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Liza Giles: The Shape of Things

Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London

Thu 9 Feb 2023 to Sat 11 Mar 2023

Artist: Liza Giles

Flowers Gallery presents an exhibition by British artist Liza Giles, her first solo presentation at the gallery.


Artworks

Sienna Plaster Black Triptych (Composition I)

Liza Giles

Sienna Plaster Black Triptych (Composition I), 2022

Acrylic on raw canvas

2000 × 1040 mm

104 x 200 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Burnt Umber Plaster (Com 1-22)

Liza Giles

Black Burnt Umber Plaster (Com 1-22), 2022

Acrylic on raw linen

1600 × 900 mm

90 x 160 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Grass Triptych (Composition II)

Liza Giles

Black Grass Triptych (Composition II),

Acrylic on raw canvas

1400 × 1050 mm

105 x 140 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Quadiptych (Composition II)

Liza Giles

Black Quadiptych (Composition II), 2021

Acrylic on canvas

2500 × 1100 mm

110 x 250 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Quadiptych (Composition IV)

Liza Giles

Black Quadiptych (Composition IV), 2021

Acrylic on canvas

2750 × 1200 mm

120 x 275 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Sap Green 1-22

Liza Giles

Black Sap Green 1-22, 2022

Acrylic on raw canvas

1900 × 1050 mm

105 x 190 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Sienna 1-22

Liza Giles

Black Sienna 1-22, 2022

Acrylic on raw canvas

1550 × 840 mm

84 x 155 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Black Triptych (Composition III)

Liza Giles

Black Triptych (Composition III), 2022

Acrylic on raw canvas

1240 × 640 mm

64 x 124 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Raw Sienna (Com 3-22)

Liza Giles

Raw Sienna (Com 3-22), 2022

Acrylic on raw canvas

1400 × 950 mm

95 x 140 cm

© Liza Giles. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

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Giles’ large-scale abstract paintings combine a hard-edge approach to line and composition with intuitive mark-making, incorporating expressive gestures amid rigorous formal structures.

Her painting style developed from making smaller collages using found scraps and painted cut-outs. The monumental canvases seen in this exhibition begin with elemental forms that emerged from these collages, transforming the interplay of positive and negative forms through scale and painterly means of expression. At times appearing architectural, the paintings suggest the immensity and solidity of the urban skyline, while harmonious earth tones and feathered edges integrate a sense of light and space.

Often working flat to control the flow of acrylic paint, Giles works by instinct, moving and re-arranging shapes and panels until new intersecting forms emerge. In this way, the paintings remain in flux throughout their making as well as retaining the palpable edge of the initial collage ‘cut’. The muscular swathes of paint are intersected by the internal boundaries of the individual canvas panels, creating borders and channels that splice through the expressive drips and splashes.

Giles says. “My works are driven by an impetus to ‘switch off’ and re-engage with our instinct. I want my art to speak honestly to its observer in a pure and simple way. My work is essentially about how it makes you feel.”

Liza Giles, Raw Sienna (Com 3-22), 2022, acrylic on raw canvas, 95 x 140 cm (c) Liza Giles, courtesy of Flowers Gallery (1).jpg

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