Cardiff-born Barrett studied ecology at Sheffield University, where he currently paints his iconic landscapes and cloudscapes full time.
In Bacchanalia, Flora Yukhnovich explores the frontier at which excessas a concept, and as a visual and material conceitbegins to obscure rather than illuminate.
(Terminology note: While U.S.-based scholars and organizations increasingly use “incarceration” to emphasize the unconstitutional imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II, Japanese Canadian communities and institutions have historically and contemporarily used the term “internment.” This distinction reflects differing national legal frameworks, community histories, and self-identification practices.)
Published to accompany Howardena Pindell’s solo exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, “Howardena” functions both as a lavishly illustrated monograph and as an essential interpretive companion to one of the most formidable careers in contemporary art.
The term School of London was coined in 1976 by the London-based American painter R. B. Kitaj.
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