Ian Francis - Lazarides
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<strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong>10,000 YearsFrom Now11 RATHBONE PLACE | LONDON | W1T 1HR |0207 636 5443 | WWW.LAZINC.COM
<strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong>10,000 YearsFrom NowPrivate view will be held Thursday, 26th April from 6pm to 9pm.Exhibition runs 27th April through 24th MayRSVP to Laura@Lazinc.com by Wednesday, 25 April to be included on the guestlist.For any information or to discuss these works please contact:Victoria Al-Din+44 207 636 5443 ext. 24 or+44 795 1923 605Victoria@lazinc.comAbove: A Red Sphere Grows (detail), p.11Cover details, clockwise: Ryan, Marissa, Seth And Anna... p.8;Sent Out Into The Autumn... p.3; Whirlpool p.14;A Girl Commits (Fake) Suicide... p.10; Two People Go On AHoliday Forever p.6All prices excl. VATAll Images Copyright <strong>Lazarides</strong> Ltd. and <strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong>, 2012. All Rights Reserved.11 RATHBONE PLACE | LONDON | W1T 1HR |0207 636 5443 | WWW.LAZINC.COM
Sent Out Into The Autumn, A Glamour Model LosesAlmost All Her Body HeatMixed Media On Canvas91 x 91cm£8,000
A Flock Of Birds Either Attack A GirlOr Try To Keep Her From FallingMixed Media On Canvas91 x 127cm£10,000
Condominium (People Living Separate Lives)Mixed Media On Canvas107 x 152cm£12,500
Two People Go On A Holiday ForeverMixed Media On Canvas122 x 122cm£12,500
Le Corbusier’s Dream Falls ApartAs The Cliff Beneath CollapsesMixed Media On Canvas152 x 152cm£16,000
Ryan, Marissa, Seth And AnnaTry To Make It Back To The Set Of The O.C.(Except The Mansions Been Sold AndThe Pool House Never Existed)Mixed Media On Canvas91 x 127cm£10,000
An Empty Red Coat Throws Itself Off The PierMixed Media On Canvas107 x 152cm£12,500
A Girl Commits (Fake) Suicide With A RaygunMixed Media On Canvas137 x 183cm£16,000
A Red Sphere GrowsMixed Media On Canvas91 x 127cm£10,000
A Wrecked Ship’s Soul AscendsMixed Media On Canvas107 x 152cm£12,500
A Game Breaks Halfway ThroughMixed Media On Canvas91 x 127cm£10,000
WhirlpoolMixed Media On Canvas102 x 71cm£8,000
Two Girls Make Out In A Hot TubMixed Media On Canvas107 x 67cm£8,000
AndroidOil On Paper28 x 50cm, unframed£2,500
GuardsmanOil On Paper21 x 28cm, unframed£1,500
HandOil On Paper28 x 50cm, unframed£2,500
UmbrellaOil On Paper21 x 28cm, unframed£1,500
Press Release10,000 Years From Now is an exhibition of all new works by British artist <strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong> opening at <strong>Lazarides</strong> Rathbone on 27 April2012. The artist’s latest body of work examines the fragility of this lifetime in contrast to geological timescales.Inspired by his fascination with the Internet and other technological forms of mass communication, <strong>Francis</strong> isolates popular scenariosfrom the present and examines their inherent fragility against collapsing architectural backdrops as they exist within digitalformats. 10,000 Years From Now highlights the perilous nature of our constructed world and brings into to focus the futility of oursocial legacy.Working in mixed media on canvas, <strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong> combines abstraction, figuration and elements of both painting and drawing to createdistinctly contemporary works. His robust approach uses a range of techniques including acrylic, oil, charcoal, ink and graphite, all deployedin a spontaneous manner. Below this active and colourful ‘surface,’ however, are delicate notes of melancholy, alienation andsocial critique, revealing a nuanced regard for contemporary mores which can be observed in his paintings in which he referencesthe graphical coding errors in computer games.<strong>Francis</strong> draws inspiration and raw material from cinema, pornography, street culture, and images sampled from the Internet, synthesizingthese sources into a quasi-literal vision of the ‘mediated’ landscape. Having started using the Internet as a tool for researchand news in 2001, triggered by the attacks on The World Trade Centre and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, <strong>Francis</strong> became captivatedby the amount of information he could readily access and consume from around the world. Over the past decade, <strong>Francis</strong> hasdiscovered that a large amount of his life and subject matter for his work centres around the escapist worlds he surrounds himselfwith including magazines, books, the internet, film and television. The physical act of painting has become a cathartic process and away in which he can digest the torrent of information. Through his work he explores society’s obsession with popular culture and thedetachment he personally undergoes in relation to this pervasive sense of societal collapse and impending apocalypse.
About The Artist<strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong> was born in 1979 in Bristol, UK, where he received a BA from University of the West of England and continues to liveand work. Solo exhibitions include: Fireland, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York (March 2011); Exodus, <strong>Lazarides</strong> Gallery, London (2010);Semi-Permanent, Kinsey/DesForges, Sydney, Australia (2009); Together Forever, Kinsey/DesForges, Los Angeles (2008); andSuper Coma Fantasy, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles (2007). Selected group exhibitions include: Summer Group Exhibition, JoshuaLiner Gallery, New York (2010); and The Outsiders, <strong>Lazarides</strong> Gallery, Newcastle and other locations (2007–09).
Copyright <strong>Lazarides</strong> Limited and <strong>Ian</strong> <strong>Francis</strong>, 2012.
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