💫COMING SOON💫 Very excited to be working with @venturearts_ in Manchester to present a group show of 8 of their amazing artists opening on Thursday 13 October, 5-8pm as part of Frieze West End Night 💫 YESS LAD is Venture Arts first exhibition in London, and will present inspiring, humorous and vibrant work in a variety of mediums, from ceramics to drawing, painting and photography 💫 Venture Arts is a visual arts studio that works with learning disabled and neurodiverse artists to create and showcase new contemporary visual art. Pictured is the work of Barry Anthony Finan, who sees himself as a writer, actor and artist and produces bold, text based drawings and ceramics. His unique style of ‘WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS’ incorporates repetitive letters and phrases that speak of personal histories, reflections and ambitions. The title of the show YESS LAD is a repeated refrain in his work, as well as a Northern phrase it is also coming partly from his father telling him ‘Yes lad, you can do it.’ Denied essential access to the studios and his social network during lockdown he was sent unfired porcelain postcards to write on to keep his communications flowing to the outside world. Often addressed to people he missed such as the Venture volunteers, he also writes about programmes like Coronation Street and actresses such as Maureen Lipman. One of his ambitions is to be an actor on the telly alongside them, and he writes about what he would do with his money such as buying sweets and dinky cars. We also see here an epic canvas scroll which unfurls to read line after line of his pen WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS, with YESS LAD visible sporadically. The viewer is being invited into Finan’s interior world, to engage with his thoughts and his fascination with particular objects and people. Thank you to @amodestshow for your support #venturearts #barryanthonyfinan #friezeweek #amodestshow