Positions, Part Two

Alma Pearl is pleased to present ‘Positions, part two’–the second instalment of the gallery’s inaugural show. Featuring twenty-three international artists from different generations, ‘Positions, part two’ is an exhibition of work selected by writer and critic John Slyce. The exhibition includes works by Larry Amponsah, Armando Andrade Tudela, Edmond Brooks-Beckman, Alice Browne, Richard Burton, Varda Caivano, Cecilia Charlton, Richie Culver, Milena Dragicevic, Simon English, Lydia Gifford, Margarita Gluzberg, Albano Hernández, Ansel Krut, Haeji Min, Evi Pangestu, Victor Payares, Catherine Repko, Ivan Seal, John Strutton, Michele Tocca, Amikam Toren and Nai-Jen Yang.

For both 'part one' and 'two', Slyce’s curatorial approach has been to draw out certain links and correspondences between artists and artworks–many of them unexpected–and then follow these as they emerge, and the selection evolves. The exhibition is thus comprised of a diverse range of works connected by an internal narrative whose links are both deeply personal–to either the curator or the artists whose work hangs together–while others are more obvious and structured around recurring elements and connections–be these colour, structure, composition, language and the status of painting in contemporary art. Ultimately, both parts of ‘Positions’ are shows about painting and the meaning of painting for the included artists, with an aim to reanimate conversations originating in the past while also opening new positions further.