SOLO EXHIBITION
THE HAND THAT FEEDS
15 March–19 April, 2024
Private view: 14 March, 6–8pm
22 Dering Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 1AN
Ronchini Gallery will be presenting a solo exhibition of Thomas Allen's work in Mayfair, London, this spring.
Entitled The Hand That Feeds, the exhibition will feature works created mostly over the past year that engage with the question of how our relationship with the land is mediated through desire and modes of consumption. The works reflect upon the tension that exists between pleasure and destruction in the act of consuming.
All are welcome to the private view on the evening of Thursday 14 March, 6–8pm.
The exhibition will then be open to the public Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm.
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DOCUMENTARY FILM
Now available to watch, ‘Thomas’ is a short documentary film that offers an insight into Thomas Allen’s artistic practice and thinking.
Back in November 2023, the documentary filmmakers ThreeBroMedia visited his studio – a disused pool house in the Horley countryside – as he was preparing for an upcoming solo exhibition.
At the time, he was working on the ‘Jinn Series’, four large paintings that explore how our relationship to the land is mediated through desire and modes of consumption. They will be on display in his exhibition, entitled ‘The Hand That Feeds’, at Ronchini Gallery in Mayfair, London, this spring.
In the film, Allen also talks about past projects, such as his Contemporary Cave Paintings, and his underlying interest in the way our internal mindscapes interlace with our external landscapes.
'Thomas' can be viewed on YouTube:
Credit: ThreeBroMedia
TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE
UK tour:
28 September–15 October, 2023
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2 February–16 April, 2024
TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth
4 May–29 June, 2024
The Arts Institute, Plymouth University
13 July–14 September, 2024
Turnpike, Wigan
Thomas Allen's piece Warp and Weft (pictured below) has been selected for inclusion in this year's Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition, the UK's foremost annual exhibition for drawing.
Selected from over 2,500 submissions globally, the 100 chosen works will are touring around the UK until September 2024.
The selection panel was comprised of: artist Barbara Walker (shortlisted for his year's Turner Prize); collector and patron Dennis Scholl; and Laura Hoptman, Executive Director of the Drawing Centre, New York.
More information about the competition and exhibition can be found here.
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Warp and Weft
Installation shots of 'Thomas Allen: The Hand That Feeds' at Ronchini Gallery