Leon Kossoff London Drawings at Timothy Taylor New York

Leon Kossoff, Street in Willesden No. 2, 1982. Charcoal and pastel on paper. Courtesy the artist and Timothy Taylor, London/New York, left; Leon Kossoff, Train by Night No. 3, 1990. Charcoal and pastel on paper. Courtesy the artist and Timothy Taylor, London/New York. , right.

Tomorrow night, Timothy Taylor is holding an opening in New York for his new show of Leon Kossoff drawings. The show is called Leon Kossoff: Everyday London. The show will be up from March 29 – May 24, with an opening reception on Thursday, March 28 from 6 to 8 pm. Here’s an excerpt from the release:

Timothy Taylor, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of fifteen Leon Kossoff drawings selected from the artist’s studio. Spanning 60 years, each work exists as a contemporary snapshot, recording the pulse of everyday London.

The exhibition offers a retrospective view of the artist’s most well known subjects, capturing subtle glimpses into the nuances of his city from 1952 to 2012. In sweeping, seemingly spontaneous charcoal compositions, Kossoff presents a life in London; the movement of urban dwellers and the fabric around which their lives are defined. Views of Christ Church, 1992, King’s Cross Building Site Early Days, 2003, and Arnold Circus,2008-2012, have become Kossoff’s classic landscapes, while the implied commuters in Train by Night, 1990, Inside Kilburn Underground Booking Hall Summer No.2, 1983, and The Flower Stall, Embankment Station, 1994, are his unseen ghostlike subjects.