Elective Affinities

Lewis Brander, Robyn Denny, Sebastian Lloyd Rees, Niamh O'Malley, Kentaro Okumura, Thérèse Oulton, Tanoa Sasraku, Richard Smith, Shaan Syed

31 May – 4 July 2025
Private View: Saturday 31 May, 12–5pm
Vardaxoglou, London

Vardaxoglou is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring works by Lewis Brander, Robyn Denny, Thérèse Oulton, Kentaro Okumura, Niamh O'Malley, Sebastian Lloyd Rees, Tanoa Sasraku, Richard Smith, and Shaan Syed. Taking its title from Thérèse Oulton's 1985 painting, the exhibition spans painting, sculpture, and mosaic, and includes works from 1957 to 2025.

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Selected Works

  • Thérèse Oulton
    Elective Affinities, 1985
    oil on canvas
    211 x 168 cm
    83 1/8 x 66 1/8 ins

  • Robyn Denny
    Mosaic (F), 1957
    Mosaic, plaster, cement and paint on board
    121.9 x 88.9 cm
    48 x 35 ins

  • Lewis Brander
    Study for Quaking Aspen, 2024–25
    oil on linen
    66 x 46 cm
    26 x 18 1/8 ins

  • Tanoa Sasraku
    Vest Front R, 2023
    newsprint, tailor’s chalk, graphite, fixative spray, thread, St Ives seawater
    94.5 x 59 x 4.5 cm
    37 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 1 3/4 ins

  • Sebastian Lloyd Rees
    Hoarding, (Beckton sewage treatment works, 5th January 12.13 GMT - 2018), 2018
    industrial paint, plywood, pollution
    200 x 175 cm
    78 3/4 x 68 7/8 ins

  • Shaan Syed
    EP 2.03, 2024
    oil and paper collage on linen
    190 x 137 cm
    74 3/4 x 54 ins

  • Richard Smith
    Green Disk, 1976
    oil and pencil on unstretched canvas with aluminium and stringed elements
    (diameter)
    151.5 cm
    59¾ ins

  • Kentaro Okumura
    Untitled, 2025
    oil on canvas
    36 x 46 cm
    14 1/8 x 18 1/8 ins

  • Niamh O'Malley
    Two panels, rest, 2017
    graphite and filler on panels, beech
    169.5 x 71 x 22.4 cm
    66 3/4 x 28 x 8 7/8 ins

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