Exhibition Opening: Anthony Garratt - Break

The more I paint, the more I realise that we are at the mercy of the
landscape and elements. This is very appealing to me. In a world where we
are obsessed with ownership and control, it is humbling and important that
we are reminded to respect the weather, sea, hills and landscape on which
we rely. I enjoy isolation as much as I enjoy company and some of my most
vivid memories are of standing on the edge of a hill in the wind, on the
front of a sailing boat in the spray or being caught off guard in the
rain.

About the artist:
Anthony Garratt (Sevenoaks/UK) is predominantly known as a painter of the British landscape, his work concerned with the weather, an experience and impact of a landscape. His research time is spent in heavy weather, in remote locations and
places that have an emotional impact. For Garratt, inspiration comes from
the British landscape and its ever-changing climate. As a keen sailor, he
enjoys the solitude and power of the elements.

Garratt studied at Chelsea College of Art and then Falmouth College of Arts for a design degree. He is an artist member of the Royal West of England Academy where he has regularly exhibited. Anthony Garratt has also shown his work at the Royal Academy summer exhibition and the Royal College of Arts. Recently his work has been featured on a recent BBC2 art series.

5 Pieces Gallery is pleased to show these brand new works by outstanding British painter Anthony Garratt. The exhibition will run at www.5piecesgallery.com from today to August 15th, 2013.
10% off for 5 Pieces Gallery members.

Upcoming exhibition: August 16th - September 15th 2013
Eckehard Fuchs - 'Pester Power Item'

Private Sale: Steven Yazzie

In this month's private sale, we are offering our members 20% off on these two prints by Steven Yazzie. Just enter the code ps4134 at checkout to get the special members-only discount. The code is valid until August 15th.

Artist statement:
My work is about the physical environment that exists within the Navajo reservation and the surrounding southwestern region of United States. My current area of creative focus deals with places that share personal, cultural and historical significance. The ideas that inform my work are associated with converging and diverging beliefs about land and its meaning. Land has always been the source of human struggle, conquest, and existence. It’s embedded with layers of cultural meaning and is shaped not only by human history, but by it’s own perpetual nature.
This series builds on the idea of perpetual motion and change by aligning with theories related to environmental geology and uniformitarianism, that suggest the natural world and it’s geologic processes work in the same manner today as it has before recorded (human) time; the earth is a dynamic living entity. This notion of earth’s natural processes informs the painting process of layering translucent and opaque colors in a way to suggest intersecting forms, creating dynamic compositions of movement in a static state. It’s also the conceptual framework that defines painting for me as both an illusion and abstraction, caught in a moment of time.
Just as there are layers of geologic history beneath our feet, so are the many layers of personal and cultural context embedded into the landforms of my life. I’m ultimately searching for the same otherness, or enigmatic quality ‘painting’ can have, similar to a feeling one might experience while standing in the middle of a deep canyon shaped by the shifting earth, moving water, and millions of years.

Introducing new artists

We are pleased to welcome one new artist this month. Please have a look at fascinating works of Michaela Math.

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Yours faithfully,
Dennis Sebastian Ammann
Gallery Director 5 Pieces Gallery