Medjesi-Jones, A (2015) Bride. In: Slide, Turps Gallery, London, UK, 12 June - 4 July 2015.
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| Item Type: | Exhibition |
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| Creators: | Medjesi-Jones, A |
| Abstract: | Slide presents three artists who engage with processes of layering and obscuring, and at moments revealing the origins of their works' making. They each share an approach to painting that could be described using the Dutch word lossigheydt, which roughly translated refers to a style of behaviour that is artfully effortless and has historically been used to describe the looseness of painted marks. Gabriel Hartley’s work is characterised by bold brushstrokes and heavy impasto surfaces. Through the process of making, the paintings' surfaces are scratched, scraped, hosed away and layered with spray paint. In Andrea Medjesi-Jones’ paintings, thin bleeds of paint saturate the canvas while the very structure of the material is called into play through the pulling and releasing of threads. The addition of ‘beards’ acts both to emphasise and obscure the nature of the surfaces. Sam Windett collages newspapers and magazines onto his paintings. The particularity of the publications locate the individual works in place and time and allow for a physical means of excavating the painting’s history, through tearing into the surface. |
| Official URL: | http://www.turpsgallery.co.uk/slide/ |
| Date: | June 2015 |
| Funders: | Arts Council England |
| Event Location: | Turps Gallery, London, UK |
| Number of Pieces: | 1 |
| Medium: | Acrylic and fringed canvas on canvas and polyester |
| Measurements/Duration: | 2.40x.3.00m |
| Note: | Slide presents three artists who engage with processes of layering and obscuring, and at moments revealing the origins of their works' making. They each share an approach to painting that could be described using the Dutch word 'lossigheydt', which roughly translated refers to a style of behaviour that is artfully effortless and has historically been used to describe the looseness of painted marks. Participating artists were Gabriel Hartley, Andrea Medjesi-Jones and Sam Windett. |
| Keywords: | contemporary painting, layering, abstraction |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > ND Painting |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Art, Film and Media |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2018 23:09 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2021 09:51 |
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