Ansel Krut

1 — 24 May 2014 at the Modern Art in London, United Kingdom

9 May 2014

Ansel Krut, Amaryllis (detail), 2014, oil on canvas, 106 x 81 cm, 41 3/4 x 31 7/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Amaryllis (detail), 2014, oil on canvas, 106 x 81 cm, 41 3/4 x 31 7/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Modern Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new paintings by Ansel Krut. This is the artist’s second solo show with Modern Art, and is four years since he last exhibited in London.

Ansel Krut’s exhibition at Modern Art’s Fitzroy Square gallery presents a body of new paintings with a distinctive painterly character that portray figures, buildings, and references to the modern canon. While underpinned with Krut's characteristically mordant humour this powerful body of new paintings sees an engagement with themes of violence, power and melancholy.

Ansel Krut was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1959. He has lived and worked in London since the early 1980s. Ansel Krut graduated with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 1986, after which he was awarded the Abbey Major scholarship to the British School in Rome. He attended the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (1982-1983), and completed his BA in Fine Art at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (1979-1982).

Ansel Krut’s paintings are to be the subject of a forthcoming survey exhibition ‘Verbatim’ at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 3 May – 9 July 2014.

Modern Art

Modern Art is a London based gallery opened by Stuart Shave in 1998. Modern Art’s intention is to assist artists in the development of their practices and the creation of new work by fostering relationships between artists, institutions, collectors, curators, and audiences. Artists represented by Modern Art participate in exhibitions at the highest international level with museums, foundations, biennales and collections.

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Location

London, United Kingdom

Ansel Krut, Steeple, Bound Cypresses, Vapour Trail, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 140 cm, 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

AnAnsel Krut, God's Army, 2014, oil on canvas, 126 x 107 x 7 cm, 49 5/8 x 42 1/8 x 2 3/4 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Crank House on the Lake, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, 70 7/8 x 59 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Last Man Standing, 2014, oil on canvas, 116 x 102 cm, 45 5/8 x 40 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Little Machine Gunner, 2014, oil on canvas,
90 x 80 cm, 35 3/8 x 31 1/2 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Bayonets and Boots, 2014, oil on canvas, 188 x 177 cm, 74 1/8 x 70 1/2 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Steeple, Bound Cypresses, Vapour Trail, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 140 cm, 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
AnAnsel Krut, God's Army, 2014, oil on canvas, 126 x 107 x 7 cm, 49 5/8 x 42 1/8 x 2 3/4 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Crank House on the Lake, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, 70 7/8 x 59 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

Ansel Krut, Last Man Standing, 2014, oil on canvas, 116 x 102 cm, 45 5/8 x 40 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Little Machine Gunner, 2014, oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm, 35 3/8 x 31 1/2 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Bayonets and Boots, 2014, oil on canvas, 188 x 177 cm, 74 1/8 x 70 1/2 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

AnAnsel Krut, God's Army, 2014, oil on canvas, 126 x 107 x 7 cm, 49 5/8 x 42 1/8 x 2 3/4 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Crank House on the Lake, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, 70 7/8 x 59 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Steeple, Bound Cypresses, Vapour Trail, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 140 cm, 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Little Machine Gunner, 2014, oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm, 35 3/8 x 31 1/2 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Bayonets and Boots, 2014, oil on canvas, 188 x 177 cm, 74 1/8 x 70 1/2 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Ansel Krut, Last Man Standing, 2014, oil on canvas, 116 x 102 cm, 45 5/8 x 40 1/8 ins, Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

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