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The Restoration
20 February - 22 March 2009
Christopher Davies

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The Restoration features new paintings, sculptures and mirror works sourced from influences as diverse as gothic gargoyles, the collages of Max Ernst and Jim Henson's Muppets.

Davies combines sculpture and painting in order, in his words, to 'lure the unconscious into view' , to investigate the workings of illusion and to bring the past into the present. The collision and reworkings of diverse sources creates 'disturbing restorations', a potential 'better' state.

Mirrors are glazed with vibrant colour and used to float images dynamically before the viewer. Muppet characters are reworked, and reflected back to create multi-layered connections with Max Ernst's surreal collage novel Une Semaine de Bonte and with Eugene Viollet-le-Duc's famorously enhanced 'restorations' of the gargoyles and chimeras of Notre Dame.

Christopher Davies studied painting at The Royal College of Art. Solo shows include Rockwell and Sartorial Contemporary Art. Group shows include The Future Can Wait I and II, Half Life (Fieldgate Gallery), Muster Station (Rockwell), East End Academy (Whitechapel) and Tokyo Wondersite.