Post-Fair

For our upcoming presentation at Post-Fair in Los Angeles, Edward Kay will introduce a series of five paintings of lemons, each organised around the same compositional structure yet marked by subtle variations. While the paintings may initially appear identical, further observation reveals subtle differences between them. Each lemon wedge exposes the individual segments, and the placement of pips, flesh, and light creates moments of differentiation that resist a singular reading. Rather than reinforcing stability, repetition here operates as a process of becoming; each iteration not a copy but a divergence that reconfigures the space of interpretation. The paintings exist as discrete objects and as a series in flux, where meaning is constantly renegotiated through the interplay of variation, repetition and the gorgeous absurdity of oil painting. 

Selected exhibitions include: (2026) Laurel Gitlen, New York City, USA, (Upcoming) (2023) The Private Life of Paintings, Rob Tufnell, London, UK, (2022) Cavalier, Rob Tufnell, Venice, IT, (2022) Touching Cloth, Roland Ross, Margate, UK, Pharmacy for Idiots, Rob Tufnell & Tanya Leighton, Cologne, DE (2010) Working Mum, Studio Voltaire, London, UK, (2008) The Hidden Network, Dicksmith Gallery, London, UK, (2008) Surfaced (with Nayland Blake), The Royal Academy Schools, London.