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Tomorrow we set up our new collection at The Saatchi Gallery during Scoop International showcasing our Summer 2018 collection of bags and jewellery. Will be sharing updates from the show

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22 Mar 2017, #ChristiesNewYork, total sale of $741,000 (£594,000) premium in '#Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by #TheSaatchiGallery’. Brought to you by #LiveAuctionArt @christiesinc

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10 Mar 2017, #ChristiesLondon, total sale of £397,000 ($483,000) premium in '#Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by #TheSaatchiGallery’. Brought to you by #LiveAuctionArt @christiesinc

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Darrell Hawkins FANBOY Exhibition

Today we have been in the gallery hanging the wonderful FANBOY exhibition by former Saatchi artist Darrell Hawkins with Curator Matt Bray and assistant Zara Carpenter. 

For this exhibition Darrell has continued to elaborate his motifs, teasing out the femme fatales and dapper gents from the web of history and presenting them with his signature fluorescent verve. His work records the cyclical nature of contemporary cultural life, combining the past, present and future in one moment.

The show’s title refers to the method with which Hawkins creates his work, collecting imagery online to create a personal archive of imagery that he then cuts and pastes together to create digital collages which form the source imagery for his paintings – a selection of these digital collages is on show in this exhibition for the very first time.

The painting ‘Berlin’ is an example of this method, painted from a collage constructed from a recent trip to the city. ‘I find collage a great way of sourcing subject matter and providing form and composition, with a few simple elements you can quickly begin to build a sense of a narrative or place.’

The dynamic of the relationship Hawkins has with the people and things that inhabit his work is similar to a Fan Boy’s mentality, a visual list of things he connects with and idolises. He alternates between historical and contemporary references, connections he has made between subjects that in Hawkins plays around with these themes in the painting ‘Conehead’. The painting is of the statue of Thomas Fletcher Waghorn in Chatham.

‘The title is a reference to the 90’s movie ‘Coneheads’ as well as to the traffic cone that is almost always resting precariously on the statue’s head most days, transforming him into a ridiculous wizard. I like the tussle between the people placing the cones and the council removing them. It’s a sub plot that has played out for as long as I can remember, for me it sums up the attitude of the town, and its relationship with the past. ‘terest him or outcomes of narratives he has created.’

Darrell Hawkins, born in Chatham, Kent, 1986, lives and works in London and Gravesend, Kent. He attended Kent Institute of Art and Design and Brighton University of Art, Brighton. Recent shows include ‘Immaculate Confection’ Saatchi Gallery (2015), The Hyatt Regency Churchill (2015) ‘Go Figure’ COB Studios and Gallery (2014).

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The Preview for this exhibition is happening this Friday 5th August from 6 - 9pm and it’s definitely not to be missed! It’s free and open to the public, so share the news and bring your friends and family... there will be a free drink for everybody upon arrival. 

If you can’t make it to the preview, the show is running in our gallery until the 27th August 2016! We’re open from 10am - 4pm every Tuesday to Saturdays, 12pm - 4pm on Sundays and Closed on Monday’s, see you there! 

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Zak Smith. 100 Girls and 100 Octopuses. The Saatchi Gallery. London. #thesaatchigallery #saatchi #zaksmith #london