In his first London exhibition since White Cube in 2014, Brooklyn based artist Brendan Lynch will showcase 270 works at OMNI’s vibrant gallery space in Eastcastle Street. In addition to the artist’s own work, Lynch has invited 40 artists to participate, contributing artworks to hide in plain sight among his own.

Those participating in the show illustrate the kind of company Lynch keeps, from LA based Mario Ayala, who has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions with Jeffrey Deitch and David Kordansky Gallery, pop culture sculptor Erik Foss, Ariana Papademetropoulos, who has recently shown with Jeffrey Deitch and Vito Schnabel Gallery, plus fashionable and folkloric English artist, Faye Wei Wei.

Lynch’s disruptive vision will be in full force at OMNI, presenting the artworks along the edges of the entire ground floor gallery spaces at OMNI, rather than on the walls of the traditional white cube. The works range from large-scale pieces to smaller works and a video installation will include a timelapse video of a painting that Lynch has painted over 300 times.

Lynch cut his teeth in the art world in 2007 along with his co-founders, setting-up Still House, a Brooklyn collective in a building on the cusp of demolition. Nominally an organization of eight teen and twenty-something artists, what started as a website in 2007 for a few New York college students, who didn’t have a way of showing their art to the public became a multimillion-dollar institution more profitable than many New York galleries. The young collective included a then-unknown Lucien Smith and attracted collectors such as Leonardo DiCaprio.

The non-profit talent incubator toured Europe and the United States on a wave on pop-ups and sell-out shows, establishing a new perspective on what a collective creative effort could look like. Opening on 11 May, together OMNI and Brendan Lynch stride towards communal work eschewing the traditional gallery set-up with this exciting and uniquely presented exhibition.

A Walk: Featured Artists
Aaron Elvis Jupin, Adam Tullie, Alberto Cuadros, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., Ánima Correa, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Aryo Toh Djojo, Ben Wolf Noam, Bhenji Ra, Brian Tarpey, Cali Thornhill DeWitt, Charlie Edmiston, Chris Lux, Clark Filio, Colton Callahan, Daniel Graham Loxton, Devin Reynolds, Elmer Guevara, Enio Hernandez, Erik Foss, Erick Medel, Gwen Hollingsworth, Faye Wei Wei, Fred Vorderbruegge, Grant Levy-Lucero, Henry Fey, Jack Greer, Jacob Lenc, Jake Freilich, Jasmine Monsegue, Jason S. Wright, Jasaya Neale, Javi Ramirez, Jonathan Rider, Jude Liana, Juliana Lynch, Kazi, Kevin Urban, Laura Watters, Lizette Hernández, Matt McCormick, Mario Ayala, Max Miles, Mia Carucci, Mia Scarpa, Miranda Byk, Mikol Brinkman, Michael Alvarez, Nehemiah Cisneros, Neil Raitt, Ozzie Juarez, Paul Flores, Pedro Alejandro Verdin, Ross Caliendo, Ryan Preciado, Ryan Lynch, Sage Vaughn, Saj Issa, Savannah Claudia Levin, Stephani Rosalez, Stephen Aldahl, Sonya Sombreuil, Tamara Santibañez, Tom Lynch Jr., Thomas Lynch III, Thomas Lynch IV, Zachary Susskind, and Zac Tomaszewski.