KIM BOOKER | JUNE IS THE SADDEST MONTH

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25% OF THE GALLERY SALES PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO SIOBHAN’S TRUST.

Annka Kultys Gallery is pleased to present a special online exhibition in support of Ukraine (25% of the gallery sales proceeds will be donated to Siobhan’s Trust). Sixteen new oil paintings by Kim Booker will be presented in the gallery’s metaverse (a simulated digital gallery that uses a mix of augmented reality and virtual reality, in which social interactions mimic the real world) on Spatial, a platform accessible from the visitor’s desktop or smartphone. ‘June is the Saddest Month’, the title of Booker’s most recent series of paintings, juxtaposes human relationships and loneliness, drawing from the artist’s own experiences.

Kim Booker’s practice is rooted in the tradition of painting and the history of modern art. Her practice takes influences from German Expressionism, idiosyncratic British painting such as the work of Roy Oxlade, and American abstract expressionism, yet presents a unique point of view and a painterly language of gestural abstraction and figuration grounded in the practice of drawing. Her paintings are semi-autobiographical, often featuring female figures in poses suggestive of an emotional state. Her process and mark making are gestural and intuitive. The physicality of the act of painting is important; working on large scale canvases, Booker’s paintings are an extension of her body and an evolution of her emotions.

ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Woman
2021
Oil on canvas
180 x 210 cm
(70 7/8 x 82 5/8 in) 
Unique 
(KBoo002.21)
SOLD
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
His & Hers 2021
Oil on canvas
185 x 165 cm
(72 7/8 x 65 in)
Unique
(KBoo003.21)
SOLD
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
The Birds are Singing
2021
Oil on canvas
160 x 180 cm
(63 x 70 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo004.21)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY

“My process is gestural and instinctive; paintings are constructed through repeated negotiations between the drawn image and its erasure. The works go through multiple iterations over many weeks or months, continually informed and shaped by my experiences and feelings at the time of making.”

ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Figure with Shroud
2021
Oil on canvas
160 x 180 cm
(63 x 70 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo005.21)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Figure with Lemons
2021
Oil on canvas
160 x 180 cm
(63 x 70 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo006.21)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
People in the Crowd
2021
Oil on canvas
180 x 160 cm
(70 7/8 x 63 in)
Unique
(KBoo007.21)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY

“My paintings are large. The physicality of the act of painting is important to me. I work with my body, with the brush marks reflecting the reach of my arm. I add colour, or make a drawing on the canvas, but everything is liable to be scrubbed away in a visceral, felt process.”

ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Person in a Landscape
2021
Oil on canvas
180 x 160 cm
(70 7/8 x 63 in)
Unique
(KBoo008.21)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
People in a Landscape
2021
Oil on canvas
180 x 150 cm
(70 7/8 x 59 in)
Unique
(KBoo009.21)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Woman
2022
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 160 cm
(70 7/8 x 63 in)
Unique
(KBoo001.22)
GBP 5,500
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY

“Painting is about possibility. As I work things come and go again, but always leaving traces. There is always an integration of abstract colour and the drawn image, with neither dominating. The journey and the experience of painting is as important as the end result. The evolution of my paintings is revealed to the viewer through layered imagery and the resulting heavily worked surfaces.”

ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Figure in June
2021
Oil on canvas
140 x 110 cm
(55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in)
Unique
(KBoo010.21)
SOLD
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Woman
2021
Acrylic on canvas in wooden frame
27.5 x 32.5 cm
(10 7/8 x 12 3/4 in)
Unique
(KBoo011.21)
GBP 850
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Venus and Mars
2021
Acrylic and collage on canvas in wooden frame
22.5 x 27.5 cm
(8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo012.21)
SOLD
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Self Portrait as One of Cezanne’s Bathers
2021
Acrylic and collage on canvas in wooden frame
22.5 x 27.5 cm
(8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo013.21)
GBP 850
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Ink Monotype Drawing on Acrylic Primed Canvas
2021
Drawings on acrylic primed canvases
20 x 25 cm
(7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo014.21)
GBP 750
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Ink Monotype Drawing on Acrylic Primed Canvas
2021
Drawings on acrylic primed canvases
25 x 20 cm
(9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo015.21)
GBP 750
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
KIM BOOKER
Ink Monotype Drawing on Acrylic Primed Canvas
2021
Drawings on acrylic primed canvases
25 x 20 cm
(9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in)
Unique
(KBoo016.21)
GBP 750
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
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