THE CAMDEN ART Centre in London’s Hampstead area rarely puts on exhibitions that can be classed as dull. The current show, which runs until 22 June 2025, is certainly anything but dull. It is a solo exhibition of works by Richard Wright, who was born in London in 1960. After his family moved to Scotland, he attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 to 1982 and then was at Glasgow School of Art between 1993 and 1995. He lives in Glasgow and Norfolk. In 2009, he won the prestigious Turner Prize.

From what can be seen in the variety of art works on display in the Art Centre, it is difficult to pigeonhole his art in any particular category. The works that can be viewed in the exhibition include huge wall-paintings, stained glass windows, light-diffusing structures, framed paintings, decorated sculpture, books that have had had paintings added to them, and more. A note in the exhibition handout outlines some of the influences on Wright’s art:

“The exhibition also brings together more than 40 works on paper made over the last 30 years, drawing on languages of signwriting, 1970s subculture, album covers and poster-art, as well as Baroque painting, Renaissance frescoes, Islamic mosaics and early modern artists and movements including Kandinsky, Klee, De Stijl, Mondrian, and Russian Constructivism. Some of these works are made directly into the pages of books, another kind of site, surface or architecture for him to intervene in and occupy.”

Seeing this collection of refreshingly original artworks in the brightly lit galleries of the Camden Art Centre was a delightful experience.