/ ANOTHER ROUND
Duo Show
George Richardson
Leon Scott-Engel
In collaboration with Pipeline
September 27 - November 18
2023
George Richardson
Leon Scott-Engel
In collaboration with Pipeline
September 27 - November 18
2023
Pipeline is pleased to present Another Round, an exhibition of work by George Richardson and Leon Scott-Engel at Flexitron, an offsite location in Angel. Flexitron is an exhibition and project space personal to Scott-Engel and used as exhibition space previously by Pipeline as part of Scott-Engel’s recent solo exhibition. Both Richardson and Scott-Engel re-contextualise and manipulate the familiar as a means for critique, brought together by their joint interest in the presence of past encounters and the tactility of an intimate object.
George Richardson is an artist working across sculpture and painting. Often drawing on environments like the local pub and the objects that exist within it, his work looks at community culture, identity politics, and power structures within England. Richardson comes from a family of blacksmiths, boxers and clockmakers. By capturing and questioning everyday traditions, Richardson connects to his family history and takes a nostalgic lens to contemporary English life.
Leon Scott-Engel invites us to engage with the tender physicality of his sculptural paintings, borrowing from pre-existing structures such as boxing equipment, gym benches and mattresses to create his canvases. Scott-Engel undermines conventional stereotypes by imbuing these familiar shapes with a physical intimacy. The surface of his paintings suggest something missing, a presence of absence that speaks of both the real and the imagined impression of a body.
Both artists present a tangible relationship between human and object using entities that have a history with intimate human contact. Upholding his heritage of craft, Richardson presents a collection of warped snooker cues propped against the gallery wall. They recall figures in conversation lent against the pub wall, suddenly characterful and charged with an intimacy. The figuration of his sculptures are complimented by Scott-Engel’s work Waist Trainer modeled on a boxing bag. Corporeal in shape and covered in bruises, it both implies a recent physical interaction and calls out for one. This haunting indication of a human presence occurs also in Richardson pub table tops which are exhibited like paintings, traces of gatherings, pint glasses and human residue left on the tacky surfaces.
Drawing on worn evidence of past encounters, Another Round realises the interwoven relationship between objects and human experience and the intimacy that tactile, everyday interactions possess. Both artists encourage the audience to consider the quirks of humanity, how things are often not what they seem, and further still, the traces that people leave behind.
George Richardson lives and works in London. He completed his MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2023 and is currently a resident at Sarabande Foundation for which he received the Sarabande Emerging Artist Grant. Richardson’s work has been included in a number of exhibitions including Max Radford Gallery, London (2023); Take Courage Gallery, London (2023); Crypt Gallery, London (2023); ACME Glassyard, London (2023); UCL Museum, London (2023); Lethaby Gallery, London (2021).
Leon Scott-Engel (b.1999, London, UK) lives and works in London. He completed his BA at Glasgow School of Art in 2022 and was awarded the Richard Ford Award and Research Residency at the Museo Del Prado, Madrid. Scott-Engel has had a solo exhibition at Pipeline, London (2023). His work has been included in a number of exhibitions including The Split Gallery, London (2023); Liliya Art Gallery, London (2023); Warbling, London (2022); Black White Gallery, London (2022); Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (2022) and D Contemporary, London (2022).
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1. Leon Scott-Engel, Waist Trainer (2023), Oil on Tailored Linen, Leather, Brass, Metal Fixings, 20cm x 84cm x 20cm
2. George Richardson, Maybe we’ll go on that cruise (2023), Oil on Wood, Each 14.5cm x 21cm
3. George Richardson, Table for two (2023), Used Pub Table, Worn Pub Carpet, 45cm x 60cm x 5.5cm
4. Leon Scott-Engel, Benchmark (2023), Oil on Tailored Linen, Upholstered over Foam and Wood, 25.5cm x 126cm x 5cm
5. George Richardson, I’ll stay for one (2023), Steam Bent Snooker Cues, Wooden Base, 60cm x 148.5cm x 28cm
George Richardson is an artist working across sculpture and painting. Often drawing on environments like the local pub and the objects that exist within it, his work looks at community culture, identity politics, and power structures within England. Richardson comes from a family of blacksmiths, boxers and clockmakers. By capturing and questioning everyday traditions, Richardson connects to his family history and takes a nostalgic lens to contemporary English life.
Leon Scott-Engel invites us to engage with the tender physicality of his sculptural paintings, borrowing from pre-existing structures such as boxing equipment, gym benches and mattresses to create his canvases. Scott-Engel undermines conventional stereotypes by imbuing these familiar shapes with a physical intimacy. The surface of his paintings suggest something missing, a presence of absence that speaks of both the real and the imagined impression of a body.
Both artists present a tangible relationship between human and object using entities that have a history with intimate human contact. Upholding his heritage of craft, Richardson presents a collection of warped snooker cues propped against the gallery wall. They recall figures in conversation lent against the pub wall, suddenly characterful and charged with an intimacy. The figuration of his sculptures are complimented by Scott-Engel’s work Waist Trainer modeled on a boxing bag. Corporeal in shape and covered in bruises, it both implies a recent physical interaction and calls out for one. This haunting indication of a human presence occurs also in Richardson pub table tops which are exhibited like paintings, traces of gatherings, pint glasses and human residue left on the tacky surfaces.
Drawing on worn evidence of past encounters, Another Round realises the interwoven relationship between objects and human experience and the intimacy that tactile, everyday interactions possess. Both artists encourage the audience to consider the quirks of humanity, how things are often not what they seem, and further still, the traces that people leave behind.
George Richardson lives and works in London. He completed his MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2023 and is currently a resident at Sarabande Foundation for which he received the Sarabande Emerging Artist Grant. Richardson’s work has been included in a number of exhibitions including Max Radford Gallery, London (2023); Take Courage Gallery, London (2023); Crypt Gallery, London (2023); ACME Glassyard, London (2023); UCL Museum, London (2023); Lethaby Gallery, London (2021).
Leon Scott-Engel (b.1999, London, UK) lives and works in London. He completed his BA at Glasgow School of Art in 2022 and was awarded the Richard Ford Award and Research Residency at the Museo Del Prado, Madrid. Scott-Engel has had a solo exhibition at Pipeline, London (2023). His work has been included in a number of exhibitions including The Split Gallery, London (2023); Liliya Art Gallery, London (2023); Warbling, London (2022); Black White Gallery, London (2022); Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (2022) and D Contemporary, London (2022).
1. Leon Scott-Engel, Waist Trainer (2023), Oil on Tailored Linen, Leather, Brass, Metal Fixings, 20cm x 84cm x 20cm
2. George Richardson, Maybe we’ll go on that cruise (2023), Oil on Wood, Each 14.5cm x 21cm
3. George Richardson, Table for two (2023), Used Pub Table, Worn Pub Carpet, 45cm x 60cm x 5.5cm
4. Leon Scott-Engel, Benchmark (2023), Oil on Tailored Linen, Upholstered over Foam and Wood, 25.5cm x 126cm x 5cm
5. George Richardson, I’ll stay for one (2023), Steam Bent Snooker Cues, Wooden Base, 60cm x 148.5cm x 28cm