Rise Art x Minor Attractions 2025 | Launch #1

“I like anything that makes me think of something gross, but actually the thing that makes me think of the gross thing isn’t gross in itself. To me this sculpture does this wonderfully. It makes me think of spilled guts, and what would have to happen if someone’s guts where in fact spilled…Not a particularly nice thought, but it’s cool that this sculpture sent me on that journey… I think.”
– JOE BLOOM

“Becky Tucker’s idiosyncratic ceramics appear unearthed from a fully-formed, alternate existence, one inhabited by spiked, armoured warriors and anthropomorphic, bicephalous creatures. Referencing historical fiction, archeological artefacts and medieval costume, Tucker’s sinister yet sentimental sculptures hint at an as yet undiscovered or undisclosed narrative, leaving the audience intrigued and enticed.”
– HECTOR CAMPBELL

“This piece feels like a modern, grittier take on Warhol's flowers – a flower field you'd find spray-painted on a wall on the Lower East Side in NYC. I love the sharp contrast of the colors and the fact that it feels unfinished – it allows you (as the viewer) to finish the story in your head.”
– ANNA HYCLAK

“Recently I've been obsessed with TikTok videos about liminal spaces – those unsettlingly still, quiet public spaces that seem to exist somewhere between the real world and the dream world. Abandoned shopping malls, gas stations at night, forgotten classrooms in schools, hotel hallways... there's something eerily beautiful about these "in between" places. This painting evokes those same feelings: the underground mall depicted here is entirely absent of people, yet the fountain keeps running, and maybe it's always running, even when the stores are all closed and the mannequins come alive at night.”
– ANNA HYCLAK

“‘Daddy Where have u been’ by Ramone K Anderson, presented by Bolanle Contemporary. Ramone K Anderson spray-painted portraits are spotlighted in a solo presentation entitled ‘Moving on Swiftly’, which takes as its subject matter and source material the artist’s own archive of personal photographs. Scenes, faces and figures appear faded and out-of-focuses in blurred depictions of the past that examine the innate ephemerality of memory and the inevitable loss of family and friends to the passing of time.”
– HECTOR CAMPBELL

“This is totally brilliant. I love being given the ingredients to a story that I can use to cook whatever wild tales I want. This painting does it perfectly and provides some incredible ingredients! The detail is wonderful - I could look at it for hours!”
– JOE BLOOM