EXPO CHICAGO 2022
This spring Pontone Gallery exhibits at the prestigious EXPO Chicago art fair. The gallery showcases a selection of its international artists, who range across the fields of painting, photography and sculpture. Common to all is a deep immersion in and mastery of their chosen practice. These artists are concerned with making pieces that seduce and intrigue the eye. They deploy a profound and mature understanding of process to fully express their ideas.
Matteo Massagrande is a critically acclaimed Italian painter. He creates images of atmospheric architectural vistas and emotionally significant landscapes. Steeped in the classical tradition, he brings a great depth of art historical reference to his work. Second to none in his skilful use of representational technique, his pictures conjure up complex and compelling illusions of haunting spaces.
Korean sculptor, Hwang Seontae, makes lightboxes. Constructed from etched glass and concealed LED lighting, these are meticulously crafted images of still contemplation. We are shown crisply delineated and subtly illuminated scenes of domestic interiors. They have the quality of stage sets, ready for action, anticipating human presence.
Emma Stone-Johnston is a young, English, abstract painter. Her vibrant paintings are intricate combinations of graphic marks and clots of paint, glistening slicks and misty washes of pastel-hued and jewel-like colour. These formal elements come in and out of focus across the picture plane, emphasising the ebbs and flows of her dynamic compositions.
Lee Jeonglok is a Korean artist who works with photography to make beautiful images of mystical events in elemental landscapes. An expert in the manipulation of his medium, he uses sophisticated time-lapse techniques and long exposures to stage dramatic and haunting interventions. In these new pieces this action takes place in the wild and sublime topography of Iceland.
Englishman Chris Rivers makes powerfully gestural oil paintings in a contemporary, Romantic idiom. His subjects range from the churning voids of outer space to lush and sumptuous flower still lifes. His flamboyant and expressive handling draws the viewer into an exciting world of turbulent expression.
Throughout April Pontone Gallery will be running a parallel exhibition featuring these artists at its new London space in Fitzrovia, minutes from Mayfair and the West End.
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Chris Rivers, Satellites 2, 2022
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Chris RiversFragile Things, 2022Oil on panel on aluminium subframe120 x 120 cm
47.24 x 47.24 in -
Chris RiversSatellites 3, 2022Oil on panel on aluminium subframe120 x 120 cm
47.24 x 47.24 in -
Chris Rivers, Skeletons of Society, 2022
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Chris RiversSomewhere Between The Sea and The Sky, 2022Oil on panel on aluminium subframe170 x 150 cm
66.9 x 59.1 in -
Chris RiversHolding Onto the Ghosts, 2022Oil on panel on aluminium subframe120 x 120 cm
47.2 x 47.2 in -
Chris Rivers, A Figure in the Outer Woods, 2021
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Chris RiversFading Roses and the Bright Stars, 2021Oil on linen150 x 140 cm
59.1 x 55.1 in -
Chris RiversAngels are Astronauts - Mercury, 2021Oil on canvas180 x 170 cm
70.9 x 66.9 in -
Chris Rivers, This Was Once a Pretty Landscape 2, 2021
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Chris RiversHeadspace 2, 2021Oil on canvas150 x 150 cm
59 x 59 in -
Chris RiversA Landscape With Melting Stars, 2020Oil on canvas65 x 60 cm
25.6 x 23.3 in -
Matteo MassagrandeLimonaia, 2021Oil and mixed media on board100 x 100 cm
39.4 x 39.4 in -
Matteo MassagrandeVetrate bianche, 2021Oil and mixed media on board40 x 80 cm
15.8 x 31.5 in -
Matteo MassagrandePorte bianche, 2021Oil and mixed media on board60 x 60 cm
23.6 x 23.6 in -
Matteo MassagrandeLa finestra di Freud, 2021Oil and mixed media on board50 x 50 cm
19.7 x 19.7 in -
Matteo MassagrandeUlivi, lavanda, timo, 2020Oil and mixed media on board150 x 150 cm
59.1 x 59.1 in -
Matteo MassagrandeL'angolo del giardino, 2020Oil and mixed media on canvas on board150 x 150 cm
59.1 x 59.1 in -
Matteo MassagrandeAmsterdam, 2020Oil and mixed media on canvas on board150 x 150 cm
59.1 x 59.1 in -
Matteo MassagrandeLa strada d'angolo, 2020Oil and mixed media on board44 x 30 cm
17.3 x 11.8 in -
Matteo MassagrandeTemporale, 2020Oil and mixed media on board33 x 23 cm
13 x 9.1 in -
Matteo MassagrandeRiflessi sulla porta, 2020Oil and mixed media on board30 x 30 cm
11.8 x 11.8 in -
Matteo MassagrandePergolato, 2020Oil and mixed media on board50 x 50 cm
19.7 x 19.7 in -
Matteo MassagrandeLastra di ardesia, 2020Oil and mixed media on board40 x 40 cm
15.8 x 15.8 in -
Matteo Massagrande, Foschia al mattino, 2020
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Matteo MassagrandeDopo la colazione, 2020Oil and mixed media on board33 x 23 cm
13 x 9.1 in -
Matteo MassagrandeLa boccia, 2020Oil and mixed media on board24 x 27 cm
9.5 x 10.6 in -
Lee JeonglokIceland 24, 2019C-Type Print150 x 200 cm
59.1 x 78.7 inEdition of 5 plus 2 AP -
Lee JeonglokIceland 29, 2019C-Type Print120 x 160 cm
47.2 x 63 inEdition of 7 plus 2 AP -
Lee JeonglokIceland 08, 2019C-Type Print90 x 120 cm
35.4 x 47.2 inEdition of 10 plus 2 AP -
Lee JeonglokIceland 06, 2019C-Type Print120 x 95 cm
47.2 x 37.4 inEdition of 10 plus 2 AP -
Lee JeonglokIceland 03-3, 2019C-Type Print120 x 160 cm
47.2 x 63 inEdition of 7 plus 2 AP -
Lee JeonglokIceland 02, 2019C-Type Print120 x 90 cm
47.2 x 35.4 inEdition of 10 plus 2 AP -
Lee JeonglokNabi 26 (ed 1/5), 2015C-Type Print110 x 220 cm
43.31 x 86.61 in -
Hwang SeontaeThe Space with Sunshine, 2021Tempered Glass, Sandblast & LED Backlit87 x 202 x 4 cm
34.5 x 79.5 x 1.5 in -
Hwang SeontaeThe Space with Sunshine, 2020Tempered Glass, Sandblast & LED Backlit62 x 218 x 4 cm
24.5 x 86 x 1.5 in -
Hwang SeontaeThe Space with Sunshine, 2019Tempered Glass, Sandblast & LED Backlit79 x 101 x 5 cm
31 x 40 x 2 in -
Hwang SeontaeThe Space with Sunshine, 2019Tempered Glass, Sandblast & LED Backlit67 x 50 x 4 cm
26.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 in -
Hwang SeontaeThe Space with Sunshine, 2016Tempered Glass, Sandblast & LED Backlit51 x 68 x 4 cm
20 x 27 x 1.5 in -
Hwang SeontaeThe Space with Sunshine, 2020Tempered Glass, Sandblast & LED Backlit79 x 101 x 4 cm
31.1 x 39.8 x 1.6 in