Luke Iwrin, 54 Pimlico Road, London
The exhibition will run over summer and open with extended viewing hours at Luke Irwin on:
Wednesday 26 June, 6 – 9pm
Thursday 27 June, 6 – 9pm
In collaboration with Luke Irwin and to coincide with the Eye of the Collector Fair, held in the Garrison Chapel at the Chelsea Barracks from 26 - 29 June 2024, Vigo is proud to present Le Tigre by Jordy Kerwick.
Self taught Australian artist Jordy Kerwick in collaboration with Luke Irwin and Vigo Gallery has created a series of limited edition hand knotted recycled sari silk rugs referred to as the Tiger Rug Painting Tiger Rugs in reference to the Tiger Rug Paintings which made him famous, classic within his oeuvre. Their transformation into hand woven carpet/tapestries is a playful twist on this theme taking these fantasy images of make believe carpets and rendering them real. They are hung on the wall as a tapestry or used on the floor as a carpet.
Kerwick explores domestic family frivolity through the lens of alternative bodies or forms, and his playful works take inspiration from his time in the familial sphere, drawing on the kitchen floor with his children. His brazen, colour-saturated paintings transport you to a dream world of mythology, folk law and misadventure that feel like a grown man’s reinterpretation of his 10-year-old self’s dreams, fantasies and fears. His raw, expressive canvases have caught the attention of collectors, museums and fellow artists ranging from from Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Thyssen Museum (Blanca and Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection) in Madrid, to the ICA in Miami, and the collections of important fellow artists like Mark Grotjohn and Richard Prince. Playful in style, they are redolent of the exuberance and carefree qualities of childlike creativity and mark-making, and quasi-mythic in content, depicting scenes populated by strange, fictive, creatures. The hybrid double headed trophy beasts are a loving nod to Kerwick's two young sons Sonny and Milo who wanted to be in his paintings.
Kerwick released the first TRPT rug at Masterpiece Art Faur in 2022. The edition of ten plus two ap's promptly sold out save one artists proof which we are showing at the 2024 Eye of The Collector Fair. At the same time at Luke Irwin’s eponymous gallery in Pimlico Road five new editions will be shown for the first time alongside one original Tiger Rug Painting.
For more information please email anna@vigogallery.com.