Genesis
Genesis
Category: Paintings
Artist: Chris Gollon
Year of Work: 2008
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 36" x 24"
Private collection. This painting looks at the origin of life, and seems to depict a startlingly immediate creation of Woman and therefore Life. It was part of the exhibition 'Early Thoughts' in 2008, where Chris Gollon experimented in making nudes hold an idea, prior to his Fellowship and Residency at the Institute of Advanced Study (see Commissions page).
In The Beginning
'Genesis' is the other side of the debate to the more Darwinian 'In the Beginning', (pictured left).
This work is available for sale and is on display at Eastside Inn. Celebrity chef Bjorn van der Horst and his wife Justine have just begun to collect Chris Gollon's 's paintings and are admirers of his work, (as Chris Gollon is of Bjorn's cuisine). Previously, Bjorn was chef patron at Gordon Ramsay Holdings’ La Noisette in Knightsbridge where he won a Michelin star within six months of opening.
His exciting new solo venture 'Eastside Inn', a large new restaurant for fine dining, and also a brasserie in St John St, London EC1 has now opened, and has incorporated Chris Gollon's paintings into the interior design. (Interior design by Carole Cobban of Amalgam). So to enjoy fine dining in the new restaurant or brasserie, and to view this painting and other Gollons on display, or to find out more click: Eastside Inn or contact us for further information.
