Brian Eno’s ‘Blocks’ is a series of paintings made in August 2025 during a two-day continuous performance in his London studio. Eno started by making large cut-out stencils which he set down across numerous panels and sprayed through, resulting in positive painted shapes. By spraying over found shapes and dried pasta, either deliberately placed, or randomly dropped, negative painted shapes appeared on the panels below. More congested areas would reveal much busier compositions, where others with few shapes and paint covering emerged more quiet and minimal. Throughout the process Eno was picking out pieces as they seemed finished, leaving gaps to be filled with other blocks. A block stayed in circulation until it ‘got somewhere’.
Hugely enjoying the dramatic oppositions of composition and colour offered by the remaining panels, Eno adopted a very different curatorial approach to the project. From these he made a small series of works, each one made up of four panels, measuring 31 x 31 cm, whilst leaving a 5 x 5 cm square gap in the centre, again referencing the positive and negative shapes made in the painting process.
Brian Eno’s ‘Blocks’ – 17th January 2026 Paul Stolper
