24/10/2024
'In the Footsteps of the East London Group is now on at Bow Arts Nunnery Gallery featuring paintings from the ELG and from 21st century artists too such as this one by Doreen Fletcher. On until 22nd December. I must go! (Just heard about it whilst listening to Robert Elms' cultural exchange on catch-up!) https://bowarts.org/event/in-the-footsteps-of-the-east-london-group/
Urban Contemporaries Featured Artist: Doreen Fletcher
In the footsteps of the East London Group is currently exhibiting at the Nunnery Gallery, featuring paintings by twenty-two Urban Contemporaries artists, produced as a response to the works of the East London Group.
"My focus as a painter lies within absorbing the memory of familiar places over time, recording the traces left by humans on the environment to create a visual story that i can share with the viewer." Doreen Fletcher.
Fletcher, having lived in the East End for several years, frequently paints east London. With an interest in the East London Group and having read 'From Bow to Biennale' by David Buckman, Fletcher has exhibited solo shows of her own interpretation of east London at the TownHouse, Spitalfields.
'Lost in Spitalfields (2024)' reflects on a lesser-known location of Spitalfields near Petticoat Lane, a location that would have attracted many members of the East London Group. Fletcher's painting is an oil on canvas, and fits within her intended outcome of creating emotionally evocative pieces that also works as a formal composition.
You can find out more information about Doreen Fletcher and view 'Lost in Spitalfields (2024)' alongside the other twenty-one Urban Contemporaries artists' works at the Nunnery Gallery as part of the In the footsteps of the East London Group exhibition.
Please visit the 'What's On' section of our website for more information.
Image credit: Doreen Fletcher
