small scale works 1999

These were 2 paintings that were also small in scale, about 15 by 12 cm (oil on canvas).

I just wonder how they would look scaled up. They were sold at a gallery soon after I finished them.

Paul Doran and Matthew Musgrave

Traipsing through back posts of London painting blog I have come across two painters that interest me.

They have in common that they have worked on a small scale.

Paul Doran

For me, practical and conceptual concerns are inseparable. We live in a world that is more easily defined by technology, but I am interested in ideas about the handmade, how human existence can be communicated through the handmade in a more meaningful way. There is a real difference between process paintings and paintings that emphasise the presence of the human hand. For me, the latter is a more conceptual approach. I think that ideas about the handmade have an important role to play in a contemporary context.” Paul Doran

(The image below doesn't refer to the above statement)

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Matthew Musgrave

I think his work is usually small in scale. Whats he up to now?

Image came from the Saatchi website.

sunday photos

work in progress

scratched out graffiti - street photo

Adrian Ghenie

http://www.haunchofvenison.com/en/#page=london.exhibitions.future.adrian_ghenie


Watching Unirea of Bucharest lose to liverpool on TV reminded me that I saw this Romanians work in london last year. i like the 'noise or interference' on the surface of his paintings, the incidentals and paint manipulation of the figures with the TV/video colours. Some of it was Baconesque. i remember not being impressed by the stretchers though - creases - you don't get that on a jpeg.

TG

Tricia Gilman

I can dig some of this stuff

http://www.jillgeorgegallery.co.uk/artists/gillman/gillman.htm

John Kiki

Like his schematic use of colour and his use of line.

He is based in East Anglia. Once came across one of his paintings in a backstreet antiques shop. It was taller than me and thick with layers of pscycadelic paint. I asked who painted it and the man said John Kiki who happened to be there. I said I was a fan of his work, was an approachable guy.
Sadly missed his show at the Norwich castle, in 2008.

Wonder if he will show in London?

http://www.targetfollow-arts.co.uk/artists_info.php?id=36

To be titled, oil and mixed media on board