| Exiles - Tom de Freston
6th to 12th April
Private View- 6th of April 7pm
Launch of Ekphrasis- collection of poems in response to Tom de Freston's poems. 7th of April 7pm
EXHIBITION SITE: www.tablo.co.yj/arts/exile
Artist's Website: www.tomdefreston.co.uk
The exhibition Exiles will show recent works by the artist Tom de Freston, concentrating on his treatment of displacement and exile. The exhibition will be on show from the 6 to 12 April 2010.
Tom de Freston is an exciting emerging artist who has already been the subject of significant critical and press acclaim, most recently in the wake of the exhibition Reflections at the Christ’s Visual Arts Centre, Cambridge.
to download this Press release - www.tablo.co.uk/arts/exile
PRESS RELEASE: Exiles at Brick Lane Gallery
The rise of Tom de Freston is inevitable; he is the modern master of history painting.
The artistic importance and significance of de Freston is highlighted by critical texts by Dr. Caroline Vout, Dr. Damien Freeman and pieces by the renowned poets Ruth Padel and Jaya Savige.
The exhibition will be celebrated by a publication of poems responding to de Freston’s work.
For all their challenging and sometimes disturbing flourishes, [de Freston’s] canvasses invite us to recognise ourselves in them, in all our moments of heroism and vulnerability, triumph – and failure. Embrace the pants they say. Kick off those trousers. Make yourself comfortable. Dive in.
Mike McCahill, the Sunday Telegraph
Together and separately, the two panels for Christ’s College Chapel will pose
important questions for us all to answer differently, at different times. Like Rembrandt’s portraits, or Goya’s figures trapped in night, they ask us to think about the way we are all, in different ways, set against the dark.
Ruth Padel on an altarpiece project by de Freston.
This exhibition is of extreme importance for all interested in the evolution of contemporary painting. He demonstrates an ability to draw from the traditional and historical whilst placing himself at the forefront of contemporary British painting.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an excited publication of poems. ‘Ekphrasis’ will see fifteen established and emerging poets respond to de Freston’s work. It includes a special contribution by John Mole and is edited by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
"For all their challenging and sometimes disturbing flourishes, these canvases invite us to recognise ourselves in them, in all our moments of heroism and vulnerability, triumph- and failure. Embrace the pants, they say. Kick of those trousers. Make yourself comfortable. DIVE IN."
Mike McCahill- Sunday Telegraph
Notes to the editor:
The Private View will be on 6 April at 7 pm. The exhibition is produced by Tablo Arts, curated by Pablo de Gandia and with the help and support of the Cambridge University Centre for Human Rights, CARA, The Judge Business School, and Tower Hamlets Council.
For any further information, please contact Pablo de Gandia on pdg@tablo.co.uk or 07951749321
For any further information about the artist visit www.tomdefreston.co.uk.
For the gallery see www.thebricklanegallery.com.
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