WOAW Gallery is pleased to present Contemporary Curated: Landscape curated by gallerist and curator Taymour Grahne, highlighting ten contemporary artists based between the UK and USA. Sixteen landscape paintings were created to illustrate each artist’s personal interpretation of nature, ranging from mythology, historical references, social issues, to human consciousness.

This group exhibition will be showcasing works by Tessa Perutz (b.1988) who portrays nature through abstract minimalistic shapes in a soft colour palette, allowing audience to experience the feeling of lightness within a scene of nature. Hilary Doyle (b.1985) depicts a time when all genders were equal in society. Her painting carries connotation of a world in prehistoric period, under the influence of ancient and Neolithic periods. Nadia Ayari (b.1981) and Asif Tanvir Hoque (b.1991) are both inspired by mythology and yet have created rather different subject matters. Hoque incorporate elements from Italian art history into his figurative paintings, giving the character a traditional heroic quality within the painting. On the other hand, Ayari’s distinctive paintings focus on simple products by nature which can be easily overlooked, yet these objects become the protagonists of her paintings, being magnified in size through powerful combination of strong colour palette and bold outlines; a simple flower can now be seen in a different light and gain a sense of significance in its existence.

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