INTIMATE VISIONS: SIX CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Friday 27 September - Sunday 24 November
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Much modern art is made on a grand scale, but the works in this exhibition are intimate in size and character. Guest curator Alan Kluckow has assembled a variety of paintings and prints, ranging from vivid portraits and lush patterns to lost landscapes and quiet arrangements of everyday objects. Though diverse in subject matter, these pictures, with their modest proportions, encourage close observation and private contemplation.
Michael Bartlett's subject matter includes art world personalities, people attending art exhibitions, animal stories and paintings inspired by the zoo. At first glance his brightly coloured paintings appear to be light-hearted, but on closer examination there is a carefully observed seriousness that make them all the more appealing to his many collectors and admirers. He has exhibited regularly in London galleries including the Royal College of Art, Transition Gallery, CA Projects, Gasp Gallery, Contemporary Art Projects, The Cello Factory, Gallery in Cork Street and at Stone Gallery (Dublin), Oisin Gallery (Dublin), Millais Gallery Project Space (Southampton) and Mantle Arts (Leicester).
Greg Becker studied Graphics at Leeds University and then illustration at the Royal College of Art. His work combines early influences of Picasso, Surrealism and German Expressionism with a particularly British humour and quirkiness. He likes to paint quiet scenes and lost rural landscapes, inspired by regular walks in South Downs in West Sussex or parks near to his home in South London. His paintings are peaceful and contemplative and are created in a wide range of media using memory, location drawing and photographs as reference.
Julia Burnett's work is rooted in the tradition of landscape painting. She recreates fleeting experiences or memories of places with atmospheric impressions of colour, weather, light and shade. The paintings consist of thick gestural oil worked quickly onto the canvas or board, based on a muted colour palette with a slightly melancholic, dreamlike quality. Julia has exhibited extensively in London since 1987.
Alan Flood's work is an eclectic mix of portraits, still life, interiors, landscapes and mixed media pieces, working with a diverse range of media: drawing, printmaking, painting, mixed media, photography, film. His 'Beckett Metamorphosis' series of six drypoint portraits were published in 1992 by Sheeran Lock and he has been much in demand as a portrait painter. His work has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, London and is included in many private and public collections throughout the world.
Alex Hanna paints ambiguous arrangements of objects, usually disposable items, fabric, plastic, packaging and containers. Referencing a number of artists from different periods, he paints from direct observation using a limited colour palette. He has exhibited widely throughout the UK since 2013.
Salliann Putman gained an honours degree in fine art at the West Surrey College of Art and Design. She describes her work as 'a constant search, an endless journey', where the subject matter is far less important than the abstract qualities of the painting itself. She is preoccupied with space, mark, and colour and her inspiration comes from observation, memory, imagination and her emotions. She works on a series of pieces at a time and is inspired by artists Pierre Bonnard, Richard Diebenkorn, Nicolas de Staël, William Scott and Mark Rothko.
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