Structure and Imagery

Karl Bielik, Net , 2013-19 Mali Morris, Under and Over , 2011 EC, Boom Back , 2019

The Last Woman by LARK with cover art by Caterina Lewis LARK, founded by painter Karl Bielik , releases its follow up to 2015's Funny Man on July 6th. The Last Woman on Standard Lamp Records is available on CD, DL and Vinyl. Pre-order on Bandcamp here . LARK on Soundcloud For more information and contact information see the press release printed below ⬇︎ Karl Bielik, abstract painter and founder of LARK Photo: Brock Elbank From the Press Release: On 6th of July 2018 Lark will release 'The Last Woman' on Standard Lamp Records. This 12 track record follows 2015 ’ s ‘ Funny Man ’ and Lark's 6th album sees a continued progression, as they mine deeply intricate and compelling shadows from a noir entrenched sonic pallet. Acclaimed by both critics and fellow musicians alike, Lark is an independent band and solo project founded by Karl Bielik, a nonconformist and often idiosyncratic songwriter, frontman and artist. Carving a grimy, gritty gro...

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Lark is an independent, London based band helmed by painter, Karl Bielik . The new collection, Funny Man the Remixes has just been released by Standard Lamp Records   on the 25th of last month . . . On SOUNDCLOUD  and iTunes From the Press Release: Following the release of Lark’s fifth dispatch from the dark – the critically acclaimed Funny Man – Artist and Frontman Karl Bielik, was struck by a curious notion: what would happen if the album was taken apart, track by track, and then re-assembled without the use of an instruction manual? A bold move to be sure, especially in light of the amount of work, detail and control that went in to the construction of the original. And for all his curiosity, Bielik was certain of one thing: having birthed Funny Man, he was far too close to the original creation to smash the songs to bits and then attempt to stitch them back together again… He was going to need outside help. Some of the remixers involved in this new project h...

Recently I visited the studios of two of my favorite artists working in London today. Robin Greenwood is a sculptor, a co-founder of the seminal Abstract Critical and the founder and editor of it's follow up site Abcrit . In addition, Greenwood was the founder and director of Poussin Gallery and as such provided a showcase for some of most revered painters and sculptors in the U.K. Robin Greenwood in 2011 participating in an Abstract Critical debate at Mummery and Schnelle Gallery photo courtesy of Abstract Critical I have known Robin through social media for the last few years and have come to rely on and admire his, clear and uncompromising take on abstraction and the artists who make it both in the U.K. and abroad. This visit was the first time we met in person and I appreciate the time spent in conversation in Greenwood's studio and in viewing a bit of his personal art collection. Greenwood's work is hard to pin down. There is structure and str...

Cuts, Shapes, Breaks and Scrapes  at Seventeen   Mali Morris  Hannah Lees, Merlin James and Elizabeth Murray   Merlin James  Merlin James  Betty Parsons   Painter, Karl Bielik , taking in an incredible work by Mali Morris info Tom Wesselmann: Collages 1959 - 1964 at David Zwirner info David Shrigley: Drawings and Paintings at Stephen Friedman Gallery info Dropping the Guru at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery  Two works by David Roeder  Stefanie Heinze   Installation view of works by Ana Prata   Clem Crosby displayed in the back room at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery info  Grabbing a pint or two with Karl where Francis Bacon and Frank Auerbach caroused.   Hackney Road near the hotel.   Albert Memorial   Albert Memorial  Royal Alber...