roni feldman, steve mcginn & rado kirov

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Roni Feldman explores complex naratives through obfuscated figurative paintings. Steve McGinn's wall based sculptural works follow the basics of form, colour and composition enlarged from the abstract miniature. Rado Kirov manipulates mirrored steel to form rippled sheets of reflective metal entitled his 'Mercury Effect'

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Roni Feldman born 1980 Los Angeles

For the past ten years I have been painting elaborate crowds of people using

a photorealistic manner, but there is always something obfuscating them such as luminous materials, iridescent colors, abstract shapes, or in the case of my latest work—gestural brushstrokes. I am interested in that indeterminate space between abstraction and representation, narrative and poetry, clarity and enigma.

metaphysics, optics, art history, pop culture, and more, but I then distort portions of the imagery. I allow room for happenstance and intuition. I want my paintings to be revealed slowly and for meaning to remain open and change over time. The contemplative act of looking itself is as important to my work as anything I might allegorize.

There are ancestral parts of everyone’s brain left over from hunting on the Serengeti. We needed to be able to recognize predator, prey, friend, or foe or we were removed from the gene pool. As a result, nothing is more recognizable than a human face. We see them even where they are not—in clouds, leaves of trees, or Pollock’s splatters. When the eyes cannot make sense of something, the brain

survival was once tied to our ability to make sense of abstraction. I am most interested in those moments that refuse to coalesce. While we no longer have to see the tiger hidden in the grass, engaged looking still provides the pleasure and inspiration of wonder and contemplation.

All works are acrylic on canvas

All works are available on receipt of the brochure. Prices are inclusive of UK VAT, which is deductible on shipment outside of the EU

1 Hidden Treasure 183 x 137 cm (72 x 54 in) £ 5,850

2 Decay of Lying 122 x 91 cm (48 x 36 in) £ 3,750

3 Stranger Than Fiction 122 x 91 cm (48 x 36 in) £ 3,750

4 Illusionists 91 x 69 cm (36 x 27 in) £ 2,850

5 Wizard 91 x 69 cm (36 x 27 in) £ 2,850

6 Reality Obscured 91 x 69 cm (36 x 27 in) £ 2,850

7 Science Fiction 91 x 69 cm (36 x 27 in) £ 2,850

8 Rothko 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

9 Pollock 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

10 Hitchcock 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

11 Hemmingway 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

12 Coronado 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

13 Houdini 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

14 Lennon 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

15 Wilde 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in) £ 750

16 Treasure Hunter 91 x 91 cm (36 x 36 in) £ 3,250

17 Dynamo 91 x 91 cm (36 x 36 in) £ 3,250

18 Seekers 137 x 183 cm (54 x 72 in) £ 5,850

Rado Kirov born 1955 Bulgaria

exposed to the wonder of the Panagyursko Treasure, an exquisitely hand crafted collection of golden artefacts dating back to the 3rd century BC.

Rado began an extensive apprenticeship in copper smithing at the age of 25 in the town of Dobrich Bulgaria under the tutelage of Alexander Raev, one of the greatest craftsmen in Bulgaria at the time. He honed his artistic skills with copper over the next 10 years until immigrating with his family to South Africa in 1991. Rado continues to be a member of the Bulgarian Association of Craftsmen. Rado’s passion and skill in copper, shifted to silver and gold during his years of employment with the Pagliari Group in Cape Town. During this time, Rado had the privilege of hand crafting numerous prestigious pieces, including a silver Chalice presented to the late Pope John Paul II by former President Nelson Mandela on behalf of the South African Government in 1998; a silver Rose Bowl presented as a wedding gift to the Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife by the SA Government; and the Alfred Dunhill Challenge Cup Trophy for golf. Rado was also responsible for the creative design and fabrication of unique collectors’ coins in 1000g pure silver and 1000g 24 carat gold.

