‘Surface Tension’ is now open at Ben Brown Fine Arts.

The exhibition examines how a small group of British painters survived, and even flourished, in this climate. Each is a distinctive and important voice, while also being a product of their age. Working independently, they arrived at strikingly common ground through a shared preoccupation with surface, gesture and the physical act of painting.

Peter Doig, ‘Buffalo Station II’, 1997-1998, Oil on canvas, 175.3 x 269.9 cm. (69 1/8 x 106 1/4 in.)

Chris Ofili, ‘Triple Couple’, 2001-2002, Acrylic, oil, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen, 192.4 x 121.9 cm. (75 3/4 x 48 in.) Detail

Chris Ofili, ‘Triple Couple’, 2001-2002, Acrylic, oil, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen, 192.4 x 121.9 cm. (75 3/4 x 48 in.)

Cecily Brown, ‘Red Rum’, 2001, Oil on linen, 121.9 x 152.4 cm. (48 x 60 in.)

Glenn Brown, ‘Drawing/Painting 23 (after Rubens)’, 2015, India ink and acrylic on panel, 84 x 60 cm. (33 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.)

Glenn Brown, ‘Drawing/Painting 23 (after Rubens)’, 2015, India ink and acrylic on panel, 84 x 60 cm. (33 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.) Detail

The show runs until 30th October.