Square Art Projects

Following Simon Zabell's exhibition 'Mother of many' with Square Art Projects we are delighted to release a series of 6 watercolour studies by the artist.

Each piece is unique, and is signed, numbered and stamped by the artist.

Please send us an email to reserve or for more info.
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📕 Simon Zabell
Mother of Many, 2024
Variations 1,2,3,4,5,6
Watercolour on Saunders Waterford paper
21 x 29 cm
Edition of 6 + 2AP
Signed, numbered and stamped by the artist
Unframed

£60 + pp

Thrilled to be included in the second edition of 'Artist-Run Europe: Practice / Projects / Spaces', an in-depth overview of the artist-led projects throughout Europe compiled and produced by Pallas Projects/Studios

The book is an exploration into the shared ethos of alternative expository models, and the importance of artist-run projects in supporting early-career artists.

It's really great to form part of this broad, broad community, and see the shared goals and drives that bind us together.

Recent visit to Pallant House Gallery to see their collection of Modern British and contemporary art. Great opportunity to see this before they open their next exhibition “The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain”

1 Lucian Freud
2 Andy Goldsworthy
3 Kaye Donachie
4 Lothar Götz

🌞 We spoke with artist Simon Zabell about his solo exhibition “Mother of many”

Read the full interview here:
https://squ-are.com/simon-zabell-interview/

Simon Zabell
Mother of many, 2022
Oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm
DM for price and more info

Simon Zabell's exhibition 'Mother of many' marks a new departure in his work: whereas until now he has worked on individual projects, each with a clear beginning and end, the way he approaches his work now is an Intuitive, almost freestyle way of working, moving towards a kind of visual language for his transcription of music.

Mother of many opens online on the 26th of March and will run until the 28th of April.

VISIT HERE:
https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/mother-of-many

EXHIBITION NOW OPEN ☄️

Simon Zabell
Mother of many
26 March - 29 April

Music has always played an important role in the work of Simon Zabell. The infinite textures, rhythms and the 'soul' of music fascinate him, be they from traditional Polynesian music, 60s R&B, or the atonal compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Zabell's work is an attempt at 'transcribing' the idiosyncrasies of music into other mediums, particularly painting, taking aural sensation and translating it into visual phenomena.

Mother of many opens online on the 26th of March and will run until the 28th of April.

Visit here:
https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/mother-of-many

📸 Simon Zabell
Ragamuffin II (preparatory study), 2022
Acrylic and pencil on paper
56 x 42 cm

As part of the exhibition ‘En el mismo río’ Santiago Méndez presents “Mercurio Orinoco”, a 3D video piece which shows the Orinoco River changing from lush green jungle to a deathly, metallic grey. “Mercurio Orinoco” is a response to the contamination of the Amazon with mercury, a key element in the illegal gold mining process. The dystopian scene depicted in the video creates an ecological manifesto, drawing attention to the need for the protection of the ancestral forest and an awareness of the impact of mining on the Amazon ecosystem.

Méndez lives in Caracas. He has worked in editorial photography for almost a decade, which has taken him all over Venezuela. He has a diploma in Latin American Contemporary Art from the Metropolitan University of Caracas (2023).

Images 1 and 2: video stills from "Mercurio Orinoco"
Image 3: portrait of Méndez, 2023

'En el mismo río', The Art House, University of Worcester.
05 Dec 2023 - 30 Jan 2024

For the exhibition 'En el mismo río' Ana Alenso presents the video piece "Lo que la mina te da, la mina te quita" (What the mine gives, the mine takes away), which is part of an installation and artistic research project in collaboration with the environmental collective SOS Orinoco. The proposal focuses on the study of the mechanisms of gold extraction as potential sculptural devices for reflection through which it is possible to deepen and decode the internal, anthropocentric and self-destructive logics generated by the current mining activity, not only in Guayana and the Venezuelan Amazon, but also in most of the mining areas of the global south.

Alenso lives and works between Berlin and Caracas. She holds an MFA in Art in Context from the Berlin University of Arts (2015), an MFA in Media Art & Design from Bauhaus University Weimar(2012) and a BA from Armando Reverón Arts University in Venezuela (2004).

Images 1 and 2: courtesy of Galerie Wedding -Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin.
Image 3: portrait by Roland Baege.

'En el mismo río', The Art House, University of Worcester.
05 Dec 2023 - 30 Jan 2024

We are delighted to announce our upcoming project: En el mismo río.

