SENS Gallery is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation at the 2024 edition of Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, taking place at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from 7 – 10 November 2024. For the second consecutive year, the gallery’s booth will feature a curated selection of works from five artists hailing from the gallery’s international, cross-disciplinary roster, including the work of Bart Kok, David Surman, Emily Pope, and Geng Tanjulang.

The cerulean, blue forest landscapes of Bart Kok’s paintings entrances viewers through his utilisation of diverse visual patterns and careful brushstrokes that embrace across the canvas. Finding inspiration in the Dutch and Flemish countrysides, Kok blends contemporary and traditional techniques to create otherworldly realms that evoke a sense of fascination and mystery. Bart Kok is a Dutch artist who lives and works in Lochem, the Netherlands.

Animals come to life through the bright paintings of David Surman, portrayed with dynamicity and eccentricity. Enlivened by the powerful brushstrokes and spontaneous splatters of paint on the canvas, Surman’s paintings are a reflection of our complex 21^st-century relationship to the natural world. Each work encourages viewers to explore the personalities, emotions, and the dynamic bodies of these animals through minimal means so they can be universally understood. David Surman is a British painter who lives and works in London.

In the oil paintings of Emily Pope, the artist explores intimate perspectives into the human experience, synergizing the physical and spiritual attributes of womanhood on the canvas. A self-taught artist, Pope explores the vulnerabilities of the human form, reflecting on discomforting realities by emulating an artistic gaze that challenges the traditional portrayal of the female body. Pope invites viewers to reflect and gain a greater understanding identities and emotions from within these figures. Emily Pope is a Canadian artist who lives and works in Toronto.

Geng Tanjulang delves into the symbols that visualise the shapes and forms of his sculptural installations. In these sculptures, Geng creates a calming aura, aiming to provide a healing effect to the audiences that encounter upon them. He transforms the space surrounding these works and defines them into something new through his conceptual works reminiscent of Marcel Duchamp and Robert Morris. In his conceptual works, Geng seeks to transform an experimenting art form to traditional concepts and definitions. Geng is a Chinese artist hailing from Jiangyin City.