This provocative artwork features a stark, dramatic composition using bold colors and chiaroscuro lighting. The subject depicts two nude figures in an intimate, carnal embrace, creating a powerful, primal scene. The dynamic, contorted poses and tense body language suggest an intense, visceral encounter. The artist's use of shadow and silhouette heightens the work's emotive, almost voyeuristic quality. This piece seems to explore themes of sexuality, power dynamics, and the raw, instinctual aspects of the human experience. The artist's intention may be to challenge societal norms and taboos surrounding the depiction of intimacy and the human form. ...
Amanda Wilkinson opened her gallery in November 2017, having been a partner in Wilkinson Gallery, and brought with her the artists that she had worked with since 2003. Most of these internationally renowned artists had their first solo UK exhibition at the gallery: Joan Jonas and Shimabuku in 2004, Sung Hwan Kim in 2007, Jimmy DeSana in 2009, and Laurie Simmons in 2011. The program has also introduced younger artists such as Heman Chong, Phoebe Unwin, Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė all of whom have solo exhibitions in public institutions this year. Amanda Wilkinson is a trustee of the Derek Jarman Estate and is the sole gallery who represents the work. The program continues to highlight key historical artists who are little known to the wider art world, including Paolo Gioli, Ketty La Rocca and Margaret Raspé and will introduce new artists to the program in 2020 in keeping with the gallery’s experimental and cross-generational approach. The gallery has presented four Feature booths at ArtBasel in the past , featuring six artists from the program. Eight out of the twelve artists represented by the gallery had solo museum exhibitions in 2019/2020. ...
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