Page 10 - Art First: Simon Lewty and Will Maclean: Charting a Decade II

an interest in meta physics, both are serious readers, both have remained true

to their sensibilities over decades, sustaining an intense focus on their subject
matter in whatever varied scales and mediums they have worked, neither has been

swayed by fashion or the marketplace, each maintains a consis tent inner voice . . .

and the list could go on for some while, yet their characters and their art, and

the tex ture of their lives embody great contrasts. ey do not oen meet but

they have exchanged works and they regard one another highly. e nexus for

them is Art First. e role which the gallery plays in their lives is a subject woven

into the recordings, another tale of longevity and of the extra ordinary care and
attention provided by three dedi cated gallerists, Clare Cooper, Benjamin Rhodes

and Matt Incledon.

Charting a Decade II ( – ) marks the tenth anniversary of an earlier

exhibition shared by Lewty and Maclean. At that juncture, Maclean’s recording

had just ended and Lewty’s was still underway; both spoke of work they intended

to make in the future. e current exhibition will allow us to see what they did.

Cathy Courtney