Overview
From the grim and eerily strange to the distorted and fascinatingly dark, this spellbinding selling exhibition examines the artistic treatment of the macabre through the ages. Co-curated with the artist Benjamin Spiers, Macabre places fantastical relics of bygone centuries alongside cutting-edge creations of today. From Bosch to Burra, Rodin to Rego, a cross-section of uncanny artistic production is traced through a range of media. A memorable selling exhibition in both scope and spirit, Macabre offers viewers and collectors the opportunity to consider how these diverse works contrast with and speak to one another, offering a rounded dialogue on mankind’s collective fascination with the curious, peculiar and mysterious.
Benjamin Spiers (b. 1972) studied at Falmouth University and Goldsmiths. His paintings pair methodical skills, with a mastery of styles that include surrealism, abstraction and cubism, bringing alive a world of hypnagogic fears and fantasies to his canvases. Benjamin Spiers is represented by Saatchi Yates.
Viewing
8 King Street, St. James's
London SW1Y 6QT
29–30 October, 12pm – 5pm
31 October – 4 November, 9am – 5pm
7–11 November, 9am – 5pm
14–18 November, 9am – 5pm
19–20 November, 12pm – 5pm
21–25 November, 9am – 5pm
28 November – 2 December, 9am – 5pm
3–4 December, 12pm – 5pm
5–9 December, 9am – 5pm
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