Current exhibitions
Gary Hume
New Work
6 February - 18 April 2010
This February Gary Hume is exhibiting a new body of work in the gallery at Roche Court. Hume first showed with the New Art Centre in 2008 with a large tilting bronze snowman, Beauty Spot which was luscious and glossy with a pink patination. Hume is renowned for his use of a bright colour palette and reduced imagery and will be taking influence from the setting of Roche Court for his new work.
Gary Hume is one of the most vital and interesting artists of his generation, a painter who also makes sculpture. Hume's recent exhibitions includeYard Work at Matthew Marks Gallery and American Tan at White Cube. Both were greeted by outstanding reviews.
Hume represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1999. Solo exhibitions include the Whitechapel, 1999 and the Irish Museum of modern Art, 2003.
The Artists' House
A Group Design Show
6 February - 4 May 2010
An exhibition of design and craft curated by Sarah Griffin was opened in the Artists' House at Roche Court on February 6th. The space was commissioned from the architect Stephen Marshall in 2001 to be a showcase where contemporary art can be seen in a domestic setting. Prints by Richard Hamilton, furniture from Mathew Hilton, a wall installation by Edmund de Waal and textiles from Kate Blee are amongst some of the works included in the exhibition.
Sarah Griffin has Masters degrees in Art History from Edinburgh University and Williams College, Massachusetts. She worked as a curatorial assistant for the director of the Guggenheim Museum New York. She has collected ceramics since 1997 and most recently has been involved with the new ceramics galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.