Launching our first show is a glorious challenge. Gathering artists and makers from Brooklyn to London and Paris and trying to find a common theme isn’t always obvious – but for us it was.
This exhibition represents our own Wunderkammer, a virtual cabinet of curiosities filled with works that strike us for their beauty, skill or association. Our community of artists and makers are creative explorers, always assessing their own talents and discovering a personal language to communicate through. Filled with colour, originality, texture and draughtsmanship, their art draws from the past to reinvent tomorrow. Like recognising characteristics in people whom we have known and loved, their works reflect the inspirations of the great museum collections.
As passionate collectors, we are reminded of what Wilhelm Hansen, founder of the Ordrupgaard Collection, wrote to his wife Henny: "I may just as well confess now that I have been reckless and made considerable purchases. But I know that I will be forgiven when you see what I have bought”. By opening up our Wunderkammer for view, we hope you will go on to develop your own connection with these works.
Nick Crean and Clementine Perrins, Crean & Company
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Avoiding the Hodgepodge
1 December 2020 - 15 January 2021 -
Alexander Nolan, The Diner (2020), oil on canvas, 42 x 66 in, 106.7 x 167.6 cm
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Alexander Nolan, Waiting for his Return (2020), oil on canvas, 18 x 25 in, 45.7 x 63.5 cm
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Tyga Helme, Afterglow, Monte Pellegrino (2020), chalk pastel and watercolour of paper, 27 ½ x 9 7/8 in, 70 x 25 cm
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Tyga Helme, A Moving Blue (2020), watercolour and chalk pastel on paper, 27 1/2 x 9 7/8 in, 70 x 25 cm
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Laura Smith, Shakers (2015), oil on linen, 29 7/8 x 36 ¼ in, 75.9 x 92.1 cm
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Laura Smith, Everlasting Flowers (2020), watercolour on paper, 15 x 11 1/8 in, 38.1 x 28.3 cm
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Avital Burg, Greenpoint Window Self-Portrait (2020), oil on linen mounted on wood, 27 1.8 x 25 5/8 in, 68.6 x 65.1 cm
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Avital Burg, Backyard Rose (2020), oil on paper mounted on wood, 8 x 6 in, 20.3 x 15.2 cm
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Lauren Luloff, Beech Forest 6-20 (2020), dye and oil pastel on paper, 15 x 11 ¼ in, 38.1 x 28.6 cm
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Lauren Luloff, A Jumbled Sentence (2014), oil on muslin, 22 x 17 in, 55.9 x 43.2 cm
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Serena Rowe, September (2019), oil on board, 15 ¾ x 23 5/8 in, 40 x 60 cm
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Serena Rowe, Orange Scarf (2018), oil on board, 15 ¾ x 21 5/8 in, 40 x 54.9 cm
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Amelia Power, Lewisham Landscape (2020), oil on panel, 7 ½ x 9 ½ in, 19.1 x 24.1 cm
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Amelia Power, Whiting (2020), oil on panel, 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in, 25.1 x 25.1 cm
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Thomas Merrett, Stretch (2019), bronze, 15 ¾ x 7 7/78 in, 40 x 20 cm, 1 of an edition of 9
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Thomas Merrett, Study of Dancer No. 1 (2020), 15 x 11 3/8 in, 38.1 x 28.9 cm, charcoal on paper
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Carolina Mazzolari, The Bubble Maker (2016), dye, pigments, paint, silk, cotton and wool thread, 51 1/8 x 66 7/8 in, 130 x 170 cm
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Carolina Mazzolari, My Isis (2018), hand embroidered cotton, silk and pigments onto unprimed linen, 68 7/8 x 53 1/8 in, 175 x 135 cm
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Kate Braine, Slash Pot with Butter Press Centre (2020), stoneware with Ivory Coast glaze, 7 x 16 cm, 2 3/4 x 6 1/4 in
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Kate Braine, Potted Plant (2019), stoneware poppy red glaze, 7 1/5 x 5 7/8 in, 19 x 15 cm
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Rupert Shrive, Branching Oyster (2020), oil paint on linen, 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in, 32 x 24 cm,
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To enquire about any of these works, please get in touch at nick@creanandcompany.com