Joe Machine | Bill Lewis | Edgeworth Johnstone | Philip Absolon

The Shadow Group were formed by Medway Artist, Joe Machine with Bill Lewis, Edgeworth Johnstone and Philip Absolon.
The group focus on Self-Confrontation in their art.
For The Shadow Group website click here.
To date, The Shadow Group have exhibited their artwork together once in an exhibition alongside the ICR, at Lauderdale House in Highgate, North London - September 2010. Although only Joe Machine and Edgeworth Johnstone exhibited in this show, both Bill Lewis and Philip Absolon had works in the neighbouring ICR exhibition which was held in the same building at the same time. There are manifestos included on The Shadow Group website, which show a link with Remodernism and subsequently with Stuckism also. All 4 members of The Shadow Group are also members of both these other groups. Joe Machine, Bill Lewis and Philip Absolon being 3 of the original 13 Stuckist artists. Stuckism has grown to have hundreds, if not thousands of artist members from around the world.
Below are examples of the Shadow Group artists paintings. Joe Machine and Bill Lewis are from Medway, Edgeworth Johnstone from Muswell Hill, Haringey North London, Philip Absolon from Norfolk.

Caeserian by Joe Machine

Me as Lunch by Bill Lewis

Drunks by Edgeworth Johnstone

Showing Him the Ropes by Philip Absolon