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Five rough, stone pedestals topped with dark sculpted heads stand on metal bases in a white, minimal gallery with a concrete floor and overhead lights. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Uncanny Valley,
November 29, 2024 — January 18, 2025
Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
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Daniel Silver’s practice is influenced by the art of the ancient world, modernism, Sigmund Freud and psychoanalytic theories. His new body of work conveys a sense of timelessness, engaging with the qualities of history – natural, geological and human – as departure points for making.

In this exhibition the visitor encounters a host of individual presences occupying the gallery space. The figures are a celebration of their own materiality and reflect on what it is to be human, and in the world, both physically and psychologically. The title of this exhibition comes from a song by the songwriter Johnny Flynn and author Robert MacFarlane, it refers to an underworld, to losing oneself or finding oneself lost.

Two rough stone sculptures with dark textured heads atop columns. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Three sculptural figures with black bulbous heads atop rough white textured uprights in a bright gallery; foreground figure dominates, others recede. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Minimal gallery scene: a tall textured stone pedestal with two dark blue bulbous tops on a flat base before a large white wall. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Gallery with white walls and concrete floor; several rough stone sculptures on slim white pedestals, each topped by a dark head, spaced across the room. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Gallery with several stone pedestals topped by dark abstract busts, arranged around a concrete pillar in a white-walled, industrial gallery space. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Stone pedestals with heads in a white gallery; left rough, right white. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
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Works in this exhibition

Dark bust sculpture perched on a large rough rock pedestal against a pale gallery wall. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Angel Dew, 2024
Dark blue-black bust atop a tall stone pedestal, against a white wall. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Fly With Me, 2024
Tall sculpture: dark bust atop a two-toned, jagged stone column on base. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Whistling — Dreaming, 2024
Dark, textured bust atop a tall, rough stone pillar on a simple base, set against a pale backdrop. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Me, 2024
Tall two-toned sculpture: a white, textured column with a dark, rough head-like top, mounted on a flat metal base. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
You, 2024
Two tall stone figures with dark heads and rough patches on black bases. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Looking (Twin One) and Being (Twin Two), 2024
Tall, rough-textured stone column topped by a dark, twin-lobed abstract form on a flat metal base in a neutral gallery setting. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Kissing, 2024
Tall sculpture: a white, weathered stone column with brown stains on a flat metal base, topped by a dark bust with a jagged crown-like head. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
King-Jester, 2024
Dark ceramic sculpture with a hollow center on a white surface. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinker, 2024
Line drawing of a head resting on a hand, with large ears and simple features; handwritten note 'light in the window' on a cream sheet taped to a wall with blue tape. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Light in the window, 2024
Sepia-stippled bust portrait on cream paper, framed in a gray fabric mat with navy trim. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Light in the window, 2024
Abstract green-outlined face with red at the top and brown-green blotches, framed on a beige mat. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Light in the window, 2024
Small abstract portrait with bold blue, pink, yellow, and brown strokes on white paper, framed in a gray mat. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Light in the window, 2024
Abstract, painterly portrait of a person with bold red outlines and patches of green, orange, and brown on white; framed in a beige textured mat with a dark ribbon. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Light in the window, 2024
Abstract ink portrait of a stylized head in brown wash within a mat. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Light in the window, 2024
Abstract line drawing of a distorted face on a small note taped with blue tape to a pale background; handwritten text above. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that walks beside me, 2024
Abstract multicolor blob on white card framed by a beige mat inside a dark cover. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that walks beside me, 2024
Red and black abstract form resembling a distorted torso on white, framed. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that walks beside me, 2024
Abstract, irregular blob in red, green, yellow and orange on white paper, framed by a gray linen mat inside a dark border. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that walks beside me, 2024
Abstract, face-like blotch in red, pink, and black on white paper, framed with a gray mat and black ribbon tab. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that walks beside me, 2024
Pink-red abstract watercolor blob centered on white paper, framed by a light gray mat with a dark ribbon hanging display. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that walks beside me, 2024
A hand-written note taped to a white wall with blue tape at the corners; reads 'Uncanny Valley' over a stitched, abstract, layered form. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that stands beside me Uncanny Valley, 2024
Gray watercolor blob with dotted texture suggesting a stylized, mask-like face on white paper inside a fabric-bound frame. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that stands beside me Uncanny Valley, 2024
Framed cream paper sketch of a simple stacked-loop shape, Uncanny Valley. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that stands beside me Uncanny Valley, 2024
Abstract watercolor face with a pink cap, red features, and a gray beard; framed on pale matting inside a dark frame. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that stands beside me Uncanny Valley, 2024
Abstract looped rings in teal and black with orange on white paper. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that stands beside me Uncanny Valley, 2024
Abstract print resembling a stylized mouth in red and black, centered on white paper inside a light gray fabric-framed display. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Joy for the one that stands beside me Uncanny Valley, 2024
Abstract black ink portrait on white paper taped to a pale surface with blue tape at the corners; bold crosshatched shading forms a stylized face. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinking, 2024
Abstract green watercolor blob on white paper, centered in a light beige mat inside a dark frame with a ribbon. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinking, 2024
Colorful abstract watercolor blob with speckled, dotted edges in red, blue, green, and orange, centered on a white mat inside a framed page with a navy ribbon. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinking, 2024
Abstract red-orange blob with dark speckles on white paper, framed in a light beige mat. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinking, 2024
Abstract watercolor silhouette of a head in pink and green with speckles. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinking, 2024
Small abstract watercolor blob in green, orange, and red with speckles, centered on white mat inside a pale-gray framed display with a ribbon. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Thinking, 2024
Abstract black ink sketch of a crowned, rounded face with cross-hatching; closed eyes and wide mouth. Paper taped to a pale wall with blue tape; 'what' bottom right. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
What, 2024
Blue-green-purple dotted abstract face, watercolor portrait. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
What, 2024
Abstract watercolor blob with pink outer wash, green center, and dotted texture, framed on a gray mat with a dark cover and ribbon. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
What, 2024
Abstract watercolor blob in blue and green with pink speckles; framed. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
What, 2024
Abstract watercolor blob in blue and pink, with dotted texture, framed. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
What, 2024
Watercolor blob in pinks and purples with orange edges, on white paper. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
What, 2024
Black glossy bust atop a tall, jagged stone column with white and gray patches on a metal base. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Being (Twin Two), 2024
Tall beige sculpture with a dark textured head atop a slender column-like body on a metal base. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Listening, 2024
Abstract dark bust atop a tall, weathered stone block with white patches. Image from artist Daniel Silver's website, all work copyright Daniel Silver.
Looking (Twin One), 2024
Uncanny Valley , November 29, 2024 — January 18, 2025
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