Rado’s talent received the ultimate recognition by the SA Government when he was commissioned to craft the new parliamentary People’s Mace and the Black Rod mace of the South African Parliament using 18 carat gold. In 2006, drawing on the inspiration of the Panagyursko Treasure, Rado created the Rhino Rhyton, a traditional wine vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros, hand crafted using 1250 g of 22 carat gold. This was a tremendous personal achievement for Rado and an absolute validation of his craftsmanship.

Over the last 15 years, Rado gradually shifted his creative focus to product design and functional art, working extensively with interior designers and architects. Searching for a new creative outlet and complete freedom of expression, Rado embarked on a new artistic venture at the beginning of 2012, drawing on his extensive knowledge of silver smithing and years of experience in working with various different metals. Rado developed a unique technique of manipulating a sheet of stainless steel by hand, using the inherent physical properties of the metal, to create a striking three-dimensional surface that dynamically mirrors its

new-found passion for sculpture and his mastery of stainless steel are expressed in this new medium, which he has called the Mercury Effect.

All works are mirrored stainless steel

All works are available on receipt of the brochure. Prices are inclusive of UK VAT, which is deductible on shipment outside of the EU

1 Irises 135 x 135 cm (53 x 53 in) £ 5,500

2 Expansion 115 x 115 cm (45 x 45 in) £ 4,500

3 Landscape 115 x 240 cm (45 x 94 in) £ 6,750

4 Stream 115 x 240 cm (45 x 94 in) £ 6,750

5 Man and Water 140 x 140 x 9 cm (55 x 55 x 4 in) £ 10,500

6 Melting Point 160 x 115 x 9 cm (63 x 45 x 4 in) £ 7,850

7 There’s Something in the Water 115 x 240 cm (45 x 94 in) £ 6,750

8 Point of Collapse 140 x 33 x 33 cm (55 x 13 x 13 in) £ 18,000

9 Cube 43 x 38 x 38 cm (17 x 15 x 15 in) £ 4,500

10 Cubes 38 cm3, 25 cm3, 22 cm3 (15 in3, 10 in3, 9 in3) £ 7,850

11 Sunset 240 x 115 cm (94 x 45 in) £ 6,750

12 Expansion IV 115 x 115 cm (45 x 45 in) £ 4,500

13 Expansion III 115 x 115 cm (45 x 45 in) £ 4,500

14 Expansion I 115 x 115 cm (45 x 45 in) £ 4,500

Steve McGinn born 1965 London

‘from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful...’

Charles Darwin

My current work follows the basics of form, colour and composition. Each form is a theme and each colour a unique variation within. The forms are enlarged accurate copies of smaller random resin spills or blobs chosen because they hold a

more about the tangible but now using colour and the intensity that it brings as well as a freeing up of compositional boundaries, it allows me to explore differences between working with chance and control. During the application of paint, dyes

These chance accidents are integral to the nature of my work. Like science they celebrate uncertainty and see the potential within ‘mistakes’. Each artwork is not

resulting ambiguity invites the viewer to contribute their imagination completing the creative process.

My inspiration has always come from a primal level inquiring between the limits of our understanding of life from a subatomic level to the universal and a possible

I am an artist in everything I do, I have a compelling need to create, an addiction

have whilst trying to capture a transient moment within the complexity of life that I try to share.

Steve McGinn

1 looking for omens – prophet 100 x 80 x 8 cm (39 x 31 x 3 in) £ 5,500 8 other dimensions undiscovered - prophet 100 x 80 x 8 cm (39 x 31 x 3 in) £ 5,500

2 spectral burnout - original bazooka joe 70 x 80 x 9 cm (28 x 31 x 4 in) £ 4,850

3 just another day in paradise - original bazooka joe 70 x 80 x 9 cm (28 x 31 x 4 in) £ 4,850

4 5 billion sunsets - you’re the sun to me 120 x 120 x 4 cm (47 x 47 x 2 in) £ 8,750

5 eta carinae - you’re the sun to me 120 x 120 x 4 cm (47 x 47 x 2 in) £ 8,750

9 hanky panky - and the beat goes on 60 x 200 x 12 cm (24 x 79 x 5 in) £ 7,500