After the success of last year's 'Silver Linings' exhibition at PEER it's great that Marcus Cope has managed to serve up another great solo show so soon. The opening party at Darren Flook's gallery on Thursday 26th of Jan was jam packed with friends, fans and admirers - I felt a lot of love in the room for both the man and his work.
Darren Flook says: "To me, his paintings, which have taken years of development to reach the level where surfaces, narratives and layers of histories, both social and highly personal hold together in single works. This painting is We Tried The Fight, 2023, it depicts teenagers committing an act of revenge on car in a small coastal town held within two fists that form a graphic framework for the act. Painting may be a kind of permanence but what is seen pulls back and forth, the point of focus moves around, it’s a shifting permanence. In the show teenage energy and adult skill work together."
Above: Ben Newton (with bottle)
Above: Mark Jackson and Howard Dyke
Above: The Fun Boy 3 (feat. Kes Richardson)
Above: The El Dude Brothers reunion (Toby, Derek, Richard, and Gordon)
Above: The incorrigible bounder Simon Ould
Above: Ms Thacker from Frieze
Above: Dashing Dom Kennedy & His Chums
Marcus Cope “Got Reason” is now on at Darren Flook, 1st Floor, 106 Great Portland St. London. Until 4th March. Wed to Sat 12 - 6pm.
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