Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London right now. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Cecilia Fiona: Weaving Time, Spinning Spine @ Vitrine, Fitzrovia
There are figures, there’s flowers, there’s magic and chaos. There’s tons going on in Cecilia Fiona’s intricately detailed works. Prepare to be transported into her worlds that feel like spirit realms, with winged figures gliding through them. Until 9 March.
Colette Lavette: Fruitful Lands @ Gillian Jason Gallery
Frolicking individuals and wild animals all ablur within nature like we’re in a dream, with more grounded landscapes and buildings in the distance. Borrowing heavily from a Rococo aesthetic these are sumptuous paintings that you just want to get lost inside. Until 2 March.
Kadie Salmon: Hunting Razorbills @ New Art Projects
It can be a warm embrace to float in or a violent place trying to drown you, humanity’s relationship with the sea is a deep and complex one that has also led to many myths including those around mermaids. This all serves as inspiration for Kadie Salmon’s hand painted photographs and three channel film. Until 2 March.
Discoveries V @ Fiumano Clase
Discoveries is always a treat of an annual exhibition as the gallery directors showcase new artists they’ve come across. This year includes KV Duong’s textured layers of latex across a structure resembling a door frame as his works look at access and heritage, Adrian Ramos and Constanza Pulit transport us to different worlds using different mediums, while Nicole Morris looks at the body through textiles. Until 2 March.
Oren Pinhassi: After Pleasure & Jenkin van Zyl: Dance of the Sleepwalkers @ Edel Assanti
The works of two very different artists are shown across the two spaces with Oren Pinhassi’s totemic sculptures incorporating found objects and sitting between the architectural and the organic. While Jenkin van Zyl takes us back into his dark world with rat-human hybrids and control panels on the walls. Until 9 March.
All images copyright respective artist and gallery. Oren Pinhassi photo: Tom Carter. Discoveries V image: Adrian Ramos.
Art Exhibitions to see in London right now
