Julie Umerle’s second solo exhibition at Bermondsey Project Space, ‘Recent Paintings’, comprises pretty much what it says on the tin: new work, made over the past few years, both in and out of lockdown, pre- and mid-pandemic.
Although comprising numerous series – Umerle’s series are, after all, always open-ended, with an idea for a new painting often deriving from a previous one – the works might be seen to fall into two main groupings: those with solid, architectural shapes or polygons (the Split Infinity, Black and Red, Polygon II and Unfolded Polygon paintings, for example) and the Clear Light splatter works, made during the first lockdown in March 2020.
This exhibition is curated by Anna Mcnay who has written an essay to accompany the works, and has been made possible with thanks to the generous support of Arts Council England.