with humour and wit, as well as an uncanny, macabre quality that channels his longstanding interest in myth, folklore and the narratives of ‘outsider’ practices. His solo exhibition ‘Me, Myself and I’ opened at Kunsthall Stavanger earlier this month, following his solo show at Bluecoat, Liverpool earlier this year. A number of the works shown in the OVR are taken from ‘Facecrime’, a monumental installation comprising precariously stacked ceramic columns. The works are a continuation of Baldock’s investigation into ruins, the language of emojis and the interaction of sound and sculpture. Drawing on the illusion of theatre and puppetry, new and unseen works from the artist’s current show at Kunsthall Stavanger – encompassing life-size marionettes, fabric hangings and ceramics – will also be presented.
The OVRs will open on the official Basel website on Wednesday 23 September to VIPs and on Friday 25 September to the public.
Please contact sales@stephenfriedman.com for further information.