En el mismo río (“On the Same River”) is a multi-media exhibition at The Art House, University of Worcester, which addresses the environmental and social impact of extractive practices in the Venezuelan Amazon. The project draws together work by artists: Ana Alenso, Katherine Di Turi, Santiago Méndez and Piers Veness.

En el mismo río is curated by Square Art Projects by invitation from The Art House Director Nathaniel Pitt with an exhibition essay by Patricia Velasco.
Special thanks to photographer Henry González for the image of Delta de Orinoco for the exhibition poster.

Private view Tuesday 05 December 2023 6 - 8pm

The Art House, University of Worcester, 05 December to 05 January 2024

Link in bio for more information

NEXT PROJECT: VEREDA TROPICAL AT The Manchester Contemporary
17-18-19 November 2023 at Manchester Central.
On show at this year's edition of The Manchester Contemporary the latest iteration of Vereda Tropical, a cross-cultural project which aims to forge connections between the UK and Latin American contemporary art scenes and to act as a catalyst for shared narratives.

Vereda Tropical brings together two artistic initiatives: Centro de Investigación de Saberes Ancestrales from Venezuela and YES Contemporary from El Salvador.

Saberes Ancestrales is an ongoing project which investigates Venezuelan identity in order to preserve its culture and traditions.

YES Contemporary aims to create opportunities for Salvadoran contemporary artists to advance their artistic practice within and outside El Salvador.

With thanks to Division of Labour, YES Contemporary, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Patricio Majano and Centro de Investigación de Saberes Ancestrales.

For more information:
https://squ-are.com/vereda-tropical-manchester-contemporary/

Photo: Santiago Méndez, Diablos danzantes de Yare, 2022.

VEREDA TROPICAL AT The Manchester Contemporary
Stand 107, 17-18-19 November 2023 at Manchester Central.

We are pleased to present the latest iteration of Vereda Tropical, a cross-cultural project which aims to forge connections between the UK and Latin American contemporary art scenes and to act as a catalyst for shared narratives. Taking part in this year's edition of The Manchester Contemporary Vereda Tropical brings together two artistic initiatives: Centro de Investigación de Saberes Ancestrales from Venezuela and YES Contemporary from El Salvador.

Saberes Ancestrales is an ongoing project which investigates Venezuelan identity in order to preserve its culture and traditions.

Y.ES Contemporary aims to create opportunities for Salvadoran contemporary artists to advance their artistic practice within and outside El Salvador.

With thanks to Division of Labour , YES Contemporary, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Patricio Majano and Centro de Investigación de Saberes Ancestrales

More info here:
https://squ-are.com/vereda-tropical-manchester-contemporary/

Photo credit: Muriel Hasbun, still from Scheherazade or (Per)forming the Archive. Courtesy of the artist and Y.ES Contemporary.

🕶️ Happy August! To start the month in style here is a wonderful ceramic piece by Elena Gileva part of her recent solo exhibition "From the Base Going Upwards" with Square Art Projects

The title of the exhibition relates to the process of building up each individual work from its base, each piece a different variation of coiling, layered and intertwined in different nuances. This sense of exploration with the material is continued in the use of glazes: almost every piece has received three or four different layers of glaze before being refired, building up a depth of patina.

Elena Gileva
Blue Swirl, 2018
stoneware and glaze
12.5 x 13.5 x 19cm
Unique piece
Dm for more information and price

🌞 Check out our interview with exceptional ceramicist Elena Gileva to mark her solo exhibition "From the Base Going Upwards" at Square.

👇🏼 Follow the link below for the complete Q&A, the online exhibition and the press release:

https://linktr.ee/squareprojects

✨OPEN NOW!✨✨

Elena Gileva
From the Base Going Upwards
18 May - 16 June

We are pleased to present 'From the Base Going Upwards' an online exhibition of recent ceramic pieces by Elene Gileva. This is Gileva's first exhibition with Square Art Projects

Using traditional techniques to produce timeless, elemental pieces, Gileva's work embodies the age-old interaction between the maker and the object.

From the Base Going Upwards will run until 16th June.

Visit the exhibition here:
https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/from-the-base-going-upwards

📸 Elena Gileva
Pale Blue Stone, 2019
Stoneware and glaze
21 x 10 x 9cm

‘Less Wrong’, a solo exhibition of absolutely cracking paintings by at in The 26th show in the Sunday Salon series.

