Mother Nature B.D.S.M by Hugo Dalton at Bermondsey Project Space. Opens tonight 26th January, 6-9pm

MOTHER NATURE B.D.S.M @ BERMONDSEY PROJECT SPACE

An exhibition by Hugo Dalton, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith

27 January – 19 February 2012, 1–6pm
Private view 26 January, 6–9pm
Open Thursdays to Sundays, 1–6pm (or by appointment call 020 7036 2417)

Visual artist Hugo Dalton contends that Mother Nature is a Dominatrix, not a benevolent figure, through an exhibition of sculptural installations and wall drawings based on frescoes at Pompeii. Dalton’s site-specific drawings at Crisis’ Bermondsey Project Space will use imagery associated with Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism to evoke humankind’s ancient, complex and increasingly fetishised relationship with Mother Nature—source of shelter, sustenance, pleasure and pain.

Hugo Dalton is best known for his wall paintings, an age-old genre that he is constantly reinventing. His work is firmly rooted in the tradition of drawing from life, using modern materials and techniques to achieve subtle and striking artworks. The artist fuses together different drawings to create works that act as abstract diagrams of our contemporary predicament.

Dalton’s first commission was from Kay Saatchi following his graduation from Goldsmiths College with first class honours. He then painted a staircase for the iconic Arts and Crafts store Liberty of London, the work is a graphic unpicking of the mechanisms of retail and as such forms a key note in Dalton’s artistic development. His interest in the commoditization of nature and the structuring of desire was further investigated in a series of wall paintings for Barneys New York where his work fills an entire floor on Madison Avenue.