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Ansel Krut: Verbatim – a major exhibition at Jerwood Gallery

A major survey exhibition of painting by Ansel Krut is to open at Jerwood Gallery in Sussex this May. The event will bring together a series of largely unseen paintings by the London-based artist in what will be the largest exhibition and first survey show of Krut’s work to date.

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Ansel Krut's painting of colourful geometric houses with black outlines in shades of blue, yellow, pink and orange arranged in an abstract composition

Ansel Krut: Verbatim will comprise approximately 15 paintings, including new pieces exclusive to the exhibition, as well as paintings which haven’t been seen before in the UK, which will profile the output of this extraordinary and influential artist.

Krut’s painting focuses around subverting still life by linking objects to create improbable, playful and often dark human forms. He ascribes much of the unsettling imagery in his paintings to growing up in Apartheid in South Africa. His grotesque and provocative inventions, drawing on paradoxes, vaudeville and peep show, are poised between absurdity and moral criticism. Krut’s technique involves constructing his surface with layers of nuanced paint application in which there is a strong relationship to drawing and pictorial space.

Stylised painting of yellow flowers with faces integrated into the petals, set against a dark background with green curved stems below
Ansel Krut's painting combining orange leather shoes, black curved lines and pale green leafy forms against a colourful geometric background to create an abstracted figure
Cluster of red fish with yellow and white circular eyes stacked against a green and blue background in Ansel Krut's distinctive style
Abstract painting by Ansel Krut depicting colourful layered shapes with black outlines forming an unsettling figure against a blue-grey background
Ansel Krut's abstract painting featuring stylised creatures with large yellow eyes and elongated orange beaks among colourful flowers and leaves on a muted green background
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