These paintings really blew us away 💥 Insightful discussion with Philip Hawker about colours and the codes that they create, adding to our perception of the world.

Lee Marshall
U/T (in grey), 2016
Oil and pastel on polyester
30 x 40 cm
Unique

Available here:
https://www.artland.com/artworks/u-t-in-grey

We had a great time visiting yesterday and having a personalised tour of exhibition.

Gestural abstraction plays a big part in this work, as does free, sometimes daring play with materials.

🔶 Lee Marshall's fantastic online solo exhibition 'Deep Mind Day Dreams' continues until 18 November.

Here are 4 beautiful gouache studies, details below, all available through our Artland platform.

👆🏽Visit the link to access the exhibition. Also available is a Q&A with the artist and a link to the limited edition print released to coincide with the exhibition:

https://linktr.ee/squareprojects

Images:
1. Study 070620, 2020, gouache on paper, 30x24cm, framed
2. Study 240520, 2020, gouache on paper, 30x24cm, framed
3. Study 100520, 2020, gouache on paper, 30x24cm, framed
4. Study 280620, 2020, gouache on paper, 30x24cm, framed

🎯 We are at The Manchester Contemporarythis weekend showing an extraordinary new body of work by artist Simon Zabell, which explores the narrative aspects of painting and rhythm.

Come and see us at booth 146
Until 6pm today and Sunday 10 - 4pm

The Manchester Contemporary
4-6 November at Manchester Central

Image: Devil Can Dance I, 2022
Oil on canvas
81 x 65cm

🎯 Only 1 day to go for Come and visit us on booth 146 where we will be showing stunning new paintings by English/Spanish artist Simon Zabell, his first time in Manchester!

Zabell captures rhythm and expression of deep sound in his paintings through waves of colour and composition.

The Manchester Contemporary
4 - 6 November

VIP Preview Friday 4 Nov 5 - 9pm
Saturday 5 Nov 10 - 6pm
Sunday 6 Nov 10. - 4pm

🔶 ON NOW 🔶

'Deep Mind Day Dreams'
Online solo exhibition of Lee Marshall
20 October - 18 November, 2022

This is the first solo exhibition of Marshall

Breathtakingly executed, Lee's entrancing paintings bring together disparate snippets of imagery that seem to float on the canvas, creating a playful, dreamlike ensemble of elements.

We have also worked with Lee to create a limited edition print from one of his recent gouache studies.

Visit the link for to the exhibition:
https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/deep-mind-day-dreams

And for the limited esition print:
https://squ-are.com/shop-deep-mind/

Image: Lee Marshall
Blush, 2019
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
82 x 116 cm

🎯 Square Art Projects is delighted to announce our participation at The Manchester Contemporary with a solo presentation of recent paintings by artist Simon Zabell

Zabell's work is concerned with the narrative aspects of painting and installation art. His more recent works are based on research into the musical concept of rhythm and the expressive capacity of deep sounds. These abstractions strive to represent the warm expansion of deep sounds in space and construct fictional architectures where we could inhabit these sounds.

The Manchester Contemporary
4 - 6 November at Manchester Central.

VIP Preview Friday 4Nov 5 - 9pm

🌞 Check out our interview with virtuosi painter Lee Marshall to mark his solo exhibition 'Deep Mind Day Dreams' at Square Art Projects

Follow the link for the complete Q&A: https://squ-are.com/lee-marshall-deep-mind-day-dreams/

EXHIBITION OPEN NOW
LeeMarshall • Deep Mind Day Dreams • 20 Oct – 18 Nov, 2022

Square Art Projects is thrilled to present ‘Deep Mind Day Dreams,’ an online exhibition of recent works by English artist . This is the first solo exhibition of Marshall with Square Art Projects.

Breathtakingly executed, Lee’s entrancing paintings bring together disparate snippets of imagery that seem to float on the canvas, creating a playful, dreamlike ensemble of elements.

We have also worked with Lee to create a limited edition print from one of his recent gouache studies.

Visit the exhibition here:

https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/deep-mind-day-dreams

Also available is a limited edition print released to coincide with the exhibition:

https://squ-are.com/shop-deep-mind/

Image: Lee Marshall
Annexe, 2019
Oil and acrylic on canvas
82 x 58 cm