You are here

Joe Webb | Earthlings

City:

Categories:

Exhibition Type:

How many artists: 
1
Date: 
Thursday, 30 January 2020 to Sunday, 16 February 2020
Opening: 
Thursday, 30 January 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Joe Webb returns to Jealous with 'Earthlings’, his much anticipated third solo exhibition at the gallery. The collection explores the human experience, examining our impact on the planet as well as looking far beyond into the awe-inspiring cosmos. His colourful and vibrant artworks challenge us to reflect on serious environmental and societal issues, often with an injection of dark humour. Delving deeper, he questions our perceptions of reality, contemplating our place and purpose in an infinite Universe.

Webb's artworks are made from images serendipitously found in second hand bookshops, cut out and rearranged to create simple but elegant hand-made collages. He works to a rule of juxtaposing two or three simple images to invent a new narrative, without the aid of computer manipulation. The new exhibition also features new large scale oil paintings, which he has developed from ideas taken from the original collages.

Named one of the Evening Standard’s most ‘Exciting Young British Artists to Look Out For’ in 2017, Webb has won an army of high-profile fans including Coldplay, who cited his work as inspiration for their Grammy Award-nominated Up and Up video. His work has also graced album covers by Janelle Monae, The Madden Brothers and Tears For Fears.

More recently the artist collaborated with pop sensation Dua Lipa to produce a series of animated collages for her new album. 'Earthlings' features new original collages, rare and previously sold out editions as well as new large scale oil on linen paintings. This is the first time a collection of his paintings have been exhibited together in the UK

Artist:

Artist ( Description ): 

Joe Webb (1976) uses vintage magazines and printed ephemera that he has collected to create simple but elegant hand-made collages. After many years of working on computer sasagraphic artist, Joe turned his back on technology and started making ‘analogue’ collages. Since then Joe has published many popular silkscreen prints, displayed his work in the Saatchi Gallery, sold work to celebrities and had his work featured on album covers. Webb's work is also an internet sensation with hundreds of thousands of people sharing his images online.

Venue ( Address ): 

53 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3PT

Jealous Gallery , London

 


 

Follow @_artweek

 


 

 

Other events from Jealous Gallery

view
Stanley Donwood | Arborealis | 24th Oct - 10th Nov 2019
10/24/2019 to 11/10/2019
view
Lee Wagstaff - Information Overlord
10/03/2019 to 10/20/2019
view
What Remains | Michael John Hunter
09/05/2019 to 09/15/2019
view
Anthony Burrill x Oxfam x Jealous | Jealous East | 29th Aug - 1st September 2019
08/29/2019 to 09/01/2019

Pages

Related Shows This Week in UK

view
Introduction to Collage
01/25/2025 to 04/23/2025
view
Nicola Burrell Concrete Dreams
11/16/2024 to 04/20/2025
view
Assignment Master UK
01/30/2025 to 03/30/2025
view
SARA SADIK | La Potion (EH)
01/17/2025 to 03/01/2025
view
Narratives in Clay
01/28/2025 to 03/09/2025
view
East London Art Prize: Shortlist Exhibition 2025
01/31/2025 to 04/13/2025
view
Made in the Middle: Contemporary craft from the Midlands
01/25/2025 to 03/22/2025
view
CARVED & CAST: SCULPTURE THROUGH THE AGES
11/18/2024 to 03/28/2025

Pages