Private View: Thursday 18 September 18.00-21.00 Vegas Gallery 64 - 66 Redchurch Street LONDON E2 7DPwww.vegasgallery.co.uk An Urge to Merge For his solo exhibition at Vegas Gallery, British artist Simon Willems will be showing several paintings which explore themes of escapism, vulnerability, and artificiality versus authenticity. The pieces bring together aesthetic strategies developed in ealier work; the use of reflective and highly textured surfaces, and detailed depictions of non-human subjects whose toy-like sheen challenges viewers’ attempts to project meaning and affect onto them. Willem’s {...}