Blackbird Rook and The Good Ship presents PET ZOE SPOWAGE 07.03 - 30.03 Persistence Works, Yorkshire Artspace I finished making this work mid November 2023, and had my son a couple of weeks later in Leeds General Infirmary. The gestation of my child and these paintings shared time. From the start I was using 'Pet' as the title for this body of work: 'Pet' as in a creature you pour your love into; 'Pet' as in the affectionate/patronising touch of an authority (figure?); 'Pet' peeve/theory/name as in 'held dear'. There was something darkly comic about how lightweight the word Pet is in contr ..read more

VALUE VALUE VALUE Curated by Peter Lamb 15th February - 21st March 2024 Birgir Birgisson Shane Bradford Jim Cheatle Peter Lamb Gustav Metzger Tahmina Negmat Aidan O’Sullivan Playpaint Kate Steciw   Kate Steciw, The Waterbearer, 2023, Inkjet prints on canvas, collage on panel, 127 × 101.6 cm ‘Painting's capacity to appear particularly saturated with a lifetime of its own author makes it an ideal candidate for value production’. Isabelle Graw Learn more   Jim Cheatle, Plastic 4, 2023, Giclee prints on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching, 74 × 59 cm   'Value Value Value’ brings together ..read more

Blackbird Rook presents Susan Metrican in Foundations, 23.01 - 14.02    CLICK HERE FOR SUSAN METRICAN IN FOUNDATIONS   Susan Metrican is an artist living and working in Fairfield, IA via Boston, NYC, Toronto, and Bangkok. Metrican received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2014 and Shandaken: Storm King in 2022. I am drawn to images and objects that resonate across seemingly disparate cultures and time periods. As a Thai American raised mostly in the mid ..read more

NICK DEVEREUX Blackbird Rook presents Nick Devereux in Foundations, 23.01 - 14.02    CLICK HERE FOR NICK DEVEREUX IN FOUNDATIONS   Nick Devereux (born 1978, Panama City) lives and works in London. Devereux is a multidisciplinary artist, working between sculpture, painting, drawing and photography to both compose and realise his work. His studio is a stage for imaginary environments filled with surfaces and sculptures made from a range of found materials: broken glass and ceramics, wood, metals and scraps of fabric. Often, depictions of these dioramas are drawn or painted through ..read more

CHRISTINA BARRERA Blackbird Rook presents Christina Barrera in Foundations, 23.01 - 14.02    CLICK HERE FOR CHRISTINA BARRERA IN FOUNDATIONS   Christina Barrera is a first-generation Colombian-American artist from West Palm Beach, Florida. She holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, an MFA from Hunter College, and works as a multidisciplinary artist and educator in New York City. Her works span a variety of mediums, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, and textile. Barrera’s work often deals with questions of the body, identity, and colonialism, particularly i ..read more

  Blackbird Rook is presenting three artists with Foundations, an online fair curated by Artsy, spotlighting fresh works from galleries that discover and nurture rising artists. This year’s fair includes presentations from galleries in 36 countries, featuring exceptional talents whose practices deserve greater recognition. Christina Barrera, Nick Devereux and Susan Metrican   BLACKBIRD ROOK ON FOUNDATIONS - live at 9am EST on Tuesday, January 23   CHRISTINA BARRERA Christina Barrera is a first-generation Colombian-American artist from West Palm Beach, Florida. She holds a B ..read more

VISAGE Curated by Juan Bolivar 11th January - 14th February 2024 Christina Barrera,  Juan Bolivar,  Nicky Carvel,  Mark Connolly,  Cyan Dee, Oli Epp,  Liam Fallon, Luis Rafael Galvez,  Charlie Gray,  John Greenwood, Des Lawrence, Rebecca Parkin,  Anthony Piper,  Miho Sato,  Toby Ursell, Julie Verhoeven, Richard Wathen, Tom Worsfold. Oli Epp, Wet Weather Warning, 2022, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 180 x 200cm Visage presents artists who share a fascination with faces, not necessarily portraits or a likeness, but a fascination with the face a ..read more

Christina Barrera, En La Calle I [On the Street I]   Thank you to all artists and collectors for your continued support this year. We are looking forward to returning in January with a series of shows - both online and in physical space. A preview of these first exhibitions is below. Please follow the gallery on Artsy for further details in the coming weeks. FOLLOW BLACKBIRD ROOK Visage Curated by Juan Bolivar 11.01 - 14.02 Visage presents artists who share a fascination with faces, not necessarily portraits or a likeness, but a fascination with the face as an indexical repository ..read more

Blackbird Rook presents… Feeling into the shape of another Tom Crawford and Ellie MacGarry December 12 – January 16, 2024 An exhibition of new work by Ellie MacGarry and Tom Crawford. Here, the two painters are placed in conversation, where they consider themes of desire, the creative process, commitment and not knowing. A conversation between Tom Crawford and Ellie MacGarry TC: I was wondering where we could start our conversation and realised we’ve spoken about the artist Mary Heilmann before, who I came to quite late. I love her paintings now and think about them often. I feel like Save ..read more

Contemporary Art for under £1000, £2000 and £5000 Last month I sent seasonal selections of credible contemporary art, priced at under £1000, under £2000 and under £5000. It has proved so popular with those looking to invest in beautiful, significant gifts, that I am resending the links here with an updated list of available work. All can be shipped for Christmas. Liam Fallon, Aftermath II, 2022, Pigmented jesmonite, steel dowels, Open edition, 65 x 6 x 6 cm, £1000 per pair   UNDER £1000   George Young, Kite (A), 2023, Oil on paper, 65 x 48cm, £1800   UNDER £2000   ..read more