Amelia’s Magazine | Back to the Future at Breese Little

Category: Art

Jan Kempanaers Spomenik No. 1 (Podgaric) 2006
Jan Kempanaers Spomenik No. 1 (Podgaric) 2006.

From now until the end of the month Breese Little will be showing the work of seven emerging artists at their new permanent gallery in Clerkenwell. Back to the Future features art that has been inspired by temporally distant aesthetics, objects and images: artworks that at times recall past or future imaginary cultures, sometimes both at once.

Jorge De la Garza Untitled No. 1 (Book 13) 2010
Jorge De la Garza Untitled No. 1 (Book 13) 2010.

Elena Damiani and Jorge de la Garza explore the themes in collage whilst Rowena Hughes and Sam Burford overlay found book pages. Jan Kempenaers' photos of Spomeniks – futuristic Soviet era war memorials from Yugoslavia – document a failed optimism.

Viktor Timofeev STRIDER HOME 2011
Viktor Timofeev STRIDER HOME 2011.

Viktor Timofeev paints a virtual reality and Sam Griffin creates meticulously detailed drawings that feature geometric elements, at once familiar yet mysterious.

Rowena Hughes from Penrose Series 2009
Rowena Hughes from Penrose Series 2009.

Looks like an intriguing and inspiring exhibition, for a great review check Spoonfed. Breese Little is open 12-6pm, Thursday-Saturday or by appointment.