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Matthew Radford - The London Diaries - The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

1st November - 2nd December 2012 The London Diaries MATTHEW RADFORD http://www.thecatstreetgallery.com/ar... Returning to Hong Kong this November, for his second solo show at The Cat Street Gallery, revered British artist Matthew Radford brings his latest and eagerly awaited series, London Diaries. Featuring brand new works this exhibition is a skillful embodiment of the frenetic energy of its namesake city. Radford's compulsion to record the scale and pace of urban life is both vibrant and sombre - with an innovative use of color and paint - he first paints people's silhouettes - and moves over the canvases in huge swathes to 'wipe away' any individual identities within the masses. For it is the mystery and complexity of urban life that fascinates Radford, and pulses throughout his paintings - acting as a metaphor for the shifting sands of one's lifetime. Many of Radford's recent works tread a thin line between the figurative and abstraction, evoking a darkness where the non-subject areas of a London scene spell both a paradoxical void and spatial freedom, and the subjects are swathed in veils. Perhaps Radford presents these more abstract images as gateways for seeing other things - the duality of the spiritual world and physical world which he believes can never be experienced separately. Like stills from a film noir, his images are alluring but shrouded in mystery. Having been fascinated with crowds since childhood, Radford's enigmatic paintings and monotypes are a set in his city - a 'deep pool of individual solitudes' - an anonymous passage of personal exploration through social constraint. Acquired by both institutions and private collectors alike, Matthew Radford's work continues to draw attention from a captivated audience, many of whom can identify with the paradoxical nature of modern day city life. Radford has exhibited widely in the UK and has also had solo shows in Los Angeles, New York, California, and Germany. His work is in several important collections included The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Public Library and Corpporate Collections. The artist has also held teaching posts at the prestigious Slade School of Art, New York Studio School and Camberwell Art School.