Bruegel depicted many things that cannot be depicted… In all his works more is always implied than is depicted.[1]—Abraham Ortelius Swirling Dream-Wreck is the second exhibition to bring together paintings by Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas. The first, ‘Nets’, was held towards the end of 2016 at GLOVEBOX, an artist-run space founded by Chung and several others in 2015 (and sadly now defunct). In the...
What painting needs is hecklers, groupies, buffs, aficionados, nerds, family members and fans.—Justin Paton[1] I met Simon McIntyre some months ago, following a conversation event with artist Amber Wilson at Anna Miles Gallery. It was a short meeting, but I remember being struck by McIntyre’s liveliness and warmth, and the fact that he, like me, grew up in the household of a painter. A few days...