Tim stages exhibition at famous London gallery
Arran artist Tim Pomeroy is holding a second major solo exhibition in New Bond Street, London, this month.
Tim is showing with The Fine Art Society (FAS), an established London institution that has represented the best British artists since 1876. The society used to have branches in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh but now only retains the Edinburgh gallery in Dundas Street where Tim showed in November 2015 and the London premises.
The new London exhibition is called Ritual Geometries consisting of 14 sculptures in stone and wood based on inspirations drawn from nature and the designed world combined with notions of ritual in its widest sense.
‘The sculptures are designed to infer rather than to state a purpose. I want the spectator to be inspired, to imagine a purpose or a role that any given sculpture should play,’ said Tim. ‘For me they are a kind of language … one for which words are less adequate.’
A Scottish newspaper featured a full page spread and interview with Tim on Boxing Day. When asked about a career high, he said: ‘To be showing in Bond Street with FAS is an achievement in itself, to sell work thereafter is a real bonus.’
The showing is a major exhibition of Tim’s most recent work and he hopes it cements further relationships with the fine art societies in London and Edinburgh.
Tim said: ‘There will be another Edinburgh exhibition at some point in the near future, based on the success of the last Dundas Street show. The success of the Bond Street show will, I hope, give me security with the London gallery for the next two or three years.’
Tim is driving the works to London himself in a van borrowed from Filtec owner Bill Smith of Machrie. The second lift of six works weighing 1.2 tons left Arran last week to arrive in London the following day for arranging. He took the first, smaller works down for a pre-Christmas preview the week before Christmas.
Tim trained and taught at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. He has been self-supporting since 1983. Locally, he exhibits in Arran Art Gallery and every year at Arran Open Studios and is working on several private commissions for clients on and off the island. His works feature in the permanent collections of the Kelvingrove and the National Museum of Scotland. He also has sculptures in public spaces on Arran viewable all year round and in collections like Chatsworth, Cawdor Castle and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. The exhibition, which opened on Tuesday, runs until January 30 and further details and an online catalogue can be viewed on the gallery website at www. faslondon.com or by phoning Sara on 02076 295116.