Last night marked the launch of the 5th issue of Volume Magazine at GSK Contemporary, at the Royal Academy of Arts. Our up-and-coming artist, Caroline Gray, has a double-page spread in this quarterly issue. Here, she showcases a series of paintings that explore a distorted and unsettling image of the natural world - similar to her series of etchings. These paintings depict isolated taxidermic specimens. These former shells of living creatures possess an undoubtedly sinister quality. What was once living and breathing is transformed, through evisceration, into an object of human curiosity. The specimens on view seem to call into question the classifiction of the subject matter: are they perceived as animal portraiture or still life? They occupy a tenuous position between the two genres. Viewings can be arranged to see this work. For more information please contact us here.

There is still a chance to see Sébastien Munoz’s exhibition - the show continues until April this year. For those that missed Munoz’s private view at the Museum of East Asian Art on 19th December, here are a few snapshots of the evening…