SAFE HOUSE

GOOD TO KNOW is pleased to announce SAFE HOUSE, the first online virtual exhibition of painter John Bartlett.

Partnering with Walter’s Cube to create a virtual gallery experience to view here or on the Walter’s cube Downloadable app.

ENTER EXHIBITION HERE: SAFE HOUSE

May 27th-June 27th  

CURATED BY GOOD TO KNOW.FYI 

In response to the global shelter-in-place, social distancing and protective personal measures, SAFE HOUSE depicts scenes familiar to our current lifestyle, exploring solitude, confinement and the poetry of every day life. 

Bartlett’s works range from “history painting of the everyday” to allegorical visions fused with darker themes and meditative tones. Although some of the chosen works for this exhibition were made over two decades ago, they explore timely issues that are now more present than ever; fear, solitude, confinement and 'the new normal.’  

FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE

ABOUT JOHN BARTLETT

John Bartlett was born in London in 1960. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools, London from 1991-94. On leaving Art School he supported his Art Practice financially by working at the National Gallery, London. In 2013 he moved to Folkestone Kent with his partner and young son and has devoted his energies full-time to Art Projects since then.

Bartlett’s work is held in private and public collections throughout the world. He is best known to date for his monumental work ‘History Painting’ (1993/4) which now forms an integral part of the Museum of London’s permanent collection. This contentious work has received a great deal of media coverage in Britain over the years primarily because it depicts the 1990 Poll Tax Riots in Trafalgar Square.  Alongside the MOL he has had large scale works bought by the V&A, Guildhall Art Gallery (Lon) and has a selection of drawings in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts.

In 2012-13 the Guildhall Art Gallery held a mid-career retrospective of his work featuring over fifty of his paintings & drawings in an exhibition entitled ‘London Sublime’. This show also featured the temporal work ‘Rise of the Invisible’ a 25 ft wall drawing installation that made reference to the 2011 London Riots.

Notable private collectors include Nicholas Penny - former Director of the National Gallery, London & Andrew Wilton - former Keeper of the British Collection at the Tate. Wilton curated the exhibition ‘American Sublime’ that travelled to the States in 2002.

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