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Saturday, 3 August 2024

Louis Carreon: Dear Aspen


Louis Carreon has been showing paintings in Aspen Colorado. 'Dear Aspen' is an exhibition of works that highlight our primal instinct to connect with nature and our best friends, the animals. These images pay homage to mother nature and the infinite universe and God as creator. 

As well as exhibiting, Carreon also had a fireside artist dialogue at the Mollie Aspen. He says that, for him, "as an artist it’s important for people to hear my story and connect with me as a human share stories with language and color". He has been looking forward to showing this body of work that fits aesthetically and culturally in his introduction to Aspen and its people. 

I was pleased to be able to write an introduction to the exhibition, which continues at M.S. Rau in Aspen.

Click here to read my Artlyst interview with Louis Carreon.

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Rafael Krux - Angelic Choir.

Monday, 2 October 2023

Artlyst: The Art Diary October 2023

My October Art Diary for Artlyst features several artists I have interviewed or featured previously who have work on display this month. These include Louis Carreon, Alexander de Cadenet, Marcus Lyon, Hannah Rose Thomas and Christopher Clack. Exhibitions featured are at The Arx, Rochester Cathedral, Bankside Gallery, Pallant House Gallery, Brownston Gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Rachel Bebb Contemporary, St John's Waterloo, St Andrew's Wickford and St Stephen's, St Julian's and St John the Baptist, Norwich:

'The Arx are currently showing works by two of the artists I have had the pleasure of interviewing previously for Artlyst. The display of paintings by Louis Carreon at The Arx provides a first opportunity to see his work in the UK. Carreon reimagines classic art through the lens of sampling, echoing the spirit of hip-hop’s homage and creation. His “story of transformation, from addiction and incarceration to redemption through art and religion, is an inspiring testament to the power of creativity”. The images shown allow viewers to delve into his world, “inspired by art giants like El Greco and Caravaggio”... 

Key sculptures displayed at The Arx – ‘Creation’ and the Life-Burgers – by Alexander de Cadenet are among those that I showed at St Stephen Walbrook in 2017. The Life-Burger sculptures explore the relationship between the spiritual dimension of art and consumerism and investigate what gives life meaning. De Cadenet is a visual artist working in London who has been exhibiting his artworks internationally for the past twenty years. His artworks reveal an exploration into philosophical and spiritual questions such as the meaning of life and death and the nature of human consciousness.'

My interviews with these artists can be found at: Louis Carreon; Alexander de Cadenet; Marcus Lyon; Hannah Rose Thomas; and Christopher Clack. My review of Richard Kenton Webb's recent exhibition is here and my piece about St John's Waterloo is here.

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Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky.

Saturday, 23 September 2023

Louis Carreon and Alexander de Cadenet at The Arx



The Arx are currently showing works by two of the artists I have had the pleasure of interviewing for Artlyst. Their display of paintings by Louis Carreon provides a first opportunity to see his work in the UK. Carreon reimagines classic art through the lens of sampling, echoing the spirit of hip-hop's homage and creation. Key sculptures displayed - 'Creation' and the Life-Burgers - by Alexander de Cadenet are among those that I showed at St Stephen Walbrook in 2017. The Life-Burger sculptures explore the relationship between the spiritual dimension of art and consumerism and investigate what gives life meaning. 

My Artlyst interview with Louis Carreon can be read here and with Alexander de Cadenet here.

The Arx write:

"Introducing Louis Carreon at The ARX Gallery – An amalgamation of Street Art and Art History. Explore the captivating journey of Californian-born Louis Carreon, whose roots in tagging, rapping, skateboarding, and surfing have evolved into a unique blend of religious iconography and hip-hop-inspired creativity.

Carreon reimagines classic art through the lens of sampling, echoing the spirit of hip-hop's homage and creation. His story of transformation, from addiction and incarceration to redemption through art and religion, is an inspiring testament to the power of creativity. Delve into his world, inspired by art giants like El Greco and Caravaggio."

"Alexander de Cadenet is a visual artist working in London who has been exhibiting his artworks internationally for the past twenty years. His artworks reveal an exploration into philosophical and spiritual questions such as the meaning of life & death and the nature of human consciousness.

Art historian Edward Lucie-Smith has described Alexander de Cadenet as, “a fascinatingly diverse, restlessly experimental artist. His work ranges across every technique one can think of”.

Alexander de Cadenet's art is drawn from his own life experiences and combines a dark humour with a deeper spiritual message."

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Corinne Bailey Rae - A Spell, A Prayer.

Monday, 5 June 2023

Artlyst: The Art Diary June 2023

My June diary for Artlyst has been published with mentions of exhibitions at Pallant House (Gwen John), Wycliffe College (Marc Chagall), Teatro Peon Contreras (Louis Carreon), City Art Centre (Peter Howson), Ben Uri (Peter Howson and Laura Knight), Laing Gallery (Pre-Raphaelites and British Impressionists), Museo Spazio Pubblica (Anna Masters), Museum of Contemporary Art (Cecilia Vicuña), Hastings Contemporary (Yun Hyong-keon), Gathering (Soojin Kang), Peterborough Cathedral (Marc Bratcher), Maureen Paley (Reverend Joyce McDonald), Ammerdown Centre (Group show):

'Gwen John's conversion to Catholicism in 1913 and its effect on her art has not yet been fully recognised, but ‘Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris’ at Pallant House represents another step along the way. John’s conversion meant that she searched for new methods with which to bring faith to life in her art. Art and faith were already being explored to a significant extent in Paris and, in her catalogue foreword for her solo exhibition in London in 1926, she quoted the leading modern French religious artist, Maurice Denis, who had championed the joining of art and Catholicism in experimental ways. She also admired the work of Georges Rouault, the pre-eminent Roman Catholic artist of his time, and Paul Cezanne, who sought to explore the eternal element of the Universe, the “Pater Omnipotens Aeterna Deus”. Additionally, in Meuden, where she lived, she was a neighbour to the Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (who regularly held study circles at his home attended by significant artists), being a close friend of his sister-in-law Véra Oumançoff.'

See also the following: Gwen John; Marc Chagall; Louis Carreon; Peter Howson; and The Pre-Raphaelites.

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Glen Hansard - Brother's Keeper.

Sunday, 12 March 2023

Artlyst: The Art Diary March 2023

My March diary for Artlyst has mention of Nalini Malani, Louis Carreon, Seeds, Trees, Mountains at Aga Khan Centre Gallery, Coalesence at Liverpool Cathedral and Julian Stair:

'works have been selected by the artist to communicate the universality of death as a subject of aesthetic inspiration and philosophical inquiry.

Sainsbury Centre Executive Director Jago Cooper says: “These powerful works bring to life the elements of people who are no longer with us. The exhibition is a testament to how great artists can help us think about the biggest questions in life, in particularly new and inspiring ways.” In different ways and by addressing different issues, each of the artist’s and exhibitions mentioned this month do the same.'

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This Picture - All I Believe In.