The painting creates a dramatic juxtaposition between the figure of the paddling man and the modernist building. I realised this was used for more than a visual motif…
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Interview with Katie Tomlinson
I love being silly and laughing, so it was inevitable that a bit of humour would find its way into my paintings. A lot of my paintings deal with quite difficult themes and often explore the darker sides of life and…
Art is Process: Philip Guston
Guston was a Canadian/ American heavy weight artist. He was part of the New York school which included other artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. He’s an older man in this video…
Art Process: Jonathan Meese
He does it so casually, quickly drawing a cross here, a swastika there and then a few random dashes, dots or lines. It looks like he doesn’t care about…
Contemporary Art Classics: ‘Mogamma, A Painting in Four Parts: Part 3’
The sweeping clusters of lines and shapes push and pull our view across the picture plane. Standing in front of this huge painting is like experiencing the force of a hurricane.
Interview with artist Florence Hutchings for @floorrmagazine
“The dialogue with the work and the space around it continually changes. Whether it be the work in the studio having a messier feel or being placed in an interior type gallery it could hold a homely relatable feel or if it is placed in a traditional white cube space it gives it a ‘finished’ feeling”
Kitchen Sink Painting
Artworks based on direct observation are a useful insight into what an artist is seeing, thinking and feeling at the time. They might also tell us about the intimate details of an artist’s life and act as a valuable record of the social and political context.
Interview with artist Joshua Miller for @floorrmagazine
“To win the fight and keep the painting interesting, I have to push the physical qualities of paint and stretch the conceptual framework of the signifier”
Interview with artist Sophie Vallance for @floorrmagazine
“Making paintings is basically making a series of decisions, and its one of the only things in life that makes me be really present with what I’m doing, so the act of painting as well as the subject matter ends up being therapeutic”
Interview with artist Willian Santos
“I’m interested in the relationship between the abstract and the figurative. The challenge is to the viewer. I aim to challenge their perspective of reality and see how far my work will take them.” – Willian Santos in discussion with featherblend.
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