MONO

Mono is a month-long black and white season at Espacio Gallery divided into two parts: Mono 1 and Mono 2. All the artists taking part have been free to explore the challenge of making monochrome statements using a variety of styles, subjects and mediums. Black and white are polar extremes for the artist, and for all of us another way of saying Yes/No, Good/Bad, Hero/Villain. Similarly, white light contains all colours - black their absence - and it is this duality which gives us the magic of old photographs and cinema, as well as works by famous contemporary artists such as James Turell, Bill Culbert and Jenny Holzer. Yet aside from these positive and negative aspects black and white also can suggest refinement, taste stripped back to the simple contrast between two elements. Without the emotional charge of colour the artist’s intent and expressive means are laid bare. Neither the artist nor viewer can take refuge – art in black and white carries a concise message and demands our immediate attention.

MONO 2 Tania Beaumont Mark Bell Rosa Cives Kanwal Dhaliwal Ahmed Farooqui Kitty Finegan Robert Fitzmaurice Beth Gadd Laura Gompertz Mehreen Hasan

Philippa Hilliard Sal Jones

Lisa Kreuziger Peter Lang Jill Meager

Rosana Miracco Matt Smith

Nora Velazco Annie Zamero

Curated by Carlos de Lins

Tania Beaumont, Magnolia, Lino print, 20x22cm www.taniabeaumont.squarespace.com

http://www.taniabeaumont.squarespace.com/

Mark Bell, Miracle of the Rose, Charcoal, conte, pastel on paper, 106x150.5cm www.markbellart.com

http://www.markbellart.com/

Rosa Cives, Kiss in London, Pen and pencils, 40x40cm www.espaciogallery.com/rosa-cives

http://www.espaciogallery.com/rosa-cives

Kanwal Dhaliwal, The Consequence, Series: The Roots, Pen and charcoal on paper, 58x82cm www.kanwaldhaliwal.com

http://www.kanwaldhaliwal.com/

Ahmed Farooqui, Studio 2015, Dark room installation, 300x180x275cm www.ahmedfarooqui.com

http://www.ahmedfarooqui.com/

Kitty Finegan, The House of Bamboo, Silkscreen on canvas, 80x80cm www.kittyfinegan.com

http://www.kittyfinegan.com/

Robert Fitzmaurice, Figures moving in secret ways II, Mixed media on card, 29x21cm www.robertfitzmaurice.co.uk

http://www.robertfitzmaurice.co.uk/

Beth Gadd, Trace, Plaster and bath towels, up to 120cm height www.bethgadd.co.uk

http://www.bethgadd.co.uk/

Laura Gompertz, Rock, paper, scissors 1, Water soluble pencil on paper, 41x31cm www.lauragompertz.com

http://www.lauragompertz.com/

Mehreen Hasan, Black or White, Acrylic on card, 20x12cm www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/328228

http://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/328228

Philippa Hilliard, Everything is as it seems, Pen on board, 70x90cm http://philippafarnumhilliard.com

http://philippafarnumhilliard.com/

Sal Jones, She's Nobody's Fool, Oil on canvas, 90x90cm http://saljonesart.weebly.com

http://saljonesart.weebly.com/

Lisa Kreuziger, WH-ACK #2, Mixed media on canvas, 100x40cm www.lisakreuziger.com

http://www.lisakreuziger.com/

Peter Lang, Monophone, iPad brushes painting, 60x60cm www.veryanimated.com

http://www.veryanimated.com/

Jill Meager, Hare 6, Charcoal, 73x103cm www.jillmeager.com

http://www.jillmeager.com/

Rosana Miracco, Naomi, Acrylic on canvas, 30x40cm www.espaciogallery.com/rosana-miracco

http://www.espaciogallery.com/rosana-miracco

Matt Smith, Monochrome / One, Photographic print, 29x42cm www.uniqueforms.net

http://www.uniqueforms.net/

Nora Velazco, Uncertainty, Mixed media on canvas, 100x100cm www.noravelazco.com

http://www.noravelazco.com/

MONO

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