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As Seen By Me: Anthony Laurencin & Roland Lawar

Past exhibition
6 - 26 May 2022
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Works
  • Roland Lawar, Sprinter, 2001
    Roland Lawar, Sprinter, 2001
  • Roland Lawar, Four Ways, 2012
    Roland Lawar, Four Ways, 2012
  • Roland Lawar, View, 2008
    Roland Lawar, View, 2008
  • Roland Lawar, Fresh Beginnings, 1997
    Roland Lawar, Fresh Beginnings, 1997
  • Antony Laurencin, Dr Fentanyl , 2022
    Antony Laurencin, Dr Fentanyl , 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, The Gambler, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, The Gambler, 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, Warrior, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, Warrior, 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, Serenity, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, Serenity, 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, Yellow Belly (Cold War), TBC.
    Antony Laurencin, Yellow Belly (Cold War), TBC.
  • Antony Laurencin, Pink-casso, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, Pink-casso, 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, Pink Chequers, TBC.
    Antony Laurencin, Pink Chequers, TBC.
  • Antony Laurencin, Scream, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, Scream, 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, What Really Matters, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, What Really Matters, 2022
  • Antony Laurencin, Twins, 2022
    Antony Laurencin, Twins, 2022
  • Roland Lawar, Girl with the large earrings, 2008
    Roland Lawar, Girl with the large earrings, 2008
  • Roland Lawar, Enclosed, 2012
    Roland Lawar, Enclosed, 2012
  • Roland Lawar, Walking with a stride, 2008
    Roland Lawar, Walking with a stride, 2008
  • Roland Lawar, Weightlessness, 2008
    Roland Lawar, Weightlessness, 2008
  • Roland Lawar, Bend it like Beckham , 2008
    Roland Lawar, Bend it like Beckham , 2008
  • Roland Lawar, Trapped, 2012
    Roland Lawar, Trapped, 2012
Overview
As Seen By Me, Anthony Laurencin & Roland Lawar

STUDIO WEST is pleased to present As Seen By Me, a duo exhibition co-curated by
Studio West and Bolanle Tajudeen, founder of Black Blossoms, which showcases contemporary Black women and non-binary artists and the Black Blossoms School of Art and Culture, an online learning platform decolonising art education.

 

The show brings together paintings and sculptures by two British artists Roland Lawar and Anthony Laurencin. The exhibition title, taken directly from Lawar’s writing, speaks to the central themes of each artists’ practice: perception, personal interpretation, lived experience, and materiality.

 

On the recommendation of Bolanle Tajudeen, STUDIO WEST became familiar with the striking work of Anthony Laurencin and is excited to introduce this noteworthy ‘outsider artist’ to London collectors and critics. Roland Lawar has received a number of public art commissions and exhibited widely outside of the city, STUDIO WEST is pleased to present a selection of his smaller works once again in a gallery context.

 

Sculptor Roland Lawar has been creating abstract metal sculpture in animated, intertwined forms since 1984. Inspired by his African heritage and spending childhood hours in blacksmiths and carpenters in his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, Lawar became deeply invested in the limitless potentialities of form and the capacity for material transformation. His work fuses child-like vitality with angular geometry – combining the logical and architectural with the playful and energetic. He incorporates found objects and casts from steel to bring together unique and distinctly contemporary forms reminiscent of British modernist sculptor Anthony Caro. Many works utilise reclaimed steel, breathing new life into ‘waste’ objects, through cleaning, moulding, welding, and painting.


Anthony Laurencin’s work is intrinsically rebellious, he creates bold, narrative-led paintings anchored in a strong self-referential style. Having begun his practice only a few years ago, Laurencin has no formal training, and as such, his artistic language is honest and unique. He works on unstretched canvas with multiple layers of acrylic paint, allowing his evolution of ideas to remain visible in the final piece. For this exhibition, some will hang like tapestries while others have been stretched into new forms. Much like Lawar, colour is central to Laurencin’s painting. Strong palettes introduce a sense of vibrancy and urgency to the personal subject matter, scenes often drawn from everyday life.


As Seen By Me illuminates a fascinating inter-generational conversation between two artists creating in bold and defiant styles. The exhibition introduces a selection of exciting and previously unseen work to the London art market, inviting  collectors, critics and viewers into a dynamic space of interpretation and consideration.

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Installation Views
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1226
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1199
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1215
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1234
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1209
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1235
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1206
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1240
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1248
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1257
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1251
  • Asseenbyme Bjdeakin Photography 1270
Press
  • Made In Shoreditch: Introducing London Based Artists Anthony Laurencin and Roland Lawar

    Lisa Baker, Made In Shoreditch, May 9, 2022
  • Photography: Brylney Davies

    AS SEEN BY ME : Anthony Laurencin & Roland Lawar

    6th May – 26th May 2022
Events
  • Q & A with Anthony Laurencin and Roland Lawar

    Q & A with Anthony Laurencin and Roland Lawar

    Hosted by Derek Owusu 12 May 2022
  • PRIVATE VIEW: AS SEEN BY ME

    PRIVATE VIEW: AS SEEN BY ME

    6 May 2022

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  • Anthony Laurencin

    Anthony Laurencin

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