Vardaxoglou Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Midlands-based artist Betsy Bradley (b. 1992, London). This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in London and with Vardaxoglou, following her first solo institutional exhibition at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, earlier this year.
Betsy Bradley’s paintings are characterised by pulsating, vibrant colourful brushstrokes sweeping across stretched fabrics like voile and organza. This exhibition reveals the ways in which painting triggers the unfolding of multiple dimensions on a single surface and pushes the perceptual possibilities of the medium. These surfaces, often translucent fabrics, dissolve the distinction between figure and ground and invite the play of light and space. Bradley’s paintings electrify and pull the viewer into their kaleidoscopic force field.
Using homemade brushes, sponges and other found objects, Bradley’s painting is driven by an inner desire of mark-making. As such, her marks are immersed subjectively and derive from feeling in a single moment. This subjectivity is sometimes counter balanced by using tools to spray paint, which distance the act of painting from the artist’s hand. The combination of this with her brushes results in evocative visual languages, deep in emotion and exemplifying the power of colour, tone, and gesture.
Press release courtesy Vardaxoglou Gallery.
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