A place for painting? ‘Painting is dead.’ This 1838 quote comes from French painter Paul Delaroche. Photography had been invented a few years earlier and Delaroche had just seen a daguerreotype for the first time. This new technology was seen as such a threat to the old methods of painting that people did not think […]Read Post ›
At the beginning of the year my research questions were fairly undefined. I am interested in politics and social theory as well as painting so my ideas were mainly centred around disadvantaged or liminal groups in society and I was interested to find out if painting could somehow address their situation and possibly even give […]Read Post ›
Although the title of this post is Women in Art a more appropriate title might be Where are the Women in Art? Even now, there is a dearth of women in the art world which is, unsurprisingly, dominated by white men. Last year Laura Reilly, writing for Art News magazine collated the available research on […]Read Post ›
What is the place of painting? What is its function? Why do artists paint and why do others view paintings? We discussed these questions recently with Nelson Diplexcito in relation to John Berger’s ideas about the place of painting. Berger wrote ‘The function of painting is to fill an absence with the simulacrum of a […]Read Post ›
What Painting Knows was a painting research event at Wimbledon College of Arts. It consisted of a panel discussion between artists Simon Burton, Kaye Donachie, Mark Fairnington and Nadine Feinson. The discussion was chaired by Tom Helyar-Cardwell and supported by Geraint Evans and Zoe Mendelson. The central idea was based on Hanneke Grootenboers argument that […]Read Post ›
The Undead Painters were founded in2013 by James Petrucci and Alastair Gordon. They are a group of accomplished artists who aim to provoke discussion and debate around the most pressing issues in contemporary painting. They hold various events including exhibitions and educational forums. We were lucky enough to have them visit us at Wimbledon this […]Read Post ›
Building on the ideas explored in my last essay I will focus on the following questions: Are young people under increasing pressure in contemporary neoliberal society? If so, how and why? How are the new medias implicated in the situation facing young people now? What can art do? Is there a role for painting in […]Read Post ›
Aims and Objectives In this project I wanted to look at various aspects of film making to see how film and painting intersect. I wanted to consider how my own work could develop from learning about film, particularly cinematographic techniques. My current work is mainly made using ink on paper. Figures are set into slightly […]Read Post ›
In this essay I will outline some of the preliminary ideas that inform my current painting research and practice. I intend to address (briefly, at this stage) the following questions: What are the effects of neoliberal capitalism on certain sectors of society particularly those in liminal or vulnerable groups such as young people and (possibly) […]Read Post ›
