Saatchi Gallery to Display Darrell Hawkins' IMMACULATE CONFECTION, 7/28

London, UK - On 28 July 2015, the Saatchi Gallery will open Immaculate Confection: Works by Darrell Hawkins in the Prints & Originals Gallery.

Immaculate Confection showcases paintings by the British contemporary artist Darrell Hawkins. Many of the works have been newly created for this exhibition.

Hawkins is a chronicler of contemporary life. His works are meditations on the world about him and his memories of the past. The exhibited paintings encapsulate a world of colour, play, rhythm and abstraction in which the elements collide in a way that is simultaneously organised and chaotic.

"I want my work to emulate the fractious, absurd and seemingly random nature of life."

"I find solace in repetition. This manifests itself in the repeat appearances of Sonic the Hedgehog and other symbols that are representative of different stages in my life. These are pathways I want to re-tread and re-visit. This repetition is also apparent in my more abstract works where I build static, scrambled, clouds of visual information through repetitive mark marking. The paintings attempt to restore some balance within the chaos and to build their own rhythm."

The resulting works are a hypnotic blend of fact, fiction and illusion.

About the Artist

Darrell Hawkins was born in Chatham, Kent, UK, in 1986. He attended the Kent Institute of Art and Design and graduated from Brighton University of Art. The artist lives and works in London and Gravesend, Kent.

About the Saatchi Gallery

The Saatchi Gallery was founded in 1985 to provide a platform to bring contemporary art to as wide an audience as possible and make it accessible. Over the last five years the Saatchi Gallery has hosted 17 out of the 20 most visited exhibitions in London, according to The Art Newspaper's survey of international museum attendance, and is also ranked amongst the world's top five most liked museums on Facebook and Twitter by Museum Analytics. Entry to all Saatchi Gallery exhibitions is free.