Fred Levine is a recent addition to the Bruton scene, a change of name for ‘Informality’, which ran from 2019 in Oxfordshire and London. The space is ‘The Old Silk Barn’, though director Frederick McDonald (who owns the gallery with his partner Zsanett Der Levine) told me was more likely to have housed livestock. Either way, it’s an attractive space and has followed up an outstanding show by Rebecca Partridge with the German artist Raffael Bader. His paintings abstract from landscapes to the point where the sources might be unapparent, if not for his suggestive titling. Thus ‘Elevated Water’ originates from a mountain reflected in a lake at its foot.
September 24, 2025
