SPLIT LEVEL

Ian Wells, PJ Hickman, Craig Easton, Richard Giblett, Andrew Gutteridge, curated by Aaron Martin.   | February 8 – March 1 |   Split-level presents five artists who in their individual arts practices explore concepts around architecture and the built environment; its materials, construction, permanency, value or redundancy. In order to ‘tease-out’ out these themes … Read More

Ian Wells ‘Standard Glass’

|October 2-26| “It’s a strange admission but I have always been in awe of glass. The ordinariness of a plain sheet of glass is to my sight quite miraculous and beautiful. Glass, so very commonplace, when considered is stuff of great elegance, an almost elusive presence and tragic and dangerous in its demise. …….There is … Read More

Ian Wells ‘Minor Context’

| September 14 -October 27 | At the core of Well’s practice is  the investigation of what constitutes painting. His paintings in their reductive format explore composition,  scale and materiality. In Minor Context  Wells tackles the vexed question of how and in what context a painting should be displayed. Carefully constructed cabinets fixed to the gallery walls … Read More