Yngling Projects

Yngling Projects is a new initiative which will run alongside Berntson Bhattacharjee’s exhibition programme and take place in the downstairs gallery space on 45 Berners Street. The programme is dedicated to showcasing work by early career artists currently in art school, by discovering and promoting burgeoning talent in a low pressure environment. The word Yngling, meaning youth in Norse, embraces the spirit of new beginnings and boundless potential. 

 

Reflecting the gallery’s commitment to supporting early career artists, Yngling Projects welcomes experimentation and creativity as well as providing crucial support in navigating the art world. Embodying the dynamic energy of its name, Yngling Projects aims to create a springboard for a new generation of artists to explore, learn, and grow.

 

  • Upcoming

    Isaac Willis, 20 February - 8 March
    Isaac Willis, Domain, 2024, oil on aluminium, acid etch primer, Epoxy putty, oak gall ink, 56 x 45 cm

    Isaac Willis

    20 February - 8 March

    Berntson Bhattacharjee are proud to introduce artist Isaac Willis. Isaac will be taking part in our new Yngling Projects programme in our lower gallery space. 

     

    Isaac Willis (b. 1991, Walton-On-Thames, UK) is currently based in Glasgow,  studying for his Masters in Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art. He received his BA in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in 2014. 

     

    His work uses historical paintings as subject matter for new investigations into contemporary painting. Willis questions topics of ownership, the narrative of women in historical art, heritage, power, and materiality. Crops of old master paintings are juxtaposed with a material surface which draws attention to itself, exposing the material and objecthood of painting. These surfaces, often aluminium, are accompanied by sculptural mounts, such as a crow’s head or a chess piece, which bear the works. Thinking through images and translating the ‘mind's eye’ is a starting point for the paintings which contain different sources of imagery wrestling for space in the picture plane. 

     

    Recent group exhibitions include; ‘Popcorn Machine’, 318 Langside, Glasgow (2024); ‘Ghost Image’, Mannering Road, Glasgow (2024); ‘Resting’, Blyth Gallery at Imperial College, London (2023); ‘Words and Pictures’, Worlding Project Space, London (2023); ‘Inside Job’, Tate Modern, London (2018).

     

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