KIM TONG

                                                                                   2023  News  from  Kim                                                                                                                 

Well that was exciting, showing  AT THE BEN OAKLEY GALLERY GREENWICH LONDON SE10 .......now available

A WHOLE SERIES OF  NEW LARGE OILS 

and I'm still working on this LIFE series

WIP

My lifelong subject matter has been 'The Sublime' which pivots on the Beauty/horror axis. A seismic shift has occurred, tipping the balance towards Beauty, Enough with the horror,  celebrate LIFE. Consequently my new large scale work, has  changed orientation, and explores a new format for mark making using a very different pallette and colour combinations. Flat colour fields have emerged, supporting those  floating  gaseous oil colour, mazes of drips and glazes, creating a vulnerable fragile beauty. 

There have been  several solo exhibitions AT BEN OAKLEY GALLERY, SKIN IN THE GAME 2022,  PAINTOPOLIS 2019, Vertigo 2016, and a two person show Compulsive Beauty 2014, and many man group shows at this  illustrious space. 

see my instagram for current work in progress

The Pecking Order Etchings (see gallery) have now been published, alongside original 'Beat generation' Poets,Ginsberg, Kerouac, and GerardMalanga, who co-authored INTERVIEW magazine with Warhol, starred in several of his films, a fine poet  and photographer ......

contact me for further details of the publication journal and how to purchase the original etchings which are in a small limited edition of 50 

STOP PRESS 

THERE'S ANOTHER venue to see and buy my painting, its a fantastic mid century modern store  in Kent and called VALENTINES AT 21, Oxford street, Whitstable, CT5 1DV.check them out  www.valentines-vintage.com 

Don't forget my London viewing space go see and buy  the BAMBI PAINTNGS at  FERROVELHO new mid century modern design store  at 285 City Road London on where they have a large scale Bambi painting on view and for sale. its the  BAMBI OF THE WILD FRONTIER,  

check them out  www.ferrovelholondon.co.uk 

A1   PRINT LOVE LIFE SERIES 

ALL RIGHTS FOR THE THE ARTWORKS ARE RESERVED TO KIM TONG

ALL RIGHTS FOR THE THE ARTWORKS ARE RESERVED TO KIM TONG

PRIVATE VIEW AT THE BEN OAKLEY               Giant A1digital print FREE YOUR MIND,BAMBI                                                        MIND, BAMBI.  

 GALLERY. GREENWICH, LONDON.                  

Or so they say. This weekend, Dazed flew out to Lagos, Nigeria for the third annual MTV Africa Music.

Awards and spent a few days and some late nights meeting rap, R&B and kuduro superstars from across Africa: names like Banky W, Fally Ipupa, Daddy Owen, Cabo Snoop and Radio & Weasel, from Angola to Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and beyond, all huge stars in their own countries, selling truckloads of records despite rampant piracy and a rickety music industry. These guys are kind of the Jay Zs and Snoops of Africa, basically.

ALL RIGHTS FOR THE THE ARTWORKS ARE RESERVED TO KIM TONG