The London Group Annual 2025
The London Group Annual 2025 will take place at the RWS (Royal Watercolour Society) Gallery from the 6th to 12th of February, presenting work in diverse media including painting, photography, mixed media, video, sculpture, digital and installation.
Jockel Liess’ 4 digital photographs ‘pattern study 1, 10, 12 & 17’, giclée prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, present organic patterns of a large decaying root, described by the artist as forming a ‘readymade’ yet ephemeral work of art. Eric Fong’s ‘Kate Bailey (b.1882-d.1914), Manor Asylum’ employs analogue cyanotype photographic process derived from a historical glass plate negative portrait of a patient in the Manor Asylum, Surrey, UK.
‘Shadow Sculpture 35’, oil on wooden panel, presents subtle layers of colour and form, exploring borrowed objects that are invested with their lenders’ memories and emotions. A sense of movement and change is expressed in David Wiseman’s acrylic on canvas ‘Looking Out to the Shippen, Hope Cove’ using overlaid marks and glazes to express qualities in nature such as mood, light, colour and atmosphere.
Martin Darbyshire exhibits stoneware work ‘Ejecta’, described by the artist as a ‘monolith stacked form influenced by obsolete telecommunication towers, vernacular architecture, ancient ovens and kilns, bird watching sheds, or arrow loops found in castles and fortresses’. In contrast, LG’s current president, Paul Bonomini’s sculptural installation ‘Fluctus’ is an expression of the energy of movement, an abstract representation of water and light through the medium of tempered glass, passivated steel, cork and retort clamps.
Video work includes Genetic Moo’s ‘Our First World (Part 2)’ incorporating home movies and computer code. Angela Eames exhibits a silent video work entitled ‘GRAVURE’, where black is dominant, which the artist describes as a ‘21st Century engraving’.
The London Group was formed by an amalgamation of the Camden Town Group and the English Cubists (later Vorticists) in 1913. Founder members include Walter Sickert, Sylvia Gosse, Ethel Sands, Jacob Epstein, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Lucien Pissarro. Today the focus is on self-generated exhibitions curated and managed by its members. David Wiseman and John Crossley, both members of the RWS, have organised this year’s annual.
Exhibiting artists:
Moich Abrahams, Wendy Anderson, Jemma Appleby, Jonathan Armour, Victoria Arney, Victoria Bartlett, Bryan Benge, Barbara Beyer, Slawomir Blatton, Paul Bonomini, Mary Branson, Lesley Bunch, Clive Burton, Paul & Laura Carey, Stephen Carley, J. Yuen Ling Chiu, Robert Clarke, Peter Clossick, Gary Clough, Tim Craven, Sandra Crisp, John Crossley, Philip Crozier, Martin Darbyshire, Stathis Dimitriadis, Angela Eames, James Faure Walker, Eric Fong, Marenka Gabeler, TriciaGillman, Emilia Gonzalez, Vaughan Grylls, Susan Haire, Alexandra Harley, Aude Hérail Jäger, Julie Held, Martin Heron, Alexander Hinks, Chris Horner, Gillian Ingham, Judith Jones, Matthew Kolakowski, Anne Leigniel, Jockel Liess, Amanda Loomes, Hannah Luxton, Genetic Moo, Kathleen Mullaniff, Darren Nisbett, Eugene Palmer, Ian Parker, Claire Parrish, Janet Patterson, Sumi Perera, Steve Pettengell, Michael Phillipson, Alexander Ramsay, Victoria Rance, David Redfern, Tom Scase, Tommy Seaward, Sayako Sugawara, Suzan Swale, Almuth Tebbenhoff, David Tebbs, Paul Tecklenberg, Lisa Traxler, Philippa Tunstill, Bill Watson, Neil Weerdmeester, Tisna Westerhof, Susan Wilson, Erika Winstone, David Wiseman, Carol Wyss.