Mark Jenkins | Moment of Impact | Lazarides Rathbone

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Moment of Impact at Lazarides Rathbone is (to the best of my knowledge) the first solo show in London by DC-based artist Mark Jenkins in a quite a few years. Although his trademark life-sized sculptures and three-dimensional canvases actually lose a bit of their impact in a gallery setting as opposed to on the street for the unsuspecting public to encounter, the show is nonetheless a winner and well worth checking out.

I had a lot of fun viewing Jenkins’ exhibition at the private view last night. I really appreciated his confrontational sense of humour. Works like The Screamer, a blow up sex doll with an mask of Edvard Munch’s The Scream over the face, really did it for me. His more menacing stuff ticked a number of boxes for me too. Indeed, his boy-sized and super lifelike balaclava clad statues had a presence that beguiled, amused and creeped out in equal measure.

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The show opens to the public today but only has a three week run. It’s free to view.

Moment of Impact runs from 16 January to 7 February at Lazarides Rathbone, 11 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HR. Find out more at lazinc.com.

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