Jonathan Wateridge: Monument

Wilkinson Gallery is pleased to present its first solo exhibition with Jonathan Wateridge. The gallery will present Monument, a group of paintings de
veloped out of a period spent in Los Angeles in early 2013. These paintings
continue the themes present in the constructed scenes of Wateridge’s earlier work, but also combine ideas and impressions from his recent experiences in America. As such there has been a process of emptying out and paring back. Fleeting, incidental, quieter moments have been used to heighten the staged simplicity of each environment. The work – while still in part on an epic scale – has also grown more intimate thereby placing a greater emphasis on the formal aspects of the paint itself.