SYSON

CLIP FROM TEMPLE TO TABLOID

💥Incredible and inspiring interview with the inimitable Linder 💥on its way for our very first #pennypodcast 🎙episode entitled "From Temple to Tabloid" for @thegrandtouruk. I'm talking to her about education, pornography, spiritualism, music, death and a host of other topics around her exhibition, The House of Fame launching at @nottm_contemp this Friday. Also features music from Maxwell Stirling and The Soundcarriers. #thegrandtouruk #artworthtravelingfor #punk #pornography #ectoplasm #orgasmaddict #chatsworthhouse #thehouseoffame

In conversation with @_rob_flint later at 2pm at the gallery. Hot soup + optical trickery will keep you warm! #THEAUTHORITIES

Join us tomorrow night at @sysongallery from 6 to view @_rob_flint #THEAUTHORITIES , Part 1. (please note access to Weekday Cross should be back to normal by this time after the Royal Visit earlier in the day.)

The colour palette used often by Tom Pitt seems close to the reality of (his vernacular) land itself; what might seem at first to be the military greys and greens of an Airfix model kit or the dregs of leftover tins from the shed, accurately depicts the landscape of Aberthaw, a 16th Century port now more famous for its power station located within five miles of the artists’ home.

Pitt often works on 20 plus paintings at a time, and works are often revisited or materials re-purposed in some way. Many works are sanded back and reveal handwriting or text, which occasionally refer to identifiable shapes within the arrangement. Most of the time, references are personal and hint at some hidden narrative.

The colour palette used often by Tom Pitt seems close to the reality of (his vernacular) land itself; what might seem at first to be the military greys and greens of an Airfix model kit or the dregs of leftover tins from the shed, accurately depicts the landscape of Aberthaw, a 16th Century port now more famous for its power station located within five miles of the artists’ home.�

Pitt often works on 20 plus paintings at a time, and works are often revisited or materials re-purposed in some way. Many works are sanded back and reveal handwriting or text, which occasionally refer to identifiable shapes within the arrangement. Most of the time, references are personal and hint at some hidden narrative.

The paintings of Tom Pitt focus on specific locations and everyday objects, often depicting a local landmark or observation. Common motifs can be easily identified: boats, roofs, eyes, hands and stripes reference the environment or objects which surround him and also pay homage to painting heroes - from Giotto to Guston. Always on wood, mostly repurposed from old kitchen cabinet doors or scraps of shelving – his painting often incorporates an integral frame within the composition, and might feature a paper box or scraps of insulating tube, which could be read equally as architectural feature or minimal form.

We've updated the shop page on our website. A selection of artists' publications, t-shirts, various merch and limited edition prints from gallery artists and guests.

Last day to see Nature's Ape at Syson today. We're closed for the rest of the month as we prepare to take part in START art fair at Saatchi Gallery with S Mark Gubb and The Manchester Contemporary with Oliver Tirré.

Had to go into @nottm_contemp today to say a fond farewell to this amazing Simon Starling work. I'm gonna miss having this across the road. Last chance to see it this week.

The gallery is closed for a few weeks as we get ready for Nature’s Ape, a season curated for The Grand Tour Season 2. Launching on 17 June, the exhibition and associated programme takes its cue from Giambattista della Porta’s ‘Natural Magick’; a 16th Century account on the relationship between art, the artist and nature. This project invokes the role of magician as both artist and nature’s assistant. It concentrates upon artists’ interpretations of the natural world against a background and awareness of contemporary scientific knowledge and technological development and innovation. Many of the works featured will focus upon an artist’s interpretation of darkness or light – either aping nature in some way; taking on board philosophical connotations; responding to architectural space or studying phenomena through scientific means. In September, as part of Nature’s Ape, the gallery will also present Subterreanea, a site specific programme of performance, film and music in a secret location in Nottingham’s historic caves. BERNDNAUT SMILDE, JEREMY MILLAR, BLUE FIRTH, S MARK GUBB, PAUL HARRAWAY, MIMEI THOMPSON, JOHN NEWLING