Hino gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition entitled “Paradox” by Tim Hemington from Monday, February 13th, 2017.

“As strong as tensed muscles, as fluid as water flowing down a cascade. The motifs of Tim Hemington’s paintings are engagingly paradoxical.” − Tony Godfrey

A variety of perceivable forms emerge from the complexity of Tim Hemington’s oil paintings. Sometimes they appear to reference landscape from aerial viewpoints and sometimes, human bodies or birds in flight, but no specific readings are defined, as the final forms are results of a series of controlled accidents, which are triggered by material phenomena. The processes often generate unpredictable results that surprise even the artist and create wild beauty despite apparent chaos. In contrast, the white/grey grounds executed with precise brush strokes somehow crop the figures and bring order, endowing the paintings with a sense of silence and peace. Nature and humanity co-exist in Hemington’s paintings: they present a balanced equation of order and chaos.

Tim Hemington went to Cheshire School of Art and then did his BFA at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. His practice is informed by diligent study of classical techniques fused with experimental contemporary approaches to the medium of painting that he first developed as an art student. He gained recognition exhibiting widely in Europe. Due to his relocation to Japan in 2006, he temporarily retreated from exhibiting publicly but never stopped working in the studio. “Paradox” is his first major solo show in Japan. We hope you will come and look closely at Hemington’s paintings, which now incorporate a Japanese aesthetic and spirituality that is coupled with artistic western painterly methodology.

Tim Hemington Website

Image: "Scavenge" 2016, Oil on canvas, 135×182 cm, "Flap" 2016, Oil on canvas, 135×270 cm, "Soar" 2016, Oil on canvas, 135×182 cm, "Hover" 2016, Oil on canvas, 135×182 cm, "Clutch" 2016, Oil on canvas, 135×182 cm, "Hunt" 2016, Oil on canvas, 182×135 cm