David Hepher at Flowers Gallery

British painter David Hepher explains that like landscape painters before him (Constable, Turner, Cezanne), he paints spaces with which he’s familiar, returning again and again to explore nuances of the well-known. For Hepher, that means South London tower blocks, hulking brutalist buildings whose concrete walls have seen better days. Merging distant views and closeups of spray painted walls and graffiti, this painting both closely examines tower life and keeps it at a distance. (At Flowers Gallery in Chelsea through Dec 10th).

David Hepher, one of three panels in ‘Durrington Towers II,’ concrete, acrylic, spray paint and inkjet on canvas, 106 x 90 ¼ inches, 2007.
David Hepher, one of three panels in ‘Durrington Towers II,’ concrete, acrylic, spray paint and inkjet on canvas, 106 x 90 ¼ inches, 2007.