South London Gallery, 65 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH
25 May – 1 July 2011
This solo exhibition by British artist George Shaw brings together paintings made over the past 15 years which chart the urban landscape of his childhood home on the Tile Hill Estate in Coventry. Painted in Humbrol enamels, more usually associated with boyhood model-making, and based on photographs, Shaw’s works revisit landmarks remembered from his youth. Conflating memory and present day reality, Shaw’s works take on an uncanny quality, alluding to a murkier side of contemporary society and collective subconscious.
The exhibition will also include an evening featuring George Shaw discussing his work on Wednesday 22nd June.
To find out more, please visit the South London Gallery website.
