20th Century British & Contemporary Art

Jess Pigott

Jessica Pigott

In our search for new art talent, we travel much of the UK and visit countless Art School graduation shows during the course of the year. Much of these travels culminate in varying degrees of disappointment, but now and again, quite the reverse occurs. For the first time, this year I visited Wimbledon College of Arts, and was blown away by the work of Jess (Jessica Pigott). Tucked on the top floor of one of the college buildings, I saw large paintings, very large paintings, with more energy, skill with colour and light/dark and sheer boldness than I've seen in a long time. We're going to be bringing Jess to the gallery; we're going to be part of her story; it's a story I genuinely feel will have far to go and much recognition to be attained, but for now, we want people to get to know Jess, and feel part of that journey in the way we hope to do. Here's her blog... Steve Read More

Alex Hain

Alex Hain

We travel many many miles, each and every month, in search of new talent to bring to the gallery. We don’t want to be a copy of what can be seen and acquired elsewhere, we want to show art and represent artists we feel genuinely passionate about. To that end, we see most of the Art School graduation shows, always clinging to a sliver of optimism that maybe, just maybe, around the corner.... It happened, with Jess Pigott, at Wimbledon College of Arts. Then it happened again, with Alex. No graduation show this time, this was an introduction from one of our existing artists, Helen Tabor. Alex lives and paints close to Helen; she’d seen his work; she mentioned it to me. Believe me, we see a huge amount of artists each year, many of which approach the gallery, but when Alex brought in his work, propped up against the walls, we were astounded. Here was a young artist, his father being a professional artist also, working away in a studio, with little plan as to what he was going to do with what he was creating. The work has such power, in both subject and execution, which you stand, look at and are absorbed by it. It’s raw and yet has sophistication. It’s contemporary and yet follows no well-trodden path. Alex is doing Alex’s thing, and we want to share that with you. Steve Read More