News
6th February 2012
No Jokes Please; We’re Italian: New Works by Stefano Mezzaroma
6th February 2012
The PARODY of Today's World - Duccio Trombadori
3rd February 2012
Agent Morton is changing brand to Serena Morton and will re-open at 23 Cork Street, Mayfair, W1 on Thursday 22 March 2012
23rd January 2012
Agent Morton is delighted to announce the inclusion of Simon Edmondson, Rupert Shrive and Jim Threapleton in the exciting exhibition 'Material Matters' at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
5th December 2011
5th December 2011
31st October 2011
October 2011
October 2011
August 22 2011
Simon Edmondson
BURNT DOOR WITH COLUMN
6 October – 28 November
June 9 2011
Damian Elwes, Heart Land
June 8 2011
Agent Morton presents a ten year celebration of Jeffrey Kroll At THE SAATCHI GALLERY
From JUNE 9th DUKE OF YORK HQ, KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON SW3 4SQ
Agent Morton show continues at Agent Morton:
Monday June 13th to Saturday June 18th
May 5 2011
Peter Lewis exhibition from 25th May- 18th June 2011
April 26 2011
Rupert Shrive, 2011, Paris exhibition 'Something Else'
April 2011
April 2011
AGENT MORTON LAUNCHES DOVER ST GALLERY!
“Many late afternoons during Autumn and Winter, I watched the sun going down a blood red abstract disc, which inclined me to see premonitions of great time passing and of our sun one day becoming a red dwarf - as if to show so vividly time passing in micro and macro dimensions which could animate my landscape into charged tableaux of transience, and vulnerability in my own and mankind’s existence. I feel that the tragedy of time has never been more pronounced than now”.
Peter Lewis paints the landscape of the Carmarthenshire countryside. The work is transported between a shed on the edge of the forest and the studio attached to his farmhouse where appraisal takes place. The paintings are then divided into themed series gleaned from this way of working. Each canvas depends on a gestation period of months and sometimes years to complete. The landscape is not so much a viewing spot as a site for meditation.
April 2011
Announcing Jeffrey Kroll's new Exhibition 'Ten'
A celebratory exhibition of the work of American artist Jeffrey Kroll entitled “TEN” will open with a private view in June, 2011 at the SAATCHI GALLERY and then continue at Agent Morton.
The exhibition will offer highlights of the artist’s work spanning the last ten years, the period in which he has continually exhibited in London. Arresting and dramatic, the works, created in the abstract tradition, will range from those that have graced galleries across the world including the Louvre in Paris, as well as new works going on view for the first time. This exhibition has been made possible with kind support from the “Dickerman Overseas” company.
In Jeffrey Kroll’s brillantly bold work, where one is immediately struck by the vibrancy and intensity of colour, we find subtle forms, built up layer upon layer . His swirling and dynamic brushstrokes are checked and balanced by clean geometric elements. We have the impression of an object; the feeling of movement and we are conscious of a deep internal process, producing an intense spiritual visualisation.
Kroll stands apart from our collective pre-occupation with concept over craft. He paints in a contemporary style, yet retains a debt of gratitude to the great Modernist artists of the 20th Century, such as Kandinsky and refers to the development of Cubism and the Orphism movement in particular the work of Robert Delaunay. The energetic work of Italian Futurists such as Umberto Boccioni, Carolo Carrà and Giacomo Balla resonates loudly.
Indeed Jeffrey has a veritable love affair with Italy, spending summers in the radiant light of Tuscany. For him it is ‘la boca buono’ – the good mouth, a culinary term, which can represent the Italian ideal of taste, beauty and perfection. The spirit of ‘La Dolce Vita’ lives and breathes within his work.
Of the exhibition Kroll said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to share ten years of my work with my London audience who have been hugely appreciative and supportive. The paintings going on display will give an insight into the passion that drives my work; an essence that is never satisfied; in the words of Rilke “ the painter should not become conscious of his insights; his advances, enigmatic even to himself, must enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognise them at their moment of transition” I give you moments of transition!”
In this exhibition viewers will be able to trace the changing aspects of Kroll’s work. He never dictates, but offers a breathtaking insight into what is possible, beyond the sphere of modern reality. Instead of indulging in the complexities of social fear, panic and destruction, his work uplifts, resulting in a form of inviting, vibrant, colourful, living, breathing escapism that one cannot fail to draw strength from.
