Richard Smith Roberta, 1972 acrylic on shaped canvas with canvas straps 218.5 x 200 cm 86 × 78 3/4 ins © Richard Smith Estate. Courtesy the artist and Vardaxoglou Gallery, London.
Vardaxoglou Gallery will present a group exhibition curated by artist Tanoa Sasraku, bringing together works providing a critical context to the artist’s series of Terratypes. The individual works included have been selected for their visual, material, or conceptual connection with Sasraku’s Terratypes, a body of work started in 2020 which draws on the artist’s personal and historical connection to the British landscape. The exhibition displays the various influences on Sasraku’s Terratypes, from a Pre-Independence Asafo Flag, through to a 1947 Bill Brandt photograph and a 1972 Richard Smith canvas, and also includes peers of the artist working today. Terratypes are...
