MARCUS TOMLINSON: MADONNA, SKETCH LONDON

Curated by Andrée Cooke
20th March – 10th May 2019 

sketch presents an exhibition of fashion and landscape photographs, films and wallpaper designs by film and image-maker Marcus Tomlinson.

London-based Tomlinson presents a series of photographic and film works spanning thirty years of his career. Large-scale fashion and landscape photographs and short films are set against a backdrop of wallpaper designed by the artist.

‘Madonna’ is an installation celebrating the essence of the idealized woman through the dual lens of fashion imagery and imagery of ‘mother nature’, Tomlinson’s personal passion.

Tomlinson has created visionary photographs and films that uniquely combine art and fashion sensibilities. His intensely crafted, highly stylized, studio-based imagery has won him international acclaim with showcases in prestigiousfashion and lifestyle magazines, as well as in galleries and museums internationally.

sketch, 9 Conduit St, W1S 2XG

THE '‘DANCE’  WALLPAPER SERIES BY MARCUS TOMLINSON

Andrée Cooke proudly presents her latest commission of wallpaper designs by photographer and filmmaker Marcus Tomlinson.

The Dance wallpaper series by Tomlinson comes in 6 patterns, Shake I and II, Tap Dance (small and large), Tonight and Ballet. It is a laminate-coated wallpaper. 

Dance, is Tomlinson’s first foray into wallpaper design. For over two decades, he has created visionary photographs and films that uniquely combine art and fashion sensibilities. His intensely crafted, highly stylized, studio-based imagery has won him international acclaim. Tomlinson has collaborated with leading fashion designers such as Philip Treacy, Hussein Chalayan and Issey Miyake and global brands including Mercedes, Porsche and Samsung. His work has been showcased in prestigious fashion and lifestyle magazines including, The Face, i-D, Blitz as well as in galleries and museums internationally.

Tomlinson’s imagery captures a tension around their subject deliberately using raw, stark backdrops with a single light source and a feeling of close up restriction with the placing of the model in the frame. His artworks experiment with still and moving imagery. Tomlinson asks his models to move, recording their gestures across a series of photographs. The effects of movement produced are as central to his images as the models and clothes pictured. In this way, his wallpapers create a series of photographic ‘stills’ sequences, producing a flipbook effect of gestures and articulated movements. 

Pricing: £49.50 per meter excl. VAT. Sold in 10 meter lengths (45cm wide) and in double rolls due to the way design has been created. Therefore, £990 excl. VAT for 20m at 90cm width.

To place an order contact Andrée Cooke at cookeandree@gmail.com or  + 44 (0) 7905 170 370

CHALAYAN FIRST EVER STORE OPENS     BOURDON STREET W1K 3PA

CHALAYAN are delighted to announce that the brand, under owner and Creative Director Hussein Chalayan MBE, will open their first ever London store in August 2015. The store will showcase CHALAYAN women’s and men’s ready-to-wear lines and be a cultural hub of events and happenings. 
The brand celebrates 21 years in business in 2015 and is to this day designed and creatively directed by Hussein Chalayan, who was named by the Wall street Journal as ‘an influencer who influences the influencers’ and by Time as one of the top 100 fashion icons of all time. His eponymous label is renowned globally for its innovative creations which bridge the gap between fashion, design and technology. 

HUSSEIN CHALAYAN
GRAVITY FATIGUE AT SADLER’S WELLS
Wednesday 28 – Saturday 31 October 2015

Directed and designed by Chalayan working with choreographer Damien Jalet. 
In his first theatrical work, Chalayan combines the visual creativity of his designs and concepts with contemporary dance to bring to life a transformational imaginary world. Working with award-winning choreographer Damien Jalet, the production takes its inspiration from themes of identity and displacement.