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15 Oct - 14 Nov: Low Life - Derrick Guild & Katrin Moye

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Derrick Guild
Young Bull with Moitessier Eye, after Potter and Ingres
Oil on linen, 2026
120x150cm

Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings create surreal and playful connections across the historical canon of European art. As well as referencing antique portraiture, the works in Low Life look to the tradition of animal painting that documented the rare and the exotic or distinguished specimens as the possessions of wealthy owners.

This work rereferences Paulus Potter’s painting of a bull, adorned with a lover’s eye drawn from an Ingres work, an unsettling human gaze that amplifies the psychological potency of the antique work it is based on.

Part of our current exhibition 'Low Life'. More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

#derrickguild #jamesfreemangallery #bull #art #friezelondon taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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Low Life is now open with a fantastic collection of new works by Derrick Guild and Katrin Moye.

More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

@derrickguild @katrinmoye #derrickguild #katrinmoye #jamesfreemangallery #lowlife #artinlondon by @jamesfreemangallery

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OPENING THIS EVENING
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER
6:30 - 8:30PM

LOW LIFE
DERRICK GUILD & KATRIN MOYE

An exhibition about animal instincts, about mischief, otherness, and rebellion, explored through the work of two contemporary artists: Derrick Guild and Katrin Moye.

All welcome at the opening this evening. More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

@derrick.guild @katrinmoye
#derrickguild #katrinmoye #jamesfreemangallery #friezelondon #artinlondon taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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OPENING THIS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER, 6:30-8:30PM

Low Life
Derrick Guild & Katrin Moye

Low Life is an exhibition about animal instincts, about mischief, otherness, and rebellion, explored through the work of two contemporary artists: Derrick Guild and Katrin Moye.

Katrin Moye is a ceramic artist in Nottingham whose work combines a deep knowledge of European ceramics with social commentary and a sharp wit. The sculptures in Low Life respond to the increasingly dark technocratic times we live in by looking to the world’s natural rebels and troublemakers for inspiration. The drunken raccoon found passed out after raiding a liquor store in Virginia appears as the subject of a large Italian Renaissance-inspired panel. A zoomorphic jar presents a moldwarp or mole, bane of landscapers, ruiner of lawns. An accompanying vase has a flock of pigeon heads poking from it, the many that dominate our city squares in search of our crumbs...

Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings create surreal and playful connections across the historical canon of European art. As well as referencing antique portraiture, the works in Low Life look to the tradition of animal painting that documented the rare and the exotic or distinguished specimens as the possessions of wealthy owners. One painting brings together the head of Oudry’s ‘Clara the Rhinoceros’ with a lover’s eye excerpted from a van Dyck portrait. Paulus Potter’s painting of a bull also appears adorned with a lover’s eye drawn from an Ingres work, an unsettling human gaze that amplifies the psychological potency of the antique work it references. The large cassowary portrait, again echoing Oudry, is inspired by Walter Rothschild’s collection of exotic beasts at Tring Park....

All welcome at the opening. To receive details on the works in the show please contact the gallery.

Images:

Katrin Moye
Trickle Down Economy
Glazed earthenware, 2026
38cm high x 38cm diameter

#katrinmoye #jamesfreemangallery #newceramics #friezelondon

Photography @roymccready_photostudio taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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5 days ago

LAST CHANCE TO SEE

Today is the final day of our current exhibition 'The Wages of Decadence' with works from Carolein Smit, Elena Unger, Juliette Losq & Edgar Ward.

We are open till 6:30pm.

In the video:

Edgar Ward
Toil
Terracotta, 2026
38 x 23 x 26 cm

Elena Unger
Colony
Oil on panel, 2026
20cm H x 10cm W

#edgarward #elenaungerart #jamesfreemangallery #lastchancetosee taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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8 days ago

LAST CHANCE TO SEE

Carolein Smit
Hare in a Rococo Vase
Glazed earthenware with gold luster, 2026
54cm H x 40cm W x 28cm D

In our current show 'The Wages of Decadence', which has its last day on Saturdat 10 October, 11am - 6:30pm.

More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

#caroleinsmit #hare #jamesfreemangallery taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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Last few days to see our current exhibition 'The Wages of Decadence', with work from Carolein Smit, Elena Unger, Juliette Losq & Edgar Ward. The show continues until this Saturday.

In the video:

Edgar Ward
Glut the Dogs
Glazed porcelain, 2025
49 x 38 x 5 cm

Juliette Losq
Residuum
Mixed media on paper clay, 2026
34cm H x 30cm W

#jamesfreemangallery #edgarward #juliettelosq #artinlondon taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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9 days ago

LAST CHANCE TO SEE

This is the final week of our current exhibition 'The Wages of Decadence' with work from Carolein Smit, Elena Unger, Juliette Losq & Edgar Ward.

The show is open till this Saturday 10 October. More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

Artowrk in the video:

Carolein Smit
Leg of Achilles
Glazed earthenware with gold luster, 2024
69cm H x 24cm W x 61cm D

#caroleinsmit #jamesfreemangallery #achilles #ceramics #artinlondon taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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Elena Unger
The Last Feast of the Empire, Cycle Two, Autumn
Oil on canvas, 2026
91cm H x 121cm W

On show in our current exhibition 'The Wages of Decadence', until 10 October.

More details via link in bio👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

#elenaungerart #jamesfreemangallery #artinlondon #Painting #art taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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SAVE THE DATE

Low Life
Derrick Guild & Katrin Moye

Opening Reception:
Thursday 15 October, 6:30 – 8:30pm

Low Life is an exhibition about animal instincts, about mischief, otherness, and rebellion, explored through the work of two contemporary artists: Derrick Guild and Katrin Moye.

Katrin Moye is a ceramic artist in Nottingham whose work combines a deep knowledge of European ceramics with social commentary and a sharp wit. The sculptures in Low Life respond to the increasingly dark technocratic times we live in by looking to the world’s natural rebels and troublemakers for inspiration. The drunken raccoon found passed out after raiding a liquor store in Virginia appears as the subject of a large Italian Renaissance-inspired panel. A zoomorphic jar presents a moldwarp or mole, bane of landscapers, ruiner of lawns…

Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings create surreal and playful connections across the historical canon of European art. As well as referencing antique portraiture, the works in Low Life look to the tradition of animal painting that documented the rare and the exotic or distinguished specimens as the possessions of wealthy owners. One painting brings together the head of Oudry’s ‘Clara the Rhinoceros’ with a lover’s eye excerpted from a van Dyck portrait. Paulus Potter’s painting of a bull also appears adorned with a lover’s eye drawn from an Ingres work, an unsettling human gaze that amplifies the psychological potency of the antique work it references….

All welcome at the opening reception. More details via link in bio 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

#jamesfreemangallery #derrickguild #katrinmoye #lowlife #newexhibitions taken in James Freeman Gallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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16 days ago

@gmbermejo @jamesfreemangallery by @jamesfreemangallery

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17 days ago

Final day of Malene Hartmann Rasmussen's fantastic solo presentation at the Saatchi Gallery as part of the British Art Fair.

We are open till 5pm today.

Photos by @sylvaindeleuphotographer
#malenehartmannrasmussen #jamesfreemangallery #britishartfair #CeramicsNow #lastchancetosee taken in Saatchi Gallery Kings Road by @jamesfreemangallery

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