Painting is cruel
dal 10/3/2005 al 24/4/2005
Segnalato da
10/3/2005
Painting is cruel
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
Glauce Cerveira usually starts by working out composition and resolving problems digitally. Katie Deith uses popular imagery found in travel magazines to create fantasy worlds responding to our need for escapism. Theo Kaccoufa is a sculptor who will collaborate with one of the painters. Gerry Smith paints with pleasure and sensuality the subtleties of urban living.
Glauce Cerveira, Katie Deith, Theo Kaccoufa, Gerry Smith
Painting is cruel refers to a discussion with the artists taking part in this exhibition. Having chosen to work in a medium loaded with history and excellence, the artists have also to face the whims of trends, the competition of new media and are challenged to convey the contemporary, the social and the political in a medium often considered not suitable for the task.
Glauce Cerveira usually starts by working out composition and resolving problems digitally. Her digital images feed into her paintings, and vice versa, to activate the thinking and selective process.
Katie Deith uses popular imagery found in travel magazines to create fantasy worlds responding to our need for escapism. Artifice and illusion serve a shifted reality.
Theo Kaccoufa is a sculptor who will collaborate with one of the painters: while retaining the sculptural format of his works, the subject-matter and colours will be the result of an on-going dialogue.
Gerry Smith paints with pleasure and sensuality the subtleties of urban living. The social is addressed symbolically and humour is de rigueur.
Private view: Friday 11 March 6 – 9 pm
Danielle Arnaud contemporary art
123 Kennington Road
London SE11 6SF UK