Always unique in style, Kroll’s flamboyant layers of meaning and colour exude the canvas in a way that can only be described as breathtaking. Dramatic in their presence, they have certainly and without doubt won their faithful place in the history of modern day art.
March 23 2011
Mar 2011
Rupert Shrive, Vanity Fair - Italy
Mar 2011
Rupert Shrive, Le Figaro et Vous
Mar 2011
Rupert Shrive, French Vogue
Feb 2011
Chris Levine to be in a Group Exhibition at the Museum of Art & Design - New York City, June 2011
Feb 2011
Italian Vanity Fair
Feb 2011
Chris Levine in collaboration with Antony Hegarty (Antony & the Johnsons) at MOMA - NYC, November 2011
Feb 2011
Jeffrey Kroll has a new exhibition - Private View, Saatchi Gallery, June 2011, continuing in Mayfair, London.
Feb 2011
Rupert Shrive's new exhibition opens on March 15th 2011 at Orel, Paris.
Feb 2011
Chris Levine in historic Exhibition
The Queen: 60 Images for 60 Years
Scottish Royal Academy, Edinburgh June - September 2011
Ulster Museum, Northern Ireland: October 2011 - January 2012
National Museum Wales: February - May 2012
National Portrait Gallery, London: 17 May - 21 October 2012
10 Jun 2010
May 5th 2010
Morton Metropolis website
Stuart Semple Exhibition launch at Morton Metropolis
May 5th 2010
BBC London
April 2010
Feb 2010
10 Feb 2010
26 Jan 2010
22 Jan 2010
Feb 2010
The Art Newspaper
Feb 2010
Morton Metropolis 2010
February 10th 2010
Morton Metropolis website
Morton Metropolis Gallery Opening
January 27th 2010
Harpers Bazaar website
Amy Winehouse Meets George Bush
He put the spotlight on Robbie Williams, Coldplay and Lily Allen, and now music man Raye Cosbert gives us Amy Winehouse; hoovering.
The Rehab songstrel's manager adds another string to his bow next month as his brand new art gallery - Morton Metropolis - launches with an exhibition from pop-art legend Gerald Laing.
Including Kate Moss gone abstract, Brigitte Bardot getting a serious close-up and George Bush fronting a doomed landscape, and exploring themes of celebrity, media and politics, the controversial collection has already struck a chord with the art world.
Contemporary-art queen Serena Morton co-owns and curates, so expect more thought-provoking talent where that came from; with Rupert Shrive, Stuart Semple and Damien Elwes hot on Laing's heels, Morton Metropolis has certainly got off on the right foot.
Morton Metropolis, 41 - 42 Berners Street, London W1T 3ND, opens on February 10th, with Gerald Laing's exhibition running until February 24th.
November 2009
Gerald Laing completes THE LINEOUT MAQUETTE for the RFU, Twickenham.
October 2009
Damian Elwes opens his 'New Paintings' Show at the LA Art House in West Hollywood.
2nd June 2009
Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard
Arty licence to thrill
POP-UP gallery Agent Morton is generating greater buzz than a flight of bees over its Rupert Shrive exhibition. The artist, who had his first solo UK show at the Scream Gallery in 2007 and took Paris by storm last November, has a reputation for tearing up tradition — literally. “He creates the most exquisitely beautiful flat portraits,“ explains his London agent and gallerist Serena Morton. “Then he practically destroys them to make these incredible, almost 3D works — or ‘2 and a half D’ as we call them.“ Shrive’s current show is running at a private viewing room in Wetherby Gardens in South Kensington until the end of the month.
18th February 2009
Chris to develop site specific laser installation at the Eden Project in Cornwall as part of a long term collaboration.
A preview was given in July which was seen by an enraptured 10,000 people.
9th February 2009
Continuining his collaboration with Grace Jones, Chris has just directed her video for the single ‘Love you to Life’ which will be released in October.
9th February 2009
Chris performs sensational laser works on stage with Antony and the Johnsons as one of this years highlights of the Manchester Interntional Festival. The sell out shows at the Manchester Opera House in July featured laser as never seen before.
20th January